Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps

Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps
Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps logo
Location	Buena Park, California
Division	Open Class
Founded	1999
Director	Michael Lopez
Championship titles	2006 (Division III)
Uniform	Black short-sleeve jacket w/yellow yoke, collar, left sleeve & upper left 1/3 of front w/stylized black exclamation point Black Jumpsuit Black shoes and socks Black baseball cap w/stylized yellow exclamation point
Website	http://www.impulseyoutharts.org

The Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Buena Park, California, Impulse performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions. Impulse was the 2006 DCI Division III World Champion.^[1]

History

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Impulse was founded in Anaheim in 1999 with the intent of recapturing the playful, off-beat attitude of such recently departed corps as the Bridgemen and Anaheim's own Velvet Knights. In that vein, the corps adopted a stylized exclamation point as its logo and dressed in bright yellow and black uniforms.

During its inaugural season, Impulse competed only within California. In its second season, the corps traveled to the Pacific Northwest and as far east as Wyoming and Colorado.. In 2001, the corps toured into Illinois, Michigan, across the Canada–US border to Ontario, and to its first DCI Division II World Championship prelims at Buffalo, New York, placing 9th of 12 corps.

For the next few seasons, Impulse became a regular visitor to the eastern half of the U.S., attending the Division II Championships at Madison, Wisconsin in 2002 (12th), Orlando, Florida in 2003 (8th), Denver, Colorado in 2004 (6th), and Brockton, Massachusetts in 2005 (6th).

In 2006, the corps, having fewer than 60 members. moved to Division III and won the DCI Division III World Championship at Madison. When, the following year, DCI held its championships in Impulse's home state, the corps not only did not recover its former size, but its performance was not up to the previous years standard, and the defending Division III Champion dropped to a 6th-place finish at Pasadena.

Since finishing 18th of 23 corps in the new Open Class at Bloomington, Indiana in 2008, Impulse has remained in California, marching a season of only two to three weeks, while making it known that the corps' intent is to return to national competition.

Sponsorship

The Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Impulse Youth Arts Organization, a 501 (c)(3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. Michael "Mike" Lopez is the President, Executive Director, and corps director .^[4]

Show Summary(1999–2016)

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Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	Result
1999	Kool Vibes	The Contender by Bill Ungerman, Daniel Glass, Eddie Nichols, and Mick Farren (Royal Crown Revue) / Good Vibrations by Brian Wilson and Mike Love / I Want You Back by Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards / I'll Be There by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis, and Willie Hutch
2000	Music 101	I've Got the Music in Me by Bias Boshell / Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach / Too Much Time on My Hands by Tommy Shaw / Help by Lennon–McCartney / Dragnet Theme (Danger Ahead and Dragnet March) by Miklós Rózsa and Walter Schumann / Rockin' the Paradise by Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, and James "J.Y." Young
2001	Island Extravaganza	Bali Hai (from South Pacific) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II / Hawaiian Wedding Song by Charles E. King / Hawaiian War Chat by Prince Leleiohoku	82.150	9th Div.II
2002	Hey Lucy! We're Home	Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo / Cuban Pete by Joseph "José" Norman / Just Kidding by Michel Camilo / Theme (from I Love Lucy) by Eliot Daniel	81.050	12th Div.II
2003	Pure Imagination - Musical Journey through Wonka Favorites	Pure Imagination, Candy Man, I've got a Golden Ticket, Oompa Loompa, and Cheer Up Charlie All from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley	84.800	8th Div.II
2004	Cartoon	Cartoon by Paul Hart / Powerhouse by Raymond Scott	90.325 89.050	6th Div.II 6th Div. II/III
2005	The Impulsables	Glory Days, Off to Work, 1000 Mile Dash, and the Incredits All from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino	90.375 90.900	6th Div.II 6th Div.II/III
2006	Me, Myself and I	Selections from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Danny Elfman	84.975	1st Div.III
2007	Shichi	Music from Final Fantasy by Nobuo Uematsu	78.850	6th Div.III
2008		Repertoire unavailable	77.300	18th Open Cl.
2009	A New American Classic	Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Overture by Franz von Suppé / Morning Mood (from the Peer Gynt Suite #1) by Edvard Grieg / Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) by Giuseppe Verdi / Dance of the Comedians (from The Bartered Bride) by Bedřich Smetana / Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss II / Poet and Peasant Overture by Franz von Suppé
2010	United	America the Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward and Katharine Lee Bates / Beyond the Breaking Tides by Christian Earl / Songs of Earth, Water, Fire and Sky by Robert W. Smith / Amber Waves by Morton Gould / The Red Pony & Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland
2011	Tribute	Third Symphony, Fourth Mvmt by Vittorio Giannini / Variations on a Korean Folk Song by John Barnes Chance / Corral Nocturne & Hoe-Down (from Rodeo), The Red Pony & Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland
2012	Overture!	American Overture by Joseph Willcox Jenkins / Cuban Overture by George Gershwin / 1712 Overture by P. D. Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)
2013	Crystal Celebration	Outdoor Overture by Aaron Copland / Powerhouse by Raymond Scott / Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda) by Amilcare Ponchielli
2014	Dusk to Dawn	Symphony Number 5 / Moonlight Sonata / Ode to Joy from Symphony Number 9 / All by Ludwig van Beethoven
2015	Interpolation	Anna's Theme, The Monastery, Gregorian Chant, The Gypsies All from The Red Violin by John Corigliano
2016	Music is ___	Beautiful Dreamer by Stephen Collins Foster / Symphony 25 in G minor (K-183)- Allegro con brio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky / Great Gate of Kiev by Modest Mussorgsky	61.575 60.063	14th Open Class 36th World Class

