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7th Regiment Audition Requirements
A corps-specific starting point for eligibility, audition materials, fees, camps, and next steps.
DrumCorps.net currently lists 7th Regiment 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 is a comparative estimate: 7th Regiment typically auditions in November and December, with some candidates invited back in January. The corps has not published a current tuition total in the sources reviewed. DCI’s Open Class benchmark is about $2,200 in total participation costs, including about $1,500 in tuition and fees; this is a category average, not a 7th Regiment quote. A 2026 summer openings event listed a $50 audition fee; the 2027 fee is unconfirmed. Rank reflects 9th of 12 corps at the 2026 Open Class Finals (70.625). See official audition information and DCI’s cost guide.
7th Regiment connects southeastern Connecticut’s drum corps heritage with an accessible route into modern DCI performance. Founded in 2002 by New London Surfers alumni, the corps combines a teaching mission, a regional rehearsal base and summer touring.
The corps’ about page identifies its debut as New Haven’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in 2004, with 36 members and five northeastern DCI appearances that year. Alumni continuity matters to the story: people who had experienced an earlier local corps helped create a new opportunity for the next generation. Board biographies also show former performers returning as volunteers and organizational leaders.
Complete audition requirement checklist
Use this checklist with the current 7th Regiment 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.