River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps


The River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Anoka, Minnesota, River City Rhythm perform in Drum Corps International competitions.

History

River City Rhythm began as a competitive drum line, founded in Big Lake, Minnesota in 2009 to compete in the Minnesota Percussion Association and Winter Guard International. The unit has won the MPA Independent A Class Championship in 2010–11 and the MPA Independent Open Class Championship in 2013–16. They have been WGI Independent A Class World Champion Finalists in 2010–11, WGI Independent Open Class World Champion Finalists in 2012–16, and named WGI Independent Open Class Fan Favorites in 2012–15.
The organization relocated to Champlin, Minnesota in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area during the winter of 2011-12.
In 2014, the organization announced its intent to field a drum and bugle corps to compete in Drum Corps International beginning in 2015. While the management was laying the groundwork for starting a new corps, the drum line was one of seventeen that took part in the DrumLine Battle™ competition in Indianapolis during the 2014 DCI World Championships. In January 2015, DCI announced that River City Rhythm was one of five corps being evaluated for possible inclusion in DCI Open Class competition for 2015. On May 5, 2015, following a period of evaluation of the unit's finances, staffing, and tour plans by DCI's staff, Heat Wave, River City Rhythm, and Southwind were added to the list of competing Open Class corps. The corps was added to DCI's summer schedule for four shows in Minnesota and Iowa in preparation for the corps' first appearance at the DCI Open Class World Championship Prelims in Michigan City, Indiana.

Sponsorship

River City Rhythm is a 501 musical organization that has a Board of Directors, Executive Director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The organization is the sponsor of the River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps, the River City Rhythm Indoor Drumline, and the Lux Winterguard. Bojan Hoover is the Executive Director, Beau Hansen is the Director of Operations, and Devon Lawrence is the corps director.

Show Summary (2015–2020)

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Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.
YearThemeRepertoireScoreDCI Placement
2015And the River Flows OnThe River Flows Through You by Yiruma / The River by Seth Adams /
Shenandoah / The Water is Wide /
Wait/Fantasy by Anthony Gonzales, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Yann Gonzales, Morgan Kibby, and Brad Laner,
adapted by Chanticleer		67.425
62.450		9th Open Class
31st World Class
2016ShimmerHarmonielehre by John Adams / Firefly by Ryan George / Symphony for Winds and Percussion by Donald Grantham63.600
63.525		12th Open Class
34th World Class
2017MisshapenOde to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven / Smells Like Teen Spirit by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl
Misshapen by Chad Friesleben		67.688
65.700		11th Open Class
34th World Class
2018Each Hour WoundsThe Hours - Dead Things by Philip Glass / Somewhere in Time by John Barry/
Each Hour Wounds by Chad Friesleben, Bojan Hoover, and Paul Weber		70.750
68.425		8th Open Class
32nd World Class
2019Breaking the NewsThe Typewriter by Leroy Anderson / Second Rhapsody by George Gershwin /
A Day in the Life by John Lennon and Paul McCartney /
Breaking the News by Chad Friesleben, Bojan Hoover, Paul Weber, and Craig Myers		73.300
71.075		8th Open Class
28th World Class
2020Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic