Competition Intensifies

The Spread is closing and the top 4 DCA corps are in a battle for their competitive lives. In Scranton, 2 weeks ago, the top 4 corps were separated by almost 4 points. Now that spread has closed to less then 2 ( 1.887 )

Here are the latest rankings from the weekend

Open Class:
01 (01) - 91.975 (1) - Buccaneers
02 (02) - 91.263 (3) - Hurricanes
03 (04) - 90.163 (3) - Caballeros
04 (05) - 90.088 (2) - Minnesota Brass
^^^ The Contenders ^^^

05 (03) - 88.938 (1) - Empire Statesmen
06 (07) - 85.150 (3) - Bushwackers
07 (08) - 84.313 (1) - Brigadiers
08 (06) - 83.463 (6) - Renegades
09 (09) - 79.988 (5) - CorpsVets
10 (10) - 78.000 (5) - Music City Legend
11 (11) - 77.913 (5) - Alliance
12 (13) - 76.463 (2) - Kilties
13 (12) - 72.625 (1) - Crusaders

Class A:
01 (04) - 75.888 (3) - Carolina Gold
02 (02) - 75.300 (1) - Grenadiers
03 (06) - 74.600 (2) - Govenaires
04 (01) - 74.075 (4) - Fusion Core
05 (03) - 71.138 (6) - SoCal Dream
06 (05) - 70.413 (1) - White Sabers
07 (10) - 63.900 (1) - Sunrisers
08 (07) - 63.175 (6) - Kingsmen
09 (08) - 63.100 (5) - Sun Devils
10 (09) - 59.700 (5) - Lakeshoremen
11 (12) - 56.238 (1) - Excelsior
12 (11) - 55.950 (5) - Shenandoah Sound

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(1) = 08/15/2009 - Cicero, NY (DCA)
(2) = 08/15/2009 - Racine, WI (DCA)
(3) = 08/15/2009 - Toms River, NJ (DCA)
(4) = 08/08/2009 - Kingston, NY (DCA)
(5) = 08/01/2009 - Antioch, TN (DCA)
(6) = 07/19/2009 - Dublin, CA (DCI)

This weekend is HUGE and your FINAL chance to see Drum Corps in Minnesota, INCLUDING the potential world champion and the GREATEST drum corps to ever come out of the state.

Aug. 22 - Sounds of Minnesota; South St. Paul
Aug. 23 - Drum Corps EXPO; St. Peter, MN