Guardians

San Antonio , TX United States
Founded: 2013

Active Junior
Open Class
YearPositionScoreTheme/Songs
2013 The Eternal Quest - Apocalyptic (Symphony No. 8) * Resurrection Symphony (Symphony No. 2) * Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) * Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)  
2014 Terra Nova - Ecstatic Waters * Third Symphony, mvt 2 Allegro Molto * Daphnis and Chloé - Scene 3: Sunrise. Daphnis prostrate at the grotto of the nymphs * Old Hundredth * Original  
2015 Light of Gold - Grand Piano Music, Part II: On the Dominant Divide * Toccata & Fugure in D minor * Original * Lux Arumque  
2016 32 64.988 Radioactive - Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 * Radioactive * Radioactive * The Adoration of Veless and Ala (from Scythian Suite) * Creep * Everything In Its Right Place * The National Anthem * Church Windows, Movement II * Toxic  
2017 33 67.838 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Dark Fantasy * Power * Heartless * All of the Lights * Runaway * Symphony in B Flat * Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber * Original Music  
2018 29 71.200 Damned - Cocoa Butter Kisses * Sunrise * Sweatpants * Praying * HUMBLE * Symphony No. 2 in C Minor * H•a•m * No Church in the Wild * Ultralight Beam  
2019 29 70.975 Unpeeled - (Repertoire not available)  
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.  
2021 Contrary - Featuring musical selections by Serge Prokofiev, Missy Elliott, George Michaels (Wham!), Juvenile an  
2022 24 73.925 From Scratch - Turning Tables * Total Eclipse of the Heart * Original Music  
2023 27 74.575 i know the end - Sound and Color * X Adjuah (I Own the Night) * Everything in Its Right Place * Welcome to the Black Parade * Original music  
2024 Going Places - (Repertoire not available)  
Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

The Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Houston, Texas.

Johnathan Doerr, a student at Texas Tech University, founded the Central Texas Drum Corps Initiative in San Marcos on October 28, 2012; the organization would become the Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps. A meeting held in Seguin in December to gauge community support had 25 people in attendance, and a decision was made to develop a performing unit located to Seguin.

When, in early 2013, Drum Corps International (DCI) announced the startup of DrumLine Battle and SoundSport, two new activities for small competitive units, Doerr saw that SoundSport could be used as a means to help get the new corps underway.

Fifteen potential members attended the first membership/rehearsal meeting of the Guardians in Seguin during March of 2013. As Doerr and the corps got things rolling, aid and assistance was offered by established drum corps such as Open Class corps Genesis and Legends, Texas' World Class corps the Crossmen, and all-age corps the Vigilantes, as well as from music businesses, drum corps fans, and DCI. The corps quickly grew in size, soon approaching the SoundSport maximum of 50, and members were coming from all over Texas. In June, the Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps had a short, in-state tour, giving several performances and concluding with a SoundSport exhibition at the DCI Southwestern Championship in the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Continuing to develop slowly and keeping onen eye sharply focused on the financial bottom line, the Guardians entered DCI Open Class competition in 2014 with a corps of 112 members (56 brass, 16 battery percussion, 12 front ensemble, 24 auxiliary/guard, 4 drum majors). The unit entered only two contests in its home state of Texas, at Round Rock (which was rained out) and San Antonio.

In April 2015, the Guardians relocated to Houston. In discussing the move, corps director Doerr said that, "Houston is, proudly, the largest city in Texas and has one of the largest hearts for the marching arts activity. The Guardians tree logo represents a 'breath of fresh air' that our organization brings, and we believe that our organization will certainly bring 'fresh air' to the Houston marching arts community. Houston hasn’t seen a Drum Corps International junior corps for many years, and we are excited to return a Drum Corps International competing unit to this great city."

In 2016, the corps had a longer season, starting with a three-week-long spring training (which is as long as most world class corps) located on a college campus (most open class corps have spring training at a high school), and entrry in eight competitions, including the DCI Open Class and World Class Championships (up from the previous year's three shows). Also in 2016, the corps received a sponsorship from System Blue and received new instruments from them, making the Guardians the only Open Class corps other than the Blue Devils B and C corps to use System Blue instruments.

In both 2016 and 2017, the Guardians were Open Class finalists with corps that were at or very near DCI's 150 member limit.

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

In 2022, the corps relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.



[Independent Creative Arts Network; Drum Corps International]

Members (10)

Member Name Section Years Involved
Blake, Eden baritone 2022 to 2023
Brogley, Elliott Contra 2019
Del Valle, Carlos Contra 2015
Gunterman, Joeseph Baritone 2023
Hernandez, Juan Battery (Bass Drum) 2013
Irwin, Baxter Trumpet 2014 to 2016
Locke, Peyton Trumpet 2016 to 2017
Lopez, Jorge Tuba 2017
Mercado, Cristian Trumpet 2021
Sallee, Owen Mellophone 2021 to 2023
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