Les Stentors
Other Names:Cadets de l’Académie, La Relève Musicale
Sherbrooke, QUE Canada
Founded: 1987
Open Class
Stentors de Sherbrooke Corps de Tambours et Clairons (known in the U.S.as Les Stentors Drum and Bugle Corps) is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Les Stentors was formed in 1987 as Cadets de l’Académie, a feeder parade corps for the Academie Musicale Drum and Bugle Corps of Sherbrooke. After the inaugural season, the parents of the cadet corps separated from the Academie and changed the name of the unit to La Relève Musicale (one translation would be, "Musical Hot Sauce", another would be "Musical Successor'). When it was suggested in 1993 that the name indicated that they were still a part of the Academie Musicale organization, the corps became Les Stentors; In French, the name means "loud powerful voices" or "toughness."
The corps moved into field competition in 1996 and competied in the Fédération des Associations Musicales du Québec (FAM-Q) drum corps circuit.
The corps made its debut at the Drum Corps Initernational (DCI) World Championships at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1999, placing 11th of 12 corps in Division II. The corps returned to DCI in 2001 and has since missed attending DCI only in two seasons through 2017. The corps was inactive for 2006. Upon returning to the field in 2007, the corps opted not to strain its financial resources by traveling to the West Coast when the championships were held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Les Stentors had been the only active competitive junior drum and bugle corps in Quebec since 2003 and the only one in Canada since Ontario's Blue Saints went inactive in 2016. However, the corps went inactive following the 2017 season.
The corps returned to the field in 2019, with an impressive vocal duo (one from the guard, one from the pit), a small but solid seven horn brass line (including a killer trombonist), a steady ten piece percussion section, and a talented thirteen member guard, Les Stentors topped its previous high DCI score by nearly five points.
The 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covis-19 pandemic, and the corps remained inactive during the noncompetitive 2021 season.
The corps returned to the field in 2022 with a hard-working and entertaining 50 member corps. With two singers in the six member pit, 17 brass, 9 in the battery, and 17 guard members, the corps travelled to Southern California for five Open Class contests. At the DCI Championships, Les Stentors scored more than four points higher than its previous best and earned its highest placement.
[Les Stentors de Sherbrooke; A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, 2002, Vickers, ed.; Dave Strickler; Helene Boulanger; Drum Corps Internationa]
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1996 10 scores
Highest Score 72.000
Final show in DCX Archives August 24, 1996 Montreal QUE Canada placed 12 with a score of 67.900
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1997 9 scores
Highest Score 73.000
Final show in DCX Archives August 23, 1997 Provincial Championships Joliette QUE Canada placed 1 with a score of 73.000
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1998 6 scores
Highest Score 88.100
Final show in DCX Archives August 22, 1998 QUEBEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Montreal QUE Canada placed 2 with a score of 88.100
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1999 13 scores
Highest Score 87.300
Final show in DCX Archives August 28, 1999 Provincial Championships Montreal QUE Canada placed 2 with a score of 87.300
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2000 14 scores
Highest Score 86.100
Final show in DCX Archives August 18, 2000 ADCQ/FAMQ Championships Sherbrooke QUE Canada placed 2 with a score of 86.100
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2001 10 scores
Highest Score 85.950
Final show in DCX Archives August 18, 2001 FAMQ Championships Joliette QUE Canada placed 2 with a score of 85.950
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2002 18 scores
Highest Score 86.500
Final show in DCX Archives August 17, 2002 FAMQ Championships Ville LaSalle QUE Canada placed 2 with a score of 86.500
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2003 9 scores
Highest Score 71.750
Final show in DCX Archives August 5, 2003 DCI Championships - Div II/III Prelims Orlando FL placed 13 with a score of 71.750
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2004 9 scores
Highest Score 68.150
