Day one of the first ever season of FMA 2.0 is now in the books. It was a day filled with a lot of competitions in all 4 circuits. In the Drum Corps World there were 11 shows, the biggest of which was ‘The Southern Starting Gate I’ hosted by The Tullahoma Azure Force. 20 Corps performed at this show, in front of 738 fans.

Leading Division I, Glory Cadets (51.345. Winners of Brass Caption, Percussion Caption, Music Ensemble, and Visual Performance) took first place at ‘The Southern Starting Gate I’ Sunday night with their amazing performance of “Awake”. In 2nd for Division I Corps, The Stout Marchers (51.170. Winners of Brass Caption, Percussion Caption, Music Ensemble, Visual Ensemble, Music GE and Visual GE) winners of ‘Capital Drums’. They performed their show “The First Steps”, wowing a crowd of 620 Drum Corps fans. Sapphire Sound (51.030. Co-Winners of Brass Caption, Percussion Caption, and Visual Ensemble) currently sit in 3rd place for Division I Corps, taking first at ‘FMA West’ with their show “Out of Darkness”.

Spin Cycle (48.715. Winners Percussion Caption, Visual Performance, Guard Caption, Visual GE, Co-Winners of Music Ensemble) performed at Bold’s Home Show, and currently sit on top of Division II, after performing their show “Pieces of Glass”. Placing 2nd in Division II is Black Diamonds (48.430. Winners of Brass Caption, Percussion Caption, Guard Caption, Music GE, Visual GE). They used an amazing performance of their show “A Diamond in the Rough” to show that they have the potential to be just that this season. Eagle Regiment (48.370. Winners of Brass Caption, Percussion Caption, Visual Performance, Guard Caption, Music GE and Visual GE), currently sit in 3rd place for Division II after entertaining a crowd of 149 with their show “Falling Asleep”.

Performing their show “Virtuosity”, The Arbiters (47.260. Winners of Brass Caption, Percussion Caption, Music Ensemble, Guard Caption, Visual Ensemble, and Visual GE) are currently on top of Division III. The Knights (47.235. Swept all Captions) performed their show “Genesis” in front of 738 Drum Corps fans, and are currently sitting in 2nd place in Division III. The Pride of the Texas Hill Country (47.090. Winners of Brass Caption, Percussion Caption, Music Ensemble, Visual Performance, Visual Ensemble, and Visual GE) are the 3rd place Corps in Division III.

Division I Top 5
1. Glory Cadets – 51.345
2. The Stout Marchers – 51.170
3. Sapphire Sound – 51.030
4. Blue Deviled Eggs – 50.995
5.Midland Valley Redcoats – 50.965

Division II Top 5
1. Spin Cycle – 48.715
2. Black Diamonds – 48.430
3. Eagle Regiment – 48.370
4. Future Shock – 48.330
5.Infinity Sound Drum and Bugle Corps – 48.305

Division III Top 5
1. The Arbiters – 47.206
2. The Knights – 47.235
3. The Pride of the Texas Hill Country – 47.090
4. Night Watch – 46.880
5.BlueGrass Brigade – 46.860


Top Brass -
D1 – Carolina Red Oaks D2 – Eagle Pride D3 – The Arbiters
Top Percussion -
D1 – Sapphire Sound D2 – Spin Cycle D3 – Red Rebellion
Top Guard -
D1 – The Wolves Drum and Bugle Corps D2 – Spin Cycle D3 – The Arbiters
Top GE(Music) -
D1 – The Stout Marchers D2 – Future Shock D3 – BlueGrass Brigade
Top GE(Visual) -
D1 – The Wolves Drum and Bugle Corps D2 – Black Diamonds D3 – Night Watch


Cograts to everyone involved in what I think was a successful christening of FMA2.0 and good luck to everybody for the remainder of the season and seasons to come. Be sure to check in tomorrow night (or Tuesday morning) to read my update on the Monday Competitions. And, for those wondering, I will be doing a ‘big’ Wednesday update a la my former format (with a few new additions).



Opening day numbers
3599: Overall Attendance on Opening Day (Highest – The Southern Starting Gate I - 738)
11: Number of Corps who broke 50 at their first show (All in Division I. 11 other Division I Corps with a 49)
101: Number of Corps who performed on Opening Day (46 Division I, 33 Division II, 22 Division III)
1: Number of Shows where a lower Division Corps scored higher than top attending Division I Corps(Sneezapalooza: Black Diamonds(Division II, 48.430) – Poison Sound(Division I, 48.185)


(I'm considering keeping "Inside FMADC" as the name for my updates. If you guys have suggestions for something better I am open to them. Also, for those who are interested in being interviewed for the Wednesday Edition I am looking into finding a way to do so. If you have suggestions for that as well, I'll see what I can do. For now the best I can think of is comment here saying you are interested and/or send me an e-mail.)

Great article! I'll try to see that Modern Antic gets in there in a future edition!

That was a nice read. I feel that this accurately gave information out to the public. Good job. Hopefully Eagle Regiment can boost its way to capturing number one in a caption next time we compete.

Great article. Sadly I haven't competed yet. I probably will tomorrow. I hope I can do well. Seems like a tight competition. :)

I love it. I'll be sure to keep tuning in.

It's crazy that I'm in the top 5! I have never experienced that before! :]

You can interview me. Nice read!

~The Knights (Div. III)

Last time we were so high was... never. haha. Actually, my guard in season 3 of FMA 1.0 got 2nd place, but the rest of my groups were 9th and lower I think.