August 24, 2018
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Blue Devils march to silver medals at DCI World Championships
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Alyssa Citero completed her 12th and final season with the Concord Blue devils as the featured woman in the red dress in their “dreams and nighthawks” program based on the iconic Edward Hopper painting “nighthawks.” The painting features three men and a woman in a new York City diner and the Blue devils musical and visual program was centered around the characters and setting. Citero was part of three world championship teams between the Blue devils and Blue devils B and her corps never finished lower than second place in seven dCi World Championship finals. She began her studies this week at Cal State Long Beach. JAY BEDECARRÉ Concord Pioneer
After figuratively chasing their rivals Santa Clara Vanguard across the country, the Concord Blue Devils came away from the DCI World Championships this month with silver medals in both the World and Open class drum corps finals. Senior executive advisor David Gibbs says the 18-time World Champion Blue Devils presented “one of our best productions ever” with “Dreams and Nighthawks” inspired by Edward Hopper’s iconic “Nighthawks” painting of a woman and three men in a New York City diner. Concord’s own Alyssa Citero had the lead character role of that woman in a red dress. Gibbs says that this year’s show “challenged ourselves with a big production with lots of elements, which is what the
Blue Devils are all about. The staff and kids performed at an extremely high level.” Gibbs began marching for the Blue Devils in 1974 so his perspective carries weight. This is the 12th consecutive year the local corps has finished first or second at the World Championships, a feat Gibbs says “even impresses me.” Citero, a 2015 Carondelet High graduate who followed in her mom’s footsteps in joining the Blue Devils color guard, capped her 12-year career this summer. “Having the role of the woman in the red dress was both extremely honorable and challenging. I feel that I have always worked to lead by example and when wearing a flashy red dress, there is no room for error. Luckily, all 43 other members were beautiful in the show. “It truly felt like as their captain I was able to watch their growth and make minor
adjustments when helping a few or addressing the guard as a whole. I knew that with energy, accuracy and performance from my color guard, holding a character position would be so much easier knowing they would do their job. The position that the staff put me in this summer has been a lifelong goal so the fact that I got to make my dream a reality with some of the most beautiful people in this world, is something I will cherish for the rest of my life.” Santa Clara’s “Babylon” show scored top marks throughout the year after the Blue Devils won two of the season’s first three competitions in June. “It was a strong year for the activity with high level performances,” Gibbs said. Blue Devils B Corps’ “The Other Side” was judged second best in the Open Class finals as
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