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DCI World Championships 2025: Here's What Happened On Day 1

DCI World Championships 2025: Here's What Happened On Day 1

News and results from the 2025 DCI World Championships, held from Aug. 7-9.

Aug 8, 2025 by Emma Hutchinson

The moment that every corps has been building toward is finally here: the 2025 DCI World Championships. After a long summer season of weekly performances, it all comes down to who will be crowned the best corps in DCI.

Last year, the Bluecoats cemented themselves as a dominant force with a World Championships win in the World Class, and are in the running to do it again. However, the Boston Crusaders have made a convincing campaign with their 2025 production "BOOM."

And the Crusaders have officially taken the lead. With a score of 97.325, the Crusaders have started out the World Championships primed to take the prize, but will have to impress through Semifinals to keep the momentum going.

2025 DCI World Championships

Prelims for the World Class begin on Thursday, Aug. 7, with semifinals and finals following on Aug. 8-9 from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

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Bluecoats 2025 Program

Program Name: The Observer Effect

2025 Repertoire

Drumming Part One - Steve Reich
Drumming Part Three - Steve Reich
Dream State - Son Lux
Piano Phase - Steve Reich
Dream State (Brighter Night) - Son Lux
Solitude - M83
Dream State (Dark Day) - Son Lux
Motto - Dmitry Selipanov
Endlessly - Son Lux

Bluecoats Take The Field

Arguably the most talented corps on the scene today, the Bluecoats of Canton, Ohio are the reigning World Champions and are already rumored to have one of the best productions they've ever put on. The Bluecoats are the ones to beat for any other corps looking to take World Championship Finals.

Boston Crusaders 2025 Program

Program Name: BOOM

2025 Repertoire

The Kingdom - Tigran Hamasyan
Red, White and Black Worlds - Tigran Hamasyan
Whatchamacallit - Esquivel
Malambo No. 1 - Yma Sumac
The Commuter - Les Baxter
Shooting Star - Les Baxter
Once Upon Another Time - Sara Bareilles
No Time for Caution - Hans Zimmer
Molecular - Ryan George, Colin McNutt, Iain Moyer, Mike Zellers

Boston Crusaders Take The Field

The Boston Crusaders of Boston, Massachusetts have been in the top two rankings for DCI throughout the summer season. The Crusaders were just over one point away from taking the World Championships title last year, but have an intriguing 2025 production that could take them to national glory.

Santa Clara Vanguard 2025 Program

Program Name: The aVANt GUARD

2025 Repertoire

Fratres - Arvo Pärt
Three Hallucinations - John Corigliano
String Quartet No. 4 - Béla Bartók
Epitaph for Moonlight - Raymond Murray Schafer
Home With You - FKA Twigs
View from Olympus - John Psathas
Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim

Santa Clara Vanguard Take The Field

Santa Clara Vanguard from Santa Clara, California finished sixth in last season's World Championship Finals, and could very well rise to be within the top five if they continue to shine through the summer. One of the most successful corps in DCI history, the ensemble has won seven DCI World Championship titles between 1973 and 2018.

Blue Devils 2025 Program

Program Name: Variations On A Gathering

2025 Repertoire

Uninvited - Alanis Morissette
Kashmir - John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Atoms & Molecules - Dave Glyde
Quantum Energy Entanglement - Dave Glyde
Fuse - Nick Omiccioli
True Love - Hans Zimmer
Terraforming - Dave Glyde
Detach - Hans Zimmer

Blue Devils Take The Field

Placing third in both the DCI World Championship Semifinals and Finals in 2024, the Blue Devils out of Concord, California are primed to compete among the best once again this time around. The Blue Devils hold the record for the most Drum Corps International World Championship titles. The corps has won a total of 21 times, most recently in 2023.

Phantom Regiment 2025 Program

Program Name: Fuse

2025 Repertoire

Raindrop Prelude - Frédéric Chopin
Fuse - Nick Omiciolli
Funeral by the Sea - Ramin Djawadi
Transcend - Tyler Sammons, Matt Penland
Breath of Souls - Paul Lovatt-Cooper

Phantom Regiment Takes The Field

The Phantom Regiment of Rockford, Illinois has been known for its powerful performances over the years. The 12-time medalist has won two DCI World Championship titles in 1996 and 2008.

