Columbus Saints Drum and Bugle Corps

Columbus Saints
Columbus Saints Performing Arts
Type Drum and Bugle Corps
Location Columbus, Ohio
Division DCA Class A
MACBDA Open Class
Founded 2003 (2003)
Founder and CEO Marshall Cheatham
Executive Director Le Ron Carlton
Uniform Black Cadet Uniform, Maroon Cummerbund and Black Shako
Website columbussaints.org

Columbus Saints Drum and Bugle Corps is an all-age drum and bugle corps based in Columbus, Ohio. The corps is a member of Drum Corps Associates (DCA), Small Drum Corps Association (SDCA) and Mid-America Competing Band Directors Association (MACBDA).

The corp also competes in Drum Corps International's SoundSport.

History

Founded as the Saints Drumline in 2003, the corps began as an after-school musical outlet for kids. In 2012, the drumline expanded into a drum and bugle corps using a stock of G major bugles.

The corps partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Columbus in 2014 to provide free music programs for club members in the Franklinton neighborhood. The "BOOM" performance ensemble resulted from this partnership.[1]

The Saints completed a one-year residency at Flex High School, a charter school supported by the United Way of Central Ohio, in 2017. The residency allowed the corps to offer performance opportunities to students.[2] Later that year, the corps applied to compete as a member of Drum Corps Associates (DCA).[3] After an evaluation by DCA board members, the corps was approved for competition in Class A in June 2018.[4]

About

The corps is sponsored by the Saints Performing Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization. Marshall Cheatham is the founder and CEO, and the LeRon Carlton is executive director of the Saints's programs including the corps.[5]

Mission and traditions

The corps' mission is to inspire "excellence through teamwork, discipline, and creativity" through the "performing arts."[6] The corps recites the "Saint's creed" to build morale and camaraderie prior to performances.

Show Summary (2014–18)

Year Theme Repertoire Score Result
2014 — Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven / Pachelbel's Canon by Johann Pachelbel / William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini — SoundSport
Bronze
2015 The Age of Swing "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills /
"Stompin' at the Savoy" by Edgar Sampson / "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" by Louis Prima		 — SoundSport
Silver
2016 Elements of Funk "In the Stone" by Allee Willis, David Foster, and Maurice White / "Fantasy" by Maurice White, Verdine White, and Eddie del Barrio / "Shining Star" by Maurice White, Larry Dunn, and Philip Bailey — SoundSport
Gold
2017 Come Together "We Can Work It Out" by Lennon–McCartney / "Ordinary People" by John Legend and Will.i.am / James Brown in the Twilight Zone by Chris Brubeck 72.4 MACBDA 6th
(Open Class)
2018 American Struggle "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe / "Strange Fruit" by Abel Meeropol / "Stand Up for Something" by Common and Diane Warren / "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" by Louis Prima / "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa 67.6[7]

63.025[8]		 MACBDA 3rd
(Open Class)
DCA 8th
Class A

References

  1. ↑ "Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus Home". Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ Peterfy, Geoffrey (2018-02-27). "GDM: Flex High School". WTTE. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  3. ↑ "Saints Announce 2018 Programs & DCA Application | Columbus Saints". www.columbussaints.org. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  4. ↑ Auclair, Francois (2018-06-18). "Drum Corps Associates » Columbus Saints Join Class A in 2018". dcacorps.org. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Saints Performing Arts Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Home - Columbus Saints". www.columbussaints.org. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  7. ↑ "MACBDA for better bands". MACBDA for better bands. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  8. ↑ "CompetitionSuite". recaps.competitionsuite.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
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