Past DCI Champions

Every summer, Drum Corps International (DCI) Division I corps compete to earn the title of DCI Division I World Champion for that year's summer season. The champion is usually named at the final competition in mid-August and is chosen based on the highest total score.

In DCI's 34-season history, there have been eight corps to win the title (including 3 ties):

• Blue Devils - 11 titles
• The Cadets - 9 titles
• The Cavaliers - 7 titles
• Santa Clara Vanguard - 6 titles
• Madison Scouts - 2 titles
• Anaheim Kingsmen - 1 title
• Star of Indiana - 1 title
• Phantom Regiment - 1 title

1972

• Champion: Anaheim Kingsmen of Anaheim, California
• Repertoire:
  • March from Folk Song Suite
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  • Mickey Mouse Club March
  • Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
  • Sing Sing Sing
  • Exodus
  • King of Kings
• Score: 88.10
• Location: Whitewater, Wisconsin
• Venue: Warhawk Stadium
• Date: August 18

1973

• Champion: Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, California
• Repertoire:
  • Fanfare and Allegro
  • A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Wedding Celebration and Bottle Dance from Fiddler on the Roof
  • Chava Ballet from Fiddler on the Roof
• Score: 88.65
• Location: Whitewater, Wisconsin
• Venue: Warhawk Stadium
• Date: August 17

1974

• Champion: Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, California
• Repertoire:
  • Die Götterdämmerung from The Ring
  • A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Overture to Candide
  • A Little Night Music
  • Weekend in the Country from A Little Night Music
  • Send in the Clowns from A Little Night Music
• Score: 89.50
• Location: Ithaca, New York
• Venue: Schoellkopf Field
• Date: August 17

1975

• Champion: Madison Scouts of Madison, Wisconsin
• Repertoire:
  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue from On Your Toes
  • Mac Arthur Park
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Dueling Banjos
  • The Way We Were
• Score: 92.50
• Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Venue: Franklin Field
• Date: August 16

1976

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • Channel One Suite
  • Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor
  • Chase the Clouds Away
• Score: 92.70
• Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Venue: Franklin Field
• Date: August 21

1977

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • Channel One Suite
  • Spanish Fantasy
  • Gonna Fly Now from Rocky
• Score: 92.05
• Location: Denver, Colorado
• Venue: Mile High Stadium
• Date: August 19

1978

• Champion: Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, California
• Repertoire:
  • Overture to a New Era
  • Dance of Welcome from Gayne Ballet
  • Adagio from Gayne Ballet
  • Lezghinka from Gayne Ballet
  • Gopak from Gayne Ballet
  • If You Believe from The Wiz
  • Bottle Dance from Fiddler on the Roof
• Score: 91.55
• Location: Denver, Colorado
• Venue: Mile High Stadium
• Date: August 18

1979

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • Chicago III Suite
  • La Suerte de Los Tontos from Cuban Fire Suite
  • My Heart Belongs to Me
• Score: 93.55
• Location: Birmingham, Alabama
• Venue: Legion Field
• Date: August 18

1980

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • New York Fantasy
  • Ya Gotta Try
  • Pegasus
  • Free
  • La Suerte de Los Tontos from Cuban Fire Suite
  • Pauper in Paradise
  • Dindi
• Score: 90.60
• Location: Birmingham, Alabama
• Venue: Legion Field
• Date: August 16

1981

• Champion: Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, California
• Repertoire:
  • Northridge
  • A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Slava
  • Don't Cry For Me Argentina from Evita
• Score: 94.00
• Location: Montreal, Quebec
• Venue: Olympic Stadium
• Date: August 22

1982

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • T.O.
  • Pegasus
  • Paradox
  • One More Time Chuck Corea
  • People Alone from The Competition
• Score: 95.25
• Location: Montreal, Quebec
• Venue: Olympic Stadium
• Date: August 21

