List of DCI drum corps

The following is a list of drum corps competing as members of Drum Corps International (DCI).

For a comprehensive list of drum and bugle corps from the past and present:

See also: List of drum corps

Member corps

Source:  ^[1]

World Class members

See also: Drum Corps International World Class Champions and List of Drum Corps International World Championship finalists

The Academy

Location	Tempe, Arizona
Division	World Class
Founded	2001
Director	Mark Richardson
Championship titles	2006 Division II
Website	arizonaacademy.org

Main article: The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps

In 2001, a group of people gathered in the Phoenix, Arizona area with the intent of starting a drum and bugle corps (D&B). They formed the Board of Directors of the Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts, a non-profit organization with the goal "...of enhancing the culture of music, dance, and the performing arts in Arizona." They then formed The Academy Brass & Percussion Ensemble, which made numerous local appearances during the summers of 2001–03, including at the D&B competition the organization sponsors, the Southwest Corps Connection. ^[2]

In the summer of 2004, the corps added a color guard, changed the name to The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, and entered the field of competition. Marching a short season of only four weeks and six shows in Arizona and California, the corps was undefeated in Division II. ^[3] The next year, the corps expanded its boundaries, performing in 10 shows, including Drums Along the Rockies, in Denver, and was again undefeated in Division II. 2006 was The Academy's most successful season. The corps appeared in shows in seven states, including the DCI Division II/III World Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, where the corps capped their third undefeated season with the Division II title. ^[4]

In 2007, The Academy moved into Division I (now World Class) competition. That was their most successful season in the class placing 13th, until the 2016 corps finished 11th at the DCI World Championships. ^[5]

The Academy assembled a 100+ member brass, percussion, and auxiliary ensemble of members and alumni that performed outside University of Phoenix Stadium prior to the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLIX and at the NFL Experience, "an interactive theme park of all things football," during the week of January 25–February 1, 2015. ^[6]

In 2016, The Academy had their most successful season since moving to World Class, placing in the top 12 at all three DCI regionals. At the DCI World Championships in Indianapolis, The Academy placed 11th, becoming the first corps to make its Finals debut since the Seattle Cascades in 2002.

Crossmen

Location	San Antonio, TX
Division	World Class
Founded	1974
Director	Natalie Steele
Championship titles	1977 American Legion 1981 VFW
Website	https://www.crossmen.org

The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps was founded on October 1, 1974, by a merger of two suburban Philadelphia drum and bugle (D&B) corps, the Keystone Regiment and the 507 Hornets. The name "Crossmen" was chosen, from a list of 43 proposed names, by the members of the new corps in recognition of American Legion Post 507, which was named in honor of World War I veteran John Welsey Cross. Beginning in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the corps has, over the years, been based in several other communities. Their longest stays were in West Chester, Pennsylvania and Newark, Delaware. ^{[7] [8]}

The Crossmen were competitively successful from the start, winning the Eastern States (drum corps) Circuit Championship from 1975 to 1981. In 1977, the corps won the American Legion Junior D&B National Championship in Denver ("Nationals"). In 1981, they won the VFW Nationals in Philadelphia. ^[9]

In the winter of 1996, on the verge of folding, the corps became one of the programs sponsored by Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!), an organization which also included The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps and the United States Scholastic Band Association. As a member of YEA!, the corps was then based in Allentown, PA. In the autumn of 2006, the corps relocated to San Antonio and separated from YEA! in late August 2007. ^[10]

The Crossmen have been DCI Top Twelve Finalists twenty-nine (29) times; the first time in 1977, the latest in 2019. ^[9]

Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps

Location	Concord, California, United States
Division	World Class
Founded	1957
Director	Patrick Seidling
Senior Executive Advisor	David Gibbs
Chief Executive Officer	Shaun Gallant
Championship titles	CYO : 1976 1978 1980 DCI : 1976 1977 1979 1980 1982 1986 1994 1996 1997 1999 2003 2007 2009 2010 2012 2014 2015 2017 2019
Website	www.bluedevils.org

Main article: Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps

The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps (also known as "BD" and "Devs") is based in Concord, California. The corps has finished first or second for the past 13 seasons (2007–19) and has placed no lower than fifth since finishing third in 1975. They also hold the record for the highest score in DCI history, winning the 2014 DCI World Championship title with a score of 99.65. ^[11] The Blue Devils are the current DCI Champions, with an unmatched record of 19 titles to date.

