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Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps

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Crossmen
LocationSan Antonio, Texas
DivisionWorld Class
Founded1974
DirectorChris Lyman
Championship titles
  • American Legion:
    • 1977
  • VFW:
    • 1981
Websitecrossmen.org

The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps, based in San Antonio, Texas. The Crossmen are a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI).

History

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The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps was founded on October 1, 1974, through the merger of two suburban Philadelphia drum and bugle corps: the Keystone Regiment and the 507 Hornets.[1] The name "Crossmen" was chosen, from a list of 43 proposed names, by the members of the new corps in recognition of American Legion Post 507, which was named in honor of World War I veteran John Wesley Cross. Beginning in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the corps has, over the years, been based in several other communities. Their longest stays were in West Chester, Pennsylvania and Newark, Delaware.[2]

The Crossmen were competitively successful from the start, winning the Eastern States Circuit Championship from 1975 to 1981. In 1977, the corps won the American Legion National Junior Drum and Bugle Corps Championship in Denver, Colorado.[3][4] In 1981, they won the Veterans of Foreign Wars Nationals in Philadelphia.[5]

In the winter of 1996, on the verge of folding, the corps became one of the programs sponsored by Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!), an organization which also included The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps and the United States Scholastic Band Association. As a member of YEA!, the corps was based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.[6] After the 2006 season, the corps relocated to San Antonio and then separated from YEA! in late August 2007.[7][8]

The Crossmen have been Drum Corps International finalists a total of 29 times between 1977 and 2019.[9]

Show summary (1975–2024)

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Source:[10]