1983

• Champion: Garfield Cadets of Garfield, New Jersey
• Repertoire:
  • Rocky Point Holiday
  • Mass by Leonard Bernstein
• Score: 94.40
• Location: Miami, Florida
• Venue: Miami Orange Bowl
• Date: August 20

1984

• Champion: Garfield Cadets of Garfield, New Jersey
• Repertoire:
  • West Side Story
• Score: 98.00
• Location: Atlanta, Georgia
• Venue: Grant Field
• Date: August 18

1985

• Champion: Garfield Cadets of Garfield, New Jersey
• Repertoire:
  • Jeremiah Symphony
  • Overture to Candide
  • Make Our Garden Grow from Candide
• Score: 98.40
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Venue: Camp Randall Stadium
• Date: August 17

1986

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • Channel One Suite
  • Conquistador
  • Spanish Fantasy
  • Chick Corea Suite
• Score: 98.40
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Venue: Camp Randall Stadium
• Date: August 16

1987

• Champion: Garfield Cadets of Garfield, New Jersey
• Repertoire:
  • Appalachian Spring
• Score: 97.90
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Venue: Camp Randall Stadium
• Date: August 15

1988

• Champion: Madison Scouts of Madison, Wisconsin
• Repertoire:
  • Concerto For Guitar and Jazz Orchestra
  • Malagueña
• Score: 97.10
• Location: Kansas City, Missouri
• Venue: Arrowhead Stadium
• Date: August 20

1989

• Champion: Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, California
• Repertoire:
  • Phantom of The Opera
    • Angel of Music
    • Masquerade
    • Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
    • Track Down this Murderer
• Score: 98.80
• Location: Kansas City, Missouri
• Venue: Arrowhead Stadium
• Date: August 19

1990

• Champion: The Cadets of Bergen County of Bergen County, New Jersey
• Repertoire:
  • A Bernstein Celebration
    • Overture to Candide
    • Mass
    • Somewhere from West Side Story
    • Fancy Free Ballet
• Score: 97.70
• Location: Buffalo, New York
• Venue: Rich Stadium
• Date: August 18

1991

• Champion: Star of Indiana of Bloomington, Indiana
• Repertoire:
  • Roman Images, the music of Ottorino Respighi
    • Roman Festivals - Movement I
    • The Pines of Rome - Movement I
    • Roman Festivals - Movement II
    • Roman Festivals - Movement III
    • Roman Festivals - Movement IV
• Score: 97.00
• Location: Dallas, Texas
• Venue: Cotton Bowl
• Date: August 17

1992

• Champion: The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois
• Repertoire:
  • Revolution and Triumph
    • Gavorkna Fanfare
    • Cornish Dances, 4th Movement
    • English Dances, 4th Movement
    • Peterloo Overture
• Score: 97.50
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Venue: Camp Randall Stadium
• Date: August 15

1993

• Champion: The Cadets of Bergen County of Bergen County, New Jersey
• Repertoire:
  • In the Spring, At the Time When Kings Go Off to War
    • In the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War
    • Ballet Sacra
    • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
• Score: 97.40
• Location: Jackson, Mississippi
• Venue: Veterans Stadium
• Date: August 21

1994

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • My Spanish Heart
    • Spanish Fantasy Part I
    • Night Streets
    • Day Danse
    • My Spanish Heart
    • Spanish Fantasy Part 4
• Score: 98.40
• Location: Foxboro, Massachusetts
• Venue: Foxboro Stadium
• Date: August 20

1995

• Champion: The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois
• Repertoire:
  • The Planets
    • Mars
    • Venus
    • Mercury
    • Jupiter
• Score: 98.30
• Location: Buffalo, New York
• Venue: Rich Stadium
• Date: August 12

1996 (tie)

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California / Phantom Regiment of Rockford, Illinois
• Blue Devils Repertoire:
  • Club Blue: A Gangster Chronicle
    • Children's Hour of Dream
    • Desi
    • Tess' Theme from Dick Tracy
    • Trouble from Mission Impossible
• Phantom Regiment Repertoire:
  • A Defiant Heart, the music of Dmitri Shostakovich
    • Fourth Ballet Suite
    • First Symphony, Second Movement
    • Fifth Symphony, Fourth Movement
• Score: 97.40
• Location: Orlando, Florida
• Venue: Citrus Bowl
• Date: August 17

