Colts Drum and Bugle Corps

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Colts
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Location Dubuque, Iowa
DivisionWorld Class
Founded1963 (1963)
DirectorVicki MacFarlane
Executive DirectorJeff MacFarlane
Website colts.org

The Colts Drum and Bugle Corps (previously known as the Junior Dukes, Legionnaires, and Colt .45) is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Dubuque, Iowa. [1] The Colts are part of the Colts Youth Organization and a member of Drum Corps International, along with their feeder corps, the Colt Cadets, which participates in Open Class. [2]

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History

The corps was founded in 1963 as the Junior Dukes, a junior corps to the Dukes of Dubuque, a senior corps. [3] The Junior Dukes were sponsored by the local American Legion Post #6 and competed as a military style parade band. The corps performed for two years under that name before the Dukes of Dubuque disbanded in 1965. [4] After the disbandment of the senior corps, the name was switched to the Legionnaires, and in 1966, the corps began to accept female members. [5] [6] By 1967, the corps was large enough to create a feeder corps known as the Cadets, and the Legionnaires began touring in regional VFW competitions. [7] [8]

In 1969, the corps changed their name again, then to the Colt .45 and Colt .45 Cadets. [4] In 1971, the corps began to compete in VFW national competitions, earning as high as 5th place in 1973. That same year Colt .45 joined Drum Corps International, taking 28th in their first championship competition. Three years later, citing the negative association with both firearms and Colt 45 beer, the ".45" was dropped. [9]

The Colts continue to compete as a member of Drum Corps International, earning their first finals spot in 1993. The Colts have been a consistent semifinalist every year from 1982 to 2023, earning their highest placements in 1995, 2023 and 2024 at 9th place. Alongside the drum and bugle corps, the Colts Youth Organization also oversees the Colts Summer Band, Colts World Percussion, and a defunct competitive winter guard.

Show summary (1973–2024)

Source: [10]

