Location Oceanside, California Founded 2005 | Division Open Class Director Donald Flaherty | |
Uniform Red and black topcoat
Black pants
Black shoes
Black shako w/silver chain & badge
& black plume Website | ||
The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Oceanside, California, Gold performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.
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The Hawthorne Gold Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 2005 in Hawthorne, California by Donald Flaherty & Juan Leguizamon, Flaherty remains as the corps' executive director.
For its first five seasons, the corps competed only within the state of California. In 2010, the corps relocated to Oceanside, in order to be accessible to more of the youth of Southern California and changed its name to Gold Drum and Bugle Corps.
The corps first ventured out of California in 2011, traveling to Salt Lake City for one performance, then on to Loveland and Denver, Colorado for DCI's Drums Along the Rockies regional competitions.
Gold had first attended the DCI World Championships in 2007, when DCI traveled west to Pasadena, and had placed 9th of 15 corps in Division III. Since 2012, Gold has traveled to the Midwest, to attend the DCI World Championships in Michigan City and Indianapolis, Indiana.
In 2013, Gold was joined by students from the Laizhou Martial Arts Institute of Laizhou, China as performers in the corps' show, "East Meets West." The school had been featured performers in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Gold was noted for the gold finish on the horn line's instruments until 2015 when they switched from Yamaha Horns to Jupiter Horns with a silver finish.
Sponsorship
The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by Gold Youth Arts Organization, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The Executive Director is Donald Flaherty, Ed.D.
Show Summary(2006–2016)
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