Columbians
Pasco, WA United States
Founded: 2012
Open Class
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Columbians is an Open Class junior field competition corps based in Pasco, Washington.
Dan Perry and Shawn Anderson were trying to start a new drum corps in the Vancouver, Washington area when they contacted Derek Munson about developing a website for the corps. He encouraged them to consider the Tri-Cities, Washington area instead and urged them to contact the Pasco High School band director, Russ Newbury, who had been a music arranger for the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps of Denver.
After settling on the Tri-Cities, the group decided to name the new corps after a former area corps, the Tri-City Columbians, who had been active from 1955 thru 1975. With assistance and a donation of some used istruments from the Northwest Youth Music Association (sponsors of the Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps of Seattle), the Columbians Drum and Bugle Corps was founded on November 20, 2012. The corps' name refers to the Columbia River, which flows through the Tri-Cities, and the corps' inaugural season show was entitled, "A River Runs Through It."
The organization has the goals of 1) keeping expenses low to allow the corps to survive into the future and 2) providing the members with the enjoyment of the the drum corps experience at a reasonable cost and to still have a summer vacation. Thus, the Columbians march only a short, regional tour. Only four shows were scheduled in the first few years, and there have been no more than six since. The corps' longest trip has been to end the season at Drums Along the Rockies in Denver in both 2016 and 2017.
The 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The corps was also inactive for the non-competitive 2021 season but returned to the field for the 2022 season.
[Friends of the Columbians; Drum Corps International]
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1962 3 scores
Highest Score 87.340
Final show in DCX Archives August 10, 1962 Bellingham WA placed 2 with a score of 87.340
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1963 1 scores
Highest Score 85.700
Final show in DCX Archives June 21, 1963 WA VFW State Aberdeen WA placed 2 with a score of 85.700
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1964 1 scores
Highest Score 77.150
Final show in DCX Archives April 18, 1964 Seattle WA placed 2 with a score of 77.150
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1965 1 scores
Highest Score 72.000
Final show in DCX Archives March 20, 1965 Seattle WA placed 3 with a score of 72.000
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1973 1 scores
Highest Score 59.100
Final show in DCX Archives September 1, 1973 Northwest Championships Burien WA placed 6 with a score of 59.100
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2013 3 scores
Highest Score 58.700
Final show in DCX Archives July 2, 2013 Boise Summer Music Games Boise ID placed 3 with a score of 58.700
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2014 3 scores
Highest Score 55.400
Final show in DCX Archives July 6, 2014 Drums Along the Columbia Tri Cities WA placed 1 with a score of 55.400
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2015 4 scores
Highest Score 58.200
Final show in DCX Archives July 6, 2015 Drums Along the Columbia Tri Cities WA placed 1 with a score of 58.200
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2016 6 scores
Highest Score 57.100
Final show in DCX Archives July 9, 2016 Drums Along the Rockies Denver CO placed 1 with a score of 57.100
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2017 6 scores
Highest Score 57.500
Final show in DCX Archives July 15, 2017 Drums Along the Rockies Denver CO placed 2 with a score of 57.100
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2018 5 scores
Highest Score 57.950
Final show in DCX Archives July 11, 2018 Corps Encore Ogden UT United States placed 2 with a score of 57.950
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2019 6 scores
Highest Score 56.650
Final show in DCX Archives July 13, 2019 Drums Along the Rockies Denver CO United States
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2022 10 scores
Highest Score 70.050
Final show in DCX Archives July 24, 2022 iablo Valley Classic Pacific Open Class Championship Finals Union City CA USA placed 3 with a score of 70.000
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2023 9 scores
Highest Score 76.388
Final show in DCX Archives August 11, 2023 DCI Semifinals Indianapolis IN United States placed 24 with a score of 74.600
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2024 9 scores
Highest Score 78.550
Final show in DCX Archives August 8, 2024 DCI World Class Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 26 with a score of 75.200
Members (4)
| Member Name | Section | Years Involved |
|---|---|---|
| Grall, Deacon | Baritone | 2017 |
| Moldenhauer, Austin | Trumpet | 2018 to 2020 |
| Navarre, Sandy | Color Guard (Flag) | 1972 to 1974 |
| Noble, Dante | Percussion | 2016 to 2017 |
CORPS 6 items
Columbians,Tri-City,WA,Patch1-RiverMap(DCOM)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection Contributed by Drum Corps Online Museum
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