The Victor Marching Blue Devils
The Victor Marching Blue Devils' is an extra-curricular marching band program that has been a long and upstanding tradition in the Victor Central School District. The group celebrated its 25th season of involvement in the New York State Field Band Conference in 2