Key
Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist [lower-alpha 1]
Pale blue background indicates DCI World Class Finalist [lower-alpha 1]
  1. 1 2 From 1973-1991, the Colts competed in Open Class, from 1992-2007 in Division I, and since 2008 in World Class. These are the same tier, just renamed.
YearRepertoireWorld Championships
ScorePlacement
1973The Big Country by Jerome Moross / There's a Coach Coming In by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner / Music from Cades County by Henry Mancini / How the West Was Won by Alfred Newman / When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Louis Lambert (Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore) / Battle Hymn of the Republic by William Steffe & Julia Ward Howe / United We Stand by Tony Hiller & Peter Simmons62.80028th Place
Open Class
1974Fanfare for the Common Man & Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland / Oklahoma Crude by Henry Mancini / The Sting by Scott Joplin & Marvin Hamlisch / Ironsides / How the West Was Won by Alfred Newman Did not attend
World Championships
1975Wild, Wild West by Richard Markowitz / Ghost Riders in the Sky by Stan Jones / How the West Was Won by Alfred Newman / Scalphunters by Elmer Bernstein / Left Bank Express by Maynard Ferguson / Ironsides / "California Dreamin'" by John Phillips & Michelle Phillips 66.40030th Place
Open Class
1976Emperata Overture by Claude T. Smith / Just You and Me / Left Bank Express by Maynard Ferguson / Tower of Power Medley by Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka / Soul and Inspiration by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil 71.25025th Place
Open Class
1977Gershwin's Three Piano Preludes by George Gershwin / Suncatchers by Butch Nordahl / Evergreen (from A Star Is Born) by Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams / Watch Closely Now & With One More Look at You by Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher 73.10026th Place
Open Class
1978Showboat Scenario by Jerome Kern / The Birth of the Blues by Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva & Lew Brown / Take Five by Paul Desmond / A Star is Born by Paul Williams 68.65027th Place
Open Class
1979Starburst by Jeremy Wall / The Birth of the Blues by Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva & Lew Brown / Showboat by Jerome Kern / Star Gazer by Neil Diamond / Tara's Theme (from Gone with the Wind) by Max Steiner 63.30035th Place
Open Class
1980Everything's Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy) by Stephen Sondheim & Jule Styne / Summertime, It Ain't Necessarily So & There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin / Turkey in the Straw (Traditional) / Smile by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons 61.10028th Place
Open Class
1981There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York & Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin / Swanee by George Gershwin & Irving Caesar / Crosswinds by Billy Cobham / Come Sail Away by Dennis DeYoung 64.05028th Place
Open Class
1982Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) by John Williams / Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin / Prelude/Angry Young Man by Billy Joel / Come in from the Rain by Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager 67.20024th Place
Open Class
1983Mississippi Suite by Ferde Grofe / Luck Be A Lady & Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat (from Guys and Dolls) by Frank Loesser / Dill Pickles (Traditional) / Mr. Bojangles by Jerry Jeff Walker / Old Man River (from Show Boat) by Jerome Kern 60.60022nd Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1984Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish / Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) by John Williams / A Night in Tunisia by John Birks Gillespie / Peninsula by Oscar Castro-Neves & Sergio Mendes / What's New? by Bob Haggart & Johnny Burke / Come in from the Rain by Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager 70.40023rd Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1985Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish / Love for Sale (from The New Yorkers) by Cole Porter / A Night in Tunisia by John Birks Gillespie / Peninsula by Oscar Castro-Neves & Sergio Mendes / Skylark by Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer / Sing Sing Sing by Louie Prima 80.90016th Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1986Johnny One Note (from Babes in Arms) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart / I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / Smile Again by Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon & Alan Paul / The Heat's On by Sammy Nestico 74.70020th Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1987Honeymoon Suite & Love for Sale (from The New Yorkers) by Cole Porter / Up the Ladder to the Roof by Frank Wilson & Vincent Dimirco / Mardi Gras March by Paul Webster & Sammy Fain / Somewhere Out There by James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil / Fieval’s Reprise (from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West) by James Horner 76.50020th Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1988Seems Like Old Times by Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb / Mountain Greenery (from The Garrick Gaieties) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart / Just in Time (from Bells Are Ringing) by Jule Styne, Betty Comden & Adolph Green / Mardi Gras March by Paul Webster & Sammy Fain / My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart78.50018th Place
Open Class
Semifinalist
