Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps

The Reading Buccaneers
Location Reading, Pennsylvania
Division Open Class
Founded 1957
Director Bill Snook
Championship titles VFW: 1960, 1961, 1962; DCA: 1965, 1968, 1979, 1980, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Uniform Royal blue jackets with faux black satin cummerbund, black sequined sash, black pants, shoes, gauntlets, and aussie hats with Black plume

The Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps is an all-age or senior drum and bugle corps based in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Buccaneers, also known by the nickname The Bucs, are charter members of Drum Corps Associates.

History

Pre-DCA (VFW/American Legion)

The Reading Buccaneers were formed in 1957 as a parade corps for WWII veterans. A field corps was formed in 1958 competing in the VFW circuit. The Reading Buccaneers captured the VFW championship in 1960, 1961, and 1962. The Reading Buccaneers were the last drum and bugle corps to win the VFW championship as the award was retired in 1962.

Modern Years (DCA)

In 1965, the Reading Buccaneers became a charter member of Drum Corps Associates. The Buccaneers won the first DCA Open Class World Champions in 1965. They have since repeated thirteen times, in 1968, 1979, 1980, 2005, 2006, 2007 (the corps' 50th anniversary), 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and most recently in 2015. The corps has also placed second eight times (1973, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1999, 2001, and 2011) and third seven times (1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, 2000, 2002, and 2004). They have missed being a DCA finalist only twice.

Traditions

The Reading Buccaneers on retreat in the 2005 DCA World Finals in Scranton, Pennsylvania

DCA Championships

1965

The corps won the very first DCA championship with a score of 84.50.

1968

The corps won their second DCA championship, becoming the first DCA corps to win a second DCA title.

1979

Led by future World Drum Corp Hall of Fame drum major George N. Parks,[4] the Bucs captured the last DCA title of the 1970s with a score of 90.5

1980

The Bucs pulled off a repeat with a score of 91.3.

2005

With new uniforms, new instruments in all sections, and a full hornline playing on instruments in the key of B-flat, the Buccaneers finished their first undefeated season, cruising to victory with the second-highest score in DCA history, 98.45. The show, entitled Variations in B, featured Georges Bizet's Farandole, Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 4 - Movement 5, Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.

2006

After coming off an undefeated season, the corps emerged victorious with another undefeated season with Exotic Impressions including the Ravel's Boléro, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol, Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune and Scheherazade, with a score of 97.238.

2007

Celebrating the corps' 50th anniversary,[5] the Buccaneers again finished another undefeated to capture their third consecutive DCA title. The show, entitled Blue Era, also gave the Bucs the third-highest score in DCA history, a 98.313. The show consisted of Aaron Jay Kernis' New Era Dance, Aaron Copland's The Promise of Living, Alberto Ginastera's Malambo, and George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

2008

At the 2008 DCA Championships, the Buccaneers tied the Brigadiers' record by winning their fourth consecutive championship with a fourth consecutive undefeated season, and earned the Buccaneers the highest prelims score in history, a 98.138, and a final score of 97.913. The show, entitled The Pursuit of Joy, consisted of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, David Holsinger's Abram's Pursuit, Giacomo Puccini's Nessun Dorma, and Ludwig von Beethoven's Ode to Joy.

2009

At the 2009 DCA Championships, the Buccaneers became the first DCA corps to win five consecutive championships with a fifth consecutive undefeated season. The show earned the Buccaneers the highest score in DCA history, a 99.025. The show, entitled Demons & Angels, consisted of Giuseppe Verdi's Dies Irae, Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, Leonard Bernstein's A Simple Song, and David Holsinger's Symphonia Resurrectus.

2010

At the 2010 DCA Championships, the Buccaneers added another notch to their streak with their sixth consecutive undefeated season finishing with a score of 98.263. The show, entitled ROME, consisted of Ottorino Respighi's Pines of the Appian Way from Pines of Rome, Ottorino Respighi's Circuses from Feste Romane, Aram Khachaturian's Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet Spartacus, and Ottorino Respighi's Epiphany from Feste Romane.

2012

At the 2012 DCA Championships in Annapolis, Maryland the Buccaneers captured their 11th DCA championship and their 7th in 8 years with an undefeated season. In July, the Bucs became the first DCA corps to ever break 90 before August. During championships weekend, the Buccaneers earned the highest ever prelims score with a 98.5, and the highest score in DCA history at finals with a 99.03. Their show, The Black Symphony takes its audience on a journey through colors to black, exploring a variety of moods and textures associated with color as we celebrate the color black for what it is: powerful, elegant, formal, classic, bold and regal. The Black Symphony consists of Warm Colors, an original composition from arranger Mark Lortz. Cool Colors from The Four Sections for Orchestra, Mvt. IV by contemporary American composer Steve Reich. Shadows, based off New World by Björk Guömundsdóttir from the movie Dancer in the Dark. The program closes with Black, a composition of 1812 from Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

2013

The 2013 program was titled "Higher, Faster, Stronger". In Annapolis, Maryland, at DCA World Finals the corps received first place with a score of 98.43. Yet again, the Buccaneers had an undefeated season.

2014

On August 31, 2014, at the DCA World Championships in Rochester, New York, the Buccaneers received first place with a score of 97.550 with their program "Break on Through." This come-from-behind victory occurred after placing 3rd in the previous day's preliminary competition.

2015

The Bucs won their 14th DCA World Championship with their show "Twist It" and a score of 97.580.

