DCA Open Class World Champions

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During Labor Day Weekend, Drum Corps Associates (DCA) Open Class corps compete to earn the title of DCA Open Class World Champion. The championships consist of 2 rounds (Prelims and Finals) held on 2 consecutive nights (the Saturday and Sunday nights of Labor Day weekend). All corps compete at Prelims, with the top 10 Open Class and top 3 Class A corps competing at 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 process of determination for those awards has changed from year to year.

In DCA's 41-season history, only nine corps have won the title (including 2 ties):

All but the Westshoremen remain in active competition.

[edit] 1965

[edit] 1966

  • Champion: New York Skyliners of New York, NY
  • Repertoire:
    • Charlie Welch (from Mr. Wonderful)
    • Columbia the Gem of the Ocean (from Thousands Cheer)
    • That Old Black Magic (from Bus Stop)
    • Flight of the Bumblebee
    • Once in Love with Amy (from Where's Charley?)
    • Hava Nagila
    • Oklahoma (from Oklahoma!)
  • Score: 84.53
  • Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Venue: Unavailable
  • Date: September 4

[edit] 1967

  • Champion: Connecticut Hurricanes of Derby, Connecticut
  • Repertoire:
    • You Gotta Start Off Each Day With A Song
    • Just One Of Those Songs
    • Under the Double Eagle
    • National Emblem March
    • America I Love You
    • Rhapsody in Blue
    • Fiddler On the Roof
    • Return Of The Magnificent Seven
  • Score: 85.583
  • Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Venue: Unavailable
  • Date: September 3

[edit] 1968

[edit] 1969

  • Champion: Connecticut Hurricanes of Derby, Connecticut
  • Repertoire:
    • Queen of Sheba March
    • Hallelujah Chorus
    • Rhapsody in Blue
    • Walk on the Wild Side
    • Hang 'Em High
    • Magnificent Seven
    • Also Sprach Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
  • Score: 79.745
  • Location: Rochester, New York
  • Venue: Unavailable
  • Date: August 31

[edit] 1970

[edit] 1971

  • Champion: New York Skyliners of New York, NY
  • Repertoire:
    • NY Montage
    • Little Old New York (from Tenderloin)
    • Longest Day
    • Alabama Jubilee
    • Lucretia McEvil
    • Comes Love
    • Slaughter on 10th Avenue (from On Your Toes)
    • Little Old New York (from Tenderloin)
    • East Side-West Side Fanfare
  • Score: 91.5
  • Location: Rochester, New York
  • Venue: Unavailable
  • Date: September 5

[edit] 1972

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[edit] 1974

[edit] 1975

  • Champion: New York Skyliners of New York, NY
  • Repertoire:
    • How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You
    • Hymn to Victory (from Victory at Sea)
    • West Side Story Medley
    • The Elks' Parade
    • Give My Regards to Broadway (from Yankee Doodle Dandy)
    • East Side-West Side Fanfare
  • Score: 91.28
  • Location: Rochester, New York
  • Venue: Unavailable
  • Date: August 31

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[edit] 1980

  • Champion: Reading Buccaneers of Reading, Pennsylvania
  • Repertoire:
    • The Sea Hawk by Korngold, Erik Wolfgang
    • Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) by Gliere, Reinhold
    • Spanish Dreams by Severinsen, Doc
    • Sambandrea Swing by Menza, Don
    • One Voice by Manilow, Barry
    • Sylvia by Dilibes
  • Score: 91.3
  • Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Venue: Unavailable
  • Date: August 31

[edit] 1981

  • Champion: Connecticut Hurricanes of Derby, Connecticut
  • Repertoire:
    • Queen of Sheba March by Respighi, Ottorino
    • Swing, Swing, Swing (from 1941) by Williams, John
    • Salute to Freedom by Statham, Frank
    • Devil Went Down to Georgia by Daniels, Charlie
    • It's My Turn by Sondheim, Stephen
    • Magnificent Seven by Bernstein, Elmer
  • Score: 89.65
  • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Venue: Franklin Field
  • Date: September 6

[edit] 1982

  • Champion: Long Island Sunrisers of Long Island, New York
  • Repertoire:
    • God Save the Queen by Ives, Charles
    • English Suite for Military Band by Williams, Ralph Vaughan
    • Barnum's Revenge by Coleman, Cy
    • Tiger of San Pedro by La Barbera, John
    • Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor by Mangione, Chuck
    • Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music) by Sondheim, Stephen
    • Come Follow the Band (from Barnum) by Coleman, Cy
  • Score: 89.85
  • Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • Venue: J. Birney Crum Stadium
  • Date: September 5

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This championships were noted by rain so severe during Prelims that Final were cancelled (due to extensive damage to the grass field) and the standing Prelims stood as the Finals results

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[edit] 1992

  • Champion: Bushwackers of Harrison, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • The Ballad of Sweeney Todd) by Sondheim, Stephen
    • My Friends (from Sweeney Todd) by Sondheim, Stephen
    • Worst Pies in London (from Sweeney Todd) by Sondheim, Stephen
    • History of the World
    • Epiphany (from Sweeney Todd) by Sondheim, Stephen
    • Nothin's Gonna Harm You (from Sweeney Todd) by Sondheim, Stephen
  • Score: 96.7
  • Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • Venue: Lackawanna County Stadium
  • Date: September 6

[edit] 1993

  • Champion: Bushwackers of Harrison, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • Sunday in the Park with George
      • Putting It Together (from Sunday in the Park with George) by Sondheim, Stephen
      • Color and Light (from Sunday in the Park with George) by Sondheim, Stephen
      • Sunday in the Park (from Sunday in the Park with George) by Sondheim, Stephen
      • Sunday by Sondheim, Stephen
  • Score: 96.6
  • Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • Venue: Lackawanna County Stadium
  • Date: September 6

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