Columbus SaintsColumbus, Ohio
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Difficulty reflects the Saints’ community access model, with low-barrier auditions and instruction for a wide range of experience. For 2026, the published full-season budget is $1,000: an $800 membership fee plus a $200 fundraising requirement; scholarships and payment plans are available. Rank reflects the 2026 All-Age World Championship prelims, where Columbus placed 13th of 14 (73.325) and did not advance to Finals. See official cost and affordability details and official DCI prelims results.
Columbus Saints at a glance
Columbus Saints is a drum corps organization associated with Columbus, Ohio. It competes in the DCI All-Age category.
Columbus, Ohio · DCI All-Age · Founded as a drumline in 2003 ·
The Columbus Saints combine competitive outdoor drum corps with a community-centered mission and HBCU musical roots. The outdoor ensemble’s weekend-focused approach welcomes performers continuing beyond junior-corps age limits as well as developing musicians. Its organization also runs indoor percussion, a separate program with a different calendar and competitive record. Outdoor program.
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From a neighborhood drumline to a field corps
Marshall Cheatham founded Saints Drumline in 2003, drawing on his experience with Chicago’s St. Andrews Hornets. The organization says it began with six young people and a picnic table. An Angels drill team was added in 2008. The modern field-corps transition included DrumLine Battle in 2013, a hybrid HBCU-and-brass approach in 2014 and full drum-and-bugle-corps activity in 2015. SoundSport, SDCA and MACBDA supplied different stages for development. A 2017 DCI Open Class application was unsuccessful; the Saints subsequently pursued DCA competition. Their archive lists seventh in DCA Class A in 2018 and a first finals appearance, fourth in Class A, with Heart of Steam in 2019. Later productions included Mixtape in 2022, Homecoming in 2023 and Lennox Avenue: Midnight in 2024. Official historical timeline.
2026 production and educational team
The 2026 announcement names Is It Recording?, a production about preserving meaningful moments on video. The official news archive supplies the dated announcement rather than a guess based on a rehearsal clip. Official news.
College pathways
Indoor percussion is a separate choice
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