Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
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| Location | Concord, California, United States |
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| Division | World Class |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Director | Patrick Seidling |
| Senior Executive Advisor | David Gibbs |
| Chief Executive Officer | Jim Verrett |
| Championship titles | |
| Website | www |
The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Concord, California. The Blue Devils are members of Drum Corps International (DCI).[1] They have finished first or second since 2007, and have placed no lower than fifth since 1975. They also hold the record for the highest score in DCI history, winning the 2014 DCI World Championships with a score of 99.65.[2] The Blue Devils are the current DCI Champions, with a record of twenty-one titles to date.
History[edit]
In 1957, Tony and Ann Odello and the Concord VFW post assumed control of the Martinettes, a defunct drum corps and drill team. They reorganized the unit as the Blue Devils. Initially, the group performed as an all-boy drum corps with an all-girl drill team. In 1958, the Blue Devils added glockenspiels, becoming a drum and bell corps, while the girls became a separate baton twirling troupe, the Majorettes. The two units continued to perform together, winning numerous state and local competitions between 1957 and 1970.[citation needed] In 1961, the Blue Devils added a flag section to the unit that was then competing in the state's Junior division. In 1968, the drum and bell corps moved into Senior Division competition, and the new junior corps, Blue Devils B, was founded.
In 1970, a group of buglers was added to the Blue Devils drums and flags, and the corps entered its first competition as the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps. By 1972, the unit, now with over seventy members, advanced from Class B competition to Class A and traveled on tour outside California for the first time. The summer of 1973 marked the Blue Devils first national tour and their first appearance at the Drum Corps International World Championships in Whitewater, Wisconsin. The younger Blue Devils C Drum and Bugle Corps was also formed in 1973. In 1976, the Blue Devils won the first of the corps' twenty-one DCI World Championship titles.
Over the years, the Devils have often made use of jazz and Latin music repertoires, notably Bill Reddie's Channel One Suite (made famous by Buddy Rich) and charts from the music of Chick Corea and Chuck Mangione and that written for Stan Kenton's big band.[3][4][5][6]
In 2014, the Blue Devils won their sixteenth DCI World Championship. At the DCI Finals in Indianapolis on August 9, the corps received a record high score of 99.650.[7] The Blue Devils are also the only corps to have crossed the 99-point threshold twice in DCI World Championship history, achieving a 99.050 in 2009, and a 99.650 in 2014.
In the Blue Devils' 2017 program, voiceovers were used from a newly-discovered audio tape recording of the late former director Jerry Seawright addressing the crowd at the Blue Devils' first appearance as a drum and bugle corps in 1972.[8][9]
In 2023, the Blue Devils claimed their first Three-Peat in the corps’ history. After winning in 2019, 2022 and now its third title in a row, the corps reached a DCI Title “Three-Peat”. The Cadets and The Cavaliers are the only other corps to reach such a feat in Drum Corps International history.
Sponsorship[edit]
The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps is sponsored by BD Performing Arts, a 501(c)(3) musical organization.[10]
BD Performing Arts also sponsors the Blue Devils B, the Blue Devils C, the Blue Devils Open Class and A Class Winter Guards programs, the Diablo Wind Symphony, and BD Entertainment.
In 2015, BD Performing Arts added the Blue Devils International Corps, a 97-member unit made up of alumni of the Blue Devils and 8 other DCI World Class corps. The corps spent more than a month traveling and performing in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Switzerland, concluding with 9 days and 15 performances of their show at the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland.[11] A similar tour was planned for 2020, with stops in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
Show summary (1972–2023)[edit]
Source:[13]
| Pale blue background indicates DCI World Class Finalist[a] |
| Dark gold background indicates DCI World Class Champion[a] |
| Year | Repertoire | World Championships | |
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| Score | Placement | ||
| 1972 | Strike Up the Band (from Strike Up the Band) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / Ave Maria by Franz Schubert / Venus by Robbie van Leeuwen / The Man I Love & I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / Day in the Life of a Fool by Luiz Bonfá & Antônio Maria, adapted by Carl Sigman | Did not attend World Championships | |
| 1973 | Chant and Jubilo by W. Francis McBeth / Jupiter (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst / Ave Maria by Franz Schubert / This Could Be the Start of Something Big by Steve Allen / Miserlou (Traditional), adapted by Nicholas Roubanis / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Morning of the Carnival by Luiz Bonfá & Antônio Maria | 66.100 | 24th Place Open Class |