1989Matchpoint by Jed Levy / Willowcrest by Bob Florence / Ballad for a Rough Year by Frank Mantooth 73.60021st Place
Open Class
1990Santorini by Yiannis Hrysomallis (Yanni) / Ludwig by Ludwig van Beethoven, adapted by Bob James / On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss by David Holsinger / Farandole by Georges Bizet 72.80023rd Place
Open Class
1991Santorini by Yiannis Hrysomallis (Yanni) / On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss by David Holsinger / Shock by John Tesh / Earthrise by Chip Davis / In the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War by David Holsinger72.10022nd Place
Open Class
1992Morning to Morning by David Foster & David Paich / A Thousand Summers & Brain Dead Weasel by John Tesh / The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Dave Grusin & Peggy Lee / Reprise by Chuck Naffier75.50020th Place
Division I
1993Iowa's Four Seasons
Winter by Chuck Naffier / A Thousand Summers by John Tesh / Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin / The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Dave Grusin & Peggy Lee / Reprise by Chuck Naffier
81.60012th Place
Division I
Finalist
1994Relations and Romance
Smile by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) / Almost Like Being in Love (from Brigadoon) by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner / Lover Man by Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman & Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Higher and Higher by Billy Davis, Raynard Miner, Gary Jackson & Carl Smith / As Time Goes By (from Casablanca) by Herman Hupfeld / Reprise 1994 by Chuck Naffier
80.10012th Place
Division I
Finalist
1995Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park, Children and Art, Color and Light & Sunday
All from Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim
86.3009th Place
Division I
Finalist
1996The Magnificat
Magnificat anima me; Of a Rose, A Lovely Rose; Fecit Potentium; Esurientes & Gloria Patri
All from Magnificat by John Rutter
81.30011th Place
Division I
Finalist
1997The Music of Blood, Sweat and Tears
Symphony for the Devil by Dick Halligan / God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog Jr. / Lucretia McEvil by David Clayton-Thomas / Hi-De-Ho (That Ole Sweet Role) by Gerry Goffin & Carole King / 40,000 Headsmen by Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi
84.10013th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
1998A Cappella Celebration
Crown Him With Many Crowns by Charles H. Gabriel & Matthew Bridges / Searching for You by Wayne Shorter & Paul Stiller / Reza by Jaco Pastorius / Morning by Paul Stiller & Lisa Keily Stiller / Vox Finale by Chuck Naffier & Jerry Carpenter
85.30012th Place
Division I
Finalist
1999Voices
Dies Irae (from Requiem) by Giuseppe Verdi / Flamma Flamma, Corpus Inimici & In Corpore (from Flamma Flamma – The Fire Requiem) by Nicholas Lens / I Believe by Eric Levi / Scherzo (from Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio) by Elliot Goldenthal
86.00012th Place
Division I
Finalist
2000The Wait of the World
Godspeed, Speech of Angels, The Wait of the World, Now the Children Lead & The Chosen
All by Stephen Melillo
82.30014th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2001Chivalry
Sinfonia Voci by David Holsinger / Allemande (from Courtly Airs and Dances) by Ron Nelson / Non Nobis Domine (from Henry V) by Patrick Doyle / Battle Scene by Michael Klesch / Once More Unto the Breach (from Henry V) by Patrick Doyle
84.90012th Place
Division I
Finalist
2002Revelations
Dawn (from 5 Miniatures) by Joaquin Turina / Concerto for 4 Percussion, Be Thou My Vision & New Century Dawn by David Gillingham
83.90015th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2003Symphonic Visions: Ritual, Song, and Dance
Cantus Laetus by David Gillingham / Harrison's Dream by Peter Graham / Blue Sapphire (from Colours) by Roger Cichy
80.05016th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2004From the Heartland
American Overture by Joseph Willcox Jenkins / John Henry & Threshing Machines by Aaron Copland / Old Man River (from Show Boat) by Jerome Kern / Celebration by Robert Russell Bennett
81.32516th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2005Postcards From Home
The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land) & The Red Pony by Aaron Copland / The Landworkers (from Estancia) by Alberto Ginastera / Till There Was You (from The Music Man) by Meredith Willson / Stomp Your Foot by Aaron Copland / Jubilee by Morton Gould
84.07513th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2006Continuum
Windsprints by Richard Saucedo / As Time Goes By (from Casablanca) by Herman Hupfeld / Ride by Samuel Hazo
83.05013th Place
Division I
Semifinalist
2007Equinox
With One Look (from Sunset Boulevard) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton & Don Black / Coronation of Boris Gudonov by Modest Moussorgsky / Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé Suite) by Sergei Prokofiev / String Quartet No. 4, Mvt. 5 "Allegro Molto" by Béla Bartók / As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton & Don Black
86.15010th Place
Division I
Finalist
2008Night and Day
Night and Day by Cole Porter / Bernstein Medley by Leonard Bernstein / Unexpected Song (from Song and Dance) by Andrew Lloyd Webber / Spellbound Concerto by Miklos Rosza
85.17514th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2009Fathoms
Song of the High Seas (from Victory at Sea) by Richard Rodgers / The Sea Treaders (...In Calm And Storm) by W. Francis McBeth / The Voyage by Chris Tomsa & Max Mullinix / "Ebb Tide" by Robert Maxwell & Carl Sigman / SOS by Max Mullinix / The Journey Home by Chris Tomsa & Max Mullinix
85.60013th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2010True Colors
Green by Michael Torke / Alone in the Crowd & One Man Show (from Pollock) by Jeff Beal / True Colors by Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly / Appalachian Morning by Paul Halley
84.65013th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2011Deception: The Jagged Edge
Swan Lake by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Danza de los Duendes by Nancy Galbraith / The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns / Mind Heist by Zack Hemsey
82.25016th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2012Boundaries
August's Rhapsody (from August Rush) by Mark Mancina / Boundaries by David Nelson / Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov / All By Myself by Eric Carmen
79.2017th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2013Field of Dreams
Can't Help Falling In Love by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss / At Last by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren / American Graffiti by Aaron Guidry / The Place Where Dreams Come True (from Field of Dreams) by James Horner / Chorale & Fugue In Jazz by Morton Gould
82.45015th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2014Dark Side of the Rainbow
Breathe by Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) / On the Run by David Gilmour & Roger Waters / Time by Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright & David Gilmour / Powerhouse by Raymond Scott / The Great Gig in the Sky by Richard Wright & Clare Torry / Everything in Its Right Place by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien & Philip Selway (Radiohead) / Brain Damage & Eclipse by Roger Waters
85.35013th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2015...And a Shot Rings Out: A Johnny Staccato Murder Mystery
Man With The Golden Arm by Elmer Bernstein / Lex (from Metropolis Symphony) by Michael Daugherty / Audrey's Dance (from Twin Peaks) by Angelo Badalamenti / Science Fiction by Christian McBride / Moanin' by Charles Mingus / Lay Me Down by Sam Smith, James Napier & Elvin Smith / Scherzo (from Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio) by Elliot Goldenthal / Original Music by Chuck Naffier & David Nelson
83.02514th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2016Nachtmusik
Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Vincent by Don McLean / Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber & Joseph Mohr / Nights in White Satin by Justin Hayward / New Moon In The Old Moon's Arms by Michael Kamen
81.51316th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2017Both Sides Now
Prologue – Theme from We Are Marshall by Christophe Beck
Logic – Serenada Schizophrana by Danny Elfman & Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (from A Beautiful Mind) by James Horner
Emotion – Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell
Conflict – Symphony No. 2 by John Barnes Chance
Resolution – Medley of We Are Marshall, Serenada Schizophrana & Both Sides Now
83.88815th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2018True Believer
Loneliness – Motherless Child (Traditional) / Not to be Forgotten (Our Final Hour) by Pat Metheny
Whimsicality – L'arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole by Georges Bizet / Land of the Long White Cloud by Philip Sparke
Reflection – Endless Night (from The Lion King) by Hans Zimmer
Materialism – Big Shot by Billy Joel
Introspection – A Piece of Sky (from Yentl) by Michel Legrand & Alan and Marilyn Bergman
84.61314th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2019When Hell Freezes Over
Hells Bells by Angus Young, Malcolm Young & Brian Johnson (AC/DC) / Inferno by Robert W. Smith / Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens / Dulcinea (from Symphony No. 3, Don Quixote) by Robert W. Smith / Etude Op. 25 No. 11 (Winter Wind) by Frederic Chopin / Winter (from The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi / Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan
84.22516th Place
World Class
Semifinalist
2020Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Leap of Faith
Rainbow Connection by Kenneth Ascher & Paul Williams / Take a Chance on Me by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) / Faith by Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco & Francis Farewell Starlite / Faith by George Michael / Freedom 90 by George Michael
No scored competitions
2022The Silk Road
Meetings Along The Edge by Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass / Arabian Waltz by Rabih Abou-Khalil / The Dragon Boy by Joe Hisaishi / José / beFORe JOHN5 by Aurél Holló / Divas & Dunes by Aaron Zigman / Kashmir by John Bonham, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
87.20011th Place
World Class
Finalist
2023Where the Heart Is
Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe / Minuano (Six-Eight) by Pat Metheny Group / To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra & Patrick Watson / Feels Like Home by Randy Newman / Classical Gas by Mason Williams
90.2639th Place
World Class
Finalist
2024On Fields
Fields of Joy by Michael Kamen & Hal Fredricks / MacArthur Park by Jimmy Webb / Fields of Gold by Gordon Sumner / Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert & Johnny Mercer / Original music by CJ Barrow, Josh Nelson & Michael Miller / The First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Strawberry Fields Forever by Lennon-McCartney / Sowing the Seeds of Love by Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith
89.7759th Place
World Class
Finalist

