Blue Devils C Drum and Bugle Corps

The Blue Devils "C" Drum and Bugle Corps (also known as "BDC") is an Open Class 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.[1]

The Blue Devils "C"
Drum and Bugle Corps

Location	Concord, CA
Division	Open Class
Founded	1973
Director	Rick Odello
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

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.[2]

As a junior cadet corps, with members aged 8-16, 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.[3]

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.[4]

Show summary 1995-2020

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Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.

Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	Placement
1995		Mickey Mouse Club March by Jimmie Dodd / Electric Light Parade (Baroque Hoedown) by Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley / When You Wish Upon a Star (from Pinocchio) by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington / Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah by Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert		Parade Corps
1996	American Adventures	Yankee Doodle (Traditional) / America The Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates and 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		Parade Corps
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 and Mike Leander		Parade Corps
1998		Rhythm Saved the World by Saul Chaplin and Sammy Cahn / Cotton Candy by Russ Damon / Splish Splash by Bobby Darin and Murray Kaufman		Parade Corps
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 and Sheldon Allman		Parade Corps
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 and Charles Fox / The Monkees by Boyce and Hart / Star Trek by Alexander Courage / Bugs Bunny by Carl Stalling		Parade Corps
2001		Theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark / Jaws / Cantina Band (from Star Wars) / Star Wars / Somewhere in My Memory All by John Williams		Did not attend
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, and Dave Newton (Fonda) / Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones / Espionage by Billie Joe Armstrong		Did not attend
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 and Jack Keller		Did not attend
2004	Arabian Nights	Selections from Aladdin by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Copacabana by Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman		Did not attend
2005		Repertoire unavailable		Did not attend
2006	Nightmare in Blue	Repertoire unavailable
2007		Selections from Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey	62.400	15th Div. 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 and E. Y. Harburg / Brand New day (from The Wiz) by Charlie Smalls		Did not attend
2009	ClassiCool	William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini / Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns / Carmen by Georges Bizet		Did not attend
2010	Voyage at C	Pirates of Penzance by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert / Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor by Chuck Mangione / Eternal Father Strong To Save by John B. Dykes and William Whiting / Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio / Original Music by John Meehan		Did not attend
2011	The Greatest Show on Turf	Entry of the Gladiators (aka Thunder and Blazes) by Julius Fučík / Fantasy on Two Folk Songs by Nikolai Pavlovich Budashkin / Over the Waves by Juventino Rosas		Did not attend
2012		The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein / Shenandoah (Traditional) / Bonanza by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans / Battle Hymn of the Republic by William Steffe and Julia Ward Howe		Did not attend
2013	Route 66	Route 66 by Bobby Troup / Car Wash by Norman Whitfield / Fun, Fun, Fun by Brian Wilson and Mike Love / I Can't Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar		Did not attend
2014	Surfin' BDC	Fun, Fun, Fun by Brian Wilson and Mike Love / School's Out for Summer by Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith / Surfin' USA by Brian Wilson and Chuck Berry / Wipeout by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connoly, Jim Fuller, and Ron Wilson		Did not attend
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		Did not attend
2016	B.D.P.D.	Dragnet Theme by Walter Schumann / Hawaii Five-O Theme by Morton Stevens / Skyfall by Adele and Paul Epworth / Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson / The A-Team Theme by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter		Did not attend
2017	Come Fly With Me	Married Life by Michael Giacchino / Come Fly With Me by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn / Learn to Fly by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins and Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) / Danger Zone by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock Staying Alive by Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Barry Gibb (Bee Gees)		Did not attend
2018	Candyland: Part Blue!	I Want Candy by Bert Berns, Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer (The Strangeloves) / Sugar Sugar by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim (The Archies) / Stuck Like Glue by Jennifer Nettles & Kristian Bush (Sugarland), Kevin Griffin, and Shy Carter / Sugar, We're Goin Down by Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)		Did not attend
2019	California Dreaming	We Built This City by Peter Wolf, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Bernie Taupin / California Girls by Brian Wilson and Mike Love / California Dreamin' by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips / Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer / Hooray For Hollywood by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting		Did not attend
2020		Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

References

1. "Corps". Drum Corps International. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
2. A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, Vol. 2; Steve Vickers, ed.; Drum Corps World, pub.;2003
3. http://corpsreps.com/scores.cfm?view=scorecorps&corpsid=71&corpstype=Junior
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2012-03-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Blue Devils C". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 5 March 2018.