Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps

Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps
	Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps logo
Location	Buena Park, California
Division	Open Class
Founded	1998
Director	Peter Connell
Championship titles	DCI Open Class; 2006;
Website	www.impulseyoutharts.org

The Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class 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[edit]

Sources: ^[2]^[3]

Impulse Youth Arts Organization was founded in Buena Park, California in the fall of 1998 with the intent of developing a culture that maintains character and accountability, teaching corps members to accommodate changes for innovation, and perfecting musical performance. The design goal of Impulse was to create a style that follows in the tradition of the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from Anaheim, California and the Bridgemen Drum and Bugle Corps from Bayonne, New Jersey.

During its inaugural season, Impulse competed at seven competitions within California, placing 2nd at the DCI Pacific Championships in San Jose, California. In 2000, the corps expanded its tour to thirteen competitions throughout the Pacific Northwest. Impulse concluded with a 2nd place finish at Drums Along the Rockies in Denver, Colorado. In 2001, the corps mounted its first national tour to attend the DCI World Championship Prelims in Buffalo, New York and earned 9th place in Division II.

In 2006, Impulse moved to Division III and won the DCI Division III World Championship Title in Madison, Wisconsin, sweeping every caption. In 2007, the DCI World Championships were hosted for the first time in Pasadena, California. Impulse placed 6th in Division lll finals. Since 2008, Impulse has exclusively toured the west coast to maintain its commitment of uninterrupted financial stability and providing a high level drum and bugle corps experience to its local performers. In 2016, when the economic climate supported a national tour, Impulse travelled to DCI Open Division Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Sponsorship[edit]

The Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps is an Impulse Youth Arts Organization performance ensemble. Bob Briggs is the President of the Board of Directors and Executive Director. Peter Connell is the Corps Director^[4]

Show summary (1999–2023)[edit]

Sources:^[5]

Key
Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist^[a]
Goldenrod background indicates DCI Open Class Champion^[a]

^ ^a ^b From 2001–2007, Impulse competed in Division II and Division III; and since 2008, they have competed in Open Class. These are the same tier, just renamed.

Year	Theme	Repertoire	World Championships
Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	Placement
1999	Kool Vibes	"Good Vibrations" by Brian Wilson & Mike Love / The Contender by Bill Ungerman, Daniel Glass, Eddie Nichols & Mick Farren (Royal Crown Revue) / I Want You Back by Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell & Deke Richards / I'll Be There by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch	Did not attend World Championships
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 & Walter Schumann / Rockin' the Paradise by Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw & James "J.Y." Young	Did not attend World Championships
2001	Island Extravaganza	Theme from Gilligan's Island by Sherwood Schwartz & George Wyle / Bali Hai (from South Pacific) by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II / Hawaiian Wedding Song by Charles E. King / Volcano Music by Tex Avery / Hawaiian War Chat by Prince Leleiohoku	82.150	9th Place Division II
2002	Hey Lucy! We're Home	I Love Lucy Theme by Eliot Daniel / Cuban Pete by Joseph "José" Norman / Just Kidding by Michel Camilo / Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo	81.050	12th Place Division II & III
2003	Pure Imagination	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 & Anthony Newley	84.800	8th Place Division II & III Finalist
2004	Cartoon	Cartoon by Paul Hart / Powerhouse by Raymond Scott	89.050	6th Place Division II & III Finalist
2005	The Impulsables	Glory Days, Off to Work, 1000 Mile Dash, and the Incredits All from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino	90.900	6th Place Division II & III Finalist
2006	Me, Myself and I	Selections from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Danny Elfman	84.975	1st Place Division II & III Champion
2007	Shichi	Music from Final Fantasy by Nobuo Uematsu	78.850	6th Place Division II & III Finalist
2008	The Game	Three Worlds by John Meehan	77.300	18th Place Open Class
2009	A New American Classic	Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Overture by Franz von Suppé / Morning Mood (from the Peer Gynt Suite No. 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	Did not attend World Championships
2010	United	America the Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & 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 Mvt. 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 No. 5 / Moonlight Sonata / Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 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 No. 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	14th Place Open Class
2016	Music is ___		60.063	36th Place World Class
2017	In the Beginning	Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss / Rite Of Spring by Igor Stravinsky / Adagio (from Spartacus) by Aram Khachaturian / Piano Concerto No. 2 by Poul Ruders / Ritual Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla	58.125	15th Place Open Class
2017	In the Beginning		57.550	39th Place World Class
2018	Time After Time	Primacy of Number by Philip Glass / Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman / Time Is Running Out by Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme & Dominic Howard (Muse)	Did not attend World Championships
2019	The Greatest Hero	Incredits 2 (from Incredibles 2) & Homecoming Suite (from Spider-Man: Homecoming) All by Michael Giacchino	Did not attend World Championships
2020	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Opted out of competition for the season
2022	Anew	Repertoire not available	Did not attend World Championships
2023	Maverick	Darkstar by Harold Faltermeyer and Lorne Balfe / You're Where you Belong by Hans Zimmer, Michael Tucker and Stefani Germanotta / I Ain't Woried by Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Tyler Spry, Peter Morén, Björn Yttling, and John Eriksson / The Man, The Legend by Hans Zimmer, Harold Faltermeyer, Michael Tucker, and Stefani Germanotta / Hold my Hand by Michael Tucker and Stefani Germanotta	Did not attend World Championships

References[edit]

^ "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ corpsreps.com - The Drum Corps Repertoire Database
^ scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives
^ "IMPULSE Staff". IMPULSE Youth Arts Organization. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
^ "Impulse". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

External links[edit]

Official website

[Open_Class-6] From 2001–2007, Impulse competed in Division II and Division III; and since 2008, they have competed in Open Class. These are the same tier, just renamed.

[1] "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[2] rpsreps.com - The Drum Corps Repertoire Database

[3] scores@corpsreps.com - Historical Drum Corps Score Archives

[4] "IMPULSE Staff". IMPULSE Youth Arts Organization. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

[5] "Impulse". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

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