Of special note among the Blue Devils nineteen World Championships are those of 1982, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2017 when the corps went through the entire season without suffering a defeat. 2009 also marked the first season that one organization won multiple titles, when the Blue Devils won World Class and the Blue Devils B won Open Class having also done it the next year in 2010 and then again in 2014. Over the years, the Devils have often made use of jazz and Latin music repertoires, notably Bill Reddie's Channel One Suite (made famous by Buddy Rich) and charts from the music of Chick Corea and Chuck Mangione and that written for Stan Kenton's big band. Because of their musical style choices, the Devils are one of the corps most associated with jazz. ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

In 2014, the Blue Devils won their sixteenth DCI World Championship and recorded their sixth undefeated season. At the DCI Finals in Indianapolis on August 9, the corps received a record high score of 99.650. ^[16] In doing so, they beat the second place Bluecoats by a margin of 2.475, bested the previous high of the 2002 Cavaliers and 2005 Cadets by half a point, and earned a perfect score from seven of the eleven judges. ^{[17] [18]} The Blue Devils are also the only corps to have crossed the 99-point threshold twice in DCI Championship history achieving a 99.050 in 2009 with 1930, and a 99.650 in 2014 with Felliniesque.

On August 8, 2015, the Blue Devils won their seventeenth DCI Championship. It was the corps' first come-from-behind win, after finishing preliminaries in fourth place because of a penalty, trailing Carolina Crown, Bluecoats, and The Cadets and semifinals in second, behind Carolina Crown. ^[19]

In the Blue Devils' 2017 program, "Metamorph," voiceovers were used from a newly-discovered audio tape recording of the late former director Jerry Seawright addressing the crowd at the Blue Devils' first appearance as a drum and bugle corps in 1972. ^{[20] [21]}

Sponsorship

Main article: BD Performing Arts

The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by BD Performing Arts, a 501 (c)(3) musical organization. As such, it has a Board of Directors, directors, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The CEO is Shaun Gallant and the Corps Director is Pat Seidling. ^{[22] [23]}

BD Performing Arts also sponsors the Blue Devils B corps, the Blue Devils C corps, the Blue Devils Open Class and A Class Winter Guards programs, the Diablo Wind Symphony, and BD Entertainment.

In 2015, BD Performing Arts added the Blue Devils International Corps, a 97-member unit made up of alumni of the Blue Devils and 8 other DCI World Class corps. The corps spent more than a month traveling and performing in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Switzerland, concluding with 9 days and 15 performances of their 7–minute show at the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland. ^{[24] [25]}

Others

Corps	Location	Website
Blue Knights	Denver, Colorado	bknights.org
Blue Stars †	La Crosse, Wisconsin	bluestars.org
Bluecoats	Canton, Ohio	bluecoats.com
Boston Crusaders †	Boston, Massachusetts	crusaders.com
The Cadets †	Allentown, Pennsylvania	yea.org
Carolina Crown	Fort Mill, South Carolina	carolinacrown.org
Cascades	Seattle, Washington	seattlecascades.org
The Cavaliers †	Rosemont, Illinois	cavaliers.org
Colts	Dubuque, Iowa	colts.org
Genesis	Austin, Texas	genesisdbc.org
Jersey Surf	Berlin, New Jersey	jerseysurf.org
Madison Scouts †	Madison, Wisconsin	madisonscouts.org
Mandarins	Sacramento, California	mandarins.org
Music City	Nashville, Tennessee	musiccitydrumcorps.org
Pacific Crest	Diamond Bar, California	pacific-crest.org
Phantom Regiment	Rockford, Illinois	regiment.org
Santa Clara Vanguard †	Santa Clara, California	scvanguard.org
Spirit of Atlanta	Atlanta, Georgia	spiritdrumcorps.org
Troopers †	Casper, Wyoming	troopersdrumcorps.org

† = One of the thirteen charter members of Drum Corps International.

