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The following active DCI Corps ( World Class Division ) have all remained in Finals every year after finally making it there ( all are 15 years or more too ) :

Santa Clara Vanguard

Blue Devils

Cadets

Phantom Regiment

Cavaliers

Boston Crusaders

Boston within an inch of their lives to continue the stat this year!

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Boston within an inch of their lives to continue the stat this year!

True enough. it really is a tribute to the 2016 marchers, staff that they rallied, and were able to pull it off, when just 15 days earlier it looked to many as if that commendable 18 year consecutive Finals streak was in serious jeopardy of ending.

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I keep a number of lists like this for referral when needed. Here's the one on first-time World Class finalists.

Years corps first made DCI World Championships Finals

(Within years, listed in order of placement)

1972 (1-12)

Kingsmen

Blue Stars

Santa Clara Vanguard

27th Lancers

Argonne Rebels

Troopers

DesPlaines Vanguard

Kilties

The Cavaliers

Muchachos

St. Andrew’s Bridgemen/Bridgemen

Bleu Raeders

1973 (13-15)

Madison Scouts

Black Knights

Commodores

1974 (16-19)

DeLaSalle Oaklands/Oakland Crusaders

Blue Devils

Purple Lancers

Phantom Regiment

1975 (20-21)

Royal Crusaders

Garfield Cadets/Cadets of Bergen County/The Cadets

1976 (22-24)

Seneca Optimists

Capitol Freelancers/Freelancers

Guardsmen

1977 (25)

Crossmen

1978 (26-27)

Spirit of Atlanta/Spirit from JSU/Spirit

North Star

1982 (28)

Sky Ryders

1983 (29)

Suncoast Sound

1984 (30)

Velvet Knights

1985 (31)

Star of Indiana

1987 (32)

Bluecoats

1990 (33)

Dutch Boy

1991 (34)

Blue Knights

1993 (35-36)

Glassmen

Colts

1994 (37)

Magic of Orlando

1995 (38)

Carolina Crown

1999 (39)

Boston Crusaders

2002 (40)

Seattle Cascades

2016 (41)

The Academy

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Some trivia: Devils existed but did not appear in Whitewater in '72. They were 24th in '73, 9th in '74, and 3rd in '75. They've been in the top 5 ever since.

Crossmen were founded by merger in 1975. They made finals for the first time in '77.

Spirit of Atlanta was founded in '77, when they finished 23rd. In '78 they leapt to 6th.

Suncoast Sound took five years to make finals for the first time in '83.

Star of Indiana is the only corps ever to make finals in their first year of existence. They made finals every year through 1993, when they withdrew from competition. took their ball and went home. :cool:

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Um... Freelancers...

First time in Finals was 1976. After that we "only" made finals another nine times... most recently in 1992. Pretty insignificant corps to the history of DCI.

Two of my all-time favorite DCI shows: 1985 (Immanuel and Bells. Wow!) And 1989. Wonderful effect!

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Garfield placed TENTH in the 1972 Prelims. Unfortunately for them, they were given a 1.8 penalty for God knows what. That dropped them to 13th. Youch. They should have worn black then, as they were Friday the 13th.

::bows::

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True enough. it really is a tribute to the 2016 marchers, staff that they rallied, and were able to pull it off, when just 15 days earlier it looked to many as if that commendable 18 year consecutive Finals streak was in serious jeopardy of ending.

My hat is off to the red and black. They did what they had to do. They dreamed the not-so-impossible dream.

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