Carolina Crown is DCI Champion for the first time
Carolina Crown became a World Class World Champion for the first time in drum corps history Saturday, as the 2013 DCI World Championships concluded at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Not since 1996 has DCI named a first-time World Champion, and never before has it had a Champion that started as an Open Class/Division II corps.
The South Carolina corps’ 2013 production 'E=mC2' led them to victory, taking home a final overall score of 98.30 and caption awards for Visual Performance, Brass and General Effect. Finishing in second, 2012’s World Champion, Blue Devils (98.05), earned top honors in the Color Guard caption. The Cadets (96.95) took home the bronze medal with their production 'Side by Side'. After a summer full of tight races up and down the ranks within the Percussion caption, the Cadets took home the Fred Sanford award for best percussion performance. The corps has not won this award since its Championship season in 2005.
Santa Clara Vanguard (4th, 96.85) trailed the top three by just a tenth of a point. After tying in Semi Finals the previous night, Bluecoats (5th, 93.35) and Phantom Regiment (6th, 93.25) both improved their scores, but Bluecoats managed to sneak one tenth of a point in front. The Cavaliers (90.50) finished in seventh, maintaining the lead on Madison Scouts set during Friday night’s Semifinals.
Boston Crusaders (90.40) leapt into eighth, three tenths of a point ahead of Madison Scouts (9th, 90.10). Blue Knights (10th, 87.75), Spirit of Atlanta (11th, 86.40) and Blue Stars (12th, 85.45) rounded out the 12 corps participating in the Finals. Scores and recaps can be found at www.dci.org/scores.
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