Marching a then-maximum one hundred twenty-eight members under the directorship of Jim Mason, at the 1985 DCI World Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, Star of Indiana became only the second corps to earn a spot among DCI's Top Twelve Finalists in its first season of competition; the first corps to do so was the 1972 Bleu Raeders.

After the 1993 season, Star of Indiana departed the competition field and developed a new way of presenting drum corps.

Then, in 1997 and '98, Star settled down to perform "Brass Theater" at the Grand Palace Theatre in Branson, Missouri.

After an unimpressive start, its audience steadily grew, until it became a top ten hit on the London stage.

Casts were also developed to perform long-term engagements at Disneyland in Anaheim, California and at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Star United also performed as a SoundSport[broken anchor] team at the 2014 and 2017 DCI World Championships in Indianapolis.