Gateway Indoor

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Gateway Indoor (also called Gateway Indoor Percussion, Gateway, and G-dub) is an indoor drumline based in St. Louis, MO. The group competes in the Percussion Independent World division of Winter Guard International, as well as the Mid-Continental Color Guard Association circuit.

Background

Gateway Indoor was started in 2004 by Paul Richardson and Mike Davis, and was named for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Since 2004, the group has been a Percussion Independent World class finalist 5 times, and has scored as high as 8th place.

For a time, there existed two groups tied closely to Gateway that acted alongside the normal World Class group in other competitive classes. The Open class group was called Gateway Open and existed in 2007. Gateway Open competed in both MCCGA and WGI. The concept was reinvented in 2008 as Synergy Indoor, an A class group, and given independence from Gateway, although it retained its ties to the ensemble. Neither group has existed since the closure of the 2008 season.

The group is sponsored by Pearl Drums, Sabian, and Evans drum heads.

Staff

  • Greg Hamilton - Executive Director
  • Paul Richardson - Executive Director
  • Chad Schaedler - Education Director

List of programs

Year

Program title

MusicAL sources

Competitive result

2011

Johnny

Claude Debussy, Mutemath

12th (PIW)

2010

Biorhythm

Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Karl Jenkins

12th (PIW)

2009

Robot Rock

Daft Punk, Styx

8th (PIW)

2008

Michael

Michael Jackson

8th (PIW)

2007

The Gathering Storm

John Powell, Hem

13th (PIW)

2006

Download

Aaron Jay Kernis, Joby Talbot

12th (PIW)

2005

Alone in a Crowd

Jeff Beal, Pat Metheny

11th (PIW)

2004

Nerd Nation

???

Did not attend Championships (PIO)

See also

  • Music of Missouri
  • Winter Guard International
  • Drum Corps International