CC
CC
Carolina Crown
Fort Mill, SC · Est. 1988
1
DCI Titles
#3
2026 Rank
97.038
2026 Score
#1
All-Time Best Finish
Championship History
1
DCI World
Championship
2013 ★
2026 Season
Final
#3
Final Rank
97.038
Final Score
#5
2025 Final Place
94.800
2025 Finals Score
About

Founded in 1989 from the Charlotte Drum Corps Association, Carolina Crown won the DCI World Championship in 2013 with the first and only perfect brass score in finals history. The corps has been among the most consistent non-Concord corps over the past decade, finishing in the top five virtually every year since 2008, known for their extraordinary brass sound.

2026 Schedule
19 confirmed shows
Fri
26
Jun
DCI Tour Preview
Muncie, IN · 20:15
done
Tue
7
Jul
Drums Across the Smokies
Sevierville, TN · 20:10
82.100
score
Sat
11
Jul
DCI Little Rock
Little Rock, AR · 20:10
done
Tue
14
Jul
DCI Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow, OK · 20:10
87.150
score
Thu
16
Jul
DCI Denton
Denton, TX · 20:30
88.050
score
Fri
17
Jul
DCI Houston
Katy, TX · 20:10
88.500
score
Sat
18
Jul
DCI Southwestern Championship
San Antonio, TX · 13:40
90.425
score
Mon
20
Jul
DCI McKinney
McKinney, TX · 20:10
91.350
score
Fri
24
Jul
DCI Middle Tennessee
Murfreesboro, TN · 19:40
92.200
score
Sat
25
Jul
DCI Southeastern Championship
Atlanta, GA · 17:27
93.075
score
Sun
26
Jul
NightBEAT
Winston-Salem, NC · 17:15
92.650
score
Tue
28
Jul
Brass at the Beach
Myrtle Beach, SC · 19:10
93.300
score
Wed
29
Jul
Summer Music Games of Southwest Virginia
Salem, VA · 19:10
94.700
score
Sat
1
Aug
DCI Eastern Classic — Saturday
Allentown, PA · 19:10
done
Sun
2
Aug
Big Sounds in Motion
Downingtown, PA · 17:55
done
Mon
3
Aug
Innovations In Brass
Akron, OH · 18:10
96.050
score
Thu
6
Aug
DCI World Championship Prelims
Indianapolis, IN · 12:27
96.475
score
Fri
7
Aug
DCI World Championship Semifinals
Indianapolis, IN · 13:30
96.800
score
Sat
8
Aug
DCI World Championship Finals
Indianapolis, IN · 18:30
97.038
score
Season History
Tap a year to see that season's shows, setlist, and score breakdowns.
YEAR
PLACE
SCORE
SHOW TITLE
2026
▼
#3
97.038
"The Doors of Perception"
2025
▼
#5
94.800
"The Point of No Return"
2024
▼
#5
95.025
"Promethean"
2023
▼
#3
97.663
"The Round Table: Echoes of Camelot"
2022
▼
#4
96.350
"Right Here, Right Now!"
2021
▼
—
—
Non-competitive exhibition
2020
▼
—
—
Season cancelled — COVID-19
2019
▼
#4
96.563
"Beneath the Surface"
2018
▼
#4
95.500
"Beast"
2017
▼
#3
96.575
"It Is..."
2016
▼
#3
97.088
"Relentless"
2015
▼
#2
97.075
"Inferno"
2014
▼
#5
95.675
"Out of This World"
2013
★▼
#1
98.300
"E=mc2"
2012
▼
#2
97.650
"For the Common Good"
2011
▼
#4
95.300
"Rach Star"
2010
▼
#4
95.950
"A Second Chance"
2009
▼
#2
97.500
"The Grass Is Always Greener"
2008
▼
#4
96.800
"Finis"
2007
▼
#6
94.150
"Triple Crown"
2006
▼
#8
89.975
"In.trance.it"
2005
▼
#7
90.725
"Angelus"
2004
▼
#7
91.225
"Bohemia!"
2003
▼
#10
86.650
"Bell-isimo!"
2002
▼
—
—
Did not make Finals · “Greek Mythology: Stories of Gods and Heroes”
2001
▼
#10
86.950
"Industry"
2000
▼
#11
85.150
"The Mask of Zorro"
1999
▼
#11
86.300
"Jekyll and Hyde"
1998
▼
#11
85.700
"Heroes: Then and Now"
1997
▼
#12
85.000
"Postcards from Britain"
1996
▼
#10
82.100
"Chess... and the Art of Strategy"
1995
▼
#11
82.800
"Stormworks"
1994
▼
—
—
Did not make Finals · “A Southwestern Impression”
1993
▼
—
—
Did not make Finals · “La Fiesta Mexicana”
1992
▼
—
—
Did not make Finals · “The Dances of Malcolm Arnold”
1991
▼
—
—
Did not make Finals · “The Music of Prokofiev”
1990
▼
—
—
Did not make Finals · “The Music Man”
1989
—
—
Did not make Finals
1988
—
—
Did not make Finals
Finals results verified against DCI.org and the soundmachine.org / drum-corps.net archives. “Did not make Finals” means the corps competed that season but placed outside the top 12.
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