Finals and the end of the season...

Capital Regiment 2009 is officially over. The corps had what was arguably its best performance of the summer at DCI Open Class Finals on August 8th. We earned a score of 89.95, putting us in fifth place overall. Each member received a medal and patch for being Open Class Finalists. The brassline and drumline were both ranked third in Open Class.

Looking back on the season, it is worth thinking about how far we've come. The 2009 corps began with twelve brass players, two colorguard, and a whole mess of percussionists back in November. We worked our way up to a full brassline, nine colorguard, and one of the top drumlines in DCI Open Class. I don't think any of us ever expected to do this well and to achieve this much. We started off as a corps full of rookies and ended up being fifth place finalists. The journey has been truly amazing, and I know we can expect even greater things from Capital Regiment in the future. Thank you to everyone for a fantastic summer, and good luck wherever life takes you.

Passion, Pride, Excellence: Capital Regiment.

Semifinals

The corps performed in Lucas Oil Stadium today for Open Class Semifinals. We had a strong show and earned a score of 88.95. We are still ranked 5th and will appear at finals around 11:30am tomorrow. Our four age-outs are on their way to the age-out ceremony tonight. The rest of the corps is getting packed up and preparing for a short rehearsal later this evening. The season is winding down quickly and we are preparing for a strong finish!

Quarterfinals

Finals week is officially here for Capital Regiment. After a long rehearsal day yesterday, we had the opportunity to perform for several other corps housed in the area. Memphis Sound and the Racine Scouts also performed, and the Velvet Knights were in the audience. It was a great chance to see what our peers are doing and make some friends in other corps.

Tonight Capital Regiment performed at Quarterfinals and earned a score of 87.6. We placed 5th, meaning that we will perform 5th from the end at Semifinals on Friday. We have two full rehearsal days left before we take the field again, and I think the whole corps is excited to get to work and make this show the best it can be.

See you in Indianapolis,

Steph

The night before prelims!

Capital Regiment will be performing tomorrow at 6:14pm in Michigan City, Indiana for DCI Open Class quarterfinals.

Dayton, Ohio

The corps performed tonight in Dayton, Ohio at the seed show which determines a corps' placement in the schedule going into finals. We had a good performance and earned a score of 84.4, placing 4th out of 11 corps. We had a solid show, but it wasn't our best and I think we all have a lot more we can give during finals week.

The corps is now on its way to Michigan City, Indiana for a rehearsal day tomorrow before quarterfinals on Tuesday. More information on our performance time and placement will be here tomorrow!

Belding, Michigan

The corps had a good show tonight in Belding. We earned a score of 85.4, placing third out of ten Open Class corps. We are currently ranked 4th in DCI Open Class. Thank you to the great crowd in the stands tonight-your applause and support was appreciated!

Tonight we are on the road back to Columbus for our home show tomorrow.

South Lyon, Michigan

The corps had a great show tonight in Michigan. The energy level was high and the crowd seemed to truly connect with our performance. The staff called it the first show where we struck the right balance between emotion and execution. The entire corps had a good performance collectively, and it was obvious to me that we are starting to function as a whole now. The experience on the field was amazing and I can't wait until we do it again.

Overall we placed third with a score of 83.15, putting us in fourth place in the DCI Open Class rankings. We have another show in Michigan on Wednesday, and then we head back to Ohio for our home show in Columbus on Thursday.