The Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Diamond Bar, California and City of Industry, California, Pacific Crest is a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI).
History Pacific Crest was founded in 1993 to serve the youth in the eastern part of Los Angeles County. Marching only 33 members in its inaugural season, the corps grew in size and ability while maintaining a local California profile. The corps did not perform outside its home state until traveling to Texas for two shows in 2000. The corps journeyed to the Northwest in 2002, and entered the national competition scene by attending its first DCI Championships at Orlando, Florida in 2003, where many drum corps fans unfamiliar with Pacific Crest were surprised as the corps reached the semifinal round. Although it now tours nationally each season, the corps has maintained a focus on servicing the Southern California region. Pacific Crest has advanced to DCI Semifinals in 2003, 2007–08, 2011–19, and 2022–25.
In addition to performing in DCI, Pacific Crest has also performed at several independent events, including with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and in the 2019 Rose Parade.
Sponsorship Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by the Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization (PCYAO), a 501(c)(3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, CEO, corps director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. Stuart Pompel serves as PCYAO's Chief Executive Officer, and has been involved with the organization since its inception. In addition to its flagship drum corps program, PCYAO has previously supported a winterguard unit (2002-2005) that competed in Winter Guard International (WGI) and the Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) circuits. The winterguard competed in the Independent World Class (2002), Independent Open Class (2003), and Independent A Class (2004-2005); the winterguard was a WGI finalist and WGASC gold medalist for the Independent A Class in 2004 and 2005. The organization also sponsors a suite of educational outreach programs, including workshops for marching band students and annual summer camps for current and prospective high school marching band student leaders. PCYAO receives a part of its funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Show summary (1994–2026) Source:
+KeyPale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist YearRepertoire Score Placement 1994 BackdraftIt's All Right With Me, Show Me Your Firetruck, Haven't You Heard & Ya Gotta Make Your Own LuckAll from Backdraft by Hans Zimmer Did not attend 1995 Music from MetroscapeDouble Lattes & the LA Times, Heavy Traffic Reported, Bottom Rung of the Corporate Ladder, Alternate Route Suggested & Back HomeAll by Dale Leaman 1996 Jekyll and HydeI Need to Know, Take Me As I Am & Dangerous Game (from Jekyll & Hyde) by Leslie Bricusse & Frank Wildhorn / The World Has Gone Insane (from Dracula: The Concept Recording) by Frank Wildhorn / Confrontation & Alive (from Jekyll & Hyde) by Leslie Bricusse & Frank Wildhorn 1997 FrankensteinTo Think of a Story, The Creation, The Escape, Friendless & Evil Stitched to EvilAll from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Patrick Doyle 1998 HamletThe Ghost, Death & Anguish, I Loved You Once, What Players Are They & MadnessAll from Hamlet by Patrick Doyle 1999 DraculaIncident At Charing X Station, Dance Of The Effigies, Seduction At Castle Dracula, The Crypt & The Death of Dracula All from Dracula by Philip Feeney 2000 Joan of ArcVoices of Light; A Call To Arms; The Siege of Chinon; The Miracle; Sacraments; Coronation; Betrayal, Trial and Torture & The Fire of the Dove Angels in the Cleansing Flames All from Voices of Light by Richard Einhorn 2001 Age of EmpiresThe Adoration of Veless and Ala, The Enemy God and the Dance of the Pagan Monsters & The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Sun's Cortège (from Scythian Suite) by Sergei Prokofiev / Her Name Was Merit (from The Egyptian) by Alfred Newman / The Reprimand, Following Tzipporah & Red Sea (from The Prince of Egypt) by Hans Zimmer & Stephen Schwartz / The Battle & Barbarian Horde (from Gladiator) by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard 2002 ReinventionAtmadja (from Quidam) by Benoit Jutras / Ravendhi (from Dralion) by Violaine Corradi / Seisuoso (from Quidam) by Benoit Jutras / Ombra (from Dralion) by Violaine Corradi / Incantation (from Quidam) and Distorted & Urban (from La Nouba) by Benoit Jutras 2003 Invocacion a PoderososMoonlight on the Parana, Invocation to the Spirits of Power & Dawn All from Panambí, Op. 1 by Alberto Ginastera 79.300 17th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2004 On Dangerous GroundThe Man Who Knew Too Much, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Baghdad (from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) & Death Hunt (from On Dangerous Ground)All by Bernard Hermann 77.850 19th PlaceWorld Class 2005 Fluid States: Vapor, Solid, LiquidFour Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes) by Benjamin Britten / Sinfonia Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams 77.250 19th PlaceWorld Class 2006 From the City of AngelsPrologue: Theme from City of Angels, Double Talk Walk, With Every Breath I Take & I'm Nothing Without YouAll from City of Angels by Cy Coleman & David Zippel 74.900 21st PlaceWorld Class 2007 What Happens In Vegas...Viva Las Vegas by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman / Love for Sale (from The New Yorkers) by Cole Porter / Angel Eyes by Matt Dennis & Earl Brent / Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) by Frank Loesser 79.525 17th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2008 Primality: The Rituals of PassionSelections from Blood Diamond by James Newton Howard / Selections from The Wind and the Lion by Jerry Goldsmith / Selections from Dralion by Violaine Corradi 79.650 17th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2009 El Corazon de la GenteSelections by Carlos Chavez / Pampeana No. 3 – Impetuosamente, Variaciones Concertantes & Pequena Danza by Alberto Ginastera / Symphonic Dances (Danzas Sinfonicas): Gregoriana by Julián Orbón 79.050 19th PlaceWorld Class 2010 MazeMachu Picchu by Satoshi Yagisawa / Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey / Sam's Gone (from I Am Legend) by James Newton Howard / Turbine by John Mackey 80.350 18th PlaceWorld Class 2011 Push, Pull, Twist, TurnLauds (Praise High Day) by Ron Nelson / Push by Robert W. Smith / Adagietto, Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler / The Mechanical Ballet (Unknown) / Serenada Schizophrana by Danny Elfman / AirLink by Jack Stamp 77.750 18th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2012 The SpectrumButterfly Yellow & Tarantella Red (from Bright Colored Dances) by Lewis J. Buckley / The Red Machine by Peter Graham / Yellow by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin / Blue Sapphire (from Colours) by Roger Cichy / End Credits (from Green Lantern: First Flight) by Robert Kral / True Colors by Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly 80.250 16th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2013 TransfixedFix a Heart by Emanuel Kiriakou & Priscilla Renea / Instinctive Travels by Michael Markowski / Drum Music by John Mackey 82.300 16th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2014 No Strings AttachedOverture to Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach / Firefly by Ryan George / Shadowplay (from Kà) by René Dupéré / A Tango by John M. Meehan & Mike Huestis 78.900 20th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2015 The CatalystScythian Suite by Sergei Prokofiev / Liberi Fatali (from Final Fantasy) by Nobuo Uematsu / Enjoy the Silence by Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) / Angels in the Architecture by Frank Ticheli 74.925 21st PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2016 The UnionFoundry: Original Composition by John Meehan, Pete Lucero & Brian DinkelWorking: Aha! by Imogen HeapSpace Between: Fix You by Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin & Guy Berryman (Coldplay)Engine: Original Music by Pete Lucero & Brian DinkelTrain: Point Blank by Paul Dooley / Last Train Home by Pat Metheny 78.875 19th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2017 Golden State of Mind"California Dreamin'" by John Phillips & Michelle Phillips / Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (from A Beautiful Mind) by James Horner / Arrival of the Birds (from The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos) by Jason Swincoe (The Cinematic Orchestra) / Alfonso Muskedunder by Todd Terje / Moving On (from Lost) by Michael Giacchino 78.000 21st PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2018 Here’s to the Ones Who DreamPlanetarium (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz / Overture & Waltz for Peppy (from The Artist) by Ludovic Bource / The 20th Century Fox Mambo (from Smash) by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman / Audition (The Fools Who Dream) (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul / Pretty Peppy (from The Artist) by Ludovic Bource / Epilogue (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz 79.300 20th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2019 EverglowAwakening: Original Music by Bradley Kerr Green, Jonathan Zuniga & Ezekiel LanserAdventure: Ready Player One by Alan SilvestriLonging: Meta by Bradley Kerr Green, Jonathan Zuniga & Ezekiel LanserTrials: View From Olympus by John PsathasHeartbreak: Chinatown by Jerry GoldsmithRebirth: Insight by Haywyre (Martin Sebastian Vogt)Acceptance & Departure: The Grand Finale (from Edward Scissorhands) by Danny Elfman 85.350 14th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2020 Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 eXTheme from The Rocketeer by James Horner / Feeling Good by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley / Life on Mars by David BowieNo scored competitions 2022 Welcome to the VoidFinale (from Swiss Army Man) by Andy Hull & Robert McDowell / The Void by Bradley Kerr Green, Jonathan Zuniga & Ezekiel Lanser / Enjoy the Silence by Martin Gore / Intruder by Peter Gabriel / Where Is My Mind? by Black Francis 80.250 19th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2023GoddessEngulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy / Danse Diabolique by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. / Watershed by Vienna Teng / Gloriosa by Yasuhide Ito / Scythian Suite by Sergei Prokofiev 85.050 14th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2024 The Broken ColumnBenediction and Dream by Elliot Goldenthal / Burning Red by Elliot Goldenthal / Harmonielehre by John Adams / California Counterpoint: The Twittering Machine by Cindy McTee / Ramalama Bang Bang by Matthew John Herbert & Roisin Murphy / Passage by Cynthia Yih Shih / ...And the Mountains Rising Nowhere by Joseph Schwantner 86.350 13th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2025 It Sin Our NatureFantasie by Oskar Schuster / Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich / How I'd Kill by Cowboy Malfoy / Jealous by Labyrinth / Better Have My Money by Rihanna / Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi / To Die For (from The Lion King) by Hans Zimmer 84.825 15th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist 2026IrresistibleThe Great Refusal by Colin Self / Moth by Viet Cuong / Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven / Goodnight Moon by Eric Whitacre / Everything in Its Right Place by Radiohead / Heaven (Butterflies) by Jacob Collier 86.663 13th PlaceWorld ClassSemifinalist
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