Mesquite, TX
July 22, 2024
World Class 1. Carolina Crown 90.550 2. Mandarins 88.150 3. The Cavaliers 85.300 4. Colts 83.900 5. Crossmen 80.800 5. Madison Scouts 80.800 7. Pacific Crest 78.400 8. The Academy 75.800 8. Music City 75.800 10. Jersey Surf 69.050 Open Class 1. Guardians 64.500
San Antonio, TX
July 20, 2024
World Class 1. Bluecoats 93.025 2. Blue Devils 91.875 3. Boston Crusaders 91.850 4. Carolina Crown 89.925 5. Phantom Regiment 89.625 6. Santa Clara Vanguard 87.525 7. Mandarins 87.225 8. Blue Stars 84.938 9. The Cavaliers 84.675 10. Colts 83.350 11. Troopers 81.875 12. Madison Scouts 80.050 13. Crossmen 79.925 14. Blue Knights 79.100 15. Pacific Crest 77.375 16. Spirit of Atlanta 77.350 17. The Academy 75.000 18. Music City 74.350 19. Genesis 70.225 20. Seattle Cascades 69.225 21. Jersey Surf 68.875 Open Class 1. Guardians 64.375
Landisville, PA
July 20, 2024
All-Age - World Class 1. Reading Buccaneers 87.950 2. Bushwackers 85.300 3. Hawthorne Caballeros 85.050 All-Age - Open Class 1. White Sabers 77.950 2. Fusion Core 76.000
Brunswick, OH
July 20, 2024
Open Class 1. Spartans 75.850 2. The Battalion 72.800 3. River City Rhythm 70.900 All Age Class 1. Cincinnati Tradition 83.250 2. Rogues Hollow Regiment 77.400
Houston, TX
July 19, 2024
World Class 1. Bluecoats 92.100 2. Blue Devils 91.150 3. Carolina Crown 89.800 4. Mandarins 86.400 5. The Cavaliers 84.000 6. Blue Stars 83.400 7. Colts 81.950 Open Class 1. Guardians 63.600
Bellbrook, OH
July 19, 2024
Open Class 1. Spartans 73.850 2. River City Rhythm 70.050 2. The Battalion 70.050 All Age Class 1. Cincinnati Tradition 82.850 2. Columbus Saints 69.100
Waco, TX
July 18, 2024
World Class 1. The Cavaliers 82.600 2. Madison Scouts 79.750 3. Blue Knights 79.000 4. Spirit of Atlanta 77.400 5. The Academy 74.500 6. Genesis 70.300 7. Seattle Cascades 67.500 8. Jersey Surf 65.400
Denton, TX
July 18, 2024
World Class 1. Bluecoats 90.500 2. Boston Crusaders 89.650 3. Carolina Crown 87.975 4. Phantom Regiment 86.600 5. Santa Clara Vanguard 84.300 6. Crossmen 78.050 7. Pacific Crest 77.450 8. Music City 74.950
(dci.org)
For 18 seasons, Drum Corps International partnered with Fathom Events and its predecessors to bring the excitement of Marching Music’s Major League™ to digital cinema screens across the United States.
A prolonged decline in attendance at DCI’s World Championship cinema event mirrors a continued nationwide trend of diminishing movie theater attendance and the increased demand for more convenient in-home live streaming alternatives. This has led to the decision for DCI to suspend its “Big, Loud & Live” theater presentation indefinitely.
“We realize that the ‘Big, Loud and Live’ event was much more than merely watching a drum corps show in a movie theater,” said Bob Jacobs, DCI senior director of marketing. “These cinematic events helped to replicate and extend the spirit of shared participation and sense of community which is fundamental to the drum corps experience, and were a highlight of the summer for many individuals and groups – especially those who weren’t able to witness a live DCI Tour event in-person. For many folks across the country, these events have truly served as ‘the next-best thing to being there.’”
First airing in a select number of cinemas during the 2004 DCI World Championships, attendance at and locations carrying “Big Loud & Live” grew over the next decade to a highwater mark in 2014. As at-home streaming video options became more readily available in subsequent years, attendance showed a consistent decline over the next five seasons before the cancellation of the 2020 DCI Tour due to the pandemic.
While “Big, Loud & Live” events returned in 2022 and 2023, with a slight uptick year over year, attendance figures were more than 50 percent below what they were in the mid 2010s.
“Our creative partnership with Fathom was pioneering since its inception and helped usher-in an industry-changing era of innovative theatrical digital content delivery on the grand scale from a wide range of sources worldwide,” Jacobs said. “The quality of our productions has been executed at the absolute highest professional broadcast standards, but sadly, the economies of scale simply no longer work in our favor, forcing the difficult decision to suspend the cinema program.”
