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 Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for junior drum and bugle corps responsible for developing and enforcing rules of competition, and for providing standardized adjudication at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions througho ...

(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

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in the

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area during the winter of 2011-12. In 2014, the organization announced its intent to field a drum and bugle corps to compete in

(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

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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

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Sponsorship

River City Rhythm is a

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musical organization. The organization is the sponsor of the River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps, the River City Rhythm Indoor Drumline, and the Lux Winterguard. Bojan Hoover is the Executive Director, Beau Hansen is the Director of Operations, and Devon Lawrence is the corps director.

Show summary (2015–2023)

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps Drum Corps International Open Class corps Musical groups established in 2009 Organizations based in Minnesota 2009 establishments in Minnesota Anoka, Minnesota