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About Vanguard Cadets
Vanguard Cadets are currently on hiatus. They will not be performing in the 2024 season.
When active, the Vanguard Cadets (SCVC) travel approximately four weeks during the summer months across the United States performing in competitive field shows and parades. SCVC has enjoyed great success throughout the years, a consistent DCI Open Class Finalist, the Vanguard Cadets have claimed seven Championship titles (2000, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018,2022) and performed at DCI World Championships a whopping 17 times! SCVC has even made it as far as DCI World Class Semifinals every year since 2011. With an average age of 17, Vanguard Cadets is the primary training group for membership in our World Class ensemble.
Santa Clara Vanguard Archive
2022 "Somewhere New"
- Repertoire:
Call to Adventure by Fred Smith & Ryan Adamsons Overture, ‘The Magic Flute’ bu W.A. Mozart
Absurd Waltz by Richard Harvey & Hans Zimmer
Johanna by Stephen Sondheim
The Escape by Richard Harvey & Hans Zimmer - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 83.55 (Marion, IN) - Director: Rafael Bretado
- Drum Majors: Lauren Bristol, Xitlali Ontiveros and Zachary Perez
2019 "What About Us"
- Repertoire:
What About Us by P!nk
Primacy of Numbers by Philip Glass
Downside Up by Peter Gabriel
Three Ring by Fred Smith & Ryan Adamsons - Final Score/Placement:
2nd Place, 75.500 (Vista, CA) - Director: Rob Shetland
- Drum Majors: Jeffrey Richard, Olivia Bahr
2018 "Off The Wall"
- Repertoire:
Bicycle Race by Frederick Mercury
Sounding Board by Fred Smith & Ryan Adamsons
Fly to Paradise by Eric Whitacre
Rebound by Fred Smith & Ryan Adamsons - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 80.075 (Michigan City, IN) - Director: Steve Barnhill
- Drum Majors: Jessica Jackman, Tori Lane
2017 "In Pieces"
- Repertoire:
Feedback by Ojos de Brujo
Kaleidoscope by Fred Emory Smith
Temen Oblak by Christopher Tin
Harvest by John Mackey - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 80.725 (Michigan City, IN) - Director: Steve Barnhill
- Drum Majors: Joselyne Grace, Sarah Nishikawa, Ben Hlady
2016 “The One”
- Repertoire:
Pines of the Appian Way by Ottorino Respighi
Due Tramonti by Ludovico Einaudi
Iza Ngosmo (Come Tomorrow) by Christopher Tin - Final Score/Placement:
2nd Place, 78.850 (Michigan City, IN) - Director: Steve Barnhill
- Drum Majors: Anthony Mingus, Joselyne Grace, Sarah Nishikawa
2015 "On Cloud Nine"
- Repertoire:
Life (from Prometheus) by Harry Gregson-Williams
The Girl with the Plums (from Perfume) by R. Heil, J. Klimek, & T. Twyker
Big Hero 6 (Title track from Big Hero 6) by Henry Jackman - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 81.225 (Michigan City, IN) - Director: Steve Barnhill
2014 "The Road Not Taken"
- Repertoire:
Kaval Sviri
Meetings Along the Edge by Philip Glass
Test Drive (from How to Train Your Dragon) by John Powell
Forbidden Friendship (from How to Train Your Dragon) by John Powell
I’ll Stand By You by Chrissie Hynde
Secrets by One Republic, Ludwig van Beethoven - Final Score/Placement:
2nd Place, 81.625 (Michigan City, IN) - Director: Steve Barnhill
2013 "The Art of War"
- Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 96.150 (Michigan City, IN) - Director: Steve Barnhill
2012 "Heroes & Legends"
- Repertoire:
Main Titles (from the television show Rome) by Jeff Beal
Danse Bacchanale (from Samson and Delilah) by Camille Saint-Saëns
Viva la Vida by Coldplay
Medea’s Meditation & Dance of Vengeance by Samuel Barber
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed
Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky - Final Score/Placement:
3rd Place, 93.800 (Michigan City, IN) - Director: Steve Barnhill
2011 "Balance"
- Repertoire:
