Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the other unit sometimes called the Phantom Regiment, see GHQ Liaison Regiment . For the musical piece by Leroy Anderson entitled The Phantom Regiment, Regiment, see Leroy Anderson. Anderson.
Phantom Regiment
Location
Rockford, Illinois
Division
World Class
Founded
1956
Director
Rick Valenzuela
Championship Championship titles
1996 (tie), 2008
Uniform
201 (In!s"o# c"an$e % to &) %) 'acket ##"ite to, collar, left slee*e (#+lack
c"e*rons) $auntlet, sil*er se-uined sas", sil*er +uttons ri$"t s"oulder accents, +lack ri$"t slee*e $auntlet W"ite it" "el.et #sil*er c"ains, +ad$e #"ite lu.e &) &lack to #+lack on tan o*erla/, +lack left slee*e, s"oulder accents ri$"t ar.+and (#sil*er studs) &lack "el.et #sil*er fittin$s +lack lu.e % &) &lack ants &lack s"oes socks
The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps (commonly referred to as "Phantom" or "The Regiment") is a World Class (formerly Division ) competitive jnior drm and !gle corps !ased in Rockford, llinois, #$%& The corps is a long'standing mem!er of rm Corps nternational (C), having !een a C World Championship Top Telve Finalist every year since *+- and C World Champions in *++. and /001& 2*3 Contents 2hide3 •
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History 2edit3 !ources" 2/32532-3273 The corps as fonded in *+7. !y mem!ers of the Col& Thomas :& ;aler
name as changed !efore the nit made its de!t, ith the color gard renamed the Phantomettes& n the corps> early years, the Phantomettes and a corps'sponsored all'!oy color gard called the Raiders ere competitively sccessfl& The drm and !gle corps, hoever, strggled for its first fe years&& n *+./, the corps !oght a set of high ?ality !gles that had !elonged to the Commonealth 8dison @nights of ;ight rm and =gle Corps hich had folded to years earlier& With the ne instrments and a ne !rass arranger, the corps !egan to improve& The old set of !gles ent to the nely formed Phantom Regiment Cadets& espite the Phantomettes having placed second at the *+./ color gard national championships, in *+.5, the Regiment fielded an all'male corps, inclding the color gard& When scores fell !ehind those of the previos season, the Phantomettes retrned to the corps for *+.-& With the girls !ack in the corps, sccessfl recritment, and ne niforms, the corps had its !est season ntil that time, inclding a finish of *7th among -7 corps at the s *+.- vehicle
registration stickers& =t, on %gst /*, *+.-, Regimental 4all, the corps> home as !adly damaged !y fire& The organiBation as forced to sell its instrments and niforms to pay off its de!ts& Financially na!le to field a corps in *+.7 throgh *+., almni and former staff mem!ers reorganiBed and officially incorporated on $eptem!er **, *+.& %t the first meeting of the nely restrctred corps in anary, there ere /1 mem!ers& The Regiment>s *+.1 drm and horn lines dressed in !lack pants and a red ind!reaker ith a !lack and hite vertical stripe on the left sideD the gard ore the same ind!reaker, !lack =ermda shorts and an %ssie'style hat& The season consisted mostly of parades, ith fe field contests& The corps oned one vehicleD a red step van to carry the e?ipment& n that first year of the corps> retrn, perhaps the corps> greatest asset as their ne msical arranger, Phantom Regiment almns and ftre C 4all of Fame mem!er, im Wren, ho old go on to arrange the nit>s !rass msic for the ne9t /1 years& =y *+0, the Regiment as a!le to otfit the corps in ne niformsD a cadet'style jacket ith a red diagonal sash dividing the !lack hite side from the hite left side, !lack pants ith a hite stripe, hite !ck shoes, and a shako ith a */ inch plme& The corps had gron to 1+ mem!ers ith -0 horns, *- drms, /- flags, */ rifles, and a drm major& n *+*, Wren started adding the classical msic pieces that old !ecome Phantom>s trademark along ith the sal pop msic that most corps ere playing& Phantom