Drum Corps Associates Class A World Champions
During Labor Day Weekend, Drum Corps Associates Class A corps compete to earn the title of DCA Class A World Champion. The championships consist of 2 rounds held on 2 consecutive nights. All corps compete at Prelims, with the top 10 Open Class and top 4 Class A corps competing at Finals. The champion is determined by the overall high score in the Finals competition. There are also a number of caption awards, though the process of determination for those awards has changed from year to year.
Fourteen corps have won at least one DCA Class A title :
- Govenaires - 4 titles
- Carolina Gold - 3 titles
- Generations - 2 titles
- Heat Wave - 2 titles
- Skyliners - 2 titles
- White Sabers -2 titles
- Cincinnati Tradition - 2 titles
- Alliance - 1 title
- Chieftains - 1 title
- Chops, Inc. - 1 title
- CorpsVets - 1 title
- Fusion Core - 1 title
- Kingston Grenadiers - 1 title
- Sunrisers - 1 title
1997
- Champion: Chieftains of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
- Score: 71.2
- Repertoire:
- *Birdland by Zawinul, Josef
- *The Summer of '42 by Legrand, Michel
- *Hallelujah Chorus by Handel, George Frederic
- *I Dreamed a Dream by Boubil, Alain; Schonberg, Claude-Michel
- Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Venue: J. Birney Crum Stadium
- Date: August 31
1998
- Champion: Heat Wave of Orlando, Florida/Generations of Bristol, Rhode Island
- Score: 74.4
- Heat Wave Repertoire:
- *A Summer Day in Florida - Part II
- **Tropical Heat Wave by Wilson, Stanley
- **Con Los Anos Me Quedan by Estefan, Gloria
- **Fanfara
- **Fins by Buffett, Jimmy
- **Florida Medley: Fins/Flipper/Jaws/I Dream of Jeannie
- **Jaws by Williams, John
- **Theme by Monenegro, Hugo
- **Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me by John, Elton
- Genereations Repertoire:
- *La Virgin de la Macarena by Bautista, Monterde Bernardino
- *Emerald Eyes by Alter, Louis
- *La Suerte de los Tontos by Richards, Johnny
- *One More Time Chick Corea by Puerling, Gene
- Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Venue: J. Birney Crum Stadium
- Date: September 6
1999
- Champion: Skyliners of New York, NY
- Score: 74.9
- Repertoire:
- *Legends of New York
- **Mercy Mercy Mercy by Ochs, Michael
- **Ya Gotta Try by Nestico, Sammy
- **Moonlight Serenade by Miller, Glenn; Parrish, M.
- **The Duke Medley by Ellington, Duke
- Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Venue: J. Birney Crum Stadium
- Date: September 5
2000
- Champion: Generations of Bristol, Rhode Island
- Score: 71.3
- Repertoire:
- *La Virgin de la Macarena by Bautista, Monterde Bernardino
- *Aragonaise by Bizet, Georges
- *My Spanish Heart by Corea, Chick
- *Echano by Mangione, Chuck
- Location: Syracuse, New York
- Venue: P & C Stadium
- Date: September 3
2001
- Champion: CorpsVets of Duluth, Georgia
- Score: 83.75
- Repertoire:
- *She's No Lady, She's My Wife by Lovett, Lyle
- *Boogie Down by Jarreau, Al
- *Taste of Honey by Marlow, Rick; Scott, Robert William
- *One More Time Chick Corea by Puerling, Gene
- Location: Syracuse, New York
- Venue: P & C Stadium
- Date: September 2
2002
- Champion: Skyliners of New York, NY
- Score: 80.15
- Repertoire:
- *Love Notes From the City
- **New York State of Mind by Joel, Billy
- **You Brought A New Kind of Love by Conner, Pierre
- **This Must Be Love
- **I Want More by Wildhorn, Frank
- **Big Time by Wildhorn, Frank
- **New York, New York by Kander, John; Ebb, Fred
- Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Lackawanna County Stadium
- Date: September 1
2003
- Champion: Heat Wave of Orlando, Florida
- Score: 75.963
- Repertoire:
- *Midnight Tango
- **Morocco by Di Meola, Al
- **Mas Que Nada by Mendes, Sergio
- **Egyptian Danza by Di Meola, Al
- **Pais Tropical by Mendes, Sergio
- Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Lackawanna County Stadium
- Date: August 31
2004
- Champion: Grenadiers of Kingston, Ontario
- Score: 79.85
- Repertoire:
- *'SATB - Songs of the New York Voices
- **Baroque Samba by New York Voices
- **Ain't No Sunshine
- **Sing Sing Sing by Prima, Louis
- **Now or Never by New York Voices
- Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Lackawanna County Stadium
- Date: September 5
2005
- Champion: Chops, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Score: 79.1
- Repertoire:
- *Yes, We're Serious - And Don't Call Us Shirley!
