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Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for drum and bugle corps. Founded in 1971 and known as "marching music's major league," DCI develops and enforces rules of competition and judges at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions throughout the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In 1990, the corps declared bankruptcy and moved from Kansas to Texas, despite protests from the local community. [69] This was due to dwindling sponsorship from local groups and the fact that many of their members came from Texas. [70] The sixth and last time the corps made finals was in 1991 with a theme based on Camelot, another musical. [71]
Corps Location Website 7th Regiment New London, Connecticut 7thregiment.org: The Battalion Salt Lake City, Utah battalioncorps.org: Blue Devils B: Concord, California
The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps was founded on October 1, 1974, through the merger of two suburban Philadelphia drum and bugle corps: the Keystone Regiment and the 507 Hornets. [1] 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 ...
The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement, Texas, as seen Jan. 19, 2021.
The corps attended its first DCI Championships in 1975 in Philadelphia, finishing 11th in the Class A preliminaries. In 1977, 1978, and 2004 the Blue Knights were hosts for the Drum Corps International World Championships. [3]
At the first DCI World Championships in Whitewater, Wisconsin, the Troopers finished in sixth place. For DCI's first four years, Troopers were an annual finalists. Jim Jones retired as the Troopers' director in 1987. [9] In 2005, the DCI Board of Directors suspended the Troopers from competition for non-compliance with membership rules. [10]
When The Cavaliers swept through the three rounds at the DCI World Championships in Madison with unheard of score margins of 1.75 to 1.95 points, the corps had not only won a three-peat, but they had earned the second undefeated season in the corps' history. Additionally, The Cavaliers set a world record for highest ever score in DCI history ...