Blue Devils win DCI 10 World Championships

The Concord Blue Devils have been crowned the Drum Corps International Champions for the 2nd year in succession with The Cavaliers in 2nd and The Bluecoats getting their highest ever finish in 3rd

News Story from DCI.Org

The 2010 World Championship Finals ended with the color gold for Blue. For the second year in a row, the Blue Devils won the gold medal in the World Class, concluding one of the most competitive Drum Corps International seasons in recent history.
“I’m not sure how we got there, but I know what made up the organization,” said Blue Devils Executive Director David Gibbs. “It's the staff, designers, instructors, and an amazing group of kids who were committed from day one to the end. The talent and commitment of these kids made it happen.”

The Blue Devils’ winning program, “Through a Glass, Darkly” was based on the experimental musical selections of Bob Graettinger’s “City of Glass” that was written for Stan Kenton. “We knew it probably wouldn't be the crowd favorite,” said Percussion Arranger Scott Johnson. “I don't want to say we didn't care about the crowd, because we always do, but we wanted to try something different. We figured after last year's success we had to do something different, and the performers bought into it.” 

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The scores for the top 12 were:

Full recap available from www.dci.org 

15th August 2010