Location Pasadena, California Founded 2005 | Division Open Class Director Mayra Iraheta | |
Uniform (2011) White or cream
baseball uniform
w/large red VK & red belt
Baseball cap w/ red VK
Red sneakers w/black socks Similar Railmen Drum and Bugle Co, Forte Drum and Bugle Corps, Esperanza Drum and Bugle Co, Railmen Drum and Bugle Co, Eruption Drum and Bugle Co | ||
Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps (2005) is an inactive Open Class (formerly Divisions I & II) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Pasadena, California, the corps competes in Drum Corps International (DCI) sanctioned shows
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History
The original Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from Anaheim, California was active from 1963 to 1996, was an eight-time DCI finalist, and was wildly popular as the "Clown Princes of Drum Corps." On October 16, 2005, VK Youth Arts Organization was formed in Pasadena, California by alumni and friends of the original corps with the intent to bring back the name and spirit of that much beloved corps. On May 16, 2007, DCI announced the approval of the new Velvet Knights Drum & Bugle Corps to march in that summer's Division II/III competition.
At the 2007 DCI World Championships at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the Velvet Knights placed seventh of fifteen Division III corps. Traveling to Michigan City, Bloomington, and Indianapolis, Indiana for the DCI Open Class Championships in 2008-2010, the corps finished sixteen of twenty-three corps in 2008, ninth of nineteen corps and in Finals in 2009, and twelfth of sixteen corps and again in Finals in 2010. The corps restricted its travel to the West Coast in 2011 and 2012, and plans to return to the DCI Open Class Championships in 2013 did not come to fruition, and the corps was inactive. No announcement has been made concerning the corps' future.
Sponsorship
The Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by the VK Youth Arts Organization, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that has a Board of Directors, corps directors, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. Troy Emmons is President of the Board, and Mayra Iraheta is corps director.
Show Summary (2007-2012)
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