| 1974 | Chant and Jubilo by W. Francis McBeth / Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin / Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor, Chase the Clouds Away & Feel of a Vision by Chuck Mangione / One Touch of Venus by Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash / Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday & Herbie Nichols | 79.150 | 9th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1975 | Space Shuttle by John LaBarbera / Love's Been Gone So Long by Bruce Conte / What Is Hip by Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka / Squib Cakes by Chester Thompson / Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor, Feel of a Vision & Chase the Clouds Away by Chuck Mangione | 88.600 | 3rd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1976 | Channel One Suite by Bill Reddie / Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor & Chase the Clouds Away by Chuck Mangione | 92.700 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 1977 | Channel One Suite by Bill Reddie / Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea / Gonna Fly Now (from Rocky) by Bill Conti | 92.050 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 1978 | Chicago III Suite (Canon by James Pankow; Mother by Robert Lamm; Once Upon a Time by James Pankow & Free by Robert Lamm), adapted by Stan Kenton / Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea / Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor by Chuck Mangione | 91.200 | 3rd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1979 | Chicago III Suite (Canon by James Pankow; Mother by Robert Lamm; Once Upon a Time by James Pankow & Free by Robert Lamm), adapted by Stan Kenton / La Suerte de Los Tontos (from Cuban Fire Suite) by Johnny Richards / A Pauper in Paradise by Gino Vannelli / My Heart Belongs to Me by Alan Gordon | 93.550 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 1980 | New York Fantasy by Wayne Downey / Ya Gotta Try by Sammy Nestico / Pegasus by Hank Levy / Free by Robert Lamm / La Suerte de Los Tontos (from Cuban Fire Suite) by Johnny Richards / A Pauper in Paradise by Gino Vannelli / Dindi by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Aloísio de Oliveira, adapted by Ray Gilbert | 90.600 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 1981 | New York Fantasy by Wayne Downey / Ya Gotta Try by Sammy Nestico / La Danse du Bonheur by John McLaughlin & L. Shankar / One More Time Chuck Corea by Gene Puerling / Johnny One Note (from Babes in Arms) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart / Dindi by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Aloísio de Oliveira, adapted by Ray Gilbert | 93.700 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1982 | T.O. by Rob McConnell / Pegasus by Hank Levy / Paradox by Kerry Livgren & Steve Walsh / One More Time Chuck Corea by Gene Puerling / People Alone (from The Competition) by Lalo Schifrin & Will Jennings | 95.250 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 1983 | T.O. by Rob McConnell / Everybody Loves the Blues by Maynard Ferguson & Nick Lane / Paradox by Kerry Livgren & Steve Walsh / One More Time Chuck Corea by Gene Puerling / A New Beginning by Wayne Downey | 93.800 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1984 | Bacchanalia by Steve Spiegl / Latin Implosion by Hank Levy / Karn Evil 9 by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Peter Sinfield / La Fiesta by Chick Corea / Like a Lover by Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman | 97.900 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1985 | Liferaft Earth by Marius Nordal / Trilogy by Keith Emerson & Greg Lake / Karn Evil 9 by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Peter Sinfield / Piano Concerto No. 1 by Keith Emerson / First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays | 97.100 | 3rd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1986 | Channel One Suite by Bill Reddie / Conquistador by Jay Chattaway & Maynard Ferguson / Spanish Fantasy & Chick Corea Suite by Chick Corea | 98.400 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 1987 | Spanish Dreams Fanfare for the New by Hugo Montenegro / Harlem Nocturne by Earle Hagen & Dick Rogers / Echidna's Arf (Of You) by Frank Zappa / Free by James Pankow / Spanish Dreams by Phil Kelly |
94.400 | 4th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1988 | Happy Days Are Here Again by Milton Ager & Jack Yellen / That Old Black Magic by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer / Goodbye Yesterday by Don Piestrup / Since I Fell For You by Buddy Johnson | 96.300 | 3rd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1989 | Ya Gotta Try by Sammy Nestico / If We Were In Love (from Yes, Giorgio) by John Williams, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman / Allegre by Claude Bolling / Johnny One Note (from Babes in Arms) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart | 95.900 | 4th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1990 | Selections from Tommy Sparks, See Me Feel Me, Tommy Can You Hear Me, Pinball Wizard, Underture, Listening To You & Overture Finale All from Tommy by Pete Townshend (The Who) |
95.300 | 4th Place Open Class Finalist (tie)[a] |
