| Colts | |
| Location: | Dubuque, Iowa |
| Division: | World Class |
| Director1: | Jeff MacFarlane |
| Director: | Vicki MacFarlane |
The Colts Drum and Bugle Corps (previously known as the Junior Dukes, Legionnaires, and Colt .45) is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Dubuque, Iowa.[1] The Colts are part of the Colts Youth Organization and a member of Drum Corps International, along with their feeder corps, the Colt Cadets, which participates in Open Class.[2]
The corps was founded in 1963 as the Junior Dukes, a junior corps to the Dukes of Dubuque, a senior corps.[3] The Junior Dukes were sponsored by the local American Legion Post #6 and competed as a military style parade band. The corps performed for two years under that name before the Dukes of Dubuque disbanded in 1965.[4] After the disbandment of the senior corps, the name was switched to the Legionnaires, and in 1966, the corps began to accept female members.[5] [6] By 1967, the corps was large enough to create a feeder corps known as the Cadets, and the Legionnaires began touring in regional VFW competitions.[7] [8]
In 1969, the corps changed their name again, then to the Colt .45 and Colt .45 Cadets. In 1971, the corps began to compete in VFW national competitions, earning as high as 5th place in 1973. That same year Colt .45 joined Drum Corps International, taking 28th in their first championship competition. Three years later, citing the negative association with both firearms and Colt 45 beer, the ".45" was dropped.[9]
The Colts continue to compete as a member of Drum Corps International, earning their first finals spot in 1993. The Colts have been a consistent semifinalist every year from 1982 to 2023, earning their highest placements in 1995, 2023 and 2024 at 9th place. Alongside the drum and bugle corps, the Colts Youth Organization also oversees the Colts Summer Band, Colts World Percussion, and a defunct competitive winter guard.
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| Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist | |
| Pale blue background indicates DCI World Class Finalist |
| Year | Repertoire | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Placement | |||
| 1973 | The Big Country by Jerome Moross / There's a Coach Coming In by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner / Music from Cades County by Henry Mancini / How the West Was Won by Alfred Newman / When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Louis Lambert (Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore) / Battle Hymn of the Republic by William Steffe & Julia Ward Howe / United We Stand by Tony Hiller & Peter Simmons | 62.800 | 28th Place Open Class | |
| 1974 | Fanfare for the Common Man & Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland / Oklahoma Crude by Henry Mancini / The Sting by Scott Joplin & Marvin Hamlisch / Ironsides / How the West Was Won by Alfred Newman | Did not attend World Championships | ||
| 1975 | 66.400 | 30th Place Open Class | ||
| 1976 | 71.250 | 25th Place Open Class | ||
| 1977 | 73.100 | 26th Place Open Class | ||
| 1978 | Showboat Scenario by Jerome Kern / The Birth of the Blues by Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva & Lew Brown / Take Five by Paul Desmond / A Star is Born by Paul Williams | 68.650 | 27th Place Open Class | |
| 1979 | 63.300 | 35th Place Open Class | ||
| 1980 | 61.100 | 28th Place Open Class | ||
| 1981 | 64.050 | 28th Place Open Class | ||
| 1982 | 67.200 | 24th Place Open Class | ||
| 1983 | Mississippi Suite by Ferde Grofe / Luck Be A Lady & Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat (from Guys and Dolls) by Frank Loesser / Dill Pickles (Traditional) / Mr. Bojangles by Jerry Jeff Walker / Old Man River (from Show Boat) by Jerome Kern | 60.600 | 22nd Place Open Class Semifinalist | |
| 1984 | Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish / Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) by John Williams / A Night in Tunisia by John Birks Gillespie / Peninsula by Oscar Castro-Neves & Sergio Mendes / What's New? by Bob Haggart & Johnny Burke / Come in from the Rain by Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager | 70.400 | 23rd Place Open Class Semifinalist | |
| 1985 | 80.900 | 16th Place Open Class Semifinalist | ||
| 1986 | 74.700 | 20th Place Open Class Semifinalist | ||
| 1987 | Honeymoon Suite & Love for Sale (from The New Yorkers) by Cole Porter / Up the Ladder to the Roof by Frank Wilson & Vincent Dimirco / Mardi Gras March by Paul Webster & Sammy Fain / Somewhere Out There by James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil / Fieval’s Reprise (from) by James Horner | 76.500 | 20th Place Open Class Semifinalist | |
| 1988 | Seems Like Old Times by Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb / Mountain Greenery (from The Garrick Gaieties) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart / Just in Time (from Bells Are Ringing) by Jule Styne, Betty Comden & Adolph Green / Mardi Gras March by Paul Webster & Sammy Fain / My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart | 78.500 | 18th Place Open Class Semifinalist | |