- **Pinball Wizard by Townshend, Pete
- **Tommy Can You Hear Me by Townshend, Pete
- **See Me, Feel Me by Townshend, Pete
- **Listening To You by Townshend, Pete
- **Heavenly by Connick, Henry Jr.
- **Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Lackawanna County Stadium
- Date: September 4
2006
- Champion: Govenaires of St. Peter, Minnesota
- Score: 78.625
- Repertoire:
- *Get On the Bus
- **Big Noise from Winnetka by Haggart, Bob; Bauduc, Ray
- **Lust
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: PAETEC Park
- Date: September 3
2007
- Champion: Sunrisers of Rockland County, New York
- Score: 83.988
- Repertoire:
- *Cirque du Soleil Se Levant
- **Atmadja
- **Distorted
- **Quidam/Seisouso/Urban
- **Ninkou Latora/Incantation
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: PAETEC Park
- Date: September 2
2008
- Champion: Alliance of Atlanta, Georgia
- Score: 82.750
- Repertoire:
- *The Hand of Fate
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: PAETEC Park
- Date: August 31
2009
- Champion: Govenaires of St. Peter, Minnesota
- Score: 82.4
- Repertoire:
- *Summer of Seduction
- **Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- **Lust
- **Hot for Teacher
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: PAETEC Park
- Date: September 6
2010
- Champion: Fusion Core of Morris County, NJ
- Score: 84.463
- Repertoire:
- *Fusion Core: Changing Perception
- **Selections from Wicked and Jekyll and Hyde
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: PAETEC Park
- Date: September 6
2011
- Champion: Govenaires of St. Peter, Minnesota
- Score: 84.93
- Repertoire:
- *What Happens In Vegas...
- **Luck Be A Lady from Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser
- **Money by Pink Floyd/Money Money by Abba
- **Big Spender by Sweet Charity/Can't Help Falling In Love With You by Elvis Presley/Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn
- **Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: Sahlen's Stadium
- Date: September 4
2012
- Champion: Carolina Gold of Greensboro, North Carolina
- Score: 82.60
- Repertoire:
- *Out of the Shadows
- **Suite No. 1 Opus 55 - Solveig's Song by Edvard Greig
- **In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Greig
- **Fix You by Coldplay
- **A-Ha! by Imogen Heap
- Location: Annapolis, Maryland
- Venue: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- Date: September 3
2013
- Champion: White Sabers of Dansville, New York
- Score: 85.93
- Repertoire:
- *Fanfare for a New World
- **Fanfare for a New Era
- **Adagio-Allegro
- **Dance of the New World
- **Scherzo
- **Overture/New World
- **Largo from New World Symphony
- **Allegro Con Fouco
- Location: Annapolis, Maryland
- Venue: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- Date: September 1
2014
- Champion: White Sabers of Dansville, New York
- Score: 88.6
- Repertoire:
- *Arabian Nights
- **Arabian Nights by Brian Balmages
- **Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- **Misirlou
- **Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: Sahlen's Stadium
- Date: August 31
2015
- Champion: Govenaires of St. Peter, Minnesota
- Score:82.45
- Repertoire:
- *Outlaw
- **Battle Without Honor or Humanity by Tomoyasu Hotei
- **The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein
- **The Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone
- **Enemy Guns by DeVotchKa
- **Kashmir by John Bonham, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: Sahlen's Stadium
- Date: September 6
2016
- Champion: Cincinnati Tradition of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Score:80.030
- Repertoire:
- *Invictus
- **Honor
- **New Frontier
- **Fairest Lord Jesus/Honor
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: Sahlen's Stadium
- Date: September 4
2017
- Champion: Cincinnati Tradition of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Score:82.700
- Repertoire:
- *Lift
- **Come Sweet Death
- **Brothers in Arms
- **Don't Give Up
- **Aurora Awakes
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Venue: Capelli Sport Stadium
- Date: September 3
2018
- Champion: Carolina Gold of Greensboro, NC
- Score:82.550
- Repertoire:
- *The Path I Take
- **Rocky Point Holiday
- **Take On Me
- **Orawa
- **One Man Show
- Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Williamsport High School
- Date: September 2
2019
- Champion: Carolina Gold of Greensboro, NC
- Score:84.225
- Repertoire:
- *Come One, Come All
- **Send in the Clowns
- **Little Suite for Brass
- **Sabre Dance
- **Dance of the Jesters
- **Never Enough
- Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Venue: Williamsport High School
- Date: August 31