| 1991 | Conversations in Jazz Commencement (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / Bird and Bela in B-Flat, Mvts. 2 & 3 by Don Sebesky |
93.800 | 5th Place Open Class Finalist |
| 1992 | Big, Bad and Blue Blue Light, Red Light (Someone's There) by Harry Connick Jr. & Ramsey McLean / El Congo Valiente, Fuego Cubano & La Suerte de Los Tontos (from Cuban Fire Suite) by Johnny Richards / "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge |
95.400 | 4th Place Division I Finalist |
| 1993 | A Don Ellis Portrait Open Wide & Great Divide by Don Ellis / Chain Reaction by Hank Levy / Strawberry Soup & Niner-Two by Don Ellis |
95.100 | 4th Place Division I Finalist |
| 1994 | My Spanish Heart Spanish Fantasy, Part 1; Night Streets; Day Danse; My Spanish Heart & Spanish Fantasy, Part 4 All from My Spanish Heart by Chick Corea |
98.400 | 1st Place Division I Champion |
| 1995 | Carpe Noctem Buleria (from Jazz Pana) by Vince Mendoza / Conquistador by Jay Chattaway & Maynard Ferguson / Coronation of the Dead Queen, Mvt. 4 & Ines, Mvt. 2 (from The Legend of Alcobaca) by Jim Sochinski / No Heroes by Rick Tait / Commencement (from Adventures in Time) by Johnny Richards / Caribe (from One More Once) by Michel Camilo / Day Danse by Chick Corea / Dom Pedro's Revenge, Mvt. 5 (from The Legend of Alcobaca) by Jim Sochinski |
96.700 | 3rd Place Division I Finalist |
| 1996 | Club Blue: A Gangster Chronicle The Children's Hour of Dream by Charles Mingus / Desi by Michael Daugherty / Tess' Theme (from Dick Tracy) & Trouble (from Mission: Impossible) by Danny Elfman |
97.400 | 1st Place Division I Champion (tie)[b] |
| 1997 | As Time Goes By... Casablanca by Max Steiner / One Night In Bangkok by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice / A Night in Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie & Frank Paparelli / As Time Goes By by Herman Hupfeld |
98.400 | 1st Place Division I Champion |
| 1998 | One Hand, One Heart... Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim |
97.700 | 3rd Place Division I Finalist |
| 1999 | Rhythms... At the Edge of Time Rhythm 1 – Afrocuban/Malambo: Estancia by Alberto Ginastera Rhythm 2 – Rhumba: Rhumba for Orchestra – Rhumba by Graeme Koehne Rhythm 3 – Samba: Rhumba for Orchestra – Samba by Graeme Koehne Rhythm 4 – Tango: Adios Nonino by Astor Piazolla Rhythm 5 – Jazz: Unchained Melody by Graeme Koehne Rhythm 6 – Swing: The Dirty Boogie by Brian Setzer |
98.400 | 1st Place Division I Champion (tie)[c] |
| 2000 | Methods of Madness Prelude & Blues (from Taxi Driver: A Night Piece For Orchestra), Prelude (from On Dangerous Ground), Prelude (from Psycho), Scène d'Amour (from Vertigo) & The Wild Ride (from North by Northwest) All by Bernard Hermann |
96.900 | 3rd Place Division I Finalist |
| 2001 | Awayday Blue Awayday by Adam Gorb / Fantasy Variations (on George Gershwin's Second Prelude for Piano) by Donald Grantham / Paganini Variations by Philip Wilby |
97.600 | 2nd Place Division I Finalist (tie)[d] |
| 2002 | Jazz: Music Made in America Ragtime, adapted by Randy Newman / I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) & Fascinating Rhythm by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / House of the Rising Sun (Traditional) / Channel One Suite by Bill Reddie |
97.300 | 2nd Place Division I Finalist |
| 2003 | Phenomenon of Cool Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo / Take Five by Paul Desmond / Blue Rondo à la Turk & "Unsquare Dance" by Dave Brubeck / Cool Fugue and Prologue (from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein |
98.800 | 1st Place Division I Champion |
| 2004 | The SummerTrain Blues MIX The Ghost Train Triptych by Eric Whitacre / Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin / Take the A Train by Billy Strayhorn / Calling the Indians Out by Wynton Marsalis |
98.525 | 2nd Place Division I Finalist |
| 2005 | Dance Derby of the Century Redline Tango by John Mackey / Brother Can You Spare A Dime by Jay Gorney & E.Y. Harburg / Prelude Fugue and Riffs & On the Town by Leonard Bernstein / In Wartime by David Del Tredici |
95.250 | 4th Place Division I Finalist |
| 2006 | The Godfather, Part BLUE Selections from The Godfather by Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola / Symphony No. 6 by Carl Dine / Two Symphonic Movements by Václav Nelhýbel / Symphony No. 1 by William Alwyn / La Doma (from Estancia) by Alberto Ginastera / La Strada by Nino Rota |
96.550 | 3rd Place Division I Finalist |
| 2007 | Winged Victory Bird and Bela in B Flat, Mvt. 2 by Don Sebesky / Celebrare Celeberrime by Carl Vine / Introduction to Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky / Pegasus by Hank Levy / The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky / The Kiss by Michael Torke |
98.000 | 1st Place Division I Champion |
| 2008 | Constantly Risking Absurdity Main Theme from Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim / Phrygian Gates by John Adams / Bach 2 Part Invention in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted by Gordon Goodwin / Serenada Schizophrana, Mvt. 1 by Danny Elfman / I Will Wait For You by Michel Legrand / The Untouchables by Ennio Morricone |
98.100 | 2nd Place World Class Finalist |
