Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps
{{Short description|Junior drum corps from San Antonio, Texas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox drums corps
|name= Crossmen
|logo=Crossmen logo.png
|location= San Antonio, Texas
|division= World Class
|founded= 1974
|director= Chris Lyman
|titles= {{plainlist|
- American Legion:
- {{hlist|1977}}
- VFW:
- {{hlist|1981}}
}}
|website={{URL|https://crossmen.org}}
}}
The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps, based in San Antonio, Texas. The Crossmen are a member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI).
History
The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps was founded on October 1, 1974, through the merger of two suburban Philadelphia drum and bugle corps: the Keystone Regiment and the 507 Hornets.{{Cite news |date=1979-08-09 |title=Merger results in topnotch corps |pages=5 |work=The Morning Call |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114954562/merger-results-in-topnotch-corps/}} The name "Crossmen" was chosen, from a list of 43 proposed names, by the members of the new corps in recognition of American Legion Post 507, which was named in honor of World War I veteran John Wesley Cross. Beginning in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the corps has, over the years, been based in several other communities. Their longest stays were in West Chester, Pennsylvania and Newark, Delaware.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2003 |title=Crossmen |encyclopedia=A History of Drum & Bugle Corps |publisher=Drum Corps World |last=Fields |first=Bob |editor-last=Vickers |editor-first=Steve |volume=2 |pages=230–233 |oclc=54892759}}
The Crossmen were competitively successful from the start, winning the Eastern States Circuit Championship from 1975 to 1981. In 1977, the corps won the American Legion National Junior Drum and Bugle Corps Championship in Denver, Colorado.{{Cite news |date=4 August 1977 |title=Crossmen Ranked As Title Contender |pages=26 |work=The Marion Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112678253}}{{Cite news |date=September 7, 1977 |title=Council honors Crossmen |pages=30 |work=Delaware County Daily Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112916719/council-honors-crossmen//}} In 1981, they won the Veterans of Foreign Wars Nationals in Philadelphia.{{Cite news |last=Carter |first=Kevin L. |date=9 August 1993 |title=Hard Corps: They Aren't Your Regular Marching Bands |work=Philadelphia Inquirer}}
In the winter of 1996, on the verge of folding, the corps became one of the programs sponsored by Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!), an organization which also included The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps and the United States Scholastic Band Association. As a member of YEA!, the corps was based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.{{Cite news |last=Schmeling |first=Sharon |date=9 August 1990 |title=Band members find it's work to play |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-band-members-find-its/144924592/ |work=The Morning Call |page=B1}} After the 2006 season, the corps relocated to San Antonio and then separated from YEA! in late August 2007.{{Cite news |last=Moravec |first=Eva Ruth |date=20 July 2008 |title=Marching on in high-spirited style |work= San Antonio Express-News}}{{Cite web |last=Olivo |first=Benjamin |date=25 June 2010 |title=Drum Corps takes playing seriously |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Drum-Corps-takes-playing-seriously-782778.php |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=San Antonio Express-News}}
The Crossmen have been Drum Corps International finalists a total of 29 times between 1977 and 2019.{{Cite web |last=Gazette Staff |date=24 July 2022 |title=Texarkana tune-up — Crossmen visit to polish 'A Möbius Trip' |url=https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2022/jul/24/texarkana-tune-up-crossmen-visit-to-polish-a/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Texarkana Gazette}}
Show summary (1975–2025)
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|+Key |style="background-color:#d0f0c0"|Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist{{efn|name=World Class|From 1975-1991, the Crossmen competed in Open Class, from 1992-2007 in Division I, and since 2008 in World Class. These are the same tier, just renamed.}} |
| style="background-color:#add8e6"|Pale blue background indicates DCI World Class Finalist{{efn|name=World Class}} |
{{notelist}}
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" |Repertoire ! scope="col" colspan="2" |{{nowrap|World Championships}} |
| scope="col" | Score
! scope="col" | Placement |
|---|
| scope="row" | 1975
| Overture to a New Era by Caesar Giovannini / Spanish Trip (Canarios) by John Williams / Gospel John by Jeffrey Steinberg / Journey to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman | 68.800 | 24th Place |
| scope="row" | 1976
| Overture to a New Era by Caesar Giovannini / Spanish Trip (Canarios) by John Williams / Let's Hear It For Me (from Funny Lady) by John Kander & Fred Ebb / Journey to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman / Tico Tico by Aloísio de Oliveira & Ervin Drake / Colour My World & Make Me Smile by James Pankow | colspan="2" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | Did not attend |
| scope="row" | 1977
| Marche Slav by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Let's Hear It For Me (from Funny Lady) by John Kander & Fred Ebb / Nadia's Theme & Bless the Beasts and Children by Barry De Vorzon & Perry Botkin Jr. / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed | 81.300 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 11th Place |
| scope="row" | 1978
| Jazz Rhapsody by Patrick Williams / Something by George Harrison / Great Day by Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose / Let's Hear It For Me (from Funny Lady) by John Kander & Fred Ebb / Tico Tico by Aloísio de Oliveira & Ervin Drake / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed | 82.450 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 9th Place |
| scope="row" | 1979
| Slavonic Dance No. 1 by Antonín Dvořák / Meeting of the Spirits by John McLaughlin / Tiger of San Pedro by John LaBarbera / Planet Krypton, Main Theme & Can You Read My Mind (from Superman) by John Williams / Theme from Adventures of Superman by Leon Klatzkin | 81.700 | 13th Place |
| scope="row" | 1980
| Pictures de España by Larry Kerchner / Tiger of San Pedro by John LaBarbera / Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea / Jack Miraculous by Gino Vannelli / Superman Medley by John Williams | 81.900 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 8th Place |
| scope="row" | 1981
