Formed in 2001, The Legends program began as an indoor winter program for Portage Central High School brass and percussion students.

Summer 2006 marked the first “Summer Experience” season with the addition of a color guard to the ensemble and a performance tour of the Midwest.

In 2007, Legends sponsored a new ensemble; a touring drum & bugle corps on a 22-day Midwest performance tour. The tour included performances on the Drum Corps International (DCI) and Mid-America Competing Band Director Association (MACBDA) circuits.

In 2008, the Legends Drum & Bugle Corps was granted DCI Open Class (OC) membership as a competitive corps. Legends finished as an Open Class semi-finalist at the DCI World Championships in its first year in competition (2008).

In 2009 Legends finished 10th place as a finalist corps of DCI OC and received three awards of achievement: DCI OC Most Improved Corps, DCI OC Jim Jones Leadership Award (Most Outstanding Drum Major, Kelly Koch from Parchment MI), and DCI OC Corps Director of the Year (Ibe Sodawalla from Portage MI).

In 2010, Legends continued to be a DCI Open Class Finalist finishing 8th place.