Here are the results of DCI World Championship
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| Place | Corps | | Score |
| World Class |
| 1 | The Cadets |  | 97.800 |
| 2 | Blue Devils |  | 97.300 |
| 3 | The Cavaliers | | 96.900 |
| 4 | Carolina Crown | | 95.650 |
| 5 | Phantom Regiment | | 93.950 |
| 6 | Santa Clara Vanguard |  | 92.200 |
| 7 | Bluecoats | | 91.600 |
| 8 | Boston Crusaders | | 90.350 |
| 9 | Blue Knights | | 89.400 |
| 10 | Madison Scouts | | 88.350 |
| 11 | Blue Stars | | 87.000 |
| 12 | Spirit of Atlanta | | 86.550 |
| 13 | Glassmen | | 83.400 |
| 14 | Troopers | | 83.200 |
| 15 | The Academy | | 82.650 |
| 16 | Colts | | 82.250 |
| 17 | Crossmen | | 81.050 |
| 18 | Pacific Crest | | 77.750 |
| 19 | Blue Devils B | | 76.450 |
| 20 | Teal Sound | | 75.750 |
| 21 | Mandarins | | 75.700 |
| 22 | Oregon Crusaders | | 75.150 |
| 23 | Vanguard Cadets | | 72.850 |
| 24 | Cascades | | 72.200 |
| 25 | Jersey Surf | | 71.350 |
Corps Scramble for top spot at marathon Prelims Competition
By Laura Danielson Friday, August 12, 2011 - 2:08 AM
The Cadets
In a scramble for the 2011 Drum Corps International World Championship title, the Cadets came out on top Thursday, Aug. 11, prevailing over the Blue Devils by half a point at the World Championship Prelims. The Cadets received top honors with their score of 97.35 over 40 other corps from all divisions in this unprecedented “all-skate” drum corps competition that pitted World, Open and International Class corps against each other for the very first time.
Kicking off bright and early at 9 a.m., the event came to a close more than 14 hours later.
The corps with the top 25 scores from Thursday’s Prelims will move one step closer to the 2011 top prize at the Semifinals scheduled for Friday, Aug. 12.
Moments after the final scores were announced at Lucas Oil Stadium, Cadets director George Hopkins explained that winning a championship is the hopeful result of all his corps’ hard work, but not the goal. Rather, “it's about doing a great job and going for a level of excellence that's ridiculous and unbelievable,” he said.
Hopkins is cautious but confident in his corps’ ability to prevail in the final two days of the 2011 season. “The Blue Devils are serious business and the Cavaliers are great,” he said. “I will say on our behalf, though, we've been great for a week now. We've been great every day, day after day after day.”
Blue Devils
Ben Pouncey, Cadets drum major, remarked that the corps’ goal was to set the bar high and improve every day of competition. According to Pouncey, winning was great but does not affect the corps’ actions. “We’ll still be getting up in the morning and going after it tomorrow,” he said.
Blue Devils snare drummer Matt Keown said his corps’ performance, which earned a 96.85 for second place, “felt amazing” because the corps has been anxiously awaiting the last shows of the season. “We have only a few rehearsal days to get better in time for this final push,” he said.
Trailing only four tenths of a point behind were the Cavaliers (3rd, 96.45), whose drum major Brandon Cave joined the ranks of Green Machine corps members who perform upside down as part of their eccentric “XtroardinarY” production.
“I think I might be the first person in the history of mankind to have conducted upside down,” joked Cave, who was assisted by his fellow drum major Andrew Rhebergen up on his podium on the 50-yard line. Rhebergen said they have been working on the trick for two weeks and finally unveiled it at the Prelims.
