Drum corps International World Class champions - wikipedia Drum corps International World Class champions See also : List of Drum Corps International World Championship finalists At the end of the summer season, Drum Corps International ( DCI ) World Class corps compete to earn the title of DCI World Class Champion ( formerly DCI Division I World Champion ). The championships consist of 3 rounds -- Preliminaries, Semifinals, and Finals -- held on the first or second Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of August. Through 2010, all active World Class corps ( 22 corps as of 2016 ) competed in the Quarterfinals, with the top 17 advancing to the Semifinals. The top 12 corps from Semifinals then advanced to the Finals. Since the 2011 season, all active DCI corps ( Open and World Class ) have been permitted to compete for the championship. In this format, about 40 corps compete in Preliminaries, while the top 25 advance to Semifinals, with the top - scoring 12 advancing to Finals. The champion is determined by the overall high score in the Finals competition. There are also a number of caption awards ( high brass, high percussion, high visual, etc. ), though the criteria for determination for those awards has changed from year to year. Only 10 corps have ever won the title ( including 3 ties ) : Blue Devils -- 18 titles ( 2 ties ) The Cadets -- 10 titles ( 1 tie ) The Cavaliers -- 7 titles ( 1 tie ) Santa Clara Vanguard -- 6 titles ( 1 tie ) Madison Scouts -- 2 titles Phantom Regiment -- 2 titles ( 1 tie ) Anaheim Kingsmen -- 1 title Star of Indiana -- 1 title Carolina Crown -- 1 title Bluecoats - 1 title The Anaheim Kingsmen and Star of Indiana are no longer in active competition. Year Date Champion & Repertoire Score Location Venue 2017 12 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Metamorph Birth of Eternity Dreamscape Facing Future The Triumph of Time Flight of the Bumblebee Everything Must Change Crystal 98.538 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2016 13 August Bluecoats ( Canton, Ohio ) Down Side Up Jose / beFORe JOHN5 Heat of the Day Raga Raja Udacrep Akubrad The Great Gig in the Sky Down Slide Up Todo Tiende 97.650 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2015 8 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Ink Dark Forest Sweeney Todd The Giant Attack The Mad Hatter 's Tea Party I Like You Children Will Listen Last Midnight 97.650 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2014 9 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Felliniesque Act 1 - Fellini 's Religion Old Toys La Strada Act 2 - Fellini 's Circus The Clowns Circo Compagnia Act 3 - Fellini 's Fantasy Be Italian Movie Studio 99.650 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2013 10 August Carolina Crown ( Fort Mill, South Carolina ) E = mc Einstein on the Beach Also Sprach Zarathustra Walking With Heroes The Devil 's Bridge The Abyss The Light Fantastic The Dark Side of the Moon 98.300 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2012 11 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Cabaret Voltaire Harmonielehre Morrison Mania Children 's Hour of Dream Symphonies : V Bird and Bela in B Flat Gymnopedies Amazon Ballet Mecanique Peppy and George ( from The Artist ) Dr. Bones New Arrival ( from Corpse Bride ) Tevot Rhapsody in Blue 98.700 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2011 13 August The Cadets ( Allentown, Pennsylvania ) Between Angels and Demons Angels in the Architecture 160 BPM from Angels and Demons Doxology / Amazing Grace Finale 98.350 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 14 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Through a Glass, Darkly City of Glass Suite Conflict Mirage Trajectories Incident in Jazz Laura La Suerte De Los Tontos 98.900 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2009 8 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) 1930 Get Happy Happy Days Are Here Again Playing Love Piano Variations Rialto Ripples I Got Rhythm Piano Concerto in F Caravan Rhapsody in Blue 99.050 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 2008 9 August Phantom Regiment ( Rockford, Illinois ) Spartacus Ein Heldenleben Selections from Spartacus Toccata from Piano Concerto No. 1 Dance of Ecstasy Battlefield from KÀ ( Cirque du Soleil ) 98.125 Bloomington, Indiana Memorial Stadium 2007 11 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Winged Victory Pegasus Fantasy Ascension Heaven 98.000 Pasadena, California Rose Bowl 2006 12 August The Cavaliers ( Rosemont, Illinois ) Machine Genesis Wired Premonition The Machine Age 97.200 Madison, Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 2005 13 August The Cadets ( Allentown, Pennsylvania ) 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 99.150 Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium 7 August The Cavaliers ( Rosemont, Illinois ) 007 Goldeneye Hovercraft from Die Another Day Tomorrow Never Dies 98.700 Denver, Colorado INVESCO Field at Mile High 2003 9 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) The Phenomenon of Cool Concierto de Aranjuez Take Five Blue Rondo A La Turk Unsquare Dance 98.800 Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl 2002 10 August The Cavaliers ( Rosemont, Illinois ) Frameworks Melody Harmony Rhythm 99.150 Madison, Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 11 August The Cavaliers ( Rosemont, Illinois ) Four Corners 98.350 Orchard Park, New York Ralph Wilson Stadium 2000 12 August The Cadets ( Allentown, Pennsylvania ) We Are the Future Disney Millennium Celebration The Cavaliers ( Rosemont, Illinois ) Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Richard Saucedo Original Composition 97.650 College Park, Maryland Byrd Stadium 1999 14 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) 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 ( Santa Clara, California ) Inventions for a New Millennium : Music by Samuel Barber and Frank Ticheli The Canyon Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 1 Blue Shades 98.400 