| 1989 | 73.600 | 21st Place Open Class | ||
| 1990 | 72.800 | 23rd Place Open Class | ||
| 1991 | Santorini by Yiannis Hrysomallis (Yanni) / On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss by David Holsinger / Shock by John Tesh / Earthrise by Chip Davis / In the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War by David Holsinger | 72.100 | 22nd Place Open Class | |
| 1992 | Morning to Morning by David Foster & David Paich / A Thousand Summers & Brain Dead Weasel by John Tesh / The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Dave Grusin & Peggy Lee / Reprise by Chuck Naffier | 75.500 | 20th Place Division I | |
| 1993 | Iowa's Four Seasons Winter by Chuck Naffier / A Thousand Summers by John Tesh / Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin / The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Dave Grusin & Peggy Lee / Reprise by Chuck Naffier | 81.600 | 12th Place Division I Finalist | |
| 1994 | Relations and Romance Smile by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) / Almost Like Being in Love (from Brigadoon) by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner / Lover Man by Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman & Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Higher and Higher by Billy Davis, Raynard Miner, Gary Jackson & Carl Smith / As Time Goes By (from Casablanca) by Herman Hupfeld / Reprise 1994 by Chuck Naffier | 80.100 | 12th Place Division I Finalist | |
| 1995 | Sunday in the Park with George Sunday in the Park, Children and Art, Color and Light & Sunday All from Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim | 86.300 | 9th Place Division I Finalist | |
| 1996 | 81.300 | 11th Place Division I Finalist | ||
| 1997 | 84.100 | 13th Place Division I Semifinalist | ||
| 1998 | A Cappella Celebration Crown Him With Many Crowns by Charles H. Gabriel & Matthew Bridges / Searching for You by Wayne Shorter & Paul Stiller / Reza by Jaco Pastorius / Morning by Paul Stiller & Lisa Keily Stiller / Vox Finale by Chuck Naffier & Jerry Carpenter | 85.300 | 12th Place Division I Finalist | |
| 1999 | 86.000 | 12th Place Division I Finalist | ||
| 2000 | The Wait of the World Godspeed, Speech of Angels, The Wait of the World, Now the Children Lead & The Chosen All by Stephen Melillo | 82.300 | 14th Place Division I Semifinalist | |
| 2001 | Chivalry Sinfonia Voci by David Holsinger / Allemande (from Courtly Airs and Dances) by Ron Nelson / Non Nobis Domine (from Henry V) by Patrick Doyle / Battle Scene by Michael Klesch / Once More Unto the Breach (from Henry V) by Patrick Doyle | 84.900 | 12th Place Division I Finalist | |
| 2002 | 83.900 | 15th Place Division I Semifinalist | ||
| 2003 | Symphonic Visions: Ritual, Song, and Dance Cantus Laetus by David Gillingham / Harrison's Dream by Peter Graham / Blue Sapphire (from Colours) by Roger Cichy | 80.050 | 16th Place Division I Semifinalist | |
| 2004 | 81.325 | 16th Place Division I Semifinalist | ||
| 2005 | 84.075 | 13th Place Division I Semifinalist | ||
| 2006 | 83.050 | 13th Place Division I Semifinalist | ||
| 2007 | Equinox With One Look (from Sunset Boulevard) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton & Don Black / Coronation of Boris Gudonov by Modest Moussorgsky / Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé Suite) by Sergei Prokofiev / String Quartet No. 4, Mvt. 5 "Allegro Molto" by Béla Bartók / As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton & Don Black | 86.150 | 10th Place Division I Finalist | |
| 2008 | 85.175 | 14th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2009 | Fathoms Song of the High Seas (from Victory at Sea) by Richard Rodgers / The Sea Treaders (...In Calm And Storm) by W. Francis McBeth / The Voyage by Chris Tomsa & Max Mullinix / "Ebb Tide" by Robert Maxwell & Carl Sigman / SOS by Max Mullinix / The Journey Home by Chris Tomsa & Max Mullinix | 85.600 | 13th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2010 | 84.650 | 13th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2011 | 82.250 | 16th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2012 | 79.20 | 17th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2013 | Field of Dreams Can't Help Falling In Love by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss / At Last by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren / American Graffiti by Aaron Guidry / The Place Where Dreams Come True (from Field of Dreams) by James Horner / Chorale & Fugue In Jazz by Morton Gould | 82.450 | 15th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2014 | Dark Side of the Rainbow Breathe by Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) / On the Run by David Gilmour & Roger Waters / Time by Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright & David Gilmour / Powerhouse by Raymond Scott / The Great Gig in the Sky by Richard Wright & Clare Torry / Everything in Its Right Place by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien & Philip Selway (Radiohead) / Brain Damage & Eclipse by Roger Waters | 85.350 | 13th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2015 | ...And a Shot Rings Out: A Johnny Staccato Murder