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

* 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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