Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps

The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps are a Division I drum and bugle corps based in Rockford, Illinois and founded in 1967, and are a member corps of Drum Corps International. Often just "Phantom" or "The Regiment", the corps is a long-standing DCI member corps and a fan favorite. Originally founded as the Rockford Rangers, the corps name was changed after a group of staff members heard another corps perform a Leroy Anderson piece entitled "The Phantom Regiment". The corps existed for several years from 1956 to 1965, but a fire destroyed the corps hall as well as almost all corps property. Reformed with a new board of directors in 1967, the corps started back up and the history of the modern Phantom Regiment began.

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Drum and bugle corps - Rockford, Illinois - 1967 - Drum Corps International - Leroy Anderson - 1956 - 1965 - Fire

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Phantom Regiment has been the DCI Divison I World Champion one time, in 1996, in a tie with the Blue Devils. In addition, the corps has placed second four times (1977, 1978, 1979, and 1989) as well as placing third four times (1991, 1993, 1994 and 2005).

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DCI Divison I World Champion - 1996 - Blue Devils - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1994 - 2005

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Phantom Regiment has been aggressive in bringing to the field challenging classical music, including that of Dmitri Shostakovich, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Antonin Dvorak. One commentator noted that the corps is "drum corps' classical music identity". Regiment shows have included the music of Ludwig von Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian, the New World Symphony, and the lauded 1996 Regiment performance of the music of Shostakovich, especially the closing of his fifth symphony. In 2005, Phantom Regiment took a step away from classic music to explore George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris. The show won the Spirit of Disney Award and took third place at finals, Regiment's highest finish since 1996.

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Antonin Dvorak - Classical music - Ludwig von Beethoven - Ode to Joy - Spartacus - Aram Khachaturian - New World Symphony - Fifth symphony - George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - An American in Paris

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