Mystery Man With The Golden Arm by Elmer Bernstein / Lex (from Metropolis Symphony) by Michael Daugherty / Audrey's Dance (from Twin Peaks) by Angelo Badalamenti / Science Fiction by Christian McBride / Moanin' by Charles Mingus / Lay Me Down by Sam Smith, James Napier & Elvin Smith / Scherzo (from) by Elliot Goldenthal / Original Music by Chuck Naffier & David Nelson | 83.025 | 14th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2016 | 81.513 | 16th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2017 | Both Sides Now Prologue – Theme from We Are Marshall by Christophe Beck Logic – Serenada Schizophrana by Danny Elfman & Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (from A Beautiful Mind) by James Horner Emotion – Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell Conflict – Symphony No. 2 by John Barnes Chance Resolution – Medley of We Are Marshall, Serenada Schizophrana & Both Sides Now | 83.888 | 15th Place World Class Semifinalist | |
| 2018 | 84.613 | 14th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2019 | 84.225 | 16th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Leap of Faith Rainbow Connection by Kenneth Ascher & Paul Williams / Take a Chance on Me by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) / Faith by Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco & Francis Farewell Starlite / Faith by George Michael / Freedom 90 by George Michael | No scored competitions | ||
| 2022 | The Silk Road Meetings Along The Edge by Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass / Arabian Waltz by Rabih Abou-Khalil / The Dragon Boy by Joe Hisaishi / José / beFORe JOHN5 by Aurél Holló / Divas & Dunes by Aaron Zigman / Kashmir by John Bonham, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) | 87.200 | 11th Place World Class Finalist | |
| 2023 | Where the Heart Is Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe / Minuano (Six-Eight) by Pat Metheny Group / To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra & Patrick Watson / Feels Like Home by Randy Newman / Classical Gas by Mason Williams | 90.263 | 9th Place World Class Finalist | |
| 2024 | On Fields Fields of Joy by Michael Kamen & Hal Fredricks / MacArthur Park by Jimmy Webb / Fields of Gold by Gordon Sumner / Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert & Johnny Mercer / Original music by CJ Barrow, Josh Nelson & Michael Miller / The First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Strawberry Fields Forever by Lennon-McCartney / Sowing the Seeds of Love by Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith | 89.775 | 9th Place World Class Finalist | |
The Colt Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 1967 as the Legionnaires Cadets. In conjunction with the parent corps, it was renamed to the Colt .45 Cadets in 1969 before settling on the name Colt Cadets in 1976. The group serves as the feeder corps to the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps and is a member of the Drum Corps International Open Class division. A feeder corps is an Open Class group made up of younger members with the goal of training them to move up to the World Class group. The Colt Cadets have made Drum Corps International Open Class Finals by placing in the top twelve at Open Class Championships eight times from 2010 to 2023.[11]
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| Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist |
| Year | Repertoire | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Placement | ||
| 2000 | A Sailor's Life For Me A Sailor's Life For Me / Tame The Savage Sea by Elliot del Borgo / The Pirate's Tale / Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) by Reinhold Glière / Anchors Away by Alfred H. Miles & Charles A. Zimmermann | Did not attend World Championships | |
| 2001 | Trapped in the Time Machine 2001: A Space Odyssey by Richard Strauss / Loco-Motion by Gerry Goffin & Carole King / Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built For Two) by Harry Dacre / Pedestrian's Folly / Cruisin' by Smokey Robinson / Magic Carpet Ride by John Kay & Rushton Moreve | ||
| 2002 | Make His Praise Glorious by Bill and Robin Wolaver / A Mighty Fortress by Martin Luther / I'll Give You Peace by Dawn Yarbrough Thomas and Tom Yarborough / Away In The Darkness by Scott Stulir / Amen by Bob Kauflin / Reprise by Ted Reicher | ||
| 2003 | OzFest Over The Rainbow (from The Wizard Of Oz) by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg / I'm A Mean Ole Lion, Slide Some Oil To Me, Ease On Down the Road & If You Believe (all from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls | ||
| 2004 | Snoop Dog Linus And Lucy (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) by Vince Guaraldi / Snoopy's Song & Dime A Dozen (from Snoopy! The Musical) by Larry Grossman & Hal Hackad / "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" by Phil Gernhard & Dick Holler / The World According To Snoopy & It's The Reprise, Charlie Brown (from Snoopy, The Musical) by Larry Grossman & Hal Hackad) | ||
| 2005 | Arcade! Insert Coin / The Puzzle / The Chase / The Triumph | ||
