Vanguard Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps
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Santa Clara Vanguard logo | |
| Location | Santa Clara, CA |
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| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Director | Steve Barnhill |
| Championship titles |
DCI Division II' 2000 Open Class, 2008, 2013 & 2015 |
| Website | http://scvanguard.org/vanguard_cadets/ |
The Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, known as SCVC or simply as the Vanguard Cadets, is an Open Class (formerly Division II/III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Santa Clara, California, the corps is a member of Drum Corps International (DCI) and is the cadet corps of the World Class (formerly Division I) Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps. On August 4, 2015, the Vanguard Cadets won its fourth DCI Open Championship.[1]
History
The Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets were formed in 1971 as a cadet feeder and training corps for the rapidly developing Santa Clara Vanguard. Starting out as a parade corps, by the middle of the Seventies, the corps had become a field corps that was more cute than competitive, but by the end of that decade, the Vanguard Cadets had become a truly competitive Class A corps within the West Coast region. The corps did its first major touring in 1990, going as far east as Dallas and Tulsa. In 1991, the corps traveled all the way to Marion, Ohio for the U.S. Open before attending its first DCI World Championships in Dallas, where if placed fourth of nineteen Class A corps, and advanced to Open Class prelims, finishing twenty-seventh of twenty-nine corps. In 1993, the corps became the first cadet corps to achieve DCI membership. However, as a cadet corps with membership generally from ages 15 through 21, the corps does not travel to the DCI World Championships every year, so this membership has not always been retained. Despite their cadet corps status, the Vanguard Cadets won their division in 2000, 2008, 2013 and 2015.[2]
Sponsorship
The Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Santa Clara Vanguard Booster Club, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has a Board of Directors, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. Charles Frost was named the Executive Director on August 23, 2016. The organization also sponsors the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, the Santa Clara Vanguard Independent World Winter Guard, the Vanguard Winter Percussion, and the Vanguard Dance Company.[3]
Show summary 1982–2016
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| Year | Theme | Repertoire | Score | Placement |
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| 1982 | Main Theme & Can You Read My Mind (from the film, Superman) by John Williams / The Eagle and the Hawk by John Denver and Mike Taylor | |||
| 1983 | Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich / Main Theme (from the film, Superman) by John Williams / Battle in the Mutara Nebula (from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn) by James Horner / When You Wish Upon a Star (from Pinocchio) by Ned Washington / If You Believe (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls | |||
| 1984 | Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich / Superman Medley by John Williams / Last Chance to Dance by T-Bone Burnett /Black Saddle by Michael Hennagin / If You Believe (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls | |||
| 1985 | Conquest (from Captain From Castile) by Alfred Newman / Forgotten Dreams by Leroy Anderson / Hungarian Dance No. 2 by Johannes Brahms / You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II | |||
| 1986 | Land of Make Believe by Chuck Mangione / Baja by Ary Barroso / You Can't Hurry Love by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland / Imagine by John Lennon / Black Saddle by Michael Hennagin / Tradition (from Fiddler on the Roof) by Jerry Bock | |||
| 1987 | The Voyage Home (From Star Trek IV) by John Williams / Echano (from Children of Sanchez) by Chuck Mangione / Clock by John Holt / Land of Make Believe by Chuck Mangione | |||
| 1988 | Scenes From the Louvre by Ottorino Respighi / Wild Life Market Street (Unknown) / In the Stone by Allee Willis, David Foster, and Maurice White / Theme from Dirty Dancing by John Morris / Henry V by Sir William Walton | |||
| 1989 | Mutiny on the Bounty by David Cooke / Children's Crusade by Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner / Hopak (Traditional?) / Waterskiing (Unknown) / On My Own (from Les Misérables) by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Jean-Marc Natel | |||
| 1990 | Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) by Reinhold Gliere / Who Will Buy (from Oliver) by Lionel Bart / If You Believe (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls | |||
| 1991 | Theme from The Big Country by Jerome Moross / In Quiet Dignity & Echoes of Ancient Battles by Checkfield / This is One of Those Moments (from Yentl) by Michel Legrand / Anything but Lonely (from Apects of Love) by Andrew Lloyd Webber | 88.200 62.200 | 4th Div.II 27th Div.I | |
| 1992 | Selections from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves | Overture, Maid Marion, Little John and the Band in the Forest & The Final Battle at the Gallows From Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves by Michael Kamen / Danza Final (From Estancia Ballet) by Alberto Ginestera | ||