Open Class members

Corps	Location	Website
7th Regiment	New London, Connecticut	7thregiment.org
The Battalion	Salt Lake City, Utah	battalioncorps.org
Blue Devils B	Concord, California	bluedevils.org
Blue Devils C	Concord, California	bluedevils.org
Carolina Gold	Greensboro, North Carolina	carolinagold.org
Colt Cadets	Dubuque, Iowa	colts.org
Columbians	Tri-Cities, Washington	columbiansdrumcorps.org
Gold	San Diego, California,	golddrumcorps.org
Golden Empire	Bakersfield, California	geperformingarts.org
Guardians	Houston, Texas	guardiansdbc.org
Heat Wave	Tampa Bay, Florida	heat-wave.org
Impulse!	Buena Park, California	impulseyoutharts.org
Incognito	Garden Grove, California	incognitodbc.org
Legends	Kalamazoo, Michigan	legendspaa.org
Les Stentors	Sherbrooke, Quebec	stentors.net
Louisiana Stars	Lafayette, Louisiana	louisianastars.org
Phenom	Tempe, Arizona	phenomarts.org
Raiders	Burlington, New Jersey	raidersdbc.org
River City Rhythm	Anoka, Minnesota	rivercityrhythm.org
Shadow	Oregon, Wisconsin	shadowdbc.org
Southwind	Mobile, Alabama	southwind.org
Spartans	Nashua, New Hampshire	spartansdbc.org
Vanguard Cadets	Santa Clara, California	scvanguard.org
Vessel	Long Beach, California	vesseldrumcorps.org
Watchmen	Riverside, California	watchmenartsassociation.org

Active corps

The following is an incomplete list of active corps not competing as members of DCI.

Corps	Location	Website
Beatrix	Hilversum, Netherlands	beatrix.org
The Company	Barnsley, United Kingdom	theco.org.uk
Jubal	Dordrecht, Netherlands	jubal.org
Pride of SOKA	Tokyo, Japan	prideofsoka.org
Revolution	Queensbury, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom	revolutionshowcorps.org.uk
Taipei Yuehfu	Taipei, Taiwan	yuehfu.org
Yokohama Scouts	Yokohama, Japan	—

SoundSport Drum & Bugle Corps

Source:  ^[26]

Corps	Location	Website
Appalachian Sound	Atlanta, Georgia	mayde-inc.org/appalachiansound
Armada	Boise, Idaho	armadacorps.org
Arsenal	Albuquerque, New Mexico	arsenalperformingarts.org
Compass	Midland, Texas	www.compassdbc.com
Cutting Edge	Fort Worth, Texas	—
The Diplomats	Windsor, Ontario	thediplomatscorps.com
FREE Players	Old Bethpage, New York	www.familyres.org
General Butler Vagabonds	McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania	generalbutlervagabonds.org
Hornets	Chicago, Illinois	—
Impact	Edmonton, Alberta	impactarts.org
Les Titans de Quebec	Quebec City, Quebec	lestitansdequebec.com
Lone Star	Fort Worth, Texas	lonestardbc.org
Motor City Optimists	Detroit, Michigan	mcoptimists.org
Railmen	Blair, Nebraska	therailmen.org
Rogues Hollow Regiment	Doylestown, Ohio	rogueshollowregiment.com
Royals	Dallas, Texas	www.royalsdrumandbuglecorps.com
Sonus Brass Theater	Prince William County, Virginia	www.sonusbrasstheater.org
Thunder Brigade	Gaithersburg, Maryland	thunderbrigade.org
Thunder of Roanoke	Roanoke, Virginia	thunderofroanoke.weebly.com
Zephyrus	Tulsa, Oklahoma	zephyrusarts.org

SoundSport bands

Source:  ^[27]

Band	Location	Website
Spirit of Sunnyvale SoundSport	Sunnyvale, California	spiritofsunnyvale.com

Inactive corps

Below is an incomplete list of corps who are inactive, suspended from competition, or have had their DCI membership revoked, and that plan or are attempting to return to the field.

Corps	Location	Inactive	Website	Membership Revoked
Blue Saints	Greater Sudbury, Ontario	2017	bluesaints.org	No
Oregon Crusaders [28]	Portland, Oregon	2019	oregoncrusaders.org	No
Pioneer [29] [30]	Greenfield, Wisconsin	2018	pioneer-corps.org	Yes
Racine Scouts	Racine, Wisconsin	2018	racinescouts.com	No
Encorps [31]	New Brunswick, NJ	2020	jamwithencorps.org	No

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29. "Pioneer will not participate in 2019 DCI Tour". www.dci.org. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
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