| 2006 | Criminal Mischief Dragnet by Scott Nathan / Secret Agent Man by P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri / James Bond Theme by Monty Norman / Call Me, Beep Me! (The Kim Possible Theme Song) by Cory Lerious & George Gabriel / Carmen Sandiego by Sean Altman & David Yazbek / Charlie's Angels Theme by Jack Elliot & Allyn Ferguson / Live And Let Die by Linda McCartney & Paul McCartney | 66.375 | 11th Place Division II |
| 2007 | Sold Out! Carry On My Wayward Son by Kerry Livgren / Point Of Know Return by Steve Walsh, Robby Steinhardt & Phil Ehart / Lights by Dennis DeYoung & Tommy Shaw / Synchronicity I by Sting / All The Small Things by Blink-182 / Ants Marching by Dave Matthews | Did not attend World Championships | |
| 2008 | New American Signatures America & American Tune by Paul Simon / Song For America by Kerry Livgren | 76.125 | 18th Place Open Class |
| 2009 | Lullaby & Good Nightmare Theme (from Big Top Pee-wee) by Danny Elfman / The Place Where Dreams Come True (from Field of Dreams) by James Horner / Hall Of The Mountain King (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) by Edvard Grieg | 78.100 | 14th Place Open Class |
| 2010 | Sorcerer's Revenge Music of Andrew Boysen, Jr. by Andrew Boysen, Jr. / The Sorcerer's Apprectice by Paul Dukas / Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky / For Good (from Wicked) by Stephen Schwartz | 82.300 | 11th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2011 | NOTORIOUS Overture (from Anne of the Indies) by Franz Waxman / Overture (from Mutiny on the Bounty) by Bronisław Kaper / Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland / Finale & The Immigrant (from The Godfather) by Nino Rota / Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, Mvt. 4 Allegro non troppo by Dmitri Shostakovich | 79.150 | 12th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2012 | Alive Escape From Chronopolis by Reber Clark / Theme from Van Helsing by Alan Silvestri / Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 by Ludwig van Beethoven / Theme from Psycho by Bernard Herrmann / Facade (from Jekyll & Hyde) by Frank Wildhorn & Leslie Bricusse | 75.400 | 12th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2013 | Red Habanera (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet / The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Dave Grusin & Peggy Lee / Happy Ending (from The Red Pony Suite) by Aaron Copland / Red In The Air by Terry White & Brian Zeglis | 80.900 | 10th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2014 | Crazed Overture (from Dancer in the Dark) by Björk / Equus by Eric Whitacre / Crazy by Brian Burton & Thomas Calloway / Goin' Out Of My Mind by Teddy Randazzo & Bobby Weinstein / Love Crazed by Terry White | 66.000 | 10th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2015 | Fire & Ice The Inferno (from The Divine Comedy) by Robert W. Smith / The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky / Cuban Fire! by Johnny Richards / Ice Dance by Danny Elfman / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed | 64.100 | 10th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2016 | The Journey Within Joy by Joseph Curiale / Symphony No. 9 in D minor by Anton Bruckner / Smile (from Modern Times) by Charlie Chaplin / Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven | 61.550 | 15th Place Open Class |
| 2017 | The River's Edge Earth Dance by Michael Sweeney / Flight Of The Piasa by Robert Sheldon / Quad City Stomp by Michael Sweeney / Vitava (Die Moldau) by Bedřich Smetana | 61.200 | 14th Place Open Class |
| 2018 | Moderne Un Bel Di by Giacomo Puccini / Symphony No. 7, Mvt. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven / Young And Beautiful by Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels / Bad Romance by Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) & Nadir Khayat / The Hut Of Baba Yaga & The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky | 62.800 | 13th Place Open Class |
| 2019 | ...Of a Feather Blackbird by John Lennon & Paul McCartney / Don't Stop Me Now by Freddie Mercury / On Eagles Wings by Michael Joncas / The Raven by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson | 64.425 | 11th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Apart Together Once Upon Another Time by Sara Bareilles / Afro American Symphony No. 4 by William Grant Still / Pray For Me by Kendrick Lamar & The Weeknd / At Last by Ella Fitzgerald | No scored competitions | |
| 2022 | To The Stars Rewrite The Stars by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul / Rocket Man by Elton John / Enterprising Young Men (from Star Trek) by Michael Giacchino | 67.150 | 14th Place Open Class |
| 2023 | Classical Innovations Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven / Golden Hour by JVKE / Until The Scars by John Mackey | 70.025 | 9th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2024 | The Woods Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev / Ballad from Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim / The Path Between Mountains by Jay Kennedy | 72.050 | 8th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 70.500 | 29th Place World Class | ||