SCV
SCV
Santa Clara Vanguard
Santa Clara, CA · Est. 1967
7
DCI Titles
#5
2026 Rank
95.025
2026 Score
#1
All-Time Best Finish
Championship History
7
DCI World
Championships
2018 ★199919891981197819741973
2026 Season
Final
#5
Final Rank
95.025
Final Score
#3
2025 Final Place
96.700
2025 Finals Score
About

Founded in 1967 following the closure of the Sparks Drum & Bugle Corps, Santa Clara Vanguard is one of DCI's most successful organizations with seven World Championships. The corps was the only corps to appear as a finalist in every DCI World Championship until recently. Their 2018 championship show "Babylon" is widely regarded as one of the greatest shows ever performed on a DCI field.

2026 Schedule
20 confirmed shows
Fri
26
Jun
Santa Clara Vanguard Showcase
Moscow, ID · 19:00
done
Tue
30
Jun
Northwest Youth Music Games Seattle
Bothell, WA · 19:40
77.550
score
Wed
1
Jul
Northwest Youth Music Games Portland
Portland, OR · 19:15
79.100
score
Fri
3
Jul
DCI Capital Classic
Sacramento, CA · 18:40
80.300
score
Sun
5
Jul
DCI West
Stanford, CA · 17:35
81.150
score
Thu
9
Jul
Gold Showcase
Canyon Country, CA · 18:00
82.950
score
Fri
10
Jul
Western Corps Connection
Walnut, CA · 18:00
83.700
score
Sat
11
Jul
Drum Corps at the Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA · 17:35
84.650
score
Thu
16
Jul
DCI Denton
Denton, TX · 20:30
86.800
score
Sat
18
Jul
DCI Southwestern Championship
San Antonio, TX · 13:40
88.838
score
Tue
21
Jul
DCI St. Louis
Belleville, IL · 20:10
90.700
score
Wed
22
Jul
Drums on the Ohio
Evansville, IN · 19:10
91.300
score
Fri
24
Jul
Drums on Parade
Madison, WI · 19:10
91.650
score
Sat
25
Jul
Midwestern Championship
DeKalb, IL · 18:40
91.950
score
Wed
29
Jul
DCI Huntington
Huntington, WV · 19:40
92.900
score
Sat
1
Aug
DCI Eastern Classic — Saturday
Allentown, PA · 19:10
done
Mon
3
Aug
Innovations In Brass
Akron, OH · 18:10
93.950
score
Thu
6
Aug
DCI World Championship Prelims
Indianapolis, IN · 12:27
94.563
score
Fri
7
Aug
DCI World Championship Semifinals
Indianapolis, IN · 13:30
95.050
score
Sat
8
Aug
DCI World Championship Finals
Indianapolis, IN · 18:30
95.025
score
Season History
Tap a year to see that season's shows, setlist, and score breakdowns.
YEAR
PLACE
SCORE
SHOW TITLE
2026
▼
#5
95.025
"With Reckless Abandon"
2025
▼
#3
96.700
"The aVANt GUARD"
2024
▼
#6
93.925
"Vagabond"
2023
—
—
Did not make Finals
2022
▼
#5
95.000
"Finding Nirvana"
2021
▼
—
—
Non-competitive exhibition
2020
▼
—
—
Season cancelled — COVID-19
2019
▼
#3
96.600
"Vox Eversio"
2018
★▼
#1
98.625
"Babylon"
2017
▼
#2
97.600
"Ouroboros"
2016
▼
#4
95.300
"Force of Nature"
2015
▼
#5
93.850
"The Spark of Invention"
2014
▼
#4
96.075
"Scheherazade: Words 2 Live By"
2013
▼
#4
96.850
"Les Misérables"
2012
▼
#5
94.450
"Music of the Starry Night"
2011
▼
#6
92.200
"The Devil's Staircase"
2010
▼
#7
92.000
"Bartók"
2009
▼
#5
95.650
"Ballet For Martha"
2008
▼
#7
93.025
"3HREE Mind, Body and Soul"
2007
▼
#5
94.175
"! (Eureka)"
2006
▼
#6
92.350
"Moto Perpetuo"
2005
▼
#8
88.650
"Russia: Revolution - Evolution 1917 - 1991"
2004
▼
#3
96.825
"Attraction: The Music of Scheherazade"
2003
▼
#5
94.700
"Pathways"
2002
▼
#4
95.650
"Sound, Shape, and Color"
2001
▼
#4
95.350
"New Era Metropolis"
2000
▼
#4
94.700
"Age of Reverence"
1999
★▼
#1
98.400
"Inventions for a New Millennium"
1998
▼
#2
97.900
"Copland, The Modernist"
1997
▼
#3
96.900
"Fog City Sketches"
1996
▼
#5
92.300
"La Mer"
1995
▼
#6
91.900
"Not the Nutcracker"
1994
▼
#5
92.300
"The Red Poppy"
1993
▼
#7
90.400
"Walton Trilogy"
1992
▼
#7
91.800
"Fiddler on the Roof"
1991
▼
#4
94.400
"Miss Saigon"
1990
▼
#6
94.000
"Carmen"
1989
★▼
#1
98.800
"Phantom of the Opera"
1988
▼
#2
96.900
"Phantom of the Opera"
1987
▼
#2
97.800
—
1986
▼
#2
97.000
—
1985
▼
#2
97.200
—
1984
▼
#3
97.400
—
1983
▼
#3
92.750
—
1982
▼
#2
93.550
—
1981
★▼
#1
94.000
—
1980
▼
#7
85.600
—
1979
▼
#3
92.750
—
1978
★▼
#1
91.550
—
1977
▼
#3
89.850
—
1976
▼
#3
89.500
—
1975
▼
#2
91.000
—
1974
★▼
#1
89.500
—
1973
★▼
#1
88.650
—
1972
▼
#3
87.350
—
Finals results verified against DCI.org and the soundmachine.org / drum-corps.net archives. “Did not make Finals” means the corps competed that season but placed outside the top 12.