BD 2026: Return of Those Naughty Little Devils!

[DWW11]

On 11/6/2025 at 5:50 PM, Lance said:

Just waiting for BD to come out and blow everybody away by doing something totally unique and fresh.  I loved that 2025 was so different for them compared to their previous half decade and more, but I don't think 4th place should make them deter from that.  If anything, I feel like they should put the foot on the gas even more.

Agreed. I LOVED the show last year. I connected with it in a completely different way than ever before. 

[OldCorpsGuy]

Do a full show Channel One Suite. 

[NewArpege]

1 hour ago, DWW11 said:

Agreed. I LOVED the show last year. I connected with it in a completely different way than ever before. 

Visually, agreed.  Some of the best visuals moments in drum corps were in BDs show.  I loved it. 

[Lance]

9 hours ago, OldCorpsGuy said:

Do a full show Channel One Suite. 

I know people will scoff at your suggestion, but some of the Bluecoats' most amazing moments in their 2024 show were Big Band transcriptions.  Great ones at that.  Big band/orchestral jazz making a comeback would be more than welcome from me.  

[OldCorpsGuy]

1 hour ago, Lance said:

I know people will scoff at your suggestion, but some of the Bluecoats' most amazing moments in their 2024 show were Big Band transcriptions.  Great ones at that.  Big band/orchestral jazz making a comeback would be more than welcome from me.  

Actually developing a musical theme would be a ray of sunshine compared to attempting to develop an obscure show theme that 90% of the audience never seems to get. 
But the Crossmen tried that this year and we see where that got them. 

[wolfgang]

Do the Blue Devils have enough money?

[uneventfulhorizon]

Hearing inklings that BD is having lots of returning brass vets this year, around 60 or so. 

They're cutting 4 mello spots and putting them into trumpets interestingly enough.

Very excited to see how this plays out, The brass book should be really fun next year.

Edited November 27, 2025 by uneventfulhorizon

[DWW11]

15 minutes ago, uneventfulhorizon said:

Hearing inklings that BD is having lots of returning brass vets this year, around 60 or so. 

They're cutting 4 mello spots and putting them into trumpets interestingly enough.

Very excited to see how this plays out, The brass book should be really fun next year.

Sounds ridiculously promising, if true!

[theonlyfizzle]

On 11/9/2025 at 9:48 AM, OldCorpsGuy said:

Do a full show Channel One Suite. 

This is one of my dream, i am obsessed ever since, as a teenager...

[DAYGO]

On 11/27/2025 at 7:19 AM, uneventfulhorizon said:

Hearing inklings that BD is having lots of returning brass vets this year, around 60 or so. 

They're cutting 4 mello spots and putting them into trumpets interestingly enough.

Very excited to see how this plays out, The brass book should be really fun next year.

There were 28 mellos auditioning for 3 spots this weekend.   2 were contracted today, 2 got call backs to Dec camp.