Corps Traditions
- Corps Song: The corps song is Franz Biebl's Ave Maria. The hornline plays the corps song for the rest of the corps, including the staff, colorguard, and percussion, after rehearsal concludes on the days of major regional performances. The corps has also been known to play Frank Sinatra's "The Way You Look Tonight", a favorite of retired corps staffer Dale Leaman.
- Corps Necklace: The corps necklace is a small, penny-sized copper pendant featuring the Pacific Crest logo. Rookies are awarded their corps necklaces at the end of Memorial Weekend Camp in May. Returning members take gold chain links from their shakos at the end of every season and place them on their corps necklaces as charms - one gold link for each year they've marched with the corps. Alumni who marched before the necklaces were awarded, starting in 2009, can receive corps necklaces at Pacific Crest's annual sneak preview show.
- The Wave: Pacific Crest's corps logo is a wave split at its apex into a "P" and "C", for "Pacific Crest". This wave is a popular icon among members and alumni. Pacific Crest logo waves are often painted on rehearsal fields on the days of regionals. Pacific Crest ageouts leave a logo wave made of performance shoes and other memorabilia on the field during the DCI age-out ceremony. The wave has even been featured in drill during their shows, most recently in the ballad of their 2012 production.
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