Carolina Crown 2025 Program

Program Name: The Point of No Return

2025 Repertoire

Music for Prague - Karel Husa
Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5 in C# Minor) - Gustav Mahler
The Devil's Staircase - György Ligeti
Carmina Burana - Carl Orff

Carolina Crown Take The Field

Carolina Crown from Fort Mill, South Carolina kicks off the final six corps of DCI San Antonio. Carolina Crown has been a DCI finalist every year for more than two decades, earning its first World Championship title in DCI’s World Class division in 2013.

Mandarins 2025 Program

Program Name: If I Must Fall...

2025 Repertoire

Passages - Will Healy
When the Party’s Over - Finneas O’Connell
Who Cares 2 - Louis Cole

Mandarins Take The Field

The Mandarins from Sacramento, California have been a consistent top-five corps in recent showings. Their 2025 program hopes to build off the momentum they have been accumulating, especially with a World Championships Finals appearance last year.

The Cavaliers 2025 Program

Program Name: Shape Shift

2025 Repertoire

Original Composition
Baby Shower - Benjamin Wallfisch
A Fateful Meeting - James Newton Howard
Leviathan - John Psathas
Hatching - Kris Bowers
Empire of Angels - Thomas Bergersen

The Cavaliers Take The Field

The Cavaliers from Rosemont, Illinois have been up and coming this summer. An 11th place finish in last year's World Championship Finals seems to be behind them as the Cavaliers begin a new era under a fresh design team.

Blue Stars 2025 Program

Program Name: Spectator Sport

2025 Repertoire

An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland
The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
The Distance - Cake
Team - Lorde

Blue Stars Take The Field

The Blue Stars out of La Crosse, Wisconsin, have been eager to find themselves on the World Championship podium since they joined the World Class division back in 2006. Their sporty, spunky 2025 campaign hopes to do just that.

Troopers 2025 Program

Program Name: The Last Sunset

2025 Repertoire

Embarking and Setting Sail - Thomas Bergersen
Many Mothers - Junkie XL
In This Heart - Sinead O'Connor
Funeral for a Friend - Elton John, Bernard Taupin
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler
Original Music - Paul & Sandi Rennick

Troopers Take The Field

With their iconic Western theme, seeing as the Troopers are from Casper, Wyoming, and commitment to patriotic storytelling, the corps have quickly become a fan favorite. The Troopers placed 11th in last season's World Class Prelims.

Blue Knights 2025 Program

Program Name: Drip

2025 Repertoire

Flying 101 - Ms Bronx
Drip - Leslie Gilreath, Jeff Ausdemore, Tanner Leonardo
Main Title (from Cast Away) - Alan Silvestri
Water - Tyla

Blue Knights Take The Field

The Blue Knights of Denver, Colorado enter the 2025 season chasing a World Championships Finals appearance after being cut from the lineup in 2024. Recognized for innovation in visual design and contemporary programming, the Blue Knights have been a DCI World Championship finalist more than 20 times.

Colts 2025 Program

Program Name: Restless Dreams

2025 Repertoire

Sound of Silence - Paul Simon (inspired by Cody Fry)
Assassin - Jack Stratton (inspired by Cory Wong)
5 Peace Band - John McLaughlin
Sleep - Eric Whitacre
No One to Know One - Andy Akiho

Colts Take The Field

Originally founded in 1963, the Colts are from Dubuque, Iowa and placed within the top 10 in the 2024 World Championship Finals and could very well have a statement season this year.

Madison Scouts 2025 Program

Program Name: The Nature of Being

2025 Repertoire

Sati - Salim-Sulaiman
Bucimis - Bulgarian Folk Song
Pyramid Song - Radiohead
I Remember - deadmau5
Toxic - Britney Spears

Madison Scouts Take The Field

Founded in 1920, the Madison Scouts out of Madison, Wisconsin is a premier youth performing arts organization on the modern drum and bugle corps scene. They are a founding member of Drum Corps International and have been twice crowned as World Champions, with the last time being in 1988. The Scouts hope to continue expanding their program to be on the podium once again.

