Location Concord, CA Founded 1973 | Division Open Class Director Rick Odello | |
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Uniform Blue jacket w/white diagonal from left shoulder w/black below
Black pants,
Black Shoes & socks
Black shako w/silver eagle badge & chains & Black plume Similar Les Stentors Drum and, River City Rhythm Drum and, Racine Scouts Drum and, Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Co, Columbians Drum and Bugle Co | ||
The Blue Devils "C" Drum and Bugle Corps (also known as "BDC") is an Open Class (formerly Division II/III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Concord, California, the corps is a feeder corps for the World Class Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps and competes in Drum Corps International sanctioned shows.
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History
The Blue Devils organization began in 1957 as a drum and bell corps. In 1968, the original 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 B corps followed the step that the A corps had taken three years before and converted from a drum and bell corps to a drum and bugle corps. At that time, the Blue Devils C was begun as a drum and bugle corps for even younger members.
As a junior cadet corps, with members aged 8-15, the unit for many years performed only as a parade and exhibition unit, not entering actual competition. This changed when the corps began entering field competitions in 2001, but the corps still performs exclusively on the West Coast. They have attended the DCI World Championships only when that competition was held in Pasadena, California in 2007.
Sponsorship
The Blue Devils "C" Drum and Bugle Corps is one of three drum and bugle corps sponsored by BD Performing Arts, a 501 (c)(3) musical organization that has a Board of Directors, corps directors, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The Executive Director is Dave Gibbs, and Rick Odello is Corps Director.
Show summary 1995-2015
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