Key
Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist[a]
Pale blue background indicates DCI World Class Finalist[a]
  1. ^ a b From 1975-1991, the Crossmen competed in Open Class, from 1992-2007 in Division I, and since 2008 in World Class. These are the same tier, just renamed.
Year Repertoire World Championships
Score Placement
1975 Overture to a New Era by Caesar Giovannini / Spanish Trip (Canarios) by John Williams / Gospel John by Jeffrey Steinberg / Journey to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman 68.800 24th Place
Open Class
1976 Overture to a New Era by Caesar Giovannini / Spanish Trip (Canarios) by John Williams / Let's Hear It For Me (from Funny Lady) by John Kander & Fred Ebb / Journey to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman / Tico Tico by Aloísio de Oliveira & Ervin Drake / Colour My World & Make Me Smile by James Pankow Did not attend
World Championships
[a]
1977 Marche Slav by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Let's Hear It For Me (from Funny Lady) by John Kander & Fred Ebb / Nadia's Theme & Bless the Beasts and Children by Barry De Vorzon & Perry Botkin Jr. / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed 81.300 11th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1978 Jazz Rhapsody by Patrick Williams / Something by George Harrison / Great Day by Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose / Let's Hear It For Me (from Funny Lady) by John Kander & Fred Ebb / Tico Tico by Aloísio de Oliveira & Ervin Drake / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed 82.450 9th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1979 Slavonic Dance No. 1 by Antonín Dvořák / Meeting of the Spirits by John McLaughlin / Tiger of San Pedro by John LaBarbera / Planet Krypton, Main Theme & Can You Read My Mind (from Superman) by John Williams / Theme from Adventures of Superman by Leon Klatzkin 81.700 13th Place
Open Class
1980 Pictures de España by Larry Kerchner / Tiger of San Pedro by John LaBarbera / Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea / Jack Miraculous by Gino Vannelli / Superman Medley by John Williams 81.900 8th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1981 Explosion by Matt Catingub / Something by George Harrison / Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea / Bustling by Ian McDougall / Overture to Rocky II by Bill Conti 86.500 8th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1982 Artistry in Rhythm by Stan Kenton / Shoshana by Mark Levine / Canto del Viento by Anthony Yaklich / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed 88.050 7th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1983 Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka / Concerto del Rodrigo by Joaquín Rodrigo / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed 78.600 13th Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1984 Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka / Shoshana by Cal Tjader / Canto del Viento by Anthony Yaklich / Let Me Try Again by Caravelli, Paul Anka & Sammy Cahn 86.300 10th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1985 Selections from Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion / El Toro Loca / Ya Trata by Tania Maria / Casals Suite by Larry Kerchner 80.400 17th Place
Open Class Semifinalist
1986 Jazz Rhapsody by Patrick Williams / Not While I'm Around (from Sweeney Todd) by Stephen Sondheim / Street Dancing by Ed Blackwell / Sweeney Todd Suite by Stephen Sondheim 73.100 21st Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1987 Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward / Dance by Matt Krempasky / Rumble by Chick Corea / Space Shuttle by John LaBarbera 81.600 16th Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1988 Cherokee by Ray Noble / The Waltz by Rob McConnell / Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward 85.600 14th Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1989 Wind Machine by Sammy Nestico / The Waltz by Rob McConnell / How High the Moon by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton 84.000 12th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1990 Baroque Samba by Darmon Meader / 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Now or Never by Caprice Fox, Darmon Meader, Kim Nazarian, Peter DeRose, Peter Eldridge & Sara Krieger (New York Voices) 89.600 7th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1991 Pat Metheny Suite
Minuano (Six Eight) by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Dream of the Return by Pat Metheny & Pedro Aznar / Third Wind by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
89.700 8th Place
Open Class
Finalist
1992 Songs for the Planet Earth
Begin Sweet World by Bill Douglas / Appalachian Morning by Paul Halley / The Four Elements by Matt Krempasky & Mark Thurston / The Rain Forest by Karl Lundeberg / Under the Sun by John Clark, Paul Halley, Paul McCandless, Glen Velez & Paul Winter
92.200 6th Place
Division I
Finalist
1993 Songs for the Planet Earth, Part II: A Celebration of Humanity
Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland / Myth America by Karl Lundeberg / Koto Song by Dave Brubeck / River Music by Eugene Friesen / Freda by Kenny Baker / Anthem for Humanity by Paul Halley
89.600 8th Place
Division I
Finalist
1994 Songs for the Planet Earth, Part III: Suite Children
Land of Make Believe by Chuck Mangione / Children Will Listen (from Into the Woods) by Stephen Sondheim / Pop Goes the Weasel (Traditional) / Songs for the Planet Earth - Finale by Michael Klesch
88.400 7th Place
Division I
Finalist
1995 Overture (from The School for Scandal) by Samuel Barber / Symphony for Brass and Percussion (Mvts. 2 & 3) by Alfred Reed 85.100 10th Place
Division I
Finalist
1996 The Voices of Jazz
The Sultan Fainted by Darmon Meader & Peter Eldridge (New York Voices) / A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square by Manning Sherwin & Eric Maschwitz / Birdland by Josef Zawinul
85.500 8th Place
Division I
Finalist
1997 The Colors of Jazz
Birdland by Josef Zawinul / You are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell / Niner Two by Don Ellis
93.000 6th Place
Division I
Finalist
1998 The Music of Pat Metheny
Third Wind by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Letter From Home by Pat Metheny / The First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
91.400 7th Place
Division I
Finalist
1999 Changing Perspectives: A Silver Celebration
Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli / When October Goes by Barry Manilow & Johnny Mercer / Appalachian Morning by Paul Halley
87.000 10th Place
Division I
Finalist
2000 Clubbin' with the Crossmen
In the Mood by Joe Garland, Andy Razaf & Wingy Manone / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Nobody Does Me by Rod Temperton / Birdland by Josef Zawinul
88.550 9th Place
Division I
Finalist
2001 Late Night Jazz
Harlem Nocturne by Earle Hagen & Dick Rogers / Flying Home by Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman & Eddie DeLange / Guaguanco by Arturo Sandoval / Fire Dance by Allen Vizzutti
91.150 7th Place
Division I
Finalist
2002 The Signature Series
The Heat of the Day by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Candle in the Window (from Civil War: Our Story in Song) by Frank Wildhorn / Strawberry Soup by Don Ellis
89.100 9th Place
