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Spartans Audition Requirements
A corps-specific starting point for eligibility, audition materials, fees, camps, and next steps.
DrumCorps.net currently lists Spartans as an active corps. Use the official packet and staff instructions linked below to confirm the current season’s complete requirements before registering, paying, or traveling.
Audition and membership information from DrumCorps.net
Difficulty and Cost are comparative estimates. Member-reported 2026 tuition was $6,000 for an eight-week tour, covering food, housing, transportation, uniforms, equipment, and production materials. Spartans lists winter audition camps at $100 each plus a $10 seasonal processing fee. Rank reflects 19th place at the 2026 DCI World Championship semifinals. Sources: 2026 member tuition report · Spartans camp and fee FAQ · 2026 DCI semifinals.
Based in Nashua, New Hampshire, Spartans is a DCI World Class corps with a community-based identity. DCI approved it as a World Class voting member in September 2025 after a hybrid season; it finished 19th at the 2026 World Championship semifinals. Its program combines arts education, community, and purposeful show design.
For current audition, membership, and organization questions, use the official contact route.
Complete audition requirement checklist
Use this checklist with the current Spartans packet. Requirements may differ by brass, battery, front ensemble, color guard, dance, conducting, or other caption.
- Confirm minimum and maximum age, age-out date, and any program-specific eligibility rules.
- Choose the exact caption and instrument; check prerequisites, available positions, and required experience.
- Register by the deadline and obtain every required audition packet, exercise, excerpt, and learning track.
- Follow the packet’s preparation instructions: tempo, memorization, warm-up, technique, movement, and performance expectations.
- Confirm audition format, location, schedule, required camps, callback process, and attendance expectations.
- For video auditions, follow the exact framing, audio, take, file-format, filename, upload, and submission deadline rules.
- Ask about audition, packet, camp, and callback fees; determine which fees apply to tuition and which are nonrefundable.
- Before accepting a position, review the membership agreement, full season dues, payment dates, travel, housing, meals, equipment, uniform, and refund terms.
- Complete required medical, emergency-contact, guardian-consent, conduct, safety, and travel forms.
Your next steps
- Open the official audition information or packet and select your caption.
- Write down every deadline, fee, camp date, and required submission.
- Contact the corps directly if eligibility, costs, accessibility, or a requirement is unclear.
- Keep a copy of the packet and confirm you received registration and submission confirmations.
DrumCorpsReady summarizes information shown on DrumCorps.net. The corps’ current packet and staff are authoritative for acceptance, eligibility, fees, and participation requirements.