Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps (2005)
Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps (2005) is an 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
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, but will return to the DCI Open Class Championships in 2012.
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)
Year |
Theme |
Repertoire |
Score |
Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 |
X (Ten) |
Blister in the Sun / Magical Mystery Tour / Mirror in the Bathroom / Add It Up / Hide and Seek / More Cowbell / Burly Brawl (from the Matrix) |
75.325 |
7th |
2008 |
The Inferno |
Toccata and Fugue in D minor Amazon / Highway to Hell / Thriller / Strangers in the Night / La Habenera (from Carmen) / Dies Irae / Symphonie Fantastique / |
81.575 |
16th |
2009 |
Cirque d' VK |
Thunder & Blazes / Toy Story Jam / Mahoney’s Debut / Temper Tantrum 2 / Flight of the Magorium / Carnival Capers / Hungarian Rhapsody |
83.65 |
9th |
2010 |
Magical Mystery Tour |
Magical Mystery Tour / The Dance (from Romancing the Stone) / They Kiss (End Titles from Romancing the Stone) / Jai Ho "Victory to You" (from Slumdog Millionaire) / La Vie En Rose / |
76.15 |
12th |
2011 |
Play Ball |
The Final Game (from “A League of Their Own”) / The Final Game (from “The Natural”) / Original Music / Take Me Out to the Ballgame / Training Playoffs (from "A League of Their Own") |
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2012 |
Moving Forward |
Short Ride on a Fast Machine by John Adams / Road to Chicago by Thomas Newman / 1000 Airplanes on the Roof by Phillip Glass |
TBD |
TBD |