Gold

Other Names:Hawthorne Gold

San Diego, CA United States

Active Junior
Open Class

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
2006			The Black Widow - The Black Widow
2007	309	74.175	Spanish Gold - (Repertoire not available)
2009			Entomology - Original Music
2010			Primary Colors - Yellow * Blue * Red
2011			Reel to Real - Selections from movie soundtracks
2012	26	66.350	Different - Dunkle und Rau * Different * Celebration!
2013	26	69.960	East Meets West - Pingpang * Mínyáo * Zuìzhong
2014	28	71.250	The Journey - Every Journey Begins with a Single Step * New Places, New People, New Things * One Journey Ends and Another Begins
2015	34	60.525	Pop Star - Pop Star * Toxic
2016	30	67.638	El Dia De Los Muertos - Processional * The Offering * Celebration * Limbo
2017	29	70.100	Grow - The Seed * The Spout * The Sapling * Maturity
2018	23	75.425	Through Our Eyes - Through Our Eyes
2019	22	77.100	The Pursuit of Happiness - Rat Race * Love, Love, Love, Love, Love Money * Happiness * Found
2020			Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021			"Speakeasy": - Proud Mary * Dedicated To The One I Love * Big Noise From Winnetka
2022	20	79.025	The Gift - The Sound of Silence
2023	20	79.913	The Hands That Pull The Strings - 1st Symphony * Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart) * Russians * It’s a Sin * Un Nouveau Méchant (A New Villian)
2024			TBA

Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Oceanside. California.

The Hawthorne Gold Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 2005 in Hawthorne, California by the corps' current executive director Donald Flaherty & Juan Leguizamon.

Initially, the corps competed only within the state of California, making its first out-state tour in 2011 to shows in Utah and Colorado. In 2010, the corps movted to Oceanside to be accessible to more of the youth of Southern California. At that time, the corps' name was changed to the Gold Drum and Bugle Corps.

Gold first attended the DCI World Championships in 2007, when the Championships were held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; they placed 9th of 15 corps in Division III. Since 2012, Gold has traveled each year to the Midwest and the DCI World Championships in Michigan City and Indianapolis, Indiana. The corps has been an Open Class finaiist every year through 2019.

In their 2013 show, "East Meets West", Gold was joined by students from the Laizhou Martial Arts Institute of Laizhou, China--- the school had been featured performers in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

Until 2015, Gold was noted for the gold finish on the horn line's Yamaha instruments, but they then switched to Jupiter Horns with a silver finish.

The 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The corps returned to the field for the non-competitive 2021 season.

[Gold Youth Arts Organization, Inc.; Drum Corps World. 16 August 2013' Drum Corps Internationa]

Members (6)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
Conlee, Michael	pit	2012
Larson, Anand	Tuba	2020 to 2022
Ponce, Ivan	Baritone	2022 to 2023
Potts, Sam	Baritone	2012
Pruett, William	Mellophone	2017
Weisinger, Karlin	Drum Major	2022