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The Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class (formerly ''Division I'') competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Seattle, Washington, the Cascades is a member corps of Drum Corps International.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Drum Corps International :: Marching Music's Major League )〕 ==History== The corps was founded in 1957 by Jack Avery as the all-male Greenwood Boys Club Drum and Bugle (D&B) Corps in Seattle’s Greenlake area. In 1958, Roderick Stubbs became the director of the corps and changed the name to the Seattle Thunderbirds. With no other drum corps in their region, the corps existed as a parade and stand-still exhibition unit. The corps raised money to support its operations by holding bingo games at the Greenlake VFW, which became one of the corps’ sponsors. After witnessing the 1963 VFW Junior D&B National Championship (Nationals) in Seattle, the Thunderbirds Cadets leadership decided to put the corps on the competition field. 1964 was a groundbreaking year for the Seattle Thunderbirds. Under the leadership of George Laumin and Jack Little, the corps entered the field with a program of show tunes and modern field drill. They were the first west coast corps to use contrabass bugles and multi-tenor drums. They travelled by train to Cleveland for VFW Nationals. Additionally, the corps started a feeder corps and named it the Thunderbird Cadets, under the direction of Rod Stubbs and Jack Avery, with the major performance during its inaugural season being the Rose Festival Parade in Portland, Oregon. In 1966, amid much dissension, Rod Stubbs left the Thunderbird organization, and with some of its marching members, started a new corps, named the Cascade Cadets. In 1970, many staff and marching members of the Seattle Thunderbirds defected to the Cascade Cadets, which then changed its name to the Seattle Cascades, After the 1972 season, the remnants of the Thunderbirds organization were absorbed into the Seattle Cascades. In 1977, for the first time, the Cascades traveled to DCI Finals in Denver, also attending American Legion Nationals in the Denver suburbs. Although they had some competitive success in its early days, some years the organization struggled to put a corps on the field. Some years the Cascades did not field and only marched in parades or went inactive. In 1985, the corps reorganized as a Class A60 (later Division III ()) corps. They then returned to marching parades until 1991, when they returned to the competition field in Class A60. In 1992, the corps moved into Division II (DII), moving up to a 6th place finish in the division in 1996 before taking another year off to reorganize. The corps returned as a DII corps, earning a 9th place finish in 1998 and 6th in 1999. In 2000, the corps stepped down to DIII and were crowned DCI Division III World Champions. In 2001, the corps membership nearly doubled, and the corps finished a close 2nd to Mandarins in DII, advanced to the Division I (DI) preliminary competition, and gained a 17th place ranking in DCI. In 2002, the Cascades moved into DI (now World Class) competition and became the first corps from the Pacific Northwest to earn a place in the DCI Top Twelve Finals. Although they have failed to repeat this accomplishment, the corps has made three other semifinals appearances. In 2008, the corps once more took a year off from competition in order to stabilize their finances, but returned to the field in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=corpsreps.com - The Drum Corps Repertoire Database )〕〔http://drumcorpswiki.com/Cascades〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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