The Recap by DCI Forge

The Recap by DCI Forge

The daily DCI podcast from DCI Forge. Reed Callahan and Coop read the sheets so you don't have to: every 2026 Drum Corps International show recapped with scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections. Every number comes straight off the sheets. An independent fan project — not affiliated with Drum Corps International.

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September 27, 2026 • 4 mins
Twenty twenty five was the closest Finals in the archive and nobody talks about it. Gus and Reed argue about why, and about which of the two races on a Finals field anyone remembers.
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Inside Phantom Regiment's rebuild. JD Shaw retired from Phantom Regiment's brass staff after 17 years and two rings. Regiment did not promote from within. Their headline hire came from outside the organization: Vince Oliver, off Bluecoats' music design staff. Then they kept going. Five more hires landed in the same week. Four of those five came straight out of Santa Clara Vanguard. Two more came out of Mandarins. Six hires in th...
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August 30, 2026 • 6 mins
The Recap - Episode 20 - 2026-08-30. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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August 24, 2026 • 5 mins
The Recap - Episode 19 - 2026-08-24. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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August 9, 2026 • 13 mins
The Recap - Episode 17: Season Finale. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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Semifinals night in Indianapolis, and the one where this desk says, respectfully, that we think the panel got two of these wrong. Blue Stars finished ahead of Phantom Regiment while losing the six craft captions. Boston Crusaders beat Santa Clara Vanguard after the effect sheets came back a coin flip. Plus: the cut line from both sides, where Pacific Crest and Madison Scouts each won the effect book and went home anyway; a deep div...
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August 7, 2026 • 12 mins
The Recap - Episode 15: Prelims Night. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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The Recap - Episode 14: Five What-If Scenarios for Prelims Night. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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The Recap - Episode 13: The Calm Before Prelims. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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The Recap - Episode 12: Three Corps Cross 96. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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August 3, 2026 • 4 mins
The Recap - Episode 11 - 2026-08-03. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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August 2, 2026 • 4 mins
Carolina Crown take Allentown Night Two at 95.275, a season high and 1.55 behind the Bluecoats. Boston Crusaders' historic three-week climb, Crown's low-brass feature, Phantom Regiment holding fourth, the Cavaliers' surge, and a look ahead to Finals week. From the DCI Forge desk.
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The Recap - Episode 9: Record Night in Allentown. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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The What-If Episode. The model gives Phantom Regiment a 4% chance of finishing top six — and Reed and Coop think it's wrong. Inside: Phantom Regiment's case for a late-season surge, the projection gap a damped model misses, and a head-to-head debate — Reed argues Carolina Crown for gold, Coop argues Phantom for fifth. Run the scenarios yourself in the What-If Machine, with Phantom-at-fourth pre-loaded: https://dciforge....
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July 31, 2026 • 5 mins
The Recap - Episode 7 - 2026-07-31. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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The Recap - Episode 6: Crown Closes on Bluecoats. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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Crown posts a season-high 93.3 at Brass at the Beach. Blue Stars cross 90 for the first time. Annapolis cancelled due to weather — seven corps miss a show 11 days before Finals.
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July 27, 2026 • 5 mins
The Recap - Episode 4 - 2026-07-27. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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July 26, 2026 • 5 mins
The Recap - Episode 3 - 2026-07-26. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.
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July 25, 2026 • 5 mins
Bluecoats slam the door in Murfreesboro — a two-point statement in what was a one-tenth race. Blue Devils and Boston Crusaders finish dead even, settled on the GE tiebreaker, and Boston's caption paradox — elite percussion, lagging brass — is on full display. Carolina Crown land one tenth from the podium and keep climbing: is the model underrating them? Plus tonight's DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta. Ever...
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