SANFORD – A soon-to-be Sanford High School senior, Rylee Jones, will head back to school this fall as a world champion, after winning a title as a member of the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps at the Drum Corps International DCI Open Class World Championship Finals in Marion, Ind. Jones has played trumpet with the group for two years.

The Nashua, New Hampshire-based Spartans is one of 48 members of DCI that compete throughout the country each summer. In addition to its six World Championship titles, the Spartans won the Bronze Medal in Open Class in 2015, and placed fifth in Open Class in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Jones is a senior at Sanford High School. He also performs in the Sanford High School Marching Band and Concert Band.

DCI accepts high school and college students ages 15 to 22. While many of the members participate in their school’s marching band or other ensemble, it is not a prerequisite. Members hail from New Hampshire, Maine and elsewhere.

The Spartans will host audition camps in November and December 2019 for anyone interested in learning more or in joining the corps for the 2020 season. For more information on the Spartans and the audition camps, visit www.spartansdbc.org.

The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps is a community-based performing arts program. An independent nonprofit organization, not affiliated with any school or government organization, the corps was founded in 1955.