| 2009 | 1930 Get Happy by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler / Happy Days Are Here Again by Milton Ager & Jack Yellen / Playing Love (from The Legend of 1900) by Ennio Morricone / Piano Variations by Aaron Copland / Rialto Ripples by George Gershwin / I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / The Strength of the Righteous (from The Untouchables) by Ennio Morricone / Piano Concerto in F by George Gershwin / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin |
99.050 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2010 | Through a Glass Darkly City of Glass Suite by Bob Graettinger / Conflict & Mirage by Pete Rugolo / Trajectories by Franklyn Marks / Incident In Jazz by Bob Graettinger / Laura by David Raksin & Johnny Mercer / La Suerte de los Tontos by Johnny Richards |
98.900 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2011 | The Beat My Heart Skipped A House Is Not a Home, Summer of 77, Walk On By, One Less Bell To Answer, Woman, I Say A Little Prayer, Wives and Lovers & God Give Me Strength All by Burt Bacharach |
97.800 | 2nd Place World Class Finalist |
| 2012 | Cabaret Voltaire Harmonielehre by John Adams / Morrison Mania by James Horner / The Children's Hour of Dream by Charles Mingus / Symphonies: V by Andre Souris / Bird and Bela in B Flat by Don Sebesky / Gymnopédies by Erik Satie / Ballet Mécanique by George Antheil / Peppy and George (from The Artist) by Ludovic Bource / Dr. Bones by Steve Perry / New Arrival by Danny Elfman / Tevot by Thomas Ades / Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin |
98.700 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2013 | The Re:Rite of Spring The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky / The Rite of Spring by Don Sebesky / The ReWrite of Spring by Darryl Brenzel |
98.050 | 2nd Place World Class Finalist |
| 2014 | Felliniesque Act 1 – Fellini's Religion: Old Toys (from Iris) by Danny Elfman / La Strada Theme by Nino Rota Act 2 – Fellini's Circus: The Clowns by Nino Rota / Circo Compagnia by Gordon Goodwin Act 3 – Fellini's Fantasy: Be Italian (from Nine) by Maury Yeston / Movie Studio (from Iris) by Danny Elfman |
99.650 [e] |
1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2015 | Ink Dark Forest by Dave Glyde / The Ballad of Sweeney Todd & The Giant Attack (from Into the Woods) by Stephen Sondheim / The Mad Hatter's Tea Party by Gordon Goodwin / I Like You by J.Y. Park (GOT7) / Children Will Listen & Last Midnight (from Into the Woods) by Stephen Sondheim |
97.650 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2016 | As Dreams Are Made On Cape Fear (Prelude) by Bernard Herrmann / Stormy Weather by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler / Ariel Attack by Gordon Goodwin / Where Are Ü Now by Sonny Moore, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Karl Rubin Brutus & Jordan Ware / Main Title (from The Impossible) by Fernando Velázquez / Prospero's Magic by Dave Glyde / Mishima by Philip Glass |
97.250 | 2nd Place World Class Finalist |
| 2017 | Metamorph Birth of Eternity, Dreamscape & Facing Future by Dave Glyde / The Triumph of Time by Peter Graham / Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Everything Must Change by Benard Ighner / STAY. (from Interstellar) by Hans Zimmer / Who Knows One? (Traditional) / Crystal by Simon Dobson |
98.538 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2018 | Dreams and Nighthawks Laura by David Raksin & Johnny Mercer / Harlem Nocturne by Earle Hagen & Dick Rogers / Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson / Natural Woman by Gerry Goffin, Carole King & Jerry Wexler / Jacob’s Bakery by James Newton Howard / City Noir by John Adams / Blade Hawks by Simon Dobson / Night Runner by Paul Lovatt-Cooper / Gotham City by Dave Glyde / Konakkol Duet by Vidwan B. R. Somasheker Jois & Kumari V. Shivapriya / Playing Love (from The Legend of 1900) by Ennio Morricone |
97.350 | 2nd Place World Class Finalist |
| 2019 | Ghostlight Discombobulate (from Sherlock Holmes) by Hans Zimmer / Don't Think by Slamb / Rhythm Song by Paul Smadbeck / Cycle Song by Imogen Heap / A True Passion & Stroke of Genius by Lorne Balfe / Symphony No. 3 by Aram Khachaturian / Ghostlight by Dave Glyde / Circus by Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald (aka Dr.Luke), Claude Kelly & Benjamin Joseph Levin (aka Benny Blanco) |
98.325 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Other Worlds Selections from 2017–2019 productions / Killing Me by Boris Brejcha (The Blue Devils did not perform live at DCI events in 2021) |
No scored competitions | |
| 2022 | Tempus Blue Lapis Lazuli & Divine Blue by Dave Glyde / Carnival Of Venice by Niccolo Paganini / Moon River by Henry Mancini, arranged by Jacob Collier / Hands and Feet by Michel Camilo / Silk Sonic Intro by Bruno Mars / Tank! by Yoko Kanno / Home of the Brave by Thomas Bergersen |
98.750 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
| 2023 | The Cut Outs Proverb by Steve Reich / The Rise by Dave Glyde / Caves by Cody Fry / Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Tominaga, Fujibayashi, Tanaka / Stardust Crusaders (Jotaro's Theme) by Yugo Kanno / Resistance by Dave Glyde / Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell / Of Energy by TesseracT / Incident In Jazz by Bob Graettinger / Grand Canyon Fanfare by James Newton Howard |
98.975 | 1st Place World Class Champion |
- ^ In 1990, the Blue Devils and Phantom Regiment tied for 4th place.