Show Summary (1965-2015)

Gold background indicates DCA Championship; Pale blue background indicates DCA Finalist.

Year Theme Repertoire Score Result
1990 Batman Batman - Batman Theme (from Batman) * Rooftop (from Batman) * Descent into Mystery (from Batman) * Return of the Rainmaker * Pie Jesu (from Requiem) * Batman Theme Reprise (from Batman) 92.200 7th
1991 Marche Slav * Firewatch * Dr. Macumba * Anything but Lonely (from Apects of Love) * Russian Easter Overture 82.300 8th
1992 Cherokee * Englishman in New York * Moondance * Sambandrea Swing * You Can't Fall Up (You Just Fall Down) 86.600 9th
1993 You're Still A Young Man * What is Hip * The Skunk, The Goose, And The Fly * You Can't Fall Up (You Just Fall Down) 84.800 11th
1994 The Music of Hook Remembering Childhood (from Hook); Prologue (from Hook); Banning Back Home (from Hook); You Are the Pan (from Hook); The Ultimate War (from Hook) all by John Williams 79.600 11th
1995 Balance in Blue En Sueno * Canto del Viento * Navy Hymn * Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) 77.500 11th
1996 Russian Hymn * Hook * Jurassic Park * Asteroid Belt * E. T. Theme (from E.T.) 82.400 10th
1997 Hunt for Red October * Meadowland * Polovetsian Dances * Firebird Suite 83.400 9th
1998 A Russian Celebration Festive Overture * Gopak * Russian Christmas Music 93.500 4th
1999 Winter Dreams Russian Christmas Music * 4th Movement (from Symphony No. 1) * The Pine Forest (from The Nutcracker) 95.800 2nd
2000 Holst: The Planets Jupiter (from The Planets) / Venus (from The Planets) / Mercury (from The Planets) / Mars (from The Planets) / Jupiter (from The Planets) all by Gustav Holst 97.850 2nd
2001 Portraits of Bernstein On The Waterfront / Slava / Make Our Garden grow (from Candide) / Overture (from Candide) all by Leonard Berstein 97.850 2nd
2002 Anthems of Freedom Star Spangled Overture; Appalachian Spring; Flag of Stars 95.550 3rd
2003 The Sea: Beauty, Power, Serenity, and War Songer of Sailor and Sea; Navy Hymn; Drunken Sailor; Blow the Man Down; The Sea Treaders 92.150 5th
2004 Innovations! The Passions of Shostakovich Festive Overture; Fire of Eternal Glory; Symphony No. 10; Symphony No. 5 95.450 3rd
2005 Variations in B Farandole (from L'Arlesienne); Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber / String Quartet No. 4 by Bela Bartok / A Young Persons's Guide to the Orchestra 98.450 1st
2006 Exotic Impressions Bolero; Capriccio Espangnol; Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque); Schehereezade 97.238 1st
2007 Blue Era New Era Dance; The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land); Danza Final (Malambo from Estancia); Rhapsody in Blue 98.313 1st
2008 The Pursuit of Joy Canon in D; Abram's Pursuit; Nessun Dorma (from Turandot); Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (from Ode to Joy) 97.913 1st
2009 Demons and Angels Dies Irae (from Days of Wrath); Ritual Fire Dance; A Simple Song (from Berstein's Mass); Symphonia Resurrectus (from Easter Symphony) 99.025 1st
2010 Rome MMX Pines of the Appian Way (from Pines of Rome); Games at the Circus Maximus (Mvt. 1 from Roman Festivals); Adagio from Spartacus; The Epiphany (Mvt. 4 from Roman Festivals) 98.263 1st
2011 A Dancer's Dream The Chairman Dances; Danzon No.2; Swan lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Mambo (from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein 97.450 2nd
2012 The Black Symphony Warm Colors by Mark Lortz / The Four Sections for Orchestra, Mvt. 4 by Stever Reich /
New World (from Dancer in the Dark) by Björk Guömundsdóttir / 1812 Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 		99.030 1st
2013 Higher, Faster, Stronger Symphony No.11, Mvt. 4 / Original Composition by Mark Lortz, Johnny Trujillo, and Greg Tsalikis /
Chesvaliers de Sangreal (from DaVinci Code) / Danse Bacchanale (from Samson and Delilah) 		98.430 1st
2014 Break On Through Break on Through by Jim Morrison / Fourth Ballet Suite by Dmitri Shostakovich / Orawa for Orchestra by Wojciech Kilar /
Heat of the Day by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays / Original Composition by Mark Lortz, Johnny Trujillo, and Greg Tsalikis 		97.550 1st
2015 Twist-It Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo / Palladio by Karl Jenkins / Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven /
Going the Distance (from Rocky) by Bill Conti / William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini 		97.580 1st
2016 ConZENtric - Mind, Body, Soul Equus by Eric Whitacre / Impressions of Japan by James Barnes / Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone TBD TBD

Notable alumni

Sponsorship

The Buccaneers are currently sponsored in part by the American Legion Post # 537 of Morgantown, the Buccaneer Alumni Association and devoted fans.[6]

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ "Corps Nickname". 2007-12-04. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  2. ↑ "Corps Symbol". 2007-12-04. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  3. ↑ "Corps Song". 2007-12-04. Archived from the original on July 10, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  4. ↑ "World Drum Corp Hall of Fame Biographies". 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  5. ↑ "50th Anniversary Article". 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Corps Sponsorship". 2007-12-04. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-09-02.

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