| Explosion by Matt Catingub / Something by George Harrison / Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea / Bustling by Ian McDougall / Overture to Rocky II by Bill Conti | 86.500 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 8th Place |
| scope="row" | 1982
| Artistry in Rhythm by Stan Kenton / Shoshana by Mark Levine / Canto del Viento by Anthony Yaklich / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed | 88.050 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 7th Place |
| scope="row" | 1983
| Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka / Concerto del Rodrigo by Joaquín Rodrigo / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed | 78.600 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 13th Place |
| scope="row" | 1984
| Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka / Shoshana by Cal Tjader / Canto del Viento by Anthony Yaklich / Let Me Try Again by Caravelli, Paul Anka & Sammy Cahn | 86.300 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 10th Place |
| scope="row" | 1985
| Selections from Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion / El Toro Loca / Ya Trata by Tania Maria / Casals Suite by Larry Kerchner | 80.400 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 17th Place |
| scope="row" | 1986
| Jazz Rhapsody by Patrick Williams / Not While I'm Around (from Sweeney Todd) by Stephen Sondheim / Street Dancing by Ed Blackwell / Sweeney Todd Suite by Stephen Sondheim | 73.100 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 21st Place |
| scope="row" | 1987
| Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward / Dance by Matt Krempasky / Rumble by Chick Corea / Space Shuttle by John LaBarbera | 81.600 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 16th Place |
| scope="row" | 1988
| Cherokee by Ray Noble / The Waltz by Rob McConnell / Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward | 85.600 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 14th Place |
| scope="row" | 1989
| Wind Machine by Sammy Nestico / The Waltz by Rob McConnell / How High the Moon by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton | 84.000 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 12th Place |
| scope="row" | 1990
| Baroque Samba by Darmon Meader / 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Now or Never by Caprice Fox, Darmon Meader, Kim Nazarian, Peter DeRose, Peter Eldridge & Sara Krieger (New York Voices) | 89.600 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 7th Place |
| scope="row" | 1991
| Pat Metheny Suite | 89.700 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 8th Place |
| scope="row" | 1992
| Songs for the Planet Earth | 92.200 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 6th Place |
| scope="row" | 1993
| Songs for the Planet Earth, Part II: A Celebration of Humanity | 89.600 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 8th Place |
| scope="row" | 1994
| Songs for the Planet Earth, Part III: Suite Children | 88.400 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 7th Place |
| scope="row" | 1995
| Overture (from The School for Scandal) by Samuel Barber / Symphony for Brass and Percussion (Mvts. 2 & 3) by Alfred Reed | 85.100 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 10th Place |
| scope="row" | 1996
| The Voices of Jazz | 85.500 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 8th Place |
| scope="row" | 1997
| The Colors of Jazz | 93.000 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 6th Place |
| scope="row" | 1998
| The Music of Pat Metheny | 91.400 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 7th Place |
| scope="row" | 1999
| Changing Perspectives: A Silver Celebration | 87.000 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 10th Place |
| scope="row" | 2000
| Clubbin' with the Crossmen | 88.550 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 9th Place |
| scope="row" | 2001
| Late Night Jazz | 91.150 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 7th Place |
| scope="row" | 2002
| The Signature Series | 89.100 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 9th Place |
| scope="row" | 2003
| Colors | 86.900 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 9th Place |
| scope="row" | 2004
| Unity: Out of Many, One | 87.425 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 11th Place |
| scope="row" | 2005
| Crossroads | 84.050 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 14th Place |
| scope="row" | 2006
| Changing Lanes | 81.250 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 15th Place |
| scope="row" | 2007
| Metamorphosis | 81.600 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 16th Place |
| scope="row" | 2008
| Planet X | 85.950 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 13th Place |
| scope="row" | 2009
| ForbiddeN | 81.650 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 16th Place |
| scope="row" | 2010
| Full Circle | 80.900 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 17th Place |
| scope="row" | 2011
| Renewal | 81.050 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 17th Place |
| scope="row" | 2012
| FRAGILE | 84.000 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 12th Place |
| scope="row" | 2013
| Protest | 84.850 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 14th Place |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Alma Gitana – A Gypsy Soul | 86.225 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 12th Place |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Above & Beyond | 85.025 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 12th Place |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Continuum | bgcolor="add8e6" | 10th Place |
| scope="row" | 2017
| Enigma | bgcolor="add8e6" | 11th Place |
| scope="row" | 2018
| The In-Between | 86.750 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 12th Place |
| scope="row" | 2019
| Valkyrie | 87.550 | bgcolor="add8e6" | 11th Place |
| scope="row" | 2020
| colspan="3" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| scope="row" | 2021
| Your Move | colspan="2" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | No scored competitions |
| scope="row" | 2022
|A Möbius Trip | 86.925 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 13th Place |
| scope="row" | 2023
| Meetings at the Edge | 86.138 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 13th Place |
| scope="row" | 2024
| Lush Life | 84.875 | bgcolor="d0f0c0" | 15th Place |
| scope="row" | 2025
| Crosswalking | | | |
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.crossmen.org/}}
- {{Youtube|-GZs5m5AgXM|time=0s|A day in the life of DCI with Crossmen}} by The Dallas Morning News
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