In the summer, Arsenal Performing Arts fielded its flagship organization, Arsenal Drum and Bugle Corps with 33 members.  The first season would only field a brass line and battery section in percussion.   Spring Training was done for 2 solid weeks with a send-off show in Albuquerque and another performance in Las Cruces, New Mexico before ending the season in San Antonio, TX at the Drum Corps International Southwestern Championships where the corps earned "Best-In-Show" honors in the SoundSport Category with the "Volver" theme