Recap Roundup: DCI World Championship Prelims

After the dust settled on the Drum Corps International World Championship Prelims in Indianapolis; the top three corps all scored within a point of each other, the door seemed to close a bit on some hopeful finalists, and five Open Class corps advanced to the Semifinals at the expense of three World Class corps.

View the complete World Championship Prelims recap of scores.

Blue Devils (1^st-97.363) remained undefeated on the season by winning General Effect and two Visual captions — Proficiency and Analysis. The corps placed 2^nd in Color Guard, Brass, and Percussion, and 3^rd in Music Analysis. The corps was 1^st in Total Visual and 2^nd in Total Music.

Santa Clara Vanguard (2^nd-97.000) was 1^st in Color Guard and Percussion, 3^rd in Brass and 2^nd in everything else. Carolina Crown (3^rd-96.363) won Total Music despite placing 3^rd in Percussion by taking 1^st in Brass and Music Analysis. The corps took 3^rd in Total General Effect and two of the three Visual captions, finishing 5^th in Guard, but still retaining 3^rd in Total Visual.

Bluecoats (4^th-94.638) finished between 4^th and 6^th in all captions. Color Guard took 6^th and Percussion 5^th, with every other caption finishing 4^th. The Cavaliers (5^th-94.125) took 4^th in Guard and Percussion, and besides taking 7^th in Visual Analysis, placed 5^th or 6^th in all other captions.

Boston Crusaders (6^th-93.200) placed 3^rd in Color Guard, 7^th in General Effect, and 5^th or 6^th in everything else. The Cadets (7^th-92.263) were 6^th in General Effect and 5^th in Visual Analysis, but took 7^th or 8^th in the remaining captions, except for a 9^th place finish in Brass. Blue Knights (8^th-90.175) were between 7^th and 9^th in every caption except for 11^th in Color Guard.

Phantom Regiment (9^th-89.150) was 7^th in Brass, 8^th or 9^th in most other captions, and 11^th in Visual Proficiency and Music Analysis. Blue Stars (10^th-87.550) took 8^th in Guard and 9^th through 11^th in all other captions. Crossmen (11^th-87.425) was 9^th through 11^th in all captions. Madison Scouts (12^th-86.150) put some distance between itself and 13^th place by placing 12^th in every single caption. Although the corps placed 10^th in GE 1, it placed 12^th in Total GE.

Mandarins (13^th-84.213) couldn't close the gap on the Scouts partially due to placing 15^th in Brass, with everything else finishing 13^th. The high point for Colts (14^th-83.450) was 13^th in Percussion, with all other captions placing 14^th or 15^th. The Academy (15^th-83.075) was 14^th or 15^th in all captions. Vanguard Cadets (16^th-81.500) was 18^th in Brass and 16^th or 17^th in all other captions.

Troopers (17^th-81.025) were 18^th in Color Guard and 16^th or 17^th in everything else. Blue Devils B (18^th-80.175) took 16^th in Color Guard, but 19^th or 20^th in the three Music captions. Spirit of Atlanta (19^th-80.050) was 17^th or 18^th in the three Music captions and 19^th in all other captions except for Color Guard, which ended in 21^st.

Oregon Crusaders (20^th-78.700) and Pacific Crest (21^st-77.788) finished between 19^th and 22^nd in all captions. Legends (22^nd-76.800) and Genesis (23^rd-76.125) were between 20^th and 24^th in all captions. Music City (24^th-74.950) and Spartans (25^th-74.350) had a spread of 21^st to 28^th in all captions, with most of Music City's spread over Spartans coming in the Music captions.

Seattle Cascades (26^th-74.125) placed out of Semifinals by a slim margin of 0.225 finishing down to Spartans by a large gap of 1.10 in Total Visual, which blew out the corps' wins over Spartans in Total General Effect and Total Music. Jersey Surf (27^th-71.613) was hit hard by placing 30^th in Percussion, and Louisiana Stars (28^th-71.563) was 32^nd in Visual Analysis.

Gold (29^th-70.100) and THE COMPANY (30^th-70.038) placed relatively close to their total placements in most of the captions. The remaining corps included 7^th Regiment (31^st-69.800), Southwind (32^nd-68.838), Guardians (33^rd-67.838), Pioneer (34^th-65.913), River City Rhythm (35^th-65.700), Raiders (36^th-63.525), Shadow (37^th-62.000), Colt Cadets (38^th-60.925), Impulse (39^th-57.550), and Les Stentors (40^th-54.725).