Bleu Raeders Drum and Bugle Corps

The Bleu Raeders also known as Regiment Militaire in 1974, were a drum corps based out of New Orleans from 1971-1981.

The Raeders made their DCI Finals debut in their first year of competition (1972). Their performance in the Finals was only the 18th in their history; this remains the quickest ascent ever to a DCI Finals position. They were also the first Southern corps to reach Finals.

In 1974, the organization merged with Stardusters splitting with that group and re-establishing the Raeders name in 1975 only to merge with the Stardusters again in 1981 to become the Louisiana Southernairs. (This name was taken from a New Orleans corps from the 1950s).

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Gold background indicates DCI Championship; pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist; pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.

Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	Placement
1972		Camptown Races by Stephen Foster / Proud Mary by John Fogerty / Walk Him Up the Stairs (from Purlie) by Gary Geld and Peter Udell / Aura Lee by George R. Poulton and W.W. Fosdick / French National Defile by Robert Planquette and Paul Cezano	73.95	12th
1973		Camptown Races by Stephen Foster / Walk Him Up the Stairs (from Purlie) by Gary Geld and Peter Udell / La Marseillaise by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle / Theme from Can-Can by Cole Porter / When the Saints Go Marching In (Traditional) adapted by Luther G. Presley	68.70	21st
1974	Marched as Regiment Militaire 1974 only	Marche Militaire Francaise by Camille Saint-Saens / Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor by Chuck Mangione Make Me Smile by James Pankow / Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb / The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch	75.75	17th
1975		Turkey Lurkey Time (from Promises, Promises) by Burt Bacharach and Hal David / Promises, Promises by Burt Bacharach and Hal David / Pentatonic Clock by Dick Schory / Where You Lead by Carole King and Toni Stern / Sweet Inspiration by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham / Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb / The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch	62.750	35th
1976		La Marseillaise by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle / French National Defile by Robert Planquette and Paul Cezano / In The City by Feliciano Tavaresand Lola Falana-Tavares / Walk Him Up the Stairs (from Purlie) by Gary Geld and Peter Udell / Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb / Alley Cat by Bent Fabric {aka Frank Björn) / Theme from Can-Can by Cole Porter / Camptown Races by Stephen Foster	60.750	41st
1977		Corps inactive		Did not attend
1978		South Rampart Street Parade by Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart / Bleu Raeders Cadence (Corps' original) / The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch / Proud Mary by John Fogerty / French National Defile by Robert Planquette and Paul Cezano	28.450	16th Class A
1979		Birdland by Joe Zawinul / Children of Sanchez by Chuck Mangione / All That Jazz by John Kander and Fred Ebb / South Rampart Street Parade by Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart / When the Saints Go Marching In (Traditional) adapted by Luther G. Presley / Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? by Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter	40.450	12th Class A
1980		Let's Hear It For Me (from Funny Lady) by John Kander and Fred Ebb / Comedians' Galop by Dmitry Kabalevsky / Tomorrow by Charles Strouse / Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen / All That Jazz by John Kander and Fred Ebb / When the Saints Go Marching In (Traditional) adapted by Luther G. Presley / Old Man River (from Show Boat) by Jerome Kern / Dixie by Daniel Decatur Emmett	38.100	13th Class A

External links

Drum Corps International

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