Spirit Of Atlanta 2025 Program

Program Name: Rocket

2025 Repertoire

Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine - Eric Whitacre
Rocket - Def Leppard
Hyperjump - Thomas Newman
I Am The Antichrist to You - Kishi Bashi
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
Intoxicated - Martin Solveig
Whatcha Want - Lawrence
Rocket Man - Elton John

Spirit Of Atlanta Takes The Field

The Spirit of Atlanta from Atlanta, Georgia, are well known for a huge brass sound and performances that evoke the soulful and sultry persona of its southern hometown region. The group has claimed a spot in the DCI World Championship Finals 20 times since 1978.

Pacific Crest 2025 Program

Program Name: It Sin Our Nature

2025 Repertoire

Fantasie - Oskar Schuster
Symphony No. 10 - Dmitri Shostakovich
How I’d Kill - Cowboy Malfoy
Jealous - Labrinth
Better Have My Money - Rihanna
Dies Irae - Giuseppe Verdi
To Die For (from The Lion King) - Hans Zimmer

Pacific Crest Takes The Field

Pacific Crest from City of Industry, California continues its pattern of recognizing famous women in its 2025 production. Pacific Crest finished 13th in last year's World Class Semifinals with a score of 86.350, but are hopeful for a Finals appearance this time around.

Leaderboard Heading Into Final 15

Block 1 ✅

Tune in for the Final 15 » https://t.co/HzZEyE7PGA #DCI2025 pic.twitter.com/g9YZOSeuzg
— Drum Corps International (@DCI) August 7, 2025

Watch The Crossmen In Action

Crosswalked ✅#dci2025 pic.twitter.com/2caRjARxlP
— FloMarching (@FloMarching) August 7, 2025

Crossmen 2025 Program

Program Name: Crosswalking

2025 Repertoire

Walk On By - Burt Bacharach
The Beginning - Louis Futon
Haitian Fight Song - Charles Mingus
Unsquare Dance - Dave Brubeck
Hoe-Down - Oliver Nelson
Symphony No. 2 Mvmt. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
New Birth - Funky Knuckles

Crossmen Take The Field

Crossmen from San Antonio, Texas, has been in the running for one of the top corps in the World Class division within the past few years. Crossmen has been a DCI World Championship finalist more than 25 times, including last season and hopefully this one as well.

The Academy 2025 Program

Program Name: London Fog

2025 Repertoire

Selections from The Batman by Michael Giacchino
TVA from Loki by Natalie Holt
Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
Made of Water by Thomas Bergersen
Sinister Shadows by Fred Emory Smith, John McFarland
Doxology/Old Hundredth by Louis Bourgeois

The Academy Takes The Field

The Academy is based out of Tempe, Arizona, and received an 17th place finish in last season's Prelims. In the corps’ first trip to the DCI World Championships in 2006, it won the gold medal in Division II competition. 2016 marked the corps’ first year as a World Class DCI World Championship finalist.

Music City 2025 Program

Program Name: It Tolls For Thee

2025 Repertoire

Beginning of the End by CJ Barrow
Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Ninth Hour by CJ Barrow
The Tenth Hour by CJ Barrow
Doomsday by Lizzie McAlpine
Doxology by Thomas Ken
Apocalypse Please by Muse
It Tolls for Thee by CJ Barrow

Music City Takes The Field

Music City out of Nashville, Tennessee is on the brink of becoming a transformative corps in DCI. Its 2025 program hopes to overcome the 17th place finish from last season's World Championship Semifinals.

Genesis 2025 Program

Program Name: Kaleidoscope Heart

2025 Repertoire

Kaleidoscope Heart by Sara Bareilles
My Favorite Things by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Kaleidoscope by Chappelle Roan
7 Rings by Ariana Grande
Pure Imagination by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley

Genesis Takes The Field

A three-time Open Class World Championship bronze medalist, 2017 marked the corps’ first year competing in DCI’s World Class division. Genesis hails from Austin, Texas, and claimed a 21st place finish in last season's Prelims.