Colt Cadets

The Colt Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 1967 as the Legionnaires Cadets. In conjunction with the parent corps, it was renamed to the Colt .45 Cadets in 1969 before settling on the name Colt Cadets in 1976. The group serves as the feeder corps to the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps and is a member of the Drum Corps International Open Class division. A feeder corps is an Open Class group made up of younger members with the goal of training them to move up to the World Class group. The Colt Cadets have made Drum Corps International Open Class Finals by placing in the top twelve at Open Class Championships eight times from 2010 to 2023. [11]

Show summary (2000–24)

Source: [12]

Key
Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist
YearRepertoireWorld Championships
ScorePlacement
2000A Sailor's Life For Me
A Sailor's Life For Me / Tame The Savage Sea by Elliot del Borgo / The Pirate's Tale / Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) by Reinhold Glière / Anchors Away by Alfred H. Miles & Charles A. Zimmermann
Did not attend
World Championships
2001Trapped in the Time Machine
2001: A Space Odyssey by Richard Strauss / Loco-Motion by Gerry Goffin & Carole King / Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built For Two) by Harry Dacre / Pedestrian's Folly / Cruisin' by Smokey Robinson / Magic Carpet Ride by John Kay & Rushton Moreve
2002Make His Praise Glorious by Bill and Robin Wolaver / A Mighty Fortress by Martin Luther / I'll Give You Peace by Dawn Yarbrough Thomas and Tom Yarborough / Away In The Darkness by Scott Stulir / Amen by Bob Kauflin / Reprise by Ted Reicher
2003OzFest
Over The Rainbow (from The Wizard Of Oz) by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg / I'm A Mean Ole Lion, Slide Some Oil To Me, Ease On Down the Road & If You Believe (all from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls
2004Snoop Dog
Linus And Lucy (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) by Vince Guaraldi / Snoopy's Song & Dime A Dozen (from Snoopy! The Musical) by Larry Grossman & Hal Hackad / "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" by Phil Gernhard & Dick Holler / The World According To Snoopy & It's The Reprise, Charlie Brown (from Snoopy, The Musical) by Larry Grossman & Hal Hackad)
2005Arcade!
Insert Coin / The Puzzle / The Chase / The Triumph
2006Criminal Mischief
Dragnet by Scott Nathan / Secret Agent Man by P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri / James Bond Theme by Monty Norman / Call Me, Beep Me! (The Kim Possible Theme Song) by Cory Lerious & George Gabriel / Carmen Sandiego by Sean Altman & David Yazbek / Charlie's Angels Theme by Jack Elliot & Allyn Ferguson / Live And Let Die by Linda McCartney & Paul McCartney
66.37511th Place
Division II
2007Sold Out!
Carry On My Wayward Son by Kerry Livgren / Point Of Know Return by Steve Walsh, Robby Steinhardt & Phil Ehart / Lights by Dennis DeYoung & Tommy Shaw / Synchronicity I by Sting / All The Small Things by Blink-182 / Ants Marching by Dave Matthews
Did not attend
World Championships
2008New American Signatures
America & American Tune by Paul Simon / Song For America by Kerry Livgren
76.12518th Place
Open Class
2009Lullaby & Good Nightmare
Theme (from Big Top Pee-wee) by Danny Elfman / The Place Where Dreams Come True (from Field of Dreams) by James Horner / Hall Of The Mountain King (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) by Edvard Grieg
78.10014th Place
Open Class
2010Sorcerer's Revenge
Music of Andrew Boysen, Jr. by Andrew Boysen, Jr. / The Sorcerer's Apprectice by Paul Dukas / Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky / For Good (from Wicked) by Stephen Schwartz
82.30011th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2011NOTORIOUS
Overture (from Anne of the Indies) by Franz Waxman / Overture (from Mutiny on the Bounty) by Bronisław Kaper / Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland / Finale & The Immigrant (from The Godfather) by Nino Rota / Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, Mvt. 4 Allegro non troppo by Dmitri Shostakovich
79.15012th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2012Alive
Escape From Chronopolis by Reber Clark / Theme from Van Helsing by Alan Silvestri / Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 by Ludwig van Beethoven / Theme from Psycho by Bernard Herrmann / Facade (from Jekyll & Hyde) by Frank Wildhorn & Leslie Bricusse
75.40012th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2013Red
Habanera (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet / The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Dave Grusin & Peggy Lee / Happy Ending (from The Red Pony Suite) by Aaron Copland / Red In The Air by Terry White & Brian Zeglis
80.90010th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2014Crazed
Overture (from Dancer in the Dark) by Björk / Equus by Eric Whitacre / Crazy by Brian Burton & Thomas Calloway / Goin' Out Of My Mind by Teddy Randazzo & Bobby Weinstein / Love Crazed by Terry White
66.00010th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2015Fire & Ice
The Inferno (from The Divine Comedy) by Robert W. Smith / The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky / Cuban Fire! by Johnny Richards / Ice Dance by Danny Elfman / Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed
64.10010th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2016The Journey Within
Joy by Joseph Curiale / Symphony No. 9 in D minor by Anton Bruckner / Smile (from Modern Times) by Charlie Chaplin / Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
61.55015th Place
Open Class
2017The River's Edge
Earth Dance by Michael Sweeney / Flight Of The Piasa by Robert Sheldon / Quad City Stomp by Michael Sweeney / Vitava (Die Moldau) by Bedřich Smetana
61.20014th Place
Open Class
2018Moderne
Un Bel Di by Giacomo Puccini / Symphony No. 7, Mvt. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven / Young And Beautiful by Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels / Bad Romance by Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) & Nadir Khayat / The Hut Of Baba Yaga & The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky
62.80013th Place
Open Class
2019...Of a Feather
Blackbird by John Lennon & Paul McCartney / Don't Stop Me Now by Freddie Mercury / On Eagles Wings by Michael Joncas / The Raven by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson
64.42511th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2020Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Apart Together
Once Upon Another Time by Sara Bareilles / Afro American Symphony No. 4 by William Grant Still / Pray For Me by Kendrick Lamar & The Weeknd / At Last by Ella Fitzgerald
No scored competitions
2022To The Stars
Rewrite The Stars by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul / Rocket Man by Elton John / Enterprising Young Men (from Star Trek) by Michael Giacchino
67.15014th Place
Open Class
2023Classical Innovations
Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven / Golden Hour by JVKE / Until The Scars by John Mackey
70.0259th Place
Open Class
Finalist
2024The Woods
Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev / Ballad from Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim / The Path Between Mountains by Jay Kennedy
72.0508th Place
Open Class
Finalist
70.50029th Place
World Class