1997

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • As Time Goes By...
    • Casablanca
    • Bangkok
    • A Night in Tunisia
    • As Time Goes By
• Score: 98.40
• Location: Orlando, Florida
• Venue: Citrus Bowl
• Date: August 16

1998

• Champion: The Cadets
• Repertoire:
  • Jan Van der Roost's Stonehenge
    • Stonehenge
    • Canterbury Chorale
• Score: 98.40
• Location: Orlando, Florida
• Venue: Citrus Bowl
• Date: August 15

1999 (tie)

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California / Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, California
• Blue Devils Repertoire:
  • Rhythms...At the Edge of Time
    • Estancia Ballet (Rhythm 1 - Afrocuban/Malambo)
    • Powerhouse: Rhumba for Orchestra (Rhythm 2 - Rhumba)
    • Powerhouse: Rhumba for Orchestra (Rhythm 3 - Samba)
    • Adios Nonino (Rhythm 4 - Tango)
    • Unchained Melody (Rhythm 5 - Jazz)
    • The Dirty Boogie (Rhythm 6 - Swing)
• Santa Clara Vanguard Repertoire:
  • Inventions for a New Millennium, music by Samuel Barber and Frank Ticheli
    • The Canyon
    • Symphony No. 2
    • Symphony No. 1
    • Blue Shades
• Score: 98.40
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Venue: Camp Randall Stadium
• Date: August 14

2000 (tie)

• Champion: The Cadets / The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois
• The Cadets Repertoire:
  • We Are the Future
    • Disney Millennium Celebration
• The Cavaliers Repertoire:
  • Niagara Falls
    • Niagara Falls
    • Richard Saucedo Original Composition
• Score: 97.65
• Location: College Park, Maryland
• Venue: Byrd Stadium
• Date: August 12

2001

• Champion: The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois
• Repertoire:
  • Four Corners
• Score: 98.35
• Location: Buffalo, New York
• Venue: Rich Stadium
• Date: August 11

2002

• Champion: The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois
• Repertoire:
  • Frameworks
• Score: 99.15
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Venue: Camp Randall Stadium
• Date: August 10

2003

• Champion: Blue Devils of Concord, California
• Repertoire:
  • The Phenomenom of Cool
    • Concierto de Aranjuez
    • Take Five
    • Blue Rondo A La Turk
    • Unsquare Dance
• Score: 98.80
• Location: Orlando, Florida
• Venue: Citrus Bowl
• Date: August 9

2004

• Champion: The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois
• Repertoire:
  • 007
    • Goldeneye
    • Hovercraft from Die Another Day
    • Tomorrow Never Dies
• Score: 98.70
• Location: Denver, Colorado
• Venue: INVESCO Field at Mile High
• Date: August 7

2005

• Champion: The Cadets
• Repertoire:
  • The Zone: Dreamscapes in Four Parts with a Door
    • Twisted Nerve from Kill Bill
    • Liquid
    • Overture to a New World from Dancer in the Dark
    • Cvalda from Dancer in the Dark
    • Vertigo
    • False Mirrors
• Score: 99.15
• Location: Foxboro, Massachusetts
• Venue: Gillette Stadium
• Date: August 13

2006

• Champion: Cavaliers
• Repertoire:
  • Machine
    • Genesis
    • Wired
    • Premonition
    • The Machine Age
• Score: 97.200
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Venue: Camp Randall Stadium
• Date: August 12

2007

• Champion:
• Repertoire:
• Location: Pasadena, California
• Venue: Rosebowl Stadium
• Date: August 11

External links

• CorpsReps.com
• Drum Corps Score Archive
• DCI Division I World Champions wikipedia.org

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