DCI World Championship Prelims - August 7, 2025

[mrk]

Lineup & Times
All times ET and subject to change

11:15 AM - National Anthem
11:30 AM - High School Affiliated to BIT
11:47 AM - Calgary Round Up Band
12:04 PM - Beijing 57 High School
12:21 PM - Calgary Stetson Showband
12:38 PM - Les Stentors
12:55 PM - Colt Cadets
1:12 PM - Raiders
1:29 PM - 7th Regiment
1:46 PM - River City Rhythm
2:03 PM - Intermission
2:39 PM - Calvary Stampede Showband
2:56 PM - Columbians
3:13 PM - The Battalion
3:30 PM - Gold
3:47 PM - Spartans
4:04 PM - Seattle Cascades
4:21 PM - Genesis
4:38 PM - Music City
4:55 PM - The Academy
5:12 PM - Crossmen
5:29 PM - Intermission
-------- Big, Loud, & Live --------
6:37 PM - Pacific Crest
6:54 PM - Spirit of Atlanta
7:11 PM - Madison Scouts
7:28 PM - Colts
7:45 PM - Blue Knights
8:02 PM - Troopers
8:19 PM - Intermission
8:41 PM - Blue Stars
8:58 PM - The Cavaliers
9:15 PM - Mandarins
9:32 PM - Carolina Crown
9:49 PM - Phantom Regiment
10:06 PM - Blue Devils
10:23 PM - Santa Clara Vanguard
10:40 PM - Boston Crusaders
10:57 PM - Bluecoats
11:12 PM - Last Score Announced

Judging Panel
General Effect 1: Meghan McCourt & John Howell
General Effect 2: Jodie Rhodes & Chester Phillips
Visual Proficiency: Juno Orefice
Visual Analysis: Jack Pursiful
Color Guard: Jennifer Barton
Music Brass: Bryan Crisp
Music Analysis: Darrin Davis & Jay Kennedy
Music Percussion: Chris Rapacki
Chief Judge: Julie Davila & John Phillips

 

Edited August 7, 2025 by mrk
updated

[wigwam]

Is there a place to park your car near military park?   I am not going to the show Thursday night but want to hang out in the park and watch warmups.  Any parking tips would be appreciated, I'm staying at a hotel far from downtown so I'll need to drive.  

[LabMaster]

Are judges who have done Open prelims or championship judging, eligible for world judging?

[dcifanforlife]

25 minutes ago, wigwam said:

Is there a place to park your car near military park?   I am not going to the show Thursday night but want to hang out in the park and watch warmups.  Any parking tips would be appreciated, I'm staying at a hotel far from downtown so I'll need to drive.  

Yes There paid lots not to far from Military Park to the South, West (IU INDY area) and North.

[dcifanforlife]

10 minutes ago, LabMaster said:

Are judges who have done Open prelims or championship judging, eligible for world judging?

In past  judges that haven done Open prelims or championship have not done any world judging.  DCI doesn't like the costs for keeping judges in Indianapolis all week. One and done is usually what happens.  

[mrk]

38 minutes ago, wigwam said:

Is there a place to park your car near military park?   I am not going to the show Thursday night but want to hang out in the park and watch warmups.  Any parking tips would be appreciated, I'm staying at a hotel far from downtown so I'll need to drive.  

https://parking.indianapolis.iu.edu/parking/parking-locations.html

[brassboy]

3 hours ago, dcifanforlife said:

In past  judges that haven done Open prelims or championship have not done any world judging.  DCI doesn't like the costs for keeping judges in Indianapolis all week. One and done is usually what happens.  

This is definitely not true for last year. There were more than a few judges who judged both Open class and World class (though not necessarily the exact same caption between the two). 

[wigwam]

8 hours ago, mrk said:

https://parking.indianapolis.iu.edu/parking/parking-locations.html

Great info, Thanks!!

[IllianaLancerContra]

9 hours ago, dcifanforlife said:

In past  judges that haven done Open prelims or championship have not done any world judging.  DCI doesn't like the costs for keeping judges in Indianapolis all week. One and done is usually what happens.  

 

5 hours ago, brassboy said:

This is definitely not true for last year. There were more than a few judges who judged both Open class and World class (though not necessarily the exact same caption between the two). 

IDK about now, but in 2000 I sat next to a very prominent percussion judge at the Class A/A-60 finals.  So even if they aren’t judging, I suspect many of them are around.  After all, they are Drum Corps fans. 

[Drumcorpsgal]

Does last year’s champion always go last in prelims? Is that true for semi-finals and Finals too?