Mission

Music and the performing arts connect youth with their culture through a common language crossing generational, social, and racial barriers. The activities that a young person pursues influences the type of person he or she becomes. The experience that comes with participation in a performing arts organization builds discipline, character, pride, and self-confidence at a crucial age and forms the springboard to even greater achievements in adulthood.

BD Performing Arts programs permanently enrich the lives of young people through a commitment to youth development and performance excellence while providing enjoyment for our local community and audiences worldwide.

Programs

The Blue Devils offer young men and women between the ages of 8 and 21 quality educational and performance experiences in the areas of musical and dance performance. Founded in 1957, The Blue Devils' objective is to develop personal character through challenging physical, emotional, mental, and social activities while promoting the values of dedication, hard work, and commitment to a team effort. Over 450 young people currently participate in The Blue Devils programs, and over 8,000 young people, in 2,000 families, have been served by The Blue Devils organization since 1957.

Entirely community-funded, the direction of The Blue Devils is guided by a dedicated and unified effort of volunteer parents and a professional teaching staff, who work in close harmony with the young members to create and maintain a proud, responsible, youth organization. All instruments, instruction, and costumes are provided to participants who pay a modest annual participation fee. The Blue Devils organization currently offers seven youth programs:

• The Blue Devils "A" Drum and Bugle Corps
  The internationally competitive Blue Devils "A" Corps is comprised of 150 members between the ages of 17 and 21. The most decorated corps in the history of Drum Corps International (DCI), The Blue Devils "A" have finished in the top five for the last 28 consecutive years, and have won the DCI World Championship title an unprecedented 14 times. An estimated half-million people view the "A" Corps each year via the PBS broadcast of the DCI World Championships.
• The Blue Devils "B" Drum and Bugle Corps
  An augmentation to the participants' school music and performing arts experiences. The Blue Devils "B" involves 100+ teenagers from California, ages 14-21. They are DCI Open Class champions for 2009, 2010 and 2011.
• The Blue Devils "C" Drum and Bugle Corps
  Comprised of 60 members from Contra Costa, Alameda, and Solano counties, The Blue Devils "C" is a beginning-level music, dance, and marching activity for ages 8 to 14.
• The Diablo Wind Symphony
  Established in 1996, the Diablo Wind Symphony serves 60 to 80 local students, ages 14 to 21, and offers consistent instrumentation conducive to performing major wind and percussion compositions. Designed as a cooperative interaction with school music programs, the DWS offers a positive learning environment, master classes with professional clinicians, and an annual concert season with internationally renowned soloists.
• Winter Guard
  Winter Guard is a competitive program for that combines music, dance, and props into a theatrical production performed in a gymnasium. The Blue Devils offer programs in both the "Open" (ages 14-23) and "A" (ages 8-14) classes of competition, involving over 50 young performers.

DCI World Champions	1976, '77, '79, '80, '82, '86, '94, '96, '97, '99, '03, '07, '09, '10
DCI Open Class Champions	2009, '10, '11
World Music Contest	2005
DCI Preview of Champions	1994,'95,'96, '97, '98, '99
DCI South Champions	1983, '87, '04, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10
DCI MidWest Champions	1976, '82,'86,'88, '03, '04, '06, '07
DCI North Champions	1976, '94, '95, '04, '05, '06, '07
DCI East Champions	1978, '79 , '86, '88, '96 , '97, '99, '01, '03, '04, '06, '07, '09, '10
DCI West Champions	1976, '77, '78, '79, '08, '09, '10
DCI Canada Champions	1980, '85 & '90
DCI Southwest Champions	1998, '99, '01, '07, '08, '09, '10
Drums Along the Rockies	1980,'82, '83, '86, '88, '90, '92, '98, '03, '08, '10
Drum Corps East Champions	1994
Drum Corps West Champions	1996, '97, '98
CYO Champions	1976, '78 & '82
World Open Champions	1976 & '78
U.S. Open Champions	1979
Pacific Procession Champions	1980, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '88, '89, '90, '91,92,'93,'94, '95, '96 , '97, '98, '01, '03, '04, '06
Precision West Champions	1980, '81,'82, '83, '85, '86, '88 '90,'91,'92,'93,'94, '95, '96 , '97, '98, '00, '01, '03, 04, '05, '06, '07
WGI World Champions	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998