Blue Devils B

Concord, CA United States
Founded: 1968

Active Junior
Open Class

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1977	219	39.050	(Repertoire not available)
1978	214	40.100	(Repertoire not available)
1981			Malaguena * Ozark * The Sphynx's Lair * Home (from The Wiz) * Antioch Fantasy
1982			Malaguena * Samba de Haps
1989			Suncats * Night Flight
1990			Flight of the Condor * Bossa Corona * San Juan * Samba de Haps * Don't Let Me be Lonely Tonight
1991	304	84.300	Flight of the Condor * Call on Me * Jack Miraculous * At Seventeen * Sao Paulo
1992			Payload * Night of the Capricorn Moon * Drum Solo (untitled) * Bossa Corona
1993			Sorcerer * Sunrise Lady * Late in the Evening
1994			Baroque Samba * Space Shuttle * Now or Never
1995			Selections from the Mambo Kings - (Repertoire not available)
1996			From This Moment On (from Kiss Me, Kate) * City Gate * Rumble (from West Side Story) * You Can't Fall Up (You Just Fall Down) * Scott & Fran's Paso Doble (from Strictly Ballroom)
1997	204	86.000	Nutville * Guaguanco * Night of the Capricorn Moon * Minuano (Six Eight) * Scott & Fran's Paso Doble (from Strictly Ballroom)
1998			There's No Place Like Home: The music of Berlioz, Hermann and Mussorgsky - The Wiz Medley * Believe in Yourself (from The Wiz) * On Dangerous Ground Medley * Witch's Music * Night on Bald Mountain * Symphonie Fantastique * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) * So You Want to See The Wizard (from The Wiz) * Home (from The Wiz) * Brand New day (from The Wiz)
1999			Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue - Pontieo * Tom (from Hello Again) * Baby Moon * Way Back to Paradise (from Marie Christine) * Dindi
2000			Music of Chicago - Make Me Smile * 25 or 6 to 4 * Beginnings * Call on Me
2001			Dance Movements
2002			Scootin' on Hardrock
2003			Chronometry - The Study of Time - The First Circle * Letter From Home * Kinetic
2004	207	87.200	Blue Fusion - The Music of the New York Voices and Pat Metheney - Baroque Samba * The Sultan Fainted * Third Wind * Letter From Home * Minuano (Six Eight)
2005			3 Generations - Grandparents * Parents * Children
2006	206	89.350	Chain Reactions - Fission * Propagation * Mutual Excitation * Fusion
2007	204	90.875	Trilogy - Trilogy * Jerusalem * C'est la Vie * Piano Concerto No. 1 * Karn Evil 9
2008	202	96.775	Flight - Flight * Turbine * Through The Night * Turbulence * Final Approach and Landing
2009	201	95.500	Pursuit... - Hide and Seek * Roller Coaster * Have You Got It In You? * Vide Cor Meum * Race Car
2010	201	97.550	Space - Introduction and March (from Interstellar Suite) * Planning the Attack (from Interstellar Suite) * Return Fire (from Interstellar Suite) * The Last Missile (from Interstellar Suite) * Lux Arumque * Aha! * Original Works
2011	19	76.450	Syncronicity - Synchronicity I * Kaleidoscope Heart * Murder by Numbers * Krump * Synchronicity II * Original Music
2012	21	73.600	Ecstatic Waters - Ecstatic Waters * Kingfishers Catch Fire * Over the Edge * Splashdown * River's End
2013	20	77.950	Warped - Dom Pedro's Revenge (5th Movement of The Legend of Alcobaca) * Bizarro * Serenada Schizophrana * Original Music
2014	15	82.325	Noir [nuvo] - Young and Beautiful * Brute Force from The Naked City * Theme from The Usual Suspects * Children's Hour of Dream * Asphalt Cocktail * Film Noir/Pursuit from Iris
2015	19	77.175	Prismatic - Luminosity * The Analog Kid * Now You See Me * You Know Where To Find Me * I Am The Doctor
2016	15	82.325	To The Moon - Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine * Space Race * Hostility: Intruder Alert/The Attack from Interstellar Suite * Symphony #10, Mvt. #2 * Countdown and Launch * Adagio from Spartacus * Apollo 13: Main Title
2017	19	80.050	The World the Children Made - Satellite * Spiritual Planet * Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * Original Works * Worlds
2018	19	80.038	The Other Side - Dance Macabre * The Carnival of the Animals * Dead Man’s Party * Hello * Come Together * The Ecstasy of Gold * A Time For Us (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet)
2019			Re-Calling - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof * Hello * Phrygian Gates * Visionary
2020			Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	22	78.375	I Am - I AM an Individual * I AM Part of a Family * I AM Flawed * I AM Powerful
2023			Fathers of Electricity - Part 1: Benjamin Franklin and the kite and key experiment * Part 2: Thomas Edison and the invention of the lightbulb * Part 3: Alessandro Volta and the first battery * Part 4: Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil
2024	20	81.075	Sacred Geometry - Ordo Virtutum * O Magnum Mysterium * Geometry * Primacy of Number * Stabat Mater * The Laws of Nature * Once Upon a Castle
2025			- - (Repertoire not available)

Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

The Blue Devils B drum and bugle corps was originally formed in 1968 as the junior drum & bell corps when Blue Devils moved up to the senior level. In 1973, the Blue Devils B (BDB) converted to a drum and bugle corps.
As a cadet corps, for years, the unit performed almost exclusively on the West Coast, entering the field of competition in 1974 and participated in the 1975 VFW Nationals preliminary round, held in Los Angeles, placing 12^th.The following season saw the corps compete as members of the Northern CA circuit, first competing at the DCI “Class A” championships in 1977 & 1978, placing 19^th and 14^threspectively in the prelims.
The corps became members of the Pacific Drum Corps Association (PDCA) for the 1979 and 1980 seasons, joining the Drum Corps West (DCW) circuit over the next 10 years. In 1982, BDB was crowned the VFW National champions, once again held in Los Angeles. They continued to compete regionally and toured out East to the 1991 US Open “A/60” championships, finishing in 4^thposition and the DCI “Class A/60” division finals, again with a 4^thplace finish.
During the next 5 seasons, the corps remained out West with appearances at the 1992 Drums Along the Rockies, placing 2^nd in “Division II” competition and continued their strong presence as members of the DCW circuit over this time. In 1997, BDB returned to the DCI “Division II” championship finals, finishing in 4^th position. From 1998 to 2003, the corps once again competed locally in “Division II” action, winning the 1998 Drums Along the Rockies contest, finishing 3^rdat the 1999 PDCA circuit championships and participated at the CA state Open championships, placing 4^th in 2000, 3^rd in 2001 and 2^ndin 2003. In 2002, they competed in the DCI Pacific circuit.
In 2004, Blue Devils B returned to the DCI championships, finishing 7^thin the “Division II” Grand Finale, staying out West for the 2005 season, they were crowned the CA state Open “Division II” champions. By then, the corps was no longer considered to be a "feeder" corps and was treated as a stand-alone second corps of the sponsoring BD Performing Arts. After being a “Division II/Open Class” finalist from 2006 to 2008, the Blue Devils B corps won the first of three consecutive “Open Class” championships in 2009. With new rules in effect in 2011, the corps also competed in “World Class” semifinalist, finishing in 19th place and earning membership in DCI.
In 2012, the corps finished in 2^nd place in “Open Class” and advanced to “World Class” semifinals, finishing 21^st. The following season, they once again finished as bridesmaid in “Open Class”, advancing to “World Class semifinals” with a 20th-place finish. In 2014, Blue Devils B won its 4^th DCI “Open Class” championship. When advancing to “World Class”, the corps shocked many by vaulting into 15th place in the semifinals, a placement ahead of eight “World Class” corps. The corps finished 2^ndin 2015 “Open Class” championship competition and 19^th in the “World Class” semifinals. In 2016, the corps won its fifth “Open Class” title and once again finished in 15th position in the “World Class” semifinals with an identical score to their 15th place finish in 2014.
Over the next two years, the corps finished both in 2nd place in the "Open Class" and 19th place in the "World Class" semifinals, choosing to remain on the West Coast in 2019, winning the Southern CA Classic in their division. After the 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the corps was also inactive in 2021, returning to the field in 2022, placing 3rd at the DCI "Open Class" championships and 22nd in the "World Class" semifinals. In 2023, BDB opted to compete regionally, succeeding to once again capture the "Open Class" Southern CA Classic title.

BD Performing Arts; Dave Strickler; A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, Vol. 2; Steve Vickers; Drum Corps International; Paul Legault (DCX)

Members (40)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
Anderson, Brianna	Color Guard	2012 to 2013
Armstrong, Ann	Soprano	1996
Burns, Zachary	Color Guard	2011
Carl, Julian	Mellophone	2000 to 2001
Carr, Calvin	Pit	1996 to 1997
Crandall, Matthew	Drumline	1976; 1980 to 1981
Crandall, Matthew	Hornline	1977
DeMello, Jeff	Brass Instructor	1975 to 1976
Earley, Andrew	Sapranos	2007
Estrada, Chris	Euphonium	2015
Filler, Jessika	Mellophone	2003
Graves, Austin	Trumpet	2003 to 2005
JENNINGS, ELIZEBETH	COLORGUARD	1984 to 1993
Jones, Bobby	Colorguard	2000 to 2001
Jones, Bobby	Colorguard	2000 to 2001
Julian, CJ	Alto	2000
Julian, CJ	Mellophone	2001
Julian, Carl	Mellophone	2000 to 2001
Kehrt, Meghan	Trumpet	2002
Kehrt, Meghan	Mellophone	2003 to 2004
Kibbe, Eric	Drum Line	1978 to 1982
Kind, Christian	Trumpet	2005
Lenzi, Gina	Color guard	1989 to 1991
Lopez, Courtney	Colorguard	2011
Love, Julie	Color Guard	1981
Loyd, April	Color Guard	2013
Lozaga, Eric	Baritone	1996 to 1997
Malabuyo, Patrick	Baritone	2004 to 2005
Odello, Andrew	Bass Drum Line	2003 to 2006
Peterson, Doug	Soprano	1978 to 1981
Peterson, Doug	Instructor Visual	1987
Phillips, Chad	Battery	1989
Porche, Patrick	Baritone	2004
Puckett, Ethan	Euphonium	2018 to 2019
Sandoval, Antonio	Tenors	2004 to 2006
Shuieh, Jane	color guard	2017 to 2018
Shuman, Corey	Drumline- Quads [Q5]	2008
Strong, Chelsea	soprano	2003 to 2004
Yee, Rick	Drum Line	1987; 1989 to 1990
watson, chris	Baritone	2003 to 2004