Final show in DCX Archives August 3, 2004 DCI World Championships - II/III Prelims Denver CO placed 14 with a score of 63.400
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2005 9 scores
Highest Score 71.450
Final show in DCX Archives August 9, 2005 DCI World Championships - II/III Prelims Brockton MA placed 11 with a score of 70.575
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2007 8 scores
Highest Score 53.450
Final show in DCX Archives July 26, 2007 Music in Motion Jackson TN placed 6 with a score of 53.150
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2008 11 scores
Highest Score 68.275
Final show in DCX Archives August 5, 2008 DCI World Championships Open Class Quarterfinals Michigan City IN placed 22 with a score of 68.275
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2009 11 scores
Highest Score 68.000
Final show in DCX Archives August 7, 2009 DCI World Championships Open Class Semifinals Indianapolis IN placed 17 with a score of 65.900
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2010 11 scores
Highest Score 72.500
Final show in DCX Archives August 13, 2010 Open Class Semifinals Indianapolis IN placed 14 with a score of 72.500
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2011 11 scores
Highest Score 72.100
Final show in DCX Archives August 11, 2011 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 38 with a score of 51.750
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2012 9 scores
Highest Score 63.900
Final show in DCX Archives August 9, 2012 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 34 with a score of 52.750
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2013 9 scores
Highest Score 76.650
Final show in DCX Archives August 8, 2013 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 34 with a score of 58.250
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2014 8 scores
Highest Score 61.275
Final show in DCX Archives August 7, 2014 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 34 with a score of 57.425
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2015 9 scores
Highest Score 60.250
Final show in DCX Archives August 6, 2015 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 37 with a score of 52.975
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2016 9 scores
Highest Score 55.325
Final show in DCX Archives August 11, 2016 DCI World Championship Prelims presented by Earasers Musicians Earplugs Indianapolis IN placed 38 with a score of 53.300
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2017 12 scores
Highest Score 60.700
Final show in DCX Archives August 10, 2017 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 40 with a score of 54.725
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2019 12 scores
Highest Score 63.450
Final show in DCX Archives August 8, 2019 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN United States placed 34 with a score of 63.150
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2022 13 scores
Highest Score 69.500
Final show in DCX Archives August 11, 2022 DCI World Championship Prelims Indianapolis IN USA placed 32 with a score of 67.525
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2023 13 scores
Highest Score 65.900
Final show in DCX Archives August 10, 2023 DCI Prelims Indianapolis IN United States placed 32 with a score of 65.500
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2024 9 scores
Highest Score 67.225
Final show in DCX Archives August 8, 2024 DCI World Class Prelims Indianapolis IN placed 31 with a score of 66.075
Members (19)
| Member Name | Section | Years Involved |
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| Beaudette, Marie-Pier | Horn line, Soprano | 2000 to 2001 |
| Beaudette, Marie-Pier | Horn Line, mellophone | 2002 to 2003 |
| Beaudette, Marie-Pier | Horn Line, soprano | 2004 |
| Beaulieu, Patrick | Soprano | 1995 to 1997 |
| Bernier, Gaby | Soprano/Mellophone | 1995 to 1999 |
| Lesperance, Sylvain | staff | 2003 to 2004 |
| Leveille, Yann | drum head | 2004 |
| Nadeau, Francois | drumline | 1988 to 1993 |
| Nadeau, Martin | Brass (soprano) | 1987 to 1994 |
| Nadeau, Martin | Brass staff | 1997 to 1998 |
| Paralis, Dimitris | Soprano | 1992 to 1995 |
| Proulx, Maxime | Drum line | 2002 to 2003 |
| Shea, Carl | Drumline | 1993 to 1998 |
| Tounsi, Justin | Trumpet | 2022 |
| Tétrault, Jonathan | bass line | 1998 |
| Tétrault, Jonathan | Snare line | 1999 |
| Tétrault, Jonathan | drumline staff | 2002 to 2003 |
| boulanger, julie | soprano | 2000 to 2004 |
| roy reynolds, marie-anne | colors guard | 2003 |
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