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The Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class (''formerly Division I'') competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Portland, Oregon, the corps is a member of Drum Corps International and was the undefeated Division III champion in 2004 and the undefeated Open Class (''formerly Divisions II & III'') champion in 2012.〔http://www.dci.org〕 ==History== The original Oregon Crusaders junior drum and bugle corps was founded in Oregon City in 1971 by brothers Ron and David Jones, with 15-year-old David as Corps Director and 16-year-old Ron as composer, arranger, and drill designer. The first year corps consisted of a drill team with drum line, and is distinguished for suffering a bus breakdown as its 40 members were en route to the unit's only scheduled performance. The brothers reorganized in 1972, acquiring sponsorship of the Dickinson’s Gourmet Preserves Company (now owned by Smuckers) and fielded as Dickinson’s Oregon Crusaders. In 1973, the corps merged with the Imperial Cadets and marched as the 115 member Imperial Crusaders, but returned as the Oregon Crusaders in 1974 when the two corps split. After the Jones brothers aged out, the corps lapsed into inactivity.〔http://www.oregoncrusaders.org/main/site/about-oc/〕(See Note) In 1999, Rick Wise inaugurated a corps in Medford then known as the Southern Oregon Crusaders, though not affiliated with the original entity. In 2001, a collection of Southern Oregon Crusaders personnel along with a new group of staff members moved to reorganize the unit. Bill Perkins was named executive director, and Portland, Oregon was designated as the corps' new home. The name was also shortened to, "The Oregon Crusaders." From 2001 to 2003, the growing corps performed valiantly throughout the western US garnering the attention of the larger drum corps community despite fledging membership and shoestring budget, which would including borrowed uniforms, horns and percussion equipment. In 2004, the corps traveled throughout the Western United States on its way to the DCI World Championships in Denver, where the corps won the Division III title, to complete an undefeated season. The corps made Finals of Division II/III, and now Open Class, every year thereafter, while marching more than 100 members. Under new rules in 2011, the Oregon Crusaders, after finishing second in Open Class for the second year in a row, also marched in the World Class Preliminaries and finished 22nd, outscoring three World Class corps. In the 2012 season, the Crusaders finished the season as the undefeated DCI Open Class champion in Michigan City, Indiana before advancing to the World Class Preliminareis in Indianapolis, where the corps advanced to semifinals, finishing nineteenth of thirtyfive corps. 〔 In October 2012, the corps announced its move into DCI's World Class.〔http://corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?view=corpshist&corps=670&corpstype=Junior〕 Note: The Jones brothers have established an attachment to the new organization and credit their experience in operating the original Oregon Crusaders for their later success in life. David, having been responsible for the corps' travel, today is vice president of a major, premium travel agency. Ron continued in music and is a successful Emmy- and Grammy-nominated composer of film and television soundtracks, and co-arranged the corps's 2003 program "Mysterious Mountain".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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