Kalamazoo, MI United States
Founded: 2006
The Legends Drum & Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Legends began as an indoor winter brass and percussion ensemble at Portage Central High School in Portage, Michigan in 2001. In 2006, a color guard was added and the group performed in exhibition at several Drum Corps International (DCI) shows that summer and the next.
The corps first entered DCI competition in 2008 and made semifinals with a 15th place finish among the 23 corps at the DCI Open Class Championships at Michigan City, Indiana. The following year, the corpsfinished 10th in Open Class Finals and earned the awards for Most Improved Open Class Corps, the Jim Jones Leadership Award for Most Outstanding Open Class Drum Major, and the Dr. David Kampschroer Leadership Award for Open Class Director of the Year Ibe Sodawalla. The corps has since remained as an Open Class finalist and has won additional Open Class awards for Most Improved Corps, Most Outstanding Drum Major, and the Director of the Year.
In 2015--- their 10th Anniversary season as a drum and bugle corps--- Legends placed 5th at the DCI Open Class Championships and 25th overall at the DCI World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, earning the corps' first World Class semifinals spot.
In 2017, several simultaneous episodes of bad luck struck, necessitating major unexpected expenditures and threatening the corps' existence. An online plea was put out to the drum corps community for immediate major financial help in order to keep the corps on the road for the rest of the summer. Drum corps fans responded and the corps was saved, finishing Open Class Finals in third place and moving up to 22nd in World Class.
The 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The corps was also inactive during the noncompetitive 2021 season. When the corps returned to the field in 2022, it was with a show honoring three individuals important to the corps' development who had been lost to the pandemic.
In November 2022, citing the escalating costs of touring and the current economic and global conditions, Legends board of directors decided that the corps would be inactive for the 2923 season.
Highest Score 0.000
Final show in DCX Archives July 7, 2006 Music on the March Dubuque IA
Highest Score 0.000
Final show in DCX Archives July 6, 2007 Pageant of Drums Michigan City IN
Highest Score 82.000
Final show in DCX Archives August 8, 2008 Open Class Semifinals Bloomington IN placed 15 with a score of 82.000
Highest Score 82.250
Final show in DCX Archives August 8, 2009 DCI World Championships Open Class Finals Indianapolis IN placed 10 with a score of 81.950
Highest Score 86.200
Final show in DCX Archives August 14, 2010 Open Class Finals Indianapolis IN placed 8 with a score of 86.200
Highest Score 82.300
Final show in DCX Archives August 11, 2011 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 34 with a score of 60.650
Highest Score 83.950
Final show in DCX Archives August 9, 2012 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 30 with a score of 63.400
Highest Score 85.700
Final show in DCX Archives August 8, 2013 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 29 with a score of 68.400
Highest Score 73.675
Final show in DCX Archives August 7, 2014 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 29 with a score of 71.000
Highest Score 75.125
Final show in DCX Archives August 7, 2015 DCI World Championship Semifinals Indianapolis IN placed 25 with a score of 70.250
Highest Score 76.500
Final show in DCX Archives August 12, 2016 DCI World Championship Semifinals Indianapolis IN placed 24 with a score of 73.150
Highest Score 77.250
Final show in DCX Archives August 11, 2017 DCI World Championship Semifinals presented by Earasers Indianapolis IN placed 22 with a score of 76.225
Highest Score 76.425
Final show in DCX Archives August 9, 2018 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN United States placed 26 with a score of 74.400
Highest Score 79.400
Final show in DCX Archives August 9, 2019 DCI World Championship Semifinals Indianapolis IN United States placed 21 with a score of 78.400
Highest Score 75.250
Final show in DCX Archives August 11, 2022 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN USA placed 29 with a score of 72.975
Member Name | Section | Years Involved |
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Clay, T'Kal | Tuba | 2013 |
Flynn, Kyle | Tuba | 2014; 2016 |
Glasscock, Valerie | Mellophone | 2006 to 2007 |
Hayward, Ben | French Horn | 2006 to 2008 |
Hayward, Ben | Mellophone | 2011; 2013 |
Jensen, Michael | Trumpet | 2006 |
Miller, Jeremy | Trumpet | 2013 to 2016 |
Reid, Keelin | Trumpet | 2014 |
Snider, Steven | Trumpet | 2022 |
Van Doren, Spencer | Timpani | 2016 |
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