North High School senior Jacob Muller has been selected to perform as a member of the Colt’s Drum & Bugle Corps of Dubuque, Iowa. Muller, a member of the corps brass section (trumpet line), is one of only 150 students selected for the position.
The Colts, named “Iowa’s Ambassadors of Music†by the Governor of Iowa, are an elite nationally-ranked, world-class competitive drum and bugle corps. They performed in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.
To be selected, participants undergo a competitive audition process. More than 350 students from as many as 25 states and even overseas auditioned this year. Those chosen are between the ages of 16 and 21 years old.
As a member, Muller will travel with the Colts and perform throughout the summer, beginning Memorial Day weekend and concluding in mid August. The group will be in session more than 70 days and perform over 30 times for an audience estimated to number more than 200,000 people while traveling through 22 states.
Muller will perform with the Colts in Evansville at the Drums on the Ohio DCI event this coming June. Tickets can be ordered at www.dci.com.
The Corps also will participate in the The Drum Corps International World Championship Finals that will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, August 11-13, 2016. The Colts will compete in major shows in Dallas, San Antonio, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Allentown, Penn., among many other locations on the road to Indianapolis.
Muller is the son of Aaron and Regina Muller, also of Evansville and is a student at North High School (class of 2016). He has been a 4-year member of the North Green Brigade marching band and has performed in the EVSC Honors Band, this will be his first year performing with the Colts. After the summer tour ends in mid August, Jacob will be attending Indiana University where he plans to study finance.
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About the Colts:
The Colts organization was founded in 1963 and is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. The operating budget for the group is over $950,000 per year, generated through performance fees, fundraising, an active parents group, membership fees and special projects.
The Colts travel with approximately 200 people, including 150 members. A teaching staff, a parent volunteer team and support people such as drivers and seamstresses accompany the members.
The group tours with four motor coaches, two semi trailer trucks, two vans, one supply truck, and a souvenir sales trailer.
The Colts have ranked in the top 25 of all drum corps for the past 32 years, including top-12 international finalist status eight of the past 21 years. There are more than 40 competitive DCI corps in the country.
Further information on the Colts can be found at www.colts.org, or obtained by calling (563) 582-4872, or by sending an e-mail to colts@colts.org. Vicki MacFarlane is the Colts Director, and the Executive Director of the Colts Youth Organization is Jeff MacFarlane.
