Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps

The Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class DCI drum and bugle corps from San Antonio, TX that won the Drum Corps International Division III World Championship in 2002. Since that championship, the corps posts a consistent track record of finals placements for every year the corps has attended the DCI World Championships.

History

Revolution Drum & Bugle Corps was founded in 1999 to serve the musical youth in San Antonio and surrounding areas with a summer activity filled with positive reinforcement, musical instruction, and leadership building skills.

During the 2000 summer tour, the corps first appeared on the drum corps scene by successfully participating in the DCI Summer Music Games "Texas Tour".

In 2001, Revolution began with the goal of a limited competition tour, but based on the caliber of members and their desire to achieve, pushed them to a 9th place finish in Division III at DCI World Championships in Buffalo, NY.

Revolution came out with Celestial Mysticisms in 2002, featuring the music of Ballet Sacra and Montage to capture the DCI World Championship for Division III. They took top honors in Brass Performance, Guard, Visual Performance, and Percussion Performance. The corps also received recognition for Most Improved in DCI Division III and Director of the Year Honors.

In 2003, Revolution had record attendance at audition camp with hundreds of young people trying out for what has become the "Texas' Corps". The show, Explorations led Revolution to take 6th place in its first-ever appearance in Division II.

The year 2004 was marked with many challenges with the eventual decision to go inactive just before tour.

Under new direction in 2005, Revolution came back with a new look, including new uniforms, a new staff, and a general re-interpretation of the corps' traditions. Their show, Self-Portrait: Expression of Emotions contains five movements, representing the different emotions that "fire deep down in our hearts."

Many consider Revolution as a great comeback story, as their inactive status from 2004 slowed the organization down substantially. By the beginning of the 2005 summer, however, the corps was the largest in Division 3, and rose to 4th place in Division III Finals.

In 2006, the drum corps achieved several milestones, most notably producing a DCI I&E Champion oboe/clarinet soloist as well as a trombone Silver Medal soloist. The show production of Bulgarian Celebration featured folk and dance music as well as an artistry complementing this historic European nation. The addition of sponsor SuperC valve oil company played a role in the horn line once again taking the High Brass caption at the DCI Division III World Championship where the corps placed 2nd. The corps also once again took 1st place in the Visual Performance caption, was selected as the Most Improved Drum Corps for Division III for the 2nd time and Drum Major Traci Finch was selected as the Division III Drum Major of the Year.

The corps continued performing in 2007 with the show "Tres Maestros", once again securing a firm place in Finals. In 2008 the corps competed in the new "Open Class" division placing 8th overall.

Directors

* John Rodriguez 1999-2000, 2004 (corps went inavtive)
* GM Kuzman 2005-2006
* Wes Roberts 2007-2008

External links

* [http://www.revolutionypa.org www.revolutionypa.org] official web site