| 1993 | Selections from Far and Away | Land Race, Oklahoma Territory, Blowing Off Steam, The Big Match & Race to the River All from Far and Away by John Williams | 92.600 69.300 | 2nd Div.II 25th Div.I |
| 1994 | The Music of Michael Kamen | Courante (from The Three Musketeers), Concerto for Saxophone, Estampie (from The Three Musketeers), Shining Through, Galliard (from The Three Musketeers) All by Michael Kamen | ||
| 1995 | The Red Pony by Aaron Copland / Fall River Legend by Morton Gould / Wyatt Earp by James Newton Howard | |||
| 1996 | Piano Concerto No. 2, First Movement by Béla Bartók / Dance of the Comedians by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Ballet Suite No 3 by Dmitri Shostakovich / Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev | |||
| 1997 | Selections from Evita | Latin Chant; Buenos Aires; I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You; And The Money Kept Rolling In; Don't Cry For Me, Argentina; Santa Evita; A New Argentina All by Andrew Lloyd Webber | ||
| 1998 | Selections from the Broadway Musical Titanic | The Boarding-Godspeed Titanic, Barrett's Song, The Proposal & Ship of Dreams All by Maury Yetson | 93.700 | 5th Div.II |
| 1999 | Scenes From the Louvre by Ottorino Respighi / The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron by David Holsinger / Merry Mount Suite by Howard Hanson | |||
| 2000 | Journey From The Darkness | The Dream of Oenghus by Rolf Rudin / Song of Moses by David Holsinger / Message of the Man; The Cave, The Struggle and Man From The Light!; Main From Light! & Escape...Into The Light! (from Escape From Plato's Cave) by Stephen Melillo | 94.350 74.700 | 1st Div.II 17th Div.I |
| 2001 | Tempered Steel by Charles Rochester Young / Partita by Philip Sparke / The Gift of Love & Time to Take Back the Knights by Stephen Melillo | |||
| 2002 | Molto Ritmico & Lento (from Dance Movements) by Philip Sparke / Timestorm (from Stormworks) by Stephen Melillo / Easter Symphony by David Holsinger | 94.350 | 4th Div.II | |
| 2003 | Overture to a New Era by Caesar Giovannini / Urban Dances by Richard Danielpour / American Beauty by Thomas Newman / Easter Symphony by David Holsinger | |||
| 2004 | Engulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy / The New Moon in the Old Man's Arms by Michael Kamen / New Beginnings & Celebration Overture by Peter Boyer | 92.475 94.725 | 4th Div.II 3rd Div. II/III | |
| 2005 | Through the Rainforest & The Anaconda (from Amazonian Rainforest) by Key Poulan / Message of The Man (from Escape From Plato's Cave) by Stephan Melillo / Sentenced to Death & The Descent into the Dark Unknown (from Pit and the Pendulum) & Checkered Flag (from Need for Speed) by Key Poulan | |||
| 2006 | Innovations | Mishima: Opening, Primary Number (from Naqoyqatsi) by Philip Glass / Water Dances: Gliding by Michael Nyman / The Grid (from Koyaanisqatsi) by Philip Glass | 89.925 | 5th Div.II |
| 2007 | Ascension: Music from The Divine Comedy | Purgatory, Inferno, Paradise & Ascension by Robert W. Smith | 90.400 | 5th Div.II |
| 2008 | Perspectives | Perspectives by James Peterson and Robby Elfman | 96.825 | 1st Open Class |
| 2009 | Love | When I Fall in Love by Edward Heyman / Seasons of Love (from Rent) by Jonathon Larson and Freddie Mercury / Elephant Love Medley & Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge) by Will Jennings and Joe Sample / Nessun Dorma (from Turandot) by Giacomo Puccini | 94.700 | 2nd Open Class |
| 2010 | Chakra | Introduction, Root and Sacral Chakras / Solar and Heart Chakras / Throat Chakra / Head and Crown Chakras All by Key Poulan | ||
| 2011 | Balance | Symmetry / Equilibrium / Harmony / Equality all by Key Poulan, Nate Bourg and Murray Gusseck | 94.200 72.850 | 3rd Open Class 23rd World Class |
| 2012 | Heroes and Legends | Featuring music by Samuel Barber, Jeff Beal, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Modeste Mussorgsky, Key Poulan, Alfred Reed and Camille Saint-Saëns | 93.800 72.750 | 3rd Open Class 22d World Class |
| 2013 | The Art of War | Unto the Breach by Key Poulan / Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky / Elegy for Dunkirk from 'Atonement' by Dario Marianelli / Hut of Baba Yaga from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky / Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber / The Promise of Living (from Tender Land) by Aaron Copland | 96.150 77.700 | 1st Open Class 21st World Class |
| 2014 | The Road Not Taken | Kaval Sviri (Bulgarian Traditional) / Meetings Along the Edge by Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar / Forbidden Friendship & Test Drive (from How to Train Your Dragon) by John Powell / Symphony #5 by Ludwig van Beethoven / I'll Stand by You by Chrissie Hynde, Tom Kelly, and Billy Steinberg | 81.650 80.000 | 2nd Open Class 18th World Class |
| 2015 | On Cloud Nine | Life (from Prometheus) by Harry Gregson-Williams / The Girl with the Plums (from Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil / Title track from Big Hero Six by Henry Jackman | 81.225 79.350 | 1st Open Class 16th World Class |
| 2016 | The One | Pines of the Appian Way by Ottorino Respighi / Due Tremonti by Ludovico Einaudi / Iza Ngosmo (Come Tomorrow) by Christopher Tin | 78.850 78.000 | 2nd Open Class 20th World Class |