- ^ In 1996, the Blue Devils and Phantom Regiment tied for 1st place.
- ^ In 1999, the Blue Devils and Santa Clara Vanguard tied for 1st place.
- ^ In 2001, the Blue Devils and the Cadets tied for 2nd place.
- ^ To date, this is the highest score received by any corps at DCI World Championships.
Caption awards[edit]
At the annual World Championship Finals, Drum Corps International (DCI) presents awards to the corps with the high average scores from prelims, semifinals, and finals in five captions. The Blue Devils have won these caption awards:[14]
Don Angelica Best General Effect Award
- 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023
John Brazale Best Visual Performance Award
- 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 (tie), 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
George Zingali Best Color Guard Award
- 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023
Jim Ott Best Brass Performance Award
- 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2022
Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Award
- 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015
Prior to 2000 and the adoption of the current scoring format, the Blue Devils won these captions:
High General Effect Award
- 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1994
High Visual Award
- 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999
High Color Guard Award
- 1979 (tie), 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999
High Brass Award
- 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 (3 way tie), 1985 (tie), 1986, 1988, 1991 (tie), 1993 (tie), 1994, 1995 (3 way tie), 1997, 1998, 1999
High Percussion Award
- 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1997
Blue Devils B Drum and Bugle Corps[edit]
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| Location | Concord, CA |
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| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Director | Lainey Braatz |
| Championship titles | |
The Blue Devils B Drum and Bugle Corps are an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Concord, California. The corps is a member of Drum Corps International and has grown from a feeder corps for the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps to a full-fledged Drum Corps in its own right. The corps has won the DCI Open Class World Championship five times.[15]
History[edit]
In 1968, the original Blue Devils corps moved up from B Class competition to A Class, and the Blue Devils B was started as a younger cadet corps. In 1973, the Blue Devils B converted from a drum and bell corps to a drum and bugle corps.[16]
As a cadet corps, the unit performed for years almost exclusively on the West Coast. Only when the World Championships were held in Pasadena, California did the Blue Devils B become a regular competitor in the Division II & III (now Open Class) Championships. The Blue Devils B won the first of three consecutive Open Class World Championships in Indianapolis in 2009. In 2011, the corps also competed in World Class preliminaries, finishing in 19th place and earning membership in DCI.
On September 5, 2018, BD Performing Arts, Vanguard Music & Performing Arts, and Drum Corps International announced that the Blue Devils B had "decided to travel and compete only in California for the 2019 season" and that both the Blue Devils B and the Vanguard Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps would not attend DCI Open Class Championships in 2019.[17][18]
Show summary (1977–2023)[edit]
Source:[19]
| Light blue background indicates DCI Open Class Finalist[a] |
| Goldenrod background indicates DCI Open Class Champion |
| Pale green background indicates DCI World Class Semifinalist |
- ^ From 1997–2007, Blue Devils B competed in Division II; and since 2008 in Open Class. These are the same tier, just renamed.
