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Blue Diamond Brigade

The Blue Diamond Brigade (or BDB) is the Norco High School marching band in Norco, California USA. The band is currently under the direction of Dr. Richard Mora. The Blue Diamond Brigade participates in several marching band field tournaments around southern California annually. The band also performs at football games where they often perform the Star Spangled Banner and perform their field show at half time.

Uniform

The Blue Diamond Brigade wears white bibbers with a navy blue jacket, white marching shoes, white gloves with navy blue gauntlets that match their jackets, and a white shako and a plume.

Practice

The Blue Diamond Brigade starts out with an optional summer band where they rehearse every Thursday for the month of June and parts of July. This is when the band rehearses their field show music indoors. They rehearse as a group and then break into sectionals where section leaders and other experienced members can work together to improve their sections. They band meets again later to rehearse their pieces to see their improvements. From July to August, the band goes through Band Camp which is important for members to attend. It runs for 2-3 weeks Monday-Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM with a 1 hour lunch break in between. The beginning half is marching practice, and after lunch break, the band breaks into sectionals and then joins for a final musical rehearsal. During the school year, the band rehearses Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM for full marching and playing rehearsing on the football field of their field show.

Instruments

The Blue Diamond Brigade has a common variety of instruments which include a brass, woodwind, and percussion section. The brass consists of trumpets, baritones, mellophones, and sousaphones. The woodwinds consist of alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, bass and traditional clarinet, and flutes. Percussion includes a bass, tenor and snare line with an additional pit that has a variety of additional percussion instruments such as mallet percussion and a concert bass and gong, etc.