Rocky Mount; Greensboro; Raleigh, NC United States
Founded: 2000
The Carolina Gold drum and bugle corps was formed in the fall of 2000 and initially based based in the Rocky Mount area of North Carolina.
In 2001, the corps performed locally and as a “Mini Corps” at the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) championships, entering the field of competition the following year, finishing 3rd in the 2002 DCA “Class A” preliminaries and moved up to the “Open Class” division in 2003, where they placed 13th in the championship prelims.
In 2004, Dwayne Barnes became executive director of the corps, as they finished 11th in the 2004 “Open Class” prelims, leading Gold as a DCA “Open Class” finalist in 2005 and 2006, placing 8th and 10th respectively. After returning to a "Mini Corps" 2007, they returned to the field of competition in the DCA “Class A” competition, finishing in 8th in the prelims.
In 2009, after relocating to Greensboro, Gold finished in 4th place in the DCA “Class A” finals and 3rd in the 2010 “Class A” championships along with receiving the high percussion award, once again placing 3rd in 2011 “Class A” competition, winning both top color guard and percussion awards. In 2012, Carolina Gold was crowned the DCA “Class A” champions, earning the color guard, percussion, brass and visual caption awards.
In 2013, Gold soared back into the DCA “Open Class” division finals, placing 10th, repeating this exploit once again in 2014, when they improved to a 9th place finish. In the fall of 2014, the corps organized an “Independent Open Class” winter guard called Legacy Independent. After its inaugural season of competition, they followed up in 2016, with a Bronze Medal at finish at the WGI Championships in their division.
The next year saw the corps slip out of the 2015 DCA “Open Class” finals, finishing in 11th position. That fall, Carolina Gold became the first drum corps to launch a WGI “Winds Ensemble”. Midas Winds celebrated its inaugural season by winning the Silver Medal at WGI Winds Championships.
In 2016 and 2017, the corps remained competitive in the DCA “Open Class” preliminaries, where they finished in 14th and 12th respectively. In the fall of 2016, Carolina Gold launched its newest ensemble, Alchemy Independent, the Triangle's only Open Class Independent percussion line. In 2018, Carolina Gold returned to the “Class A” category, which proved to be a great move for the organization as they were crowned 2018 champions while winning all the scored caption awards.
They successfully defended their title in 2019 before restructuring the in 2020 from an “All-Age” corps to a junior corps and was approved to compete in Drum Corps International under the “Open Class” division. However the competitive season was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
In 2021, the corps went on the inactive list until late 2024, when the group announced they were seeking to return as a parade corps and compete in the SoundSport division of Drum Corps International.
Dave Strickler, inter alia; DCW, 2/04, p.17; update Dwayne Barnes 7/07 and 6/10; update Michael Welge 10/20; Paul Legault (DCX)
Highest Score 75.850
Final show in DCX Archives August 31, 2002 DCA Open Class & Class A Prelims Scranton PA placed 3 with a score of 75.850
Highest Score 81.063
Final show in DCX Archives August 30, 2003 DCA Open Class & Class A Prelims Scranton PA placed 13 with a score of 81.063
Highest Score 81.088
Final show in DCX Archives September 4, 2004 DCA Open Class & Class A Prelims Scranton PA placed 11 with a score of 81.088
Highest Score 85.988
Final show in DCX Archives September 4, 2005 DCA Class A & Open Class Finals Scranton PA placed 8 with a score of 85.988
Highest Score 87.250
Final show in DCX Archives September 3, 2006 Open Class & Class A Finals Rochester NY placed 10 with a score of 84.775
Highest Score 75.888
Final show in DCX Archives August 30, 2008 DCA World Championships - Preliminaries Rochester NY placed 8 with a score of 75.888
Highest Score 76.063
Final show in DCX Archives September 6, 2009 DCA Class A & Open Class Championships Rochester NY placed 4 with a score of 76.063
Highest Score 83.013
Final show in DCX Archives September 5, 2010 DCA Finals Rochester NY placed 3 with a score of 81.738
Highest Score 84.130
Final show in DCX Archives September 4, 2011 DCA World Championship Finals Rochester NY placed 3 with a score of 83.850
Highest Score 82.600
Final show in DCX Archives September 2, 2012 DCA World Championship Finals Annapolis MD placed 1 with a score of 82.600
Highest Score 84.030
Final show in DCX Archives September 1, 2013 DCA World Championship Finals Annapolis MD placed 10 with a score of 84.030
Highest Score 85.200
Final show in DCX Archives August 31, 2014 DCA World Championship Finals Rochester NY placed 9 with a score of 85.200
Highest Score 83.850
Final show in DCX Archives September 6, 2015 DCA Championship Finals Rochester NY
Highest Score 81.900
Final show in DCX Archives September 3, 2016 DCA Championship Preliminaries Rochester NY placed 14 with a score of 80.680
Highest Score 81.000
Final show in DCX Archives September 2, 2017 DCA Championship Preliminaries Rochester NY United States placed 12 with a score of 81.000
Highest Score 82.550
Final show in DCX Archives September 2, 2018 DCA Finals Williamsport PA United States placed 1 with a score of 82.550
Highest Score 84.225
Final show in DCX Archives August 31, 2019 DCA Finals Williamsport PA United States placed 1 with a score of 84.225
Member Name | Section | Years Involved |
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Allen, Joe | Soprano/Euphonium | 2001 to 2002 |
Arrington, David | Contra | 2003 to 2004 |
Braswell, Channing | Drumline(Tenors) | 2001 to 2002; 2004 |
Callicutt, Bob | Soprano | 2011 |
Callicutt, Bob | Trumpet | 2012 |
Cooper, Sam | Front Ensemble | 2017 to 2018 |
Gifford, Giff | Soprano | 2002 |
Gifford, Jonathan | Soprano/staff | 2002 to 2005 |
Glover, Bob | Brass Caption Head, Pit | 2001 to 2002 |
Green, Chris | Co-Founder/Mellophone/Creative Director/Staff | 2001 to 2003 |
Harper, Larry | Executive Director | 2012 to 2018 |
Jessee, Josh | Guard/Staff | 2002 |
Jones, Andrew | pit | 2003 to 2004 |
Kachman, Mike | percussion/staff/administration | 2001 |
Kachman, Mike | percussion/administration | 2002 to 2003 |
Kachman, Mike | Contra, Corps Director | 2005 to 2006 |
Kessler, Melissa | Pit | 2002 |
Kilgore, Alex | Baritone | 2015 |
Kupsco, Chris | Percussion/Staff | 2001 to 2002 |
Kupsco, Chris | Percussion/Staff | 2001 to 2002 |
Kupsco, Chris | Percussion | 2003 |
La'Trine, Pierre | Contrabass | 2002 to 2003 |
Lopez, Lucien | Front Ensemble | 2015 |
Merchant, Wil | Trumpet/Soprano | 2014 |
Mickus, David | Mellophone | 2003 to 2004 |
Purcell, Ashley | Baritone | 2013 |
Rhodes, Matt | Soprano | 2011 to 2012 |
Roder, Thomas | Baritone | 2019 |
Russell, Jeremy | contra | 2002 to 2005 |
Sanders, Marc | Mellophone | 2001 |
Sgammato, Greg | Pit | 2005 to 2006 |
Sgammato, Greg | Front Ensemble | 2005 to 2006 |
Sroka, David | Mellophone | 2004 to 2005 |
Stokes, Keith | Soprano | 2004 to 2005 |
Stovall, Tommy | Baritone | 2003 |
Tandy, A.D. | Percussion | 2004; 2006 |
Tandy, A.D. | Snare | 2004; 2006 |
Trace, Alex | Front Ensemble | 2005 |
Vielhaber, David | Snare | 2007 to 2008 |
Wheeler, Jessica | Mellophone | 2005 to 2006 |
Wood, Jim | Baritone | 2003 |
Zolty, Jim | Pit | 2003 |
clark, jonathan | baritone | 2005 |
wheeler/baker, jessica/cameron | Mellophone | 2003 to 2005 |
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