Blue Devils B are DCI Open Class champions
Blue Devils B held their Monday night lead and took home the organisation’s fourth championship title at the 2014 DCI Open Class World Championship Finals on Tuesday.
In addition to the corps’ overall score of 82.650, the Blue Devils B also took home caption awards for best brass, visual, percussion and general effect. Last year’s Open Class champions, the Vanguard Cadets (2nd, 81.650) were unable to pull ahead for a repeat.
Genesis, who finished fourth in the World Championship Prelims competition on Monday, surged into third place Tuesday with a score of 77.900. The corps’ 2014 programme, 'The Art of Darkness', was not the original production chosen and developed for this summer. Even after scrapping the previous show concept at the beginning of June, the corps members’ dedication and strong work ethic brought them success.
The Spartans repeated their same placement from 2013 with a fourth-place finish and a score of 77.025. The New Hampshire corps won the caption award for best color guard. 7th Regiment landed a fifth-place finish with a score of 75.600. Gold took home sixth place, earning a score of 74.125 with its performance of 'The Journey'.
Following Gold, Legends finished their season in seventh place with a score of 73.700. Music City found themselves in 8th place, scoring a 72.975. The Raiders followed the Nashville corps in ninth place with a score of 69.100. Colts Cadets finished in 10th place with an even score of 66.000. In their very first competitive season, Coastal Surge placed 11th with a score of 65.025.
Les Stentors took home 12th place with score of 61.275. The corps from Quebec finished out the season with a strong performance, happy to make the Finals competition for the second season in a row. Patria, the Blue Saints and the Racine Scouts, who were honored with the award for most improved Open Class corps of 2014, performed at the start of Tuesday’s event in exhibition.
Scores and recaps can be found at www.dci.org/scores.
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