Seattle Cascades 2025 Program

Program Name: Primary

2025 Repertoire

Void by Tim Mitchell
Yellow by Coldplay
Butterfly by BTS
Love You Like a Love Song by Selena Gomez
Usseewa by Ado
Shikabane by Kikuo
Million Miles Away by Kylie McNeill from Belle
My Universe by Coldplay/BTS

Seattle Cascades Take The Field

The Cascades out of Seattle, Washington, won the DCI Division III World Championship in 2000, and then doubled its size for competition the next season. In 2002, they became the first Pacific Northwest corps to become a World Class Finalist. They will be the first World Class corps to take the field at Prelims.

Spartans 2025 Program

Program Name: Mistica

2025 Repertoire

Prologue (from Lady in the Water) by James Newton Howard
Todo Tiende by Ojos de Brujo
I Put a Spell On You by Annie Lennox
Cancao Do Mar by Dulce Pontes
Primacy of Number by Philip Glass

Spartans Take The Field

Celebrating 70 years in 2025, Spartans from Nashua, New Hampshire has laid claim to eight DCI World Championship titles since its founding, most recently taking home Open Class gold in 2024. As part of a transition year in 2025, the corps will follow a “hybrid” classification structure remaining as an Open Class corps, but competing in eight DCI Tour events as a World Class corps.

Gold 2025 Program

Program Name: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2025 Repertoire

Sweeney Todd (Opening Titles)
No Place Like London
The Worst Pies in London
My Friends
Not While I'm Around
Johanna (Part I & II)
Epiphany

All selections by Stephen Sondheim.

Gold Takes The Field

Gold, based out of San Diego, is fully immersed in its 2025 campaign, titled "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Gold earned the title of Most Improved Open Class Corps in 2018 and has been a consistent medalist at the Open Class World Championships since 2022. The corps earned a second place finish in this year's Open Class World Championships Finals with a score of 80.875.

Watch The Battalion In Action

That feeling when you just finished your prelims run at Lucas Oil Stadium #DCI2025 pic.twitter.com/0tJkhxUppT
— FloMarching (@FloMarching) August 7, 2025

The Battalion 2025 Program

Program Name: Foretold the Ravens

2025 Repertoire

Commencement by Johnny Richards
The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky
Artemis and Apollo by Johnny Richards
Aspect by Johnny Richards

The Battalion Take The Field

The Battalion serves as Utah's one and only drum and bugle corps, hailing from Salt Lake City. In 2022, The Battalion made its debut at the DCI World Championships in Indiana, and last season, the corps earned recognition as DCI’s Most Improved Open Class Corps and advanced to the World Championship Semifinals for the first time.

Columbians 2025 Program

Program Name: Bloom

2025 Repertoire

Can Ya Feel by Brandon Ridenour
We Bought A Zoo by Jónsi
Sunflower by Post Malone
Go the Distance by Alan Menken
Spring 1 (from Recomposed) by Max Richter
Make Our Garden Grow by Leonard Bernstein

Columbians Take The Field

Coming from Tri-Cities, Washington, the Columbians made their first DCI World Championships appearance in 2023 and have eagerly returned this year.

Calgary Stampede Showband Takes The Field

Another international sensation, the Calgary Stampede Showband from Calgary, Canada takes the field. The Stampede won the Open Class Finals for the International Class earlier this week with a score of 76.800.

River City Rhythm 2025 Program

Program Name: Winds of Change

2025 Repertoire

Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
Hurricane by Bob Dylan
When the Ship Comes In by Bob Dylan
Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan

River City Rhythm Takes The Field

Starting out as an indoor drumline in 2010, River City Rhythm has since grown into a drum corps that has made Open Class finals every year. Hailing from Anoka, Minnesota, River City Rhythm has been climbing the ranks of the Open Class.

