DCA Open Class World Champions
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 4 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.
Only ten corps have won at least one DCA title (including 2 ties):
As of 2011, the Buccaneers, Bushwackers, Caballeros, Empire Statesmen, Hurricanes, and Minnesota Brass remain in active Open Class competition. The Sunrisers compete in Class A. The Brigadiers, Skyliners, and Westshoremen are inactive.
1965
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
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
1968
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: Aquinas Stadium
- Date: August 31
1970
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: Aquinas Stadium
- Date: September 5
1972
1973
1974
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: Holleder Stadium
- Date: August 31
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
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
1982
- Champion: Long Island Sunrisers of Rockland County, 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
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
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
1988
- Champion: Bushwackers of Harrison, New Jersey / Long Island Sunrisers of Rockland County, New York
- Bushwackers Repertoire:
- Pellet Suite by McDougal, Ian
- Inner Crisis by Willis, Larry
- Mira, Mira by Ferguson, Maynard
- Out of Africa (from Congo) by Bergman, Marilyn
- Sunrisers Repertoire:
- Savannah River Holiday by Nelson, Ron
- Concerto in F by Gershwin, George
- An American in Paris by Gershwin, George
- Score: 96.36
- Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Unavailable
- Date: September 5
1989
1990
1991
- Champion: Empire Statesmen of Rochester, New York
- Repertoire:
- Begin the Beguine (from Night and Day) by Porter, Cole
- Sophisticated Lady by Ellington, Duke
- American Patrol by Miller, Glenn
- Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree by Miller, Glenn
- In the Mood by Miller, Glenn
- America the Beautiful by Ward, Samuel A.
- Battle Hymn of the Republic by Steffe, William
- Score: 96.7
- Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Lackawanna County Stadium
- Date: September 1
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
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
1994
1995
1996
- Champion: Westshoremen of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Repertoire:
- Suite for Westshore
- Granada Smoothie
- All the Things You Are
- Explosion!
- Marching Season
- Carnival (from La Fiesta Mexicana)
- Suite for Jazz Orchestra
- Blues in the Night
- Score: 96.9
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: Frontier Field
- Date: September 1
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
- Champion: Syracuse Brigadiers of Syracuse, New York
- Repertoire:
- Jazz Street, After Hours
- Seven Year Itch by Newman, Alfred
- Come Back to Me (from On A Clear Day You Can See Forever) by Lane, Burton
- God Bless the Child by Herzog, Jr., Arthur; Holiday, Billy
- Mac Arthur Park by Webb, Jimmy
- Score: 97.95
- Location: Syracuse, New York
- Venue: P & C Stadium
- Date: September 2
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
- Champion: Reading Buccaneers of Reading, Pennsylvania
- Repertoire:
- Rome MMX
- Pines of the Appian Way (fourth Movement from Pines of Rome)
- Games at the Circus Maximus (Movement I from Roman Festivals)
- Adagio from Spartacus
- The Epiphany (Movement IV from Roman Festivals)
- Score: 98.263
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: PAETEC Park
- Date: September 6
2011
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