7th Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps

The 7th Regiment was founded in 2003 largely through the efforts of members of the Surfers Alumni Association of the defunct New London Surfers Drum and Bugle Corps. The corps was named in commemoration of the 7th Regiment, one of the last units to leave for the American Civil War from Fort Trumbull in the corps' hometown of New London, CT.

The corps made its debut in the 2004 St. Patrick's Day Parade in New Haven, CT. That summer, the 36 member corps made five appearances in DCI competitions in Massachusetts and New Jersey.[2]

7th Regiment made its DCI Division II/III World Championships debut at Brockton, MA in 2005, finishing 17th of 20 Division III corps.

The corps traveled to DCI in Madison, WI in 2006, where they placed 15th of 17 Div. III corps.

The corps stayed close to home in 2007, passing on attending DCI championships in Pasadena, California.

In 2008, the corps attended DCI Open Class Championships in Michigan City, IN, advancing to semifinals and placing 17th of 23 corps.

7th Regiment rose to new highs in 2009, placing 12th of 19 Open Class corps at Michigan City, advancing to semifinals in Indianapolis, and finishing in 11th place in the Open Class finals.

2010 saw further improvement, with the corps winning its first shows, defeating five other Open Class corps at Groton, CT and Warrenton, VA. The 7th finished 7th of 16 corps in Open Class quarterfinals at Michigan City, then placed 8th in semifinals and 7th in finals at Indianapolis.

With preliminaries rained out, 7th Regiment advanced directly to 2011's Open Class finals in Michigan City, repeating the previous year's 7th-place finish. The corps then advanced to World Class prelims in Indianapolis, finishing 31st of 41 corps.

2012 saw the corps win three shows before moving up to 5th place in Open Class at Michigan City and then finishing 28th of 35 corps in World Class prelims in Indianapolis.

In 2013, 7th Regiment won two early season shows, placed 7th of 14 Open Class corps in Michigan City, and finished 30th of 36 corps in World Class prelims.

For 2014, the 7th marched its largest corps ever, with 96 members. The corps' tour took them to performances in ten northeastern and midwestern states. They placed 5th in Open Class and advanced to the World Class semifinals, earning 25th place and full membership in DCI.[3]

The 7th Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps is sponsored by 7th Regiment Youth Performing Arts Organization, a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization. As such, it has a Board of Directors, director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The corps director is Kevin Lowery. Jim O’Neal and Sébastien Roux are assistant directors.[4]

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Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist; pale purple background indicates Open Class finalist (but not champion) and World Class semifinalist.

Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	DCI Placement
2004	Beethoven's Last Night	Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Beethoven's Last Night by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel, and Jon Oliva		Did not attend
2005	The Wind In The Rigging	Songs of Sailor and Sea (Racing the Yankee Clipper) by Robert W. Smith / Since First We Set Sail by James L. Hosay / The Sea Treaders by W. Francis McBeth	63.725	17th Div. III
2006	Drive Time	Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross / Farandole by Georges Bizet / South Beach Mambo by Russ Freeman / Home by Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, and Amy Foster-Gillies / Home Sweet Home by Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, and Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe)	55.325	15th Div, III
2007	VIVA!	Music by Alberto Ginastera / Music by Clifton Williams / Music by Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea		Did not attend
2008	Mexican Landscapes	Music by Alberto Ginastera / Music by Aaron Copland / Music by H. Owen Reed	78.375	17th Open Class
2009	Excalibur	Liturgical Dances by David Holsinger / Of Kingsdoms and Glory (Mvt II & V) by Anthony di Lorenzo / Dance Movements (Movement 1) by Philip Sparke / ...and the mountains rising nowhere by Joseph Schwantner / Lavos Battle by Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Noriko Matsueda	81.350	11th Open Class
2010	Macabre	Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns / Long, Long Time Ago (from Pan's Labyrinth) by Javier Navarrete / String quartet in F major by Maurice Ravel / Serenada Schizophrana, mvt. 1, Pianos by Danny Elfman	86.900	7th Open Class
2011	UnSquare	Everything in Its Right Place by Thom Yorke / 15 Step by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Phil Selway (Radiohead) / Take Five by Paul Desmond / Creep by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Phil Selway (and Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood) / Paranoid Android by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Phil Selway / Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck / Creep (reprise) by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Phil Selway (and Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood)	86.150 64.350	7th Open Class 31st World Class
2012	24601-7R	Symphony #7, mvt. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven / Enterprising Young Men (from Star Trek) by Michael Giacchino / Ára Bátur by Jónsi, Georg Hólm, Orri Páll Dýrason, and Kjartan Sveinsson (Sigur Rós) / Fire (from Elements) bu Brian Balmages / Finale from Symphony #2 by Jean Sibelius	86.350 64.450	5th Open Class 28th World Class
2013	Luminous	New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms by Michael Kamen / Instinctive Travels by Michael Markowski / Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams / Shadow Rituals by Michael Markowski	86.600 67.000	7th Open Class 30th World Class
2014	Nesky: Alexander's Legacy	Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke, Song About Alexander Nevsky, The Crusaders in Pskov, Arise Men of Russia, The Battle on Ice, The Field of the Dead & Alexander's Entry into Pskov All from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev	75.600 71.475	5th Open Class 25th World Class
2015	The Labyrinth	Rue's Whistle Song & Rue's Farewell (from The Hunger Games) by James Newton Howard / Long, Long Time Ago (from Pan's Labyrinth) by Javier Navarrete / The Power Plant (from The Matrix) by Don Davis / Burly Brawl (from The Matrix Reloaded) by Ben Watkins (as Juno Reactor) vs. Don Davis / Battle Music by David Holsinger	74.875 70.675	6th Open Class 26th World Class
2016	Waveforms	Wave by Beck Hansen / Chronometry by Fred Sturm / Ecstatic Waters by Steven Bryant / Isometric by Hugo Pierre Leclercq (Madeon) / Original music	70.875 68.412	7th Open Class 28th World Class
2017	As the Sun Loved the Moon	Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance / Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven / Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan / Incantation (from Quidam) by Benoit Jutras / Total Eclipse of the Heart by Jim Steinman	72.000 69.800	8th Open Class 30th World Class
2018	In A Different Light	Finale (from The Abyss) by Alan Silvestri / Serenada Schizophrana by Danny Elfman / All Love Can Be & A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (from A Beautiful Mind) by James Horner /	73.313 71.875	6th Open Class 28th World Class
2019	Poetic	In This Broad Earth by Steven Bryant / Coriolan Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven / Aha! by Imogen Heap / Pure Imagination by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley	73.750 70.475	6th Open Class 30th World Class
2020		Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Corps Song: Chester. Originally performed by the corps as Chester March, lyrics (known only by corps members) were added in the late 2000s.

• 7th Regiment website
• Drum Corps International website