Location Nashville, Tennessee Founded 2009 | Division Open Class Director Jamie Blackburn | |
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Uniform Red jacket;
Black pants;
Black gauntlets w/black gloves;
Black shoes;
Red shako with red plume Similar Les Stentors Drum and, Racine Scouts Drum and, Blue Devils C Drum and Bugl, Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Co, Colt Cadets Drum and | ||
The Music City Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Music City is a member corps of Drum Corps International.
Contents
- Music city drum and bugle corps 2014 world class prelims
- History
- Sponsorship
- Show Summary 2009 2017
- Corps Song
- Corps Pendant
- References
Music city drum and bugle corps 2014 world class prelims
History
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Music City Youth in the Arts, the parent organization for the corps, was created in July 2008 by music educators and drum corps fans interested in starting a drum and bugle corps in the Nashville area. When several hundred others expressed interest in the idea through a website, the board of directors decided to field a corps for the 2009 season. Attempting to establish financial stability for the corps, the board decreed that practice and travel would be limited.
The inaugural corps of 47 members performed in seven shows in the Mid-South and Midwest en route to the DCI Open Class Championships in Michigan City, Indiana.
In 2010, the corps grew to 64 members, and Music City opened the season by gaining their first contest win, defeating two other Open Class corps in Wichita, Kansas. Their tour also took them to Oklahoma and Texas, home to Tennessee, then to Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio on the way to the DCI Open Class Championships in Michigan City and Indianapolis. The corps ended the season in Open Class Finals, placing 6th of sixteen corps.
Music City made a decision to grow the corps in 2011 and more than doubled the unit's size, fielding a corps of 145 members. Touring with World Class corps and having Open Class prelims rained out, Music City did not march against any other Open Class corps until the class finals in Michigan City, where they finished 8th of sixteen corps. The corps then advanced to World Class Prelims in Indianapolis, placing 32nd of 41 corps.
2012 saw Music City travel to Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and Kansas before a brief stop at home; then to Mississippi, back to Tennessee, on to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan on the way to Open Class Prelims and Finals in Michigan City, where Music City was 9th of 14 corps. The corps then entered World Class Prelims in Indianapolis, placing 31st of 35 corps.
In 2013, the corps picked up wins in Open Class competitions in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Bentonville, Arkansas, then placed 5th of 14 corps in Open Class at Michigan City. Moving on to World Class Prelims in Indianapolis, Music City advanced to DCI World Championships Semifinals, placing 25th and earning full DCI membership.
Shortly after the DCI Championships, Music City Youth in the Arts announced that the organization was financially unable to continue, and that the corps would fold. Drum Corps International responded immediately, stepping in to assist the board in reorganizing the finances and helping to initiate an on-line fundraising effort to save the corps. As a result, Music City returned to the field in 2014.
Sponsorship
The Music City Drum & Bugle Corps is sponsored by Music City Youth in the Arts, 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 president is Keith Hall, the Executive Director is Dr. Barry Shepherd, and the Corps Director is Jamie Blackburn.
Show Summary (2009-2017)
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Corps Song
Music City's corps song is the Tennessee Waltz by Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart.
Corps Pendant
The corps Pendant is a star; one is awarded for every year marched with the corps.