Madison, Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 1998 15 August The Cadets of Bergen County ( Allentown, Pennsylvania ) Jan Van der Roost 's Stonehenge Stonehenge Canterbury Chorale 98.400 Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl 16 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) As Time Goes By... Casablanca Bangkok A Night in Tunisia As Time Goes By 98.400 Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl 17 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Club Blue : A Gangster Chronicle Children 's Hour of Dream Desi Tess ' Theme from Dick Tracy Trouble from Mission Impossible Phantom Regiment ( Rockford, Illinois ) A Defiant Heart : The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich Fourth Ballet Suite ' First Symphony, Second Movement Fifth Symphony, Fourth Movement 97.400 Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl 1995 12 August The Cavaliers ( Rosemont, Illinois ) The Planets Mars Venus Mercury Jupiter 98.300 Orchard Park, New York Rich Stadium 20 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) My Spanish Heart Spanish Fantasy Part I Night Streets Day Danse My Spanish Heart Spanish Fantasy Part 4 98.400 Foxborough, Massachusetts Foxboro Stadium 21 August The Cadets of Bergen County ( Bergen County, New Jersey ) 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 97.400 Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium 15 August The Cavaliers ( Rosemont, Illinois ) Revolution and Triumph Gavorkna Fanfare Cornish Dances, 4th Movement English Dances, 4th Movement Peterloo Overture 97.500 Madison, Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 1991 17 August Star of Indiana ( Bloomington, Indiana ) 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 97.000 Dallas, Texas Cotton Bowl 18 August The Cadets of Bergen County ( Bergen County, New Jersey ) A Bernstein Celebration Overture to Candide Mass Somewhere from West Side Story Fancy Free Ballet 97.700 Orchard Park, New York Rich Stadium 19 August Santa Clara Vanguard ( Santa Clara, California ) Phantom of The Opera Angel of Music Masquerade Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again Track Down this Murderer 98.800 Kansas City, Missouri Arrowhead Stadium 20 August Madison Scouts ( Madison, Wisconsin ) Concerto For Guitar and Jazz Orchestra Malagueña 97.100 Kansas City, Missouri Arrowhead Stadium 15 August Garfield Cadets ( Garfield, New Jersey ) Appalachian Spring 97.900 Madison, Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 1986 16 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Channel One Suite Conquistador Spanish Fantasy Chick Corea Suite ' 98.400 Madison, Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 1985 17 August Garfield Cadets ( Garfield, New Jersey ) Jeremiah Symphony Overture to Candide Make Our Garden Grow from Candide 98.400 Madison, Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 1984 18 August Garfield Cadets ( Garfield, New Jersey ) Selections from West Side Story 98.000 Atlanta, Georgia Grant Field 20 August Garfield Cadets ( Garfield, New Jersey ) Rocky Point Holiday Mass by Leonard Bernstein 94.400 Miami, Florida Miami Orange Bowl 1982 21 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) T.O. Pegasus Paradox One More Time Chuck Corea People Alone from The Competition 95.250 Montreal, Quebec Olympic Stadium 1981 22 August Santa Clara Vanguard ( Santa Clara, California ) Northridge A Young Person 's Guide to the Orchestra Slava Do n't Cry For Me Argentina from Evita 94.000 Montreal, Quebec Olympic Stadium 1980 16 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) New York Fantasy Ya Gotta Try Pegasus Free La Suerte de Los Tontos from Cuban Fire Suite Pauper in Paradise Dindi 90.600 Birmingham, Alabama Legion Field 1979 18 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Chicago III Suite La Suerte de Los Tontos from Cuban Fire Suite My Heart Belongs to Me 93.550 Birmingham, Alabama Legion Field 1978 18 August Santa Clara Vanguard ( Santa Clara, California ) 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 91.550 Denver, Colorado Mile High Stadium 1977 19 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Channel One Suite Spanish Fantasy Gonna Fly Now from Rocky 92.050 Denver, Colorado Mile High Stadium 1976 21 August Blue Devils ( Concord, California ) Channel One Suite Legend of the One - Eyed Sailor Chase the Clouds Away 92.700 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Franklin Field 16 August Madison Scouts ( Madison, Wisconsin ) Slaughter on 10th Avenue from On Your Toes Mac Arthur Park Rhapsody in Blue Dueling Banjos The Way We Were 92.500 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Franklin Field 17 August Santa Clara Vanguard ( Santa Clara, California ) Siegfried 's Rhine Journey from `` Die Gotterdamerung '' 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 89.500 Ithaca, New York Schoellkopf Field 1973 17 August Santa Clara Vanguard ( Santa Clara, California ) 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 88.650 Whitewater, Wisconsin Warhawk Stadium 1972 18 August Anaheim Kingsmen ( Anaheim, California ) 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 88.100 Whitewater, Wisconsin Warhawk Stadium Jump up ^ DCI has contracted with the City of Indianapolis to hold the Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium every year through 2028. Jump up ^ The 2008 Championships were originally to be held at Lucas Oil Stadium but were moved to Indiana University 's Memorial Stadium in Bloomington due to construction delays. External links Map of championship sites Drum Corps Repertoire Database Drum Corps International website Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drum_Corps_International_World_Class_Champions&oldid=795271218 '' Categories : Drum and bugle corps Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from September 2011 Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 August 2017, at 04 : 14. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the highest score in dci history
Answer: 99.650