Division I
Finalist
2003 Colors
Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) by E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen / Welcome to the St. James Club by Russ Freeman / Blue Rondo à la Turk by Dave Brubeck / Count Bubba by Gordon Goodwin
86.900 9th Place
Division I
Finalist
2004 Unity: Out of Many, One
Jubal Step by Wynton Marsalis / Both Sides, Now by Joni Mitchell / Puma by Karl Lundeberg
87.425 11th Place
Division I
Finalist
2005 Crossroads
Classical Gas by Mason Williams / Radar Love by George Kooymans & Barry Hay / So Far Away by Carole King / Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Jim Steinman
84.050 14th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2006 Changing Lanes
Prelude to a Drive & Cruisin' by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Caribe (from One More Once) by Michel Camilo / If I Had My Way by Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy / Shortcut Home by Keith Emerson & Greg Lake
81.250 15th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2007 Metamorphosis
Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed / The First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Birdland by Josef Zawinul / Symphonic Metamorphosis & Symphony in B-Flat by Paul Hindemith / The Crow by DJ Food / P5 by Aaron Guidry
81.600 16th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2008 Planet X
Jupiter, Mars & Mercury (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst / What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele & George David Weiss
85.950 13th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2009 ForbiddeN
Dance of Vengeance (from Medea) by Samuel Barber / My Immortal by Amy Lee, Ben Moody & David Hodges (Evanescence) / ForbiddeN by Aaron Guidry
81.650 16th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2010 Full Circle
First Circle & Heat of the Day by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Letter From Home by Pat Metheny / Minuano (Six Eight) by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Full Circle by Aaron Guidry
80.900 17th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2011 Renewal
Episode: Prelude by Nando Lauria / Ursa Major by Chuck Naffier / Spinning Wheel by David Clayton-Thomas / Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen / Back Home by Nando Lauria
81.050 17th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2012 FRAGILE
Earth Song by Michael Jackson / Wailers by Bobby McFerrin / PD7 by Anoushka Shankar / Here Comes the Flood by Peter Gabriel / Finding and Believing by Pat Metheny
84.000 12th Place
World Class
Finalist
2013 Protest
The Prophet's Song by Brian May / She's Too Good For Me by Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (Sting) / "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon / They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson / Some Nights by Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost & Jack Antonoff (fun.) / We Shall Overcome by Pete Seeger / Goodbye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd / Find the Cost of Freedom by Stephen Stills
84.850 14th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2014 Alma Gitana – A Gypsy Soul
Bulgaria by Peter Erskine / Erghen Diado by Peter Lionder / Emmanuel by Michel Colombier / Zambra by Macaco MonoLoco, Marina Abad & Marina laCanillas (Ojos de Brujo) / Habanera (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet / Caravan by Juan Tizol
86.225 12th Place
World Class
Finalist
2015 Above & Beyond
Fly to Paradise by Eric Whitacre / Ascent by Andrew Markworth / Jubal Step by Wynton Marsalis / One Day I'll Fly Away (from Moulin Rouge!) by Will Jennings & Joe Sample / Butterfly by Mia Makaroff
85.025 12th Place
World Class
Finalist
2016 Continuum
Original Music by Andrew Markworth
86.975 10th Place
World Class
Finalist
2017 Enigma
The Question by Andrew Markworth / Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (from A Beautiful Mind) by James Horner / The Maze by Andrew Markworth / Exit Music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood & Phil Selway (Radiohead) / The Lightbulb by Andrew Markworth / Piano Concerto No. 1 by Keith Emerson
86.825 11th Place
World Class
Finalist
2018 The In-Between
Funeral for a Friend by Elton John / Upside Down by Andrew Markworth / Symphony No. 6 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Sweetness Follows by Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
86.750 12th Place
World Class
Finalist
2019 Valkyrie
Immigrant Song by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) / The Wolf by Andrew Markworth / Hurt by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) / Ride Into Battle by Andrew Markworth
87.550 11th Place
World Class
Finalist
2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Your Move
Minuano (Six Eight) by Pat Metheny / Movement by Andrew Hozier-Byrne / Coronation by Ilan Eshkeri
No scored competitions
2022 A Möbius Trip
Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 4 by Gustav Mahler / Equus by Eric Whitacre / Addis Abba by Guillermo Lago / Alfonso Muskedunder by Todd Terje / Re-Entry (from In the Shadow of the Moon) by Philip Sheppard
86.925 13th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2023 Meetings at the Edge
The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles / Meetings Along the Edge by Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar / Letter From Home by Pat Metheny / The Windup by Keith Jarrett / The Yellow Jacket by Shaun Martin
86.138 13th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2024 Lush Life
Lush Life by Billy Strayhorn / My Favorite Things by Rodgers and Hammerstein / So What by Miles Davis / 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk / Night in Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie / Blues in the Night by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer / La Création Du Monde by Darius Milhaud / Original music by Drew Shanefield, Ray Ulibarri & Juan Arreguin
84.875 15th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
  1. ^ The Crossmen were disqualified in 1976 for having overage members.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Merger results in topnotch corps". The Morning Call. August 9, 1979. p. 5.
  2. ^ a b Fields, Bob (2003). "Crossmen". In Vickers, Steve (ed.). A History of Drum & Bugle Corps. Vol. 2. Drum Corps World. pp. 230–233. OCLC 54892759.
  3. ^ "Crossmen Ranked As Title Contender". The Marion Star. August 4, 1977. p. 26.
  4. ^ "Council honors Crossmen". Delaware County Daily Times. September 7, 1977. p. 30.
  5. ^ Carter, Kevin L. (August 9, 1993). "Hard Corps: They Aren't Your Regular Marching Bands". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  6. ^ Schmeling, Sharon (August 9, 1990). "Band members find it's work to play". The Morning Call. p. B1.
  7. ^ Moravec, Eva Ruth (July 20, 2008). "Marching on in high-spirited style". San Antonio Express-News.
  8. ^ Olivo, Benjamin (June 25, 2010). "Drum Corps takes playing seriously". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  9. ^ Gazette Staff (July 24, 2022). "Texarkana tune-up — Crossmen visit to polish 'A Möbius Trip'". Texarkana Gazette. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Crossmen: Repertoire". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
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