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 performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.
History
River City Rhythm began as a competitive drumline, founded in Big Lake, Minnesota, in 2009 to compete in the Minnesota Percussion Association (MPA) and Winter Guard International (WGI). The unit has won the MPA Independent A Class Championship in 2010–11 and the MPA Independent Open Class Championship in 2013–16 and 2018–19. 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 (DCI) beginning in 2015. While the management was laying the groundwork for starting a new corps, the drumline 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. In May 2015, following a period of evaluation of the unit's finances, staffing, and tour plans by DCI's staff, River City Rhythm was 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 (c)(3) musical organization. The organization is the sponsor of the River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps, the River City Rhythm Indoor Drumline, the River City Rhythm Winter Guard, and the River City Rhythm Indoor Winds. Beau Hansen is the Executive Assistant and Jordon Pinchback is the Corps Director.
Show summary (2015–2026) Source=
+KeyLight blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist Year Repertoire Score Placement 2015 And the River Flows OnThe River Flows Through You by Yiruma / The River by Seth Adams / Shenandoah (Traditional) / The Water is Wide (Traditional) / Wait/Fantasy by Anthony Gonzales, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Yann Gonzales, Morgan Kibby & Brad Laner (M83), adapted by Chanticleer 67.425 9th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 62.450 31st PlaceWorld Class 2016 ShimmerHarmonielehre by John Adams / Firefly by Ryan George / Symphony for Winds and Percussion by Donald Grantham 63.600 12th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 63.525 34th PlaceWorld Class 2017 MisshapenOde to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven / Smells Like Teen Spirit by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic & Dave Grohl / Misshapen by Chad Friesleben 67.688 11th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 65.700 35th PlaceWorld Class 2018 Each Hour WoundsThe Hours - Dead Things by Philip Glass / Somewhere in Time by John Barry / Each Hour Wounds by Chad Friesleben, Bojan Hoover & Paul Weber 70.750 9th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 68.425 32nd PlaceWorld Class 2019 Breaking 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 & Craig Myers 73.300 8th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 71.075 28th PlaceWorld Class 2020 Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Coming to a Town Near YouBeing For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! by Lennon–McCartney / Clowns by Philip Parker / Blinding Lights by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin & Oscar Holter (The Weeknd) No scored competitions 2022 Road To NowhereUdacrep Akubrad by Avner Dorman / Road to Nowhere by Ward Miller, Craig Myers & Paul Weber / Putza by Jan Van der Roost 73.225 10th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 69.950 31st PlaceWorld Class 2023 FallingSuch Great Heights by Ben Gibbard & Jimmy Tamborello / Balancing Act by Ward Miller, Bojan Hoover & Paul Weber / Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley / New Born by Matt Bellamy 71.775 7th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 71.175 28th PlaceWorld Class 2024Mine!31' Depression Blues by Ed Sturgill / Exile By Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn, & Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)/ Price Tag by Jessie J, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly, & B.o.B. 76.675 6th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 74.075 27th PlaceWorld Class 2025Winds of ChangeBlowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan / The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan / Hurricane by Bob Dylan / When the Ship Comes In by Bob Dylan / Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan 76.300 5th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 73.125 26th Place World Class Semifinalist 2026Within These WallsHurt by Trent Reznor / Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell / The Frozen Cathedral by John Mackey 76.675 5th PlaceOpen ClassFinalist 73.900 25th Place World Class Semifinalist
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