Location Salt Lake City, Utah Founded 2014 Active from 2014 | Division Open Class Director Dallin Hatch | |
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Uniform (2016) Dark Red jacket w/white trim
White, checkered, reflective sash.
tilted belt, and epaulettes.
Black pants
Black shoes & socks
Dark Red shako w/silver trim
& Red and White (Drum Majors) plume Similar Railmen Drum and Bugle Co, Esperanza Drum and Bugle Co, Forte Drum and Bugle Corps, Eruption Drum and Bugle Co, Railmen Drum and Bugle Co | ||
The Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, The Battalion is the first competitive drum corps from the state of Utah and competed in its first season as a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI) during the summer of 2016.
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History
Founded in 2014, The Battalion spent its first two years building a solid corporate structure before beginning to recruit members. In the spring of 2016, the corps applied for membership in DCI. After an evaluation of the organization's resources, staff, and plans, on May 18, 2016, the unit was approved to enter competition as an Open Class corps.
Similar to many new corps, The Battalion chose to begin with only a short tour in its inaugural season, and its 104 charter members marched in only five shows in four states during the first week of July.
To cater to its community, the corps has elected to not compete on Sundays "...in order to allow corps members take part in preplanned community outreach and service projects where the corps is housed while on tour."
Sponsorship
The corps is sponsored by The Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps, Inc., a registered non-profit 501 (c)(3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, executive director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The executive director is Dallin Hatch and the program director is Mark Hartman.