External links

References

Drum Corps International

Active Corps

World Class	The Academy Blue Devils Blue Knights Blue Stars Bluecoats Boston Crusaders The Cadets Carolina Crown The Cavaliers Colts Crossmen Jersey Surf Madison Scouts Mandarins Oregon Crusaders Pacific Crest Phantom Regiment Pioneer Santa Clara Vanguard Seattle Cascades Spirit of Atlanta Troopers

Open Class	7th Regiment The Battalion Blue Devils B Blue Devils C Blue Saints Colt Cadets Columbians Genesis Gold Golden Empire Guardians Heat Wave Impulse Incognito Legends Les Stentors Louisiana Stars Music City Racine Scouts Raiders River City Rhythm Shadow Southwind Spartans Vanguard Cadets Watchmen

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Lists

Drum Corps International Class A / Division II / All-Girl / Class A60 / Division III Champions (1975-2007)

Class A (1975-91)	Bengal Lancers (CT): 1977 Black Watch (NJ): 1979 Black Watch (WA): 1978 Cadets of Greece (NY): 1975 Canadian Knights (ONT): 1986 Dutch Boy (ONT): 1982 Florida Wave (FL): 1984 Les Chatelaines (QUE): 1983 L'Insolite (QUE): 1988 Southernairs (LA): 1981 Southwind (AL): 1991 Ventures (ONT): 1980, '85, '87, '89, '90 Wausau Story (WI): 1976

Division II (1992-2007)	The Academy (AZ): 2006 Carolina Crown (NC): 1993 East Coast Jazz (MA): 1998 (tie), 2005 Esperanza (CA): 2003 Les Etoiles Dorion Vaudreuil (QUE): 1996 Magic of Orlando (FL): 2002 Mandarins (CA): 2001 Patriots (NY): 1999 Pioneer (WI): 1994 & '95 Spartans (NH): 1997, '98 (tie), 2004, '07 Southwind (AL): 1992 Vanguard Cadets (CA): 2000

All-Girl Class (1975-82)	Arbella (MA): 1979 Les Chatelaines (QUE): 1978, '81, '82 St. Ignatius (NY): 1975, '76, '77 Ventures (ONT): 1980

Class A60 (1985-91)	Academie Musicale (QUE): 1990 Blue Stars (WI): 1989 Mandarins (CA): 1987 & '88 Pioneer (WI): 1991 St. Francis Xavier Sancians (MA): 1985 & '86

Division III (1992-2007)	Academie Musicale (QUE): 1995 Americanos (WI): 1994 Blue Stars (WI): 1993, 2001, '03 Impulse (CA): 2006 Mandarins (CA): 1992, '96, '97, '98, '99 Memphis Sound: 2007 Oregon Crusaders (OR): 2004 Raiders (NJ): 2005 Revolution (TX): 2002 Seattle Cascades (WA): 2000