| Year | Repertoire | World Championships | |
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| Score | Placement | ||
| 1977 | Repertoire unavailable | 39.050 | 19th Place Class A |
| 1978 | Repertoire unavailable | 41.010 | 14th Place Class A |
| 1979–80 | Repertoires unavailable | Did not attend World Championships | |
| 1981 | Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona / Ozark by Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny / Sphinx's Lair (Unknown) / Home (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls / Antioch Fantasy by Jim McFarland | ||
| 1982 | Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona / Samba de Haps by Mark Taylor | ||
| 1983–88 | Repertoires unavailable | ||
| 1989 | Suncats (Unknown) / Night Flight by Steve Robertson & Terry Shalberg | ||
| 1990 | Flight of the Condor by Dave Grusin / Bossa Corona by Bill Wiedrich / San Juan by Claus Ogerman / Samba de Haps by Mark Taylor / Don't Let Me be Lonely Tonight by James Taylor | ||
| 1991 | Flight of the Condor by Dave Grusin / Call on Me by Lee Loughnane / Jack Miraculous by Gino Vannelli / At Seventeen by Janis Ian / São Paulo by Antônio Maria, Benny Carter, David Benoit, Jay Hoggard & Kenny Dorham | 84.300 | 4th Place Class A60 |
| 1992 | Payload (Unknown) / Night of the Capricorn Moon by Mike Vax / Bossa Corona by Bill Wiedrich | Did not attend World Championships | |
| 1993 | The Sorcerer by Herbie Hancock / Sunrise Lady by Bruce Johnstone / Late in the Evening by Paul Simon | ||
| 1994 | Baroque Samba by Darmon Meader / Space Shuttle by John LaBarbera / Now or Never by Caprice Fox, Darmon Meader, Kim Nazarian, Peter DeRose, Peter Eldridge & Sara Krieger (New York Voices) | ||
| 1995 | Selections from the Mambo Kings | ||
| 1996 | From This Moment On (from Kiss Me Kate) by Cole Porter / City Gate by Chick Corea / The Rumble (from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein / You Can't Fall Up (You Just Fall Down) by Emilio Castillo, Skip Knape & Stephen "Doc" Kupka / Scott & Fran's Paso Doble (from Strictly Ballroom) by David Hirschfelder | ||
| 1997 | Nutville by Horace Silver / Guaguancó by Arturo Sandoval / Night of the Capricorn Moon by Mike Vax / Minuano by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Scott and Fran's Paso Doble (from Strictly Ballroom) by David Hirschfelder | 86.000 | 4th Place Division II Finalist |
| 1998 | There's No Place Like Home The Wiz Medley & Believe in Yourself (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls / On Dangerous Ground Medley by Bernard Herrmann / Witches' Themes (from the Wizard of Oz) by Herbert Stothart / Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky / Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz / Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg / So You Want to See The Wizard, Home & Brand New day (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls |
Did not attend World Championships | |
| 1999 | Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue Pontieo by Edu Lobo & José Carlos Capinam / Tom by Michael John LaChiusa / Baby Moon by Adam Guettel / Way Back to Paradise by Michael John LaChiusa / Dindi by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Aloysio de Oliveira, adapted by Ray Gilbert | ||
| 2000 | Music of Chicago Make Me Smile by James Pankow / 25 or 6 to 4 & Beginnings by Robert Lamm / Call on Me by Lee Loughnane | ||
| 2001 | Dance Movements by Philip Sparke | ||
| 2002 | Scootin' on Hardrock by David Holsinger | ||
| 2003 | Chronometry: The Study of Time The First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Letter From Home by Pat Metheny / Kinetic by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway & Thom Yorke (Radiohead) | ||
| 2004 | Blue Fusion: The Music of the New York Voices and Pat Metheney Baroque Samba by Darmon Meader / The Sultan Fainted by Darmon Meader & Peter Eldridge / Third Wind by Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny / Letter From Home by Pat Metheny / Minuano by Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny |
88.375 | 7th Place Division II Finalist |
| 2005 | 3 Generations Grandparents, Parents & Children All by John Meehan |
Did not attend World Championships | |
| 2006 | Chain Reactions Fission by John Meehan, Vinnie Angelo & Mark Higgenbotham / Propagation & Mutual Excitation by John Meehan & Vinnie Angelo / Fusion by John Meehan, Vinnie Angelo & Mark Higgenbotham |
89.350 | 6th Place Division II Finalist |
| 2007 | Trilogy Trilogy, Jerusalem & C'est la Vie by Keith Emerson & Greg Lake / Piano Concerto No. 1 by Keith Emerson / Karn Evil 9 by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Peter Sinfield |
90.875 | 4th Place Division II Finalist |
| 2008 | Flight Flight by John Meehan & John Mackey / Turbine by John Mackey / Through the Night, Turbulence & Final Approach and Landing by John Meehan & John Mackey |
96.775 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 2009 | Pursuit... Original Music by John Meehan & John Mapes / Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap |
95.500 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 2010 | Space Introduction and March & Battle: Planning the Attack; Return Fire & The Last Missile (from Interstellar Suite) by Amin Bhatia / Lux Arumque by Eric Whitacre / Aha! by Imogen Heap / Original Music by John Meehan |
97.550 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 2011 | Syncronicity Synchronicity I by Sting / Kaleidoscope Heart by Sara Bareilles / Murder by Numbers by Sting / Krump by Scott McAllister / Synchronicity II by Sting / Original Music by John Meehan |
95.000 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 76.450 | 19th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2012 | Ecstatic Waters Ecstatic Waters by Steven Bryant / Kingfishers Catch Fire by John Mackey / Over the Edge, Splashdown & River's End by John Meehan, Brian Dinkle & John Mapes |
93.850 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 73.600 | 21st Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2013 | Warped Dom Pedro's Revenge (5th Mvt. of The Legend of Alcobaca) by Jim Sochinski / Bizarro by Michael Daugherty / Serenada Schizophrana by Danny Elfman / Original Music by John Meehan |