Balancing Acts (a Suite for Brass and Percussion) by Key Poulan, Nate Bourg, Murray Gusseck - Final Score/Placement:
3rd Place, 94.200 (Michigan City, IN)
2010 "Chakra"
- Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 82.850 (San Antonio, TX)
2008 "Perspective"
- Repertoire:
Perspectives by James Peterson - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 96.825 (Bloomington, IN) - Director: Robert Ripley
- Drum Majors: Edgar Guzman, Brandon Beck
2007 "Ascension"
- Repertoire:
Purgatorio from “The Divine Comedy” by Robert W. Smith
Inferno from “The Divine Comedy” by Robert W. Smith
Paradiso from “The Divine Comedy” by Robert W. Smith
Ascension from “The Divine Comedy” by Robert W. Smith - Final Score/Placement:
5th Place, 90.400 (Pasadena, CA) - Director: Robert Ripley
- Drum Majors: Edgar Guzman
2006 "Innovations"
- Repertoire:
Opening (from “Mishima”) by Philip Glass
Primary Number (from “Naqoyqatsi”) by Philip Glass
Water Dances: Gliding by Michael Nyman
Meditations by Gary Gilroy - Final Score/Placement:
5th Place, 89.525 (Madison, WI) - Director: George Brown
- Drum Majors: Ted Sands, Scott Schroeder
- Guard Captain: Jeff Lind
2005
- Repertoire:
Through the Rainforest / The Anaconda from “Amazonian Rainforest” by Key Poulan
Message of the Man (The Fragile Heart) from “Escape From Plato’s Cave” by Stephen Melillo
Sentenced to Death/The Descent into the Dark Unknown by Key Poulan
Checkered Flag from “Need for Speed” by Key Poulan - Final Score/Placement:
3rd Place, 78.750 (Sacramento, CA) - Director: George Brown
2004
- Repertoire:
Engulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy
The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms – Symphonic Poem by Michael Kamen
New Beginnings by Peter Boyer
Celebration Overture by Peter Boyer - Final Score/Placement:
3rd Place, 94.725 (Denver, CO) - Director: George Brown
2003
- Repertoire:
Overture to a New Era by Caesar Giovannini
Urban Dances by Richard Danielpour
American Beauty Soundtrack by Thomas Newman
Easter Symphony, Mvt 1 by David Holsinger - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 81.400 (Loomis, CA) - Director: George Brown
2002
- Repertoire:
Dance Movements – Molto Ritmico and Lento
Movements by Philip Sparke
Timestorm by Stephen Melillo
Easter Symphony by David Holsinger - Final Score/Placement:
4th Place, 94.350 (Madison, WI) - Director: George Brown
2001
- Repertoire:
Tempered Steel by Charles Rochester Young
Partita by Philip Sparke
The Gift of Love by Stephen Melillo
Time to Take Back the Knights by Stephen Melillo - Final Score/Placement:
2nd Place, 81.650 (Santa Clara, CA) - Director: George Brown
2000 "Journey From The Darkness"
- Repertoire:
The Dream of Oenghus by Rolf Rudin
Song of Moses by David Holsinger
Message of The Man (from Escape From Plato’s Cave) by Stephen Melillo
The Cave, The Struggle, and Man From The Light by Stephen Melillo
Main From Light! (from Escape From Plato’s Cave) by Stephen Melillo
Escape…Into The Light! (from Escape From Plato’s Cave) by Stephen Melillo - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 94.350 (College Park, MD) - Director: George Brown
1999
- Repertoire:
Scenes From the Louvre by Norman Dello Joio
The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron by David Holsinger
La Belle et le Capitaine by Frank Ticheli
Merry Mount Suite by Howard Hanson - Final Score/Placement:
8th Place, 79.800 (Denver, CO) - Director: George Brown
- Drum Majors: Michael Dunwoody, Kelly Johnson
- Guard Captains Shannon Bauer, Tara Martinez
1998 "Selections from the Broadway Musical Titanic"
- Repertoire:
The Boarding-Godspeed Titanic by Maury Yetson
Barrett’s Song by Maury Yetson
The Proposal by Maury Yetson
Ship of Dreams by Maury Yetson - Final Score/Placement:
5th Place, 93.700 (Orlando, FL) - Director: George Brown
- Drum Majors: Philip Alexander, Patrick Myatt
