The Cadets are the new DCI World Champions

Publish Date: 15 Aug 2005 - 933 views

The Cadets were crowned DCI World Champions tonight in Foxboro, capping a wild year of ups and downs within the Division I rankings. The Cadets scored a 99.150, topping the Cavaliers (97.625) and the Phantom Regiment (96.825) while sweeping every caption.

George Hopkins, director of the Cadets, felt 'relief' upon learning the scores. "It's pretty cool with numbers like that", Hopkins said. The summer has been a tumultuous ride for Hopkins, who said that he learned, over the course of the summer, to ponder the question, "What comes first? Success or confidence?"

"I noticed these kids got extremely confident as we started to place better, and it's kind of unusual for me to go through that with them, and the more confident they got the better they performed, the better they performed, the scores went up", Hopkins said.

Hopkins thanked Cadets fans for their support this season. "Thanks for all the support. It was a tough ride for some of them, when we had the different uniforms, amplification, scat singing and everything else, but I think that people who stuck with us realize they contributed to the show and I think it worked out that's why the show was as great as it was", Hopkins said.

Looking ahead, Hopkins is looking forward to cleaning buses on Monday and Tuesday, running a board meeting next weekend and moving over Labor Day. (Text: dci.org)

Results
1 �?� 99.150 �?� The Cadets
2 �?� 97.625 �?� The Cavaliers
3 �?� 96.825 �?� Phantom Regiment
4 �?� 95.250 �?� Blue Devils
5 �?� 94.450 �?� Bluecoats
6 �?� 92.625 �?� Madison Scouts
7 �?� 90.725 �?� Carolina Crown
8 �?� 88.650 �?� Santa Clara Vanguard
9 �?� 88.400 �?� Boston Crusaders
10 �?� 88.225 �?� Blue Knights
11 �?� 87.700 �?� Glassmen
12 �?� 86.075 �?� Spirit from JSU