95.700 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 77.950 | 20th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2014 | Noir [nuvo] Young and Beautiful (from The Great Gatsby) by Lana Del Rey / Brute Force (from The Naked City) by Miklós Rózsa / Theme (from The Usual Suspects) by John Ottman / Children's Hour of Dreams by Charles Mingus / Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey / Film Noir/Pursuit (from Iris) by Danny Elfman |
82.650 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 82.325 | 15th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2015 | Prismatic Luminosity by James Whitbourn / The Analog Kid by Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee (Rush) / You Know Where to Find Me by Imogen Heap / I Am the Doctor (from Doctor Who) by Murray Gold |
80.325 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 77.175 | 19th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2016 | To The Moon Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy / Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine by Eric Whitacre / Space Race by John Meehan / Hostility: Intruder Alert & The Attack by Amin Bhatia / Symphony No. 10, Mvt. 2 by Dimitri Shostakovich / Countdown and Launch by Maverick Peterson & Dave Glyde / Adagio from Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian / Main Title (from Apollo 13) by James Horner |
79.900 | 1st Place Open Class Champion |
| 83.325 | 15th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2017 | The World the Children Made Satellite by Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, Paavo Siljamäki & Justine Suissa (Above & Beyond) / Spiritual Planet by Wataru Hokoyama / Pure Imagination by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley / Original Music by John Meehan, Dave Glyde & Maverick Peterson / Worlds (Narration and Voice Samples) by Porter Robinson |
79.625 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 80.050 | 19th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2018 | The Other Side Dance Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns / The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns / Dead Man's Party by Danny Elfman / Hello by Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin / Come Together by John Lennon & Paul McCartney / The Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone / A Time for Us (from Romeo and Juliet) by Nino Rota |
79.600 | 2nd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 80.037 | 19th Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2019 | Re:Calling 1000 Airplanes on the Roof by Philip Glass / Hello by Lionel Richie / Phrygian Gates by John Adams / Visionary by Ken Froelich |
Did not attend World Championships | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Opted out of competition for the season | ||
| 2022 | I AM Original Music by John Meehan, Sean Clark & Chavadith Tantavirojn |
81.588 | 3rd Place Open Class Finalist |
| 78.375 | 22nd Place World Class Semifinalist | ||
| 2023 | Fathers of Electricity Original Music by John Meehan, Sean Clark & Chavadith Tantavirojn |
Did not attend World Championships | |
Blue Devils C Drum and Bugle Corps[edit]
The Blue Devils C Drum and Bugle Corps are an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corp and a feeder corps for the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps.[20]
As a junior cadet corps, with members aged 8–14, the unit for many years performed only as a parade and exhibition unit, not entering actual competition. The corps began entering field competitions in 2001, but the corps still performs almost exclusively on the West Coast.
Show summary (1995–2023)[edit]
Source:[21]
| Year | Repertoire | World Championships | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Placement | ||
| 1995 | Mickey Mouse Club March by Jimmie Dodd / Electric Light Parade (Baroque Hoedown) by Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley / When You Wish Upon a Star (from Pinocchio) by Leigh Harline & Ned Washington / Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah by Allie Wrubel & Ray Gilbert | Did not attend World Championships | |
| 1996 | American Adventures Yankee Doodle (Traditional) / America The Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates & Samuel A. Ward / Caribe by Michel Camilo / You're a Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan / Theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams | ||
| 1997 | You're a Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan / Bandstand Boogie by Charles Albertine / Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) by Louis Prima / Rock and Roll (The Hey Song) by Gary Glitter & Mike Leander | ||
| 1998 | Rhythm Saved the World by Saul Chaplin & Sammy Cahn / Cotton Candy by Russ Damon / Splish Splash by Bobby Darin & Murray Kaufman | ||
| 1999 | Saturday Morning Madness Meet the Flintstones by Hoyt Curtin / Rocky and Bullwinkle by Fred Steiner / Pink Panther by Henry Mancini / Linus and Lucy (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) by Vince Guaraldi / George of the Jungle by Stan Worth & Sheldon Allman | ||
| 2000 | Too Much TV Entertainment Tonight by Michael Mark / Green Acres by Vic Mizzy / Mission Impossible by Lalo Schiffrin / Addams Family by Vic Mizzy / Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod / Love Boat by Paul Williams & Charles Fox / The Monkees by Boyce and Hart / Star Trek by Alexander Courage / Bugs Bunny by Carl Stalling | ||
| 2001 | Theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Cantina Band (from Star Wars), Star Wars & Somewhere in My Memory All by John Williams | ||
| 2002 | Spy Corps 002 James Bond Theme by John Barry / Theme from Get Smart by Irving Szathmary / Spy Kids (Save the World) by Emily Cook, David Klotz & Dave Newton (Fonda) / Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones / Espionage by Billie Joe Armstrong | ||
| 2003 | Spellbound The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas / Selections from Lord of The Rings by Howard Shore / I Dream of Jeannie Theme by Hugo Montenegro / Theme from Bewitched by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller | ||
| 2004 | Arabian Nights Selections from Aladdin by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Copacabana by Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman & Bruce Sussman | ||
| 2005 | Repertoire unavailable | ||
