The San Francisco Renegades burst upon the drum corps scene in July 1999. Immediately after our infamous debut, rumors began circulating about the origins of the corps...
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Theory One: The Renegades were at one point an extremely mediocre high-school marching band that mysteriously gained superhuman powers when a mysterious meteorite from space crashed into their practice field during a marching basics block.
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Theory Two: The corps is actually a highly-trained CIA commando unit involved in covert activities throughout the West Coast. The drum corps cover story allows the team to move around from city to city during the summer months. Ironically, if true, this would make the Renegades the second corps where every member was trained in over 100 ways to kill the enemy with their bare hands (the first being the Bandettes, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario). There is no evidence that their rehearsal site, Site-X, actually exists.
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Theory Three: The Renegades do not exist. The drum corps is a figment of the Marketing Team's imagination. The "corps" exists only to sell T-shirts and souvenirs. The "staff" uses these profits to fly to Vegas and have drunken celebrations that last for days on end.
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The story we're going with (for now) is what follows...
ABOUT THE RENEGADES
The Renegades were founded in 1996 by a small group of people that got together simply for the love of the drum corps activity. In February of 1999, the corps put the Renegade 2000 plan into motion, and added an infrastructure that not only included a world-class instructional staff, but a "Promotions Team" that included world class marketing, financial and legal consultants.
The mission of the Renegade organization is to bring an unprecedented awareness and appreciation of the drum corps activity to the public through a comprehensive marketing and financial plan.
The Renegades made their DCI debut in July 1999, at the Moonlight Classic contest in Stockton, California, and are one of two charter members of the newly formed DCI-Pacific Senior Division. In 2000, the Renegades fielded an expanded corps, which were received with standing ovations at every show. The year culminated with a proclamation by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown honoring the Renegades as The Official Drum & Bugle Corps of the City of San Francisco!
 In 2001 the Renegades fulfilled their goal of a full complement of drums, horns, and guard members, and performing on two tours: the first to the Pacific Northwest, and second down to the Los Angeles area. Both tours and the local Northern California shows were a rousing success. In September, the Renegades Minicorps won the DCA Championship in theis first appearance. The Renegades have also founded a new, non-drum corps, musical group: Renegades Taiko!
In 2002, the Renegades have become the first California Senior Corps to compete at DCA Championships, becoming both Finalist and Member in their first year.
Check out the previous musical organizations that the Renegades have drawn their membership from.
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