Regiment legend also holds that *+* as also the season that the corps shoed its determination to srvive hen, on a Friday the *5th, all the of the corps> !ses ran ot of felD the e?ipment trck caght fire, not jst once, !t ticeD yet the corps ent ot and on that night>s contest& Prior to the fonding of C in *+/, the Phantom Regiment, like most corps of the time, as strictly a local organiBation& The mem!ers and the staff came from Rockford and its srronding s!r!s& Travel to contests as limited to perhaps a fe hors of driving& The only "Aational" competition the corps had ever entered had !een the *+.- s ma9imm of */1 mem!ers, and it took its first e9tended tor, travelling to @entcky, Ehio, Pennsylvania, and Gassachsetts en rote to the C Championships in thaca, Ae Hork& The corps as !eating many of the activity>s traditional poers and earning a reptation as a poer in its on right& %t C, the Regiment earned its first Top Telve Finalist placement, !eginning a string that has held throgh /0*-& n prelims, the corps shocked many !y placing 1th, althogh they fell !ack to **th at Finals& % ne niform as conceived for the *+7 corpsD long hite jackets ith a !lack sash, a to'colored cape ith red on the inside and !lack on the otside, !lack pants, and the one element that remains todayI the pith helmet& Ence the corps moved p to !ecame a C Finalist, it also !ecame !ecome a consistent contender, placing *0th in *+7, -th in *+., and having a frstrating rn of second place finishes n *+, *+1 and *++ ith the corps scoring ithin tenths of a point from the title& % fall to a *0th'place finish in *+1. led the corps to take a ne approach& %mong other moves, the corps made a dramatic niform change, inspired !y designer Gichael Cesario, adopting ne, all'hite niforms more closely resem!ling costmes than traditional niforms& Three years of improvement, clminated in *+1+ ith another second'place finish, ith Phantom>s score of +1&-00 tying the previos C highest score ever& That *+1+ corps
joined the @ansas City $ymphony on stage in a performance of "8lsa>s Processional to the Cathedral" that led a nespaper revieer to rite that it as so poerfl that he might never recover& From *+7, the Phantom Regiment>s field shos had !een designed to ma9imiBe the msical impact hile often amaBing the adience !y ftre C 4all of Fame mem!er ohn =raBale& Retrning home after the *++/ C Championships, =raBale complained of having severe headaches for the past fe eeks, as diagnosed ith an inopera!le !rain tmor, and died ithin months& The Regiment contined to trn ot programs that pleased !oth adiences and fans, and the corps contined to !e a C Finalist& n *++7, the corps changed from all'hite niforms to all'!lack, in the same style& n *++., playing a program entitled "The efiant 4eart," comprised entirely of msic !y mitri $hostakovich, the Phantom Regiment finally reached the top, tying the =le evils of Concord, California for its first C World Championship& %fter the championsh ip victory, im Wren retired as the corps> msical arranger& $ince inning C in *++., Phantom has made additional niform changes, !t has mostly held to its classical msic programming, althogh more modern msic, mainly from film scores has !een added& n /001, ith their performance of "$partacs", the Regiment defeated the =le evils rm and =gle Corps !y a margin of +1&*00 to +1&*/7 to in their second (and first first ndispted) C World Championship& Throgh /0*-, Phantom Regiment has contined to !e a C Finalist, ith the streak e9tending throgh -* consective Top Telve finishes&
Sponsorship2edit3 The Phantom Regiment a 70* (c)(5) msical organiBation incorporated in the $tate of llinois& %s sch, it has a =oard of irectors, directors, and staff assigned to carry ot the organiBation>s mission& The corps> 89ective irector is Rick s $chool of Gsic, the Red J =lack Fall Classic Garching =and Festival and the A# Concert =and Festival& 23
Year
192
19?