| 2006 | Nightmare in Blue Repertoire unavailable | ||
| 2007 | Selections from Grease by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey | 62.400 | 15th Place Division III |
| 2008 | WOZ Ease on Down the Road (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls / We're Off to See the Wizard, Over the Rainbow & If I Only Had a Brain (from The Wizard of Oz) by Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg / Brand New day (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls |
Did not attend World Championships | |
| 2009 | ClassiCool William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini / Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns / Carmen by Georges Bizet | ||
| 2010 | Voyage at C Pirates of Penzance by Arthur Sullivan & W. S. Gilbert / Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor by Chuck Mangione / Eternal Father Strong To Save by John B. Dykes & William Whiting / Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me by George Bruns & Xavier Atencio / Original Music by John Meehan | ||
| 2011 | The Greatest Show on Turf Entry of the Gladiators (Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fučík / Fantasy on Two Folk Songs by Nikolai Pavlovich Budashkin / Over the Waves by Juventino Rosas | ||
| 2012 | The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein / Shenandoah (Traditional) / Bonanza by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans / Battle Hymn of the Republic by William Steffe & Julia Ward Howe | ||
| 2013 | Route 66 Route 66 by Bobby Troup / Car Wash by Norman Whitfield / Fun, Fun, Fun by Brian Wilson & Mike Love / I Can't Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar | ||
| 2014 | Surfin' BDC Fun, Fun, Fun by Brian Wilson & Mike Love / School's Out for Summer by Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway & Neal Smith / Surfin' USA by Brian Wilson & Chuck Berry / Wipeout by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connoly, Jim Fuller & Ron Wilson | ||
| 2015 | The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, Can't Buy Me Love, Yesterday, "Eleanor Rigby", Drive My Car, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band All by Lennon–McCartney | ||
| 2016 | B.D.P.D. Dragnet Theme by Walter Schumann / Hawaii Five-O Theme by Morton Stevens / Skyfall by Adele & Paul Epworth / Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson / The A-Team Theme by Mike Post & Pete Carpenter | ||
| 2017 | Come Fly With Me Married Life by Michael Giacchino / Come Fly With Me by Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn / Learn to Fly by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins & Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) / Danger Zone by Giorgio Moroder & Tom Whitlock / Staying Alive by Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb & Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) | ||
| 2018 | Candyland: Part Blue! "I Want Candy" by Bert Berns, Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer (The Strangeloves) / Sugar Sugar by Jeff Barry & Andy Kim (The Archies) / Stuck Like Glue by Jennifer Nettles & Kristian Bush (Sugarland); Kevin Griffin & Shy Carter / Sugar, We're Goin Down by Pete Wentz & Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) | ||
| 2019 | California Dreaming We Built This City by Peter Wolf, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert & Bernie Taupin / "California Girls" by Brian Wilson & Mike Love / California Dreamin' by John Phillips & Michelle Phillips / Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer / Hooray For Hollywood by Johnny Mercer & Richard A. Whiting | ||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Opted out of competition for the season | ||
| 2022 | It's About Time! Dr. Who Theme by Ron Grainer / What Time Is It? by Matthew Gerrard & Robbie Nevil / Don't Stop Me Now by Freddie Mercury / My Life Would Suck Without You by Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald & Claude Kelly |
Did not attend World Championships | |
| 2023 | BD-Cafari Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses / Africa by David Paich & Jeff Porcaro / Eye of the Tiger by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik / Roar by Katy Perry, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee & Henry Walter | ||
References[edit]
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- ^ "Past DCI World Champions". Drum Corps International. April 9, 2015. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ Drum Corps World, June 17, 1988
- ^ Drum Corps World, January 2003
- ^ Drum Corps World, August 6, 2004
- ^ A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, Vol. 2; Steve Vickers, ed.; Drum Corps World, pub.; 2003
- ^ Bender, Kristin J. (August 11, 2014). "Concord's Blue Devils drum corps wins 16th world title". ContraCostaTimes.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ "Corps news and announcements (Blue Devils)". Drum Corps International. August 6, 2017. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ "2017 - BD360 Moments - Jerry Seawright". BD Performing Arts. July 29, 2017. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ "BD Performing Arts Staff". BD Performing Arts. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ "Blue Devils International coming to the UK". Drum Corps United Kingdom. May 3, 2015. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ "Blue Devils International Corps". BD Performing Arts. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Blue Devils/Repertoire". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Caption Winners". fromthepressbox.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ "Blue Devils B". Drum Corps International. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, Vol. 2; Steve Vickers, ed.; Drum Corps World, pub.;2003
- ^ "Blue Devils B Update for 2019". BD Performing Arts. September 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ "Blue Devils B, Vanguard Cadets plan regional tours for 2019". Drum Corps International. September 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Blue Devils B". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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- ^ "Blue Devils C". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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