7th Regiment 2025 Program

Program Name: Atlantis

2025 Repertoire

Aquarium (from The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns
La Mer by Claude Debussy
Wine Dark Sea by John Mackey
Exit Music for a Film by Radiohead

7th Regiment Takes The Field

Since first competing in 2003, 7th Regiment has been an Open Class finalist each year since 2009 and is a multi-year DCI DrumLine Battle Champion. Coming from New London, Connecticut, the 7th Regiment hopes to see Semifinals with their production "Atlantis."

Raiders 2025 Program

Program Name: Time(less)

2025 Repertoire

Time by Pink Floyd
Ebb & Flow by Michael Terry
Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce
Clocks by Coldplay

Raiders Take The Field

From Princeton, New Jersey, the Raiders have been a finalist in their division every year since 2001. They look to improve on last year's World Championships Prelims score of 71.300.

Colt Cadets 2025 Program

Program Name: The Hive

2025 Repertoire

The Wasps by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Foundry by John Mackey
Fanfare by Terry White
Run the World by Beyonce
Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe
Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Colt Cadets Take The Field

The Colt Cadets out of Dubuque, Iowa, are the younger affiliate of the Colts, with many of their members being in middle and high school. The Colt Cadets missed last year's semifinals, but continue to strive for greatness and build character through their program.

Les Stentors Take The Field

Les Stentors out of Sherbrooke, Quebec, set up their performance "It All Starts With a Spark."

Calgary Stetson Showband Takes The Field

The second band out of Calgary, Canada takes the field in hopes of reaching first following a runner-up finish in the Open Class Finals with a score of 66.875.

Beijing 57 High School Takes The Field

Beijing 57 High School from Beijing, China takes the field in Indianapolis as the third of five international bands setting up at the World Class Prelims.

Calgary Round-Up Band Takes The Field

All the way from Calgary, Canada, the Calgary Round-Up Band returns to Lucas Oil Stadium after scoring a 62.400 in the Open Class Finals.

High School Affiliated To BIT Takes The Field

The World Class Prelims will begin with performances by the International Class, who also performed in the Open Class Championships. The High School Affiliated to BIT scored a 60.875 in the Open Class Finals.

2025 DCI World Championships Prelims Schedule

All times Eastern.

9:45 AM Gates Open
11:15 AM Welcome & National Anthem
11:30 AM High School Affiliated to BIT - Beijing, China
11:47 AM Calgary Round-Up Band - Calgary, Canada
12:04 PM Beijing 57 High School - Beijing, China
12:21 PM Calgary Stetson Show Band - Calgary, Canada
12:38 PM Les Stentors - Sherbrooke, QC
12:55 PM Colt Cadets - Dubuque, IA
1:12 PM Raiders - Princeton, NJ
1:29 PM 7th Regiment - New London, CT
1:46 PM River City Rhythm - Anoka, MN
2:03 PM Intermission
2:39 PM Calgary Stampede Showband - Calgary, Canada
2:56 PM Columbians - Pasco, WA
3:13 PM The Battalion - Salt Lake City, UT
3:30 PM Gold - San Diego, CA
3:47 PM Spartans - Nashua, NH
4:04 PM Seattle Cascades - Seattle, WA
4:21 PM Genesis - Austin, TX
4:38 PM Music City - Nashville, TN
4:55 PM The Academy - Tempe, AZ
5:12 PM Crossmen - San Antonio, TX
5:29 PM Intermission
6:37 PM Pacific Crest - City of Industry, CA
6:54 PM Spirit of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
7:11 PM Madison Scouts - Madison, WI
7:28 PM Colts - Dubuque, IA
7:45 PM Blue Knights - Denver, CO
8:02 PM Troopers - Casper, WY
8:19 PM Intermission
8:41 PM Blue Stars - La Crosse, WI
8:58 PM The Cavaliers - Rosemont, IL
9:15 PM Mandarins - Sacramento, CA
9:32 PM Carolina Crown - Fort Mill, SC
9:49 PM Phantom Regiment - Rockford, IL
10:06 PM Blue Devils - Concord, CA
10:23 PM Santa Clara Vanguard - Santa Clara, CA
10:40 PM Boston Crusaders - Boston, MA
10:57 PM Bluecoats - Canton, OH
11:12 PM Last Score Announced

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