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Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps

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Division
  
Open Class

Director
  
Tony T. Nguyen

Founded
  
2008

Location
  
Brea & Garden Grove, California

Uniform
  
Blue jacket w/black & white trim & black epaulets w/white trim Black jumpsuit Black gauntlets w/white trim Black shoes Black shako w/silver chains & badge & black plume

Website
  
http://incognitodbc.org/

The Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Brea and Garden Grove, California, Incognito performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.

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History

The Incognito Drum Line was begun in 2005 by Tony T. Nguyen, and competed in the Southern California Percussion Alliance, the American Drum Line Association, and Winter Guard International percussion circuits.

The Incognito Winter Guard started in 2007, competing in the Winter Guard Association of Southern California and Winter Guard International.

In 2008, Nguyen and others finally founded the Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps of Norwalk, California, which was approved by DCI on May 8 to compete as an Open Class corps. The new corps competed in seven California contests in 2008.

Operating from Orange, California, the 2009 corps was in seven California shows and took a weekend tour to perform in New Mexico and Arizona.

In 2010, economic conditions forced the corps to cancel its planned season and take time try to build a more stable financial base.

After more than three seasons of inactivity, DCI announced on May 21, 2014 that Incognito had been approved to return to the field, joining six other corps as additions to the DCI Open Class summer schedule.

Sponsorship

The Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Music Life Foundation, a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization. As such, it has a Board of Directors, director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The corps director is Tony T Nguyen.

Traditions

All corps members and staff must have an "Incognito name." The rules are simple:

  • The name can be historically based or one that has been made up, as long as it has meaning.
  • All male names must end in "-us" or "-ius."
  • All female names must end in "-a" or "-ia."

    • Example: Corps founder and director Tony T. Nguyen's "Incognito name" is Incognitus.

    References

    Incognito Drum and Bugle Corps Wikipedia
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