Crown Drum Corps
About
Crown, is a world-renowned, award-winning drum and bugle corps comprised of 165 performers, ages 16-21, that are selected from a rigorous audition process that spans the course of several months. Each season, Crown creates an 11-minute field show designed and taught by experts in the marching performing arts from all around the world. After completing the show, Crown embarks on an extensive 2-month long nationwide tour captivating the hearts of hundreds of thousands all while competing with other drum and bugle corps at the highest level.
Drum corps are touring outdoor performing ensembles, much like a marching band, featuring brass, battery, front ensemble, & color guard. Carolina Crown is a member corps of Drum Corps International’s World Class, meaning that Crown is one of the top marching ensembles in the world. Drum Corps International, the governing circuit for our activity, puts on a 2-month competitive summer tour through which drum corps from around the United States and world compete for the coveted title of World Champion. The competitive summer tour culminates in August in Indianapolis, Indiana, where a weekend long world championship event is held to determine the next Drum Corps International World Champion.
What Does Being in Crown Entail?
The Crown Drum Corps ExperienceCarolina Crown is one of the premiere marching ensembles in the world. Crown is decorated with multiple awards in brass, color guard, visual, & perucssion. Having been a championship finalist for the past 17 consecutive years, Crown was “crowned” the title of World Champion most recently in 2013.
Members of Carolina Crown must exhibit world class skills in playing, movement, physical fitness, and eagerness to learn. Members of Carolina Crown participate in a rigorous physical & musical audition process over the course of monthly audition “camps.” If you make it into the corps, members “move-in” with the corps for a month long Spring Training before heading off to travel, rehearse, perform & compete around the United States with the corps for the 2-month DCI summer tour.
