WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania — One of the most unique and versatile lineups on the 2025 DCI Summer Tour — DCI Williamsport, held Saturday at STA Stadium — featured 15 performances across five different classifications.
“It’s really fun,” Caballeros drum major Kim Roman said of the Williamsport event. “It’s really cool to see the whole community here and engaged with us.”
ALL-AGE CLASS — WORLD
1. Hawthorne Caballeros » 91.800
2. Bushwackers » 90.400
3. Hurricanes » 86.050
Historically a popular city for all-age drum corps performances, Williamsport played host to the all-age Drum Corps Associates World Championships in 2018 and 2019. Saturday night marked a first-ever event on the DCI Tour, featuring six All-Age corps, with three competing in the World Class division and three in the Open Class division.
In All-Age World Class competition, the Hawthorne Caballeros earned the top score, ranking ahead of second-place Bushwackers by 1.4 points. Prior to Saturday, the two had met head-to-head four times, with Caballeros notching the higher score in three of them.
“Tonight’s performance was really great,” Caballeros drum major Kim Roman said. “It had a lot of energy at the end, we’ve really been working for it.”
While Caballeros topped the charts in most captions, Bushwackers won Color Guard by two tenths of a point. The Connecticut Hurricanes took third in the World Class division, scoring 86.050 and ranking ahead of Bushwackers in Visual Analysis.
ALL-AGE CLASS — OPEN
1. White Sabers » 83.650
2. Rogues Hollow Regiment » 81.200
3. Sunrisers » 80.150
White Sabers earned the top standing in All-Age Open Class competition, earning a strong advantage of 2.45 points over the field. White Sabers earned first in all captions except Music Analysis, which was won by Rogues Hollow Regiment.
A close race unfolded for second place between Rogues Hollow and Sunrisers; the Ohio corps earned an advantage of 1.05 points thanks to especially strong scores in the Music captions. Sunrisers managed to outscore Rogues Hollow in Total Visual.
WORLD CLASS
1. Phantom Regiment » 93.800
2. Troopers » 89.200
3. Blue Stars » 89.150
4. Music City » 81.850
Phantom Regiment earned first place in all captions at Saturday’s event, continuing to improve upon recent results and outscoring its August 5 result — a score of 93.175 — from a year ago.
An intriguing race continued between Troopers and Blue Stars, with Troopers earning a head-to-head advantage, by just 0.05 points, for the first time this season. Troopers’ Music scores made the difference, although Blue Stars impressed in the Visual captions.
Music City took fourth place amongst World Class competitors, scoring 81.850.
“We’re feeling really great,” Music City drum major Hailey Westfall said. “Lots of good emotions heading into World Championships Week. I felt like tonight’s run was really great. I’m really ecstatic.”
SoundSport
Saturday’s Williamsport event also featured performances in the SoundSport (Rhythm IN BLUE), Alumni Corps (Hawthorne Caballeros Alumni), and Mini Corps (Freelancers) designations. All three of these groups also performed with several others at a special event in downtown Williamsport on Friday evening.
For Freelancers, Saturday marked the ensemble’s final performance of the summer.
“Everbody was very encouraged and satisfied,” Freelancers member Rose Cataneo said. “We got a great reception from the audience, and we feed off of that.”
The rest of the World and All-Age Corps from Saturday’s event — as well as Rhythm IN BLUE, which is gearing up for an appearance at the SoundSport International Music & Food Festival presented by Jazz Wealth — will make their way to Indianapolis as well, for an array of DCI World Championship events at Lucas Oil Stadium.
