In a tight race to the finish, The Cadets win the 2011 DCI World Championship with a Final Score of 98.35. The Cadets swept the GE caption with 1st place finishes in all subcaptions, won the Music Ensemble subcaption and tied the Blue Devils for the overall Music Caption. The Blue Devils finished in 2nd place with a score of 97.80. Besides tying in the Music Caption, they won the Visual Caption by two tenths of a point over The Cadets. They also won the High Color Guard Award with a final score of 19.8.
The Cavaliers finished in 3rd place with a score of 96.85. The ended up winning the High Percussion Award with a score of 19.6. Rounding out the top four was Carolina Crown with Final score ended up being a 95.30. Crown took home the High Brass Award with a 19.5, edging out The Cadets that scored a 19.4.
Overall, it was a fantastic year with a lot good shows. The spread of the subcaption awards shows there is some real competition and that it was anyone’s game to win. Congratulations to The Cadets on their championship and we can’t wait to see what the corps bring to the audiences during the DCI 2012 season.