- Guard Captains Kris Ackerman
1997 "Selections from the Musical Evita"
- Repertoire:
Latin Chant
Buenos Aires by Andrew Lloyd Webber
I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You by Andrew Lloyd Webber
And The Money Kept Rolling In by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Santa Evita
A New Argentina by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 69.200 (Ogden, UT) - Director: George Brown
1996
- Repertoire:
Piano Concerto No. 2, First Movement by Dmitri Shostakovich
Dance of the Comedians by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ballet Suite No 3 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev - Final Score/Placement:
2nd Place, 77.800 (Casper, WY) - Director: George Brown
1995
- Repertoire:
The Red Pony by Aaron Copland
Fall River Legend
Wyatt Earp - Final Score/Placement:
5th Place, 57.400 (Stillwater, MN) - Director: George Brown
1994 "The Music of Michael Kamen"
- Repertoire:
Courante (from The Three Musketeers) by Michael Kamen
Concerto For Saxophone by Michael Kamen
Estampie (from The Three Musketeers) by Michael Kamen
Shining Through by Michael Kamen
Galliard (from The Three Musketeers) by Michael Kamen - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 79.600 (Santa Clara, CA) - Director: J.W. Koester
1993 "Far and Away"
- Repertoire:
Land Race (from Far and Away) by John Williams
Oklahoma Territory (from Far and Away) by John Williams
Blowing Off Steam (from Far and Away) by John Williams
The Big Match (from Far and Away) by John Williams - Final Score/Placement:
2nd Place, 92.600 (Jackson, MS) - Director: J.W. Koester
1992 "Selections from Robin Hood Prince of Thieves"
- Repertoire:
Overture (from Robin Hood) by Michael Kamen
Maid Marion (from Robin Hood) by Michael Kamen
Little John and the Band in the Forest (from Robin Hood) by Michael Kamen
The Final Battle at the Gallows (from Robin Hood) by Michael Kamen
Danza Final (From Estancia Ballet) by Alberto Ginastera - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 80.100 (Denver, CO) - Director: J.W. Koester
1991
- Repertoire:
Big Country
In Quiet Dignity by Checkfield
Echoes of Ancient Battles
This is One of Those Moments (from Yentl) by Michel Legrand
Anything but Lonely (from Apects of Love) by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Final Score/Placement:
4th Place, 88.200 (Dallas, TX) - Director: J.W. Koester
1990
- Repertoire:
Russian Sailor’s Dance (from The Red Poppy) by Reinhold Gliere
Who Will Buy (from Oliver) by Lionel Bart
If You Believe by Charlie Smalls
In Quiet Dignity by Checkfield
Echoes of Ancient Battles
This is One of Those Moments (from Yentl) by Michel Legrand
Anything but Lonely (from Apects of Love) by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Final Score/Placement:
7th Place, 50.300 (Dallas, TX) - Director: J.W. Koester
1989
- Repertoire:
Mutiny on the Bounty by David Cooke
Children’s Crusade
Hopak
Waterskiing
On My Own - Final Score/Placement:
1st Place, 68.200 (Concord, CA) - Director: J.W. Koester
1988
- Repertoire:
Scenes From the Louvre by Norman Dello Joio
Wild Life Market Street
In The Stone
Theme from “Dirty Dancing”
Henry V by Sir William Walton - Director: J.W. Koester
1987
- Repertoire:
The Voyage Home (from Star Trek IV)
Echano
Clock
Land of Make Believe - Director: J.W. Koester
- Drum Major: Stevie Soreno
- Guard Captains: Jodi Blanchard, Karla Scott
1986
- Repertoire:
Land of Make Believe
Baja
You Can’t Hurry Love
Imagine - Director: Tom Eschenfelder
- Drum Major: Lisa Scott
- Guard Captains: Stevie Soreno
1985
- Repertoire:
Conquest
Forgotten Dreams
Once in a Lifetime
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
You’ll Never Walk Alone - Director: Tom Eschenfelder
- Drum Major: Brent Shock
- Guard Captains: Lisa Scott
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