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps</span>

The Raiders Drum & Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Burlington, New Jersey. The Raiders perform in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps</span>

Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps was an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Mobile, Alabama. The corps was a Division I competitive junior drum and bugle corps in Drum Corps International (DCI) from 1993 through 2007. Prior to competing in Division I, Southwind competed in DCI's Class A/Division II and was that division's World Champion in 1991 and 1992. Southwind performed at competitive and non-competitive SoundSport events in Alabama and surrounding states during the summer of 2014. In early May 2015, DCI approved Southwind's return as an active Open Class corps. Southwind announced the cessation of operations in October 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps</span> Drum and bugle corps based in Casper, Wyoming

The Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Casper, Wyoming, the Troopers was one of the thirteen founding member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Racine Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps</span>

The Racine Scouts(formally the Racine Explorer Scouts) Drum and Bugle Corps was a junior parade Drum and bugle corps. Based in Racine, Wisconsin, the corps marched parades in the Midwestern United States. The Racine Scouts, nicknamed the "Chrome Domes", was the oldest continuously active junior drum and bugle corps in North America until they ceased activity in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps</span>

The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Nashua, New Hampshire, the Spartans performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions. The Spartans won the DCI Division II World Championship in 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, and in 2019, 2023, and 2024 won the DCI Open Class Championship that replaced Divisions II and III in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gold Drum and Bugle Corps</span>

The Gold Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Oceanside, California, Gold performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps</span>

The River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps, based in Anoka, Minnesota. River City Rhythm performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.

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