Legends Drum and Bugle Corps

The Legends Drum & Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Legends performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.[1]

Legends Drum & Bugle Corps
Legends Drum & Bugle Corps logo
LocationKalamazoo, MI
DivisionOpen Class
Founded2001 / 2006
DirectorIbe Sodawalla

History

What is now the Legends Drum and Bugle Corps had its beginnings in Portage, Michigan in 2001 as an indoor winter brass and percussion ensemble at Portage Central High School.

The unit added a color guard in 2006 and performed in exhibition at several DCI shows that summer and the next.

Legends entered DCI competition in 2008, making semifinals and placing 15th of 23 corps at the DCI Open Class Championships at Michigan City, Indiana.

The corps gained the Open Class Finals in 2009, placing 10th and earning awards for Most Improved Corps, Most Outstanding Drum Major (Kelly Koch), and Open Class Director of the Year.

The corps has since remained as an Open Class finalist and has won additional awards as Most Improved Corps and for Most Outstanding Drum Major.

In 2015, Legends placed 5th at the DCI Open Class Championships and 25th overall at the DCI World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, and earning their first semifinals spot in their 10th Anniversary season. The corps was again named the Most Improved Open Class corps, and corps director Ibe Sodawalla received the 2015 Dr. David Kampschroer Leadership Award as Open Class Director of the Year.[2]

2016 was the year the corps broke top 3 in DCI Open Class Championships and earned their highest score to date. Again, Legends made it to semifinals, this year earning 24th place. Noah Koch of Legends also won the Jim Jones Leadership Award for DCI Open Class Drum Major of the Year.

On November 17, 2022, Legends announced that the corps would go inactive for the 2023 season, citing increasing costs of touring that the corps was unable to meet.[3]

Sponsorship

Legends Drum & Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Legends Performing Arts Association, a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization. The corps director is Ibe Sodawalla. The organization continues to support the original Portage Central High School Indoor Performance Ensemble. It also sponsored Legends Percussion, an indoor percussion ensemble that competes in Winter Guard International. Legends Percussion was inactive for the 2017 Winter Guard International season.[4]

Show summary (2006–2022)

Source:[5]

Key
Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist
Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist
    Year Theme Repertoire World Championships
    Score Placement
    2006 Ballet Sacra by David Holsinger / Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona Did not attend World Championships
    2007 In PermoveoBallet Sacra by David Holsinger
    2008 Evolutional ProcuratioNew Beginnings by Peter Boyer82.00015th Place
    Open Class
    2009 IncrementumDaphnis and Chloe by Maurice Ravel81.95010th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    2010 RuinsVesuvius by Frank Ticheli / Eruption (from the Tarkus Suite) by Keith Emerson / Pines of Rome & Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi / Unstoppable by Helmut and Franz Vonlichten (E.S. Posthumus) / Prelude - Main Title (from Ben-Hur) by Miklós Rózsa86.2008th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    2011 Skyscapes Cloudburst by Eric Whitacre / You Are (Variations) by Steve Reich / Pagodes (from Estampes) by Claude Debussy / Gold Rush by Jacob ter Veldhuis / Aurora Awakes by John Mackey82.3009th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    60.650 34th Place
    World Class
    2012 The Edmund Fitzgerald Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten / The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot / Coming Home From The Sea (from The Perfect Storm) & Bishop's Countdown (from Aliens) by James Horner83.9508th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    63.400 30th Place
    World Class
    2013 Ichabod Main Titles (from Sleepy Hollow) by Danny Elfman / The Vote (from The Village) by James Newton Howard / Chester Overture by William Schuman / Shepherd's Hey by Percy Grainger / The Chase (from Sleepy Hollow) by Danny Elfman85.7008th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    68.400 29th Place
    World Class
    2014 La Cathédrale The Sunken Cathedral by Claude Debussy / Stained Glass by David Gillingham / Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre / Gloria, Mvt. 3 (Vivace e ritmico) by John Rutter73.6757th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    71.000 29th Place
    World Class
    2015 The Climb Ascent by Key Poulan, Paul Rennick & Sandra Rennick / The Mountain (from The Bucket List) by Marc Shaiman / Avalanche (from Vertical Limit) by James Newton Howard / The Climb by Jon Mabe & Jessi Alexander75.1255th Place Open Class Finalist
    70.250 25th Place
    World Class
    Semifinalist
    2016 The Grid The Grid (from Tron: Legacy) by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo & Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) / Main Title from Paycheck by John Powell / Virus Attack by Amin Bhatia / Adagio for Tron (from Tron: Legacy) by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo & Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) / NO one To kNOW one by Andy Akiho / Mona Lisa Overdrive (from Matrix Reloaded) by Don Davis & Juno Reactor76.5003rd Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    73.150 24th Place
    World Class
    Semifinalist
    2017 The Signal Define Dancing (from Wall-E) by Thomas Newman & Peter Gabriel / Mothership by Mason Bates / Satellite by James Pluth / The Sound of Silence by Paul Simon / Hyperjump (from Wall-E) by Thomas Newman / Stargate Overture by David Arnold77.2503rd Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    76.225 22nd Place
    World Class
    Semifinalist
    2018 Along Came a Spider The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky / Itsy Bitsy Spider (Traditional) / Symphony No. 8, Mvt. 3 by Dmitri Shostakovich / Aha! by Imogen Heap / Spider-Man Theme by Paul Francis Webster & Robert "Bob" Harris / Water Night by Eric Whitacre / Metropolis Symphony, Mvt. 1 (Lex) by Michael Daugherty76.3504th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    74.400 26th Place
    World Class
    2019 Song of the Siren La Mer by Claude Debussy / Pure Imagination by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley / Aquarium (from Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns / Genie in a Bottle by David Frank, Steve Kipner & Pamela Sheyne / Finale (from The Abyss) by Alan Silvestri / Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich79.4002nd Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    78.400 21st Place
    World Class
    Semifinalist
    2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
    2021 Opted out of competition for the season
    2022 May Your Light Shine Forever Ilia’s Theme (from Star Trek: The Motion Picture) by Jerry Goldsmith / Mothership by Mason Bates / Requiem For a Dream by Clint Mansell / Midnight City by M83 / Maiden Voyage by James Pluth / Squib Cakes by Tower of Power / For Good (from Wicked) by Stephen Schwartz / From Now On (from The Greatest Showman) by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul 74.750 8th Place
    Open Class
    Finalist
    72.975 29th Place
    World Class
    2023 Corps Inactive

    References
    1. "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
    2. "Recap Roundup: Open Class World Championship Finals". Drum Corps International. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
    3. Legends Performing Arts (17 November 2022). "Legends to be inactive for 2023 Season". Legends Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
    4. "Staff". Legends Performing Arts Association. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
    5. "Legends". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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