19
195
196
Theme
Repertoire
arc" (fro. t"e a.nation of 3aust) +/ 4ector &erlioz "e "anto. Re$i.ent +/ 7ero/ %nderson %.erica t"e &eautiful +/ at"erine 7ee &ates and a.uel %: Ward 3uneral arc" of a arionette +/ C"arles ;ounod oet easant <*erture +/ 3ranz *on u= "ot in t"e ark +/ 4enr/ ancini ell+ound Concerto +/ikl>s R>zsa @i$"t on &ald ountain +/ odest ussor$sk/ "e 7ordAs ra/er (fro. in$ of in$s) +/ ikl>s R>zsa ac %rt"ur ark +/ 'i../ We++ oet and easant <*erture 7i$"t Ca*alr/ <*erture +/ 3ranz *on u= 'u+ilance +/ 'a.es #earin$en 3esti*e <*erture 3ift" /."on/ +/ .itri "ostako*ic" oet and easant <*erture +/ 3ranz *on u= @i$"t on &ald ountain +/ odest ussor$sk/ Ro.eo and 'uliet +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ 7es reludes +/3ranz 7iszt %.erican <*erture +/ 'ose" WillcoB 'enkins 4un$arian ance @o: 5 +/ 'o"annes &ra".s &ar+er of e*ille +/ ;ioac"ino Rossini %n %.erican in aris +/ ;eor$e ;ers"#in il$ri.As C"orus (fro. ann"user) +/ Ric"ard Wa$ner 3inale fro. e*ent" /."on/ +/ ;usta* a"ler iBt" /."on/ +/ /otr Il/ic"
Score
Placeme
6:00
2?rd
:00
1t"
6:250
11t"
81:?0
10t"
8:5
t"
19
198
199
1980
1981
Spartacus
c"aiko*sk/ ocatta and 3u$ue in .inor +/ 'o"ann e+astian &ac" %n %.erican in aris +/ ;eor$e ;ers"#in il$ri.As C"orus (fro. ann"user) +/ Ric"ard Wa$ner @e# World /."on/ +/ %ntonDn *oEFk iano Concerto @o: 1 +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ a$liacci +/ Ru$$ero 7eonca*allo 3li$"t of t"e &u.+le+ee +/ @ikolai Ri.sk/! orsako*
90:?00
2nd
91:50
2nd
92:50
2nd
88:50
5t"
90:850
5t"
1982
Spartacus
198?
198 1985 Symphony Fantastique 1986
198
Songs from the inter Palace
and %ot"eosis %ll fro. artacus +/ %ra. "ac"aturian (Not the original titles) riu." of Ro.e, la*e ance, ;ladiator 3i$"t, ournin$ and Jrisin$, relude to &attle, &attle, unrise and %ot"eosis %ll fro. artacus +/ %ra. "ac"aturian (Not the original titles) erenade for trin$s, Cossack ance, ance @eaolitan 1812 <*erture %ll +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ c/t"ian uite +/ er$ei rokofie* %r.enian ances +/ %lfred Reed r/itc" +/ %nt"on/ Cirone 1812 <*erture +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ /."on/ 3antasti-ue +/ 4ector &erlioz Carni*al <*erture +/ %ntonDn *oEFk %l+orada el ;racioso +/ aurice Ra*el ir 7ancelot and t"e &lack ni$"t erlin "e a$ician +/ Rick Wake.an Resurrection /."on/ +/ ;usta* a"ler elections fro. #an 7ake "e @utcracker +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/
Ro.eo and 'uliet +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ 1st o*e.ent 2nd o*e.ent (fro. /."on/ @o: 9) la*onic ances @o: 1 t" From The #e$ 1989 o*e.ent (fro. /."on/ @o: 9) orld%%%&nto ! #e$ !ge %ll +/ %ntonDn *oEFk t" o*e.ent (fro. /."on/ @o: ?) "e Gle"ant 3inale (fro. Carni*al of t"e %ni.als) 1990 Dreams of Desire &acc"anale (fro. a.son and elila") %ll +/ Ca.ille aint!aHns 1988
Romeo !nd "uliet
92:150
t"
91:50
t"
95:600
t"
90:100
8t"
85:000
10t"
9:?00
5t"
9?:500
6t"
98:00
2nd
95:?00
t"
1991
1992
199?
199
1995
1996
199
@essun or.a (fro. urandot) +/ ;iaco.o uccini a$liacci +/ Ru$$ero 7eonca*allo &acc"anale (fro. a.son and elila") +/ Ca.ille aint!aHns arc"e la* +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ 7a arseillaise +/ Claude 'ose" Rou$et de 7isle ar and Peace 1812 <*erture +/ /otr Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ "e 7and#orkers, "e W"eat ance anza 3inal (3ro. Gstancia &allet) +/ %l+erto ;inastera The (odern "e 3ire of Gternal ;lor/ (aka @o*orossik C"i.es) +/ .itri "ostako*ic" &magination eat" 4unt (fro.
95:00
?rd
91:500
8t"
96:200
?rd
96:200
?rd
9:100
5t"
9:0
,st (tie)
9:200
t"
1998
Songs from the -ternal City . The (usic of Rome
1999 Tragedy and Triumph
2000
The (asters of (ystique. The Da$n of (odern (usic
2001
'irtuoso
2002
*eroic S)etches+ The Passion of Shosta)ovich
200?
*armonic "ourney
200
!pasionada /01
2005
Rhapsody
2006
Faust
Ro.an Carni*al <*erture +/ 4ector &erlioz Jn &el i (fro. ada.e &utterfl/) +/ ;iaco.o uccini ines of t"e Villa &or$"ese (ines of Ro.e .*t I) ines of t"e %ian Wa/ (ines of Ro.e .*t IV) +/ k 3esti*e <*erture +/ .itri "ostako*ic" ent" /."on/, econd o*e.ent iano Concerto @o: 2, econd o*e.ent iano Concerto @o: 2, 3irst o*e.ent e*ent" /."on/, 3ourt" o*e.ent %ll +/ .itri "ostako*ic" anctus (Canon in ) +/ 'o"ann ac"el+el Wild @i$"ts (fro. 4ar.oniu.) +/ 'o"n %da.s "e 7ordAs ra/er (fro. in$ of in$s) +/ ikl>s R>zsa k &uenos %ires 4ora Cero 7a uerte del %n$el <+li*ion I.a$enes 66 %dios @onino res inutos con la Realidad %ll +/ Nstor iazzolla %n %.erican in aris R"asod/ in &lue +/ ;eor$e ;ers"#in c/t"ian uite +/ er$ei rokofie* %*e aria +/ 3ranz &ie+l
90:00
8t"
91:200
8t"
90:650
t"
91:900
6t"
92:00
5t"
9:50
t"
9?:55
5t"
96:825
?rd
96:850
2nd
200
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
201?
iano Concerto +/ 'o"n Cori$liano Resurrection /."on/ +/ ;usta* a"ler Vesertine 3or.ations +/ C"risto"er eane 1000 %irlanes on t"e Roof +/ "ili ;lass 2n !ir 3lo#er uet (fro. 7ak.e) +/ 7=o eli+es u$$estion ia+oli-ue +/ er$ei rokofie* 3inale (fro. 3ire+ird uite) +/ I$or tra*insk/ artacus +/ %ra. "ac"aturian Gin 4eldenle+en +/ Ric"ard trauss &attlefield Ofro. P) +/ Ren= u=r= ance of Gcstas/ fro. (anses 3antasti-ues) Spartacus +/ 7oris Kekna*orian occata (fro. iano Concerto @o: 1) +/ %l+erto ;inastera "e.e fro. "e Red Violin +/ 'o"n Cori$liano 3antas/ Variations on a t"e.e +/ a$anini +/ 'a.es &arnes a$anini Variations +/ Witold 7utosla#ski R"asod/ on a "e.e of a$anini +/ er$ei The Red 'iolin Rac".aninoff Carice QQIV +/ @iccol a$anini a$anini Variations +/ "ili Wil+/ "e @e# oon in t"e
9:850
t"
98:125
,st
89:900
9t"
9?:150
6t"
95:050
5t"
96:550
?rd
9?:250
6t"
201
S$an La)e
2015
City of light
3ear +/ &ernard 4err.ann 3our ea Interludes +/ &enKa.in &ritten Gni$.a Variations +/ Gd#ard Gl$ar /."on/ @o: 11 +/ .itri "ostako*ic" #an 7ake +/ eter Il/ic" c"aiko*sk/ 7a =ri +/ aul ukas racula +/ "ili 3een/ in$ on$ +/ 'a.es @e#ton 4o#ard ot"er and C"ild (fro. 3li$"t lan) +/ 'a.es 4orner I 7o*e aris +/ Cole orter 4oroscoe +/ Constant 7a.+ert Claire de 7une +/ Claude e+uss/ iano Concerto in C inor +/ 3rancis oulenc %n %.erican in aris +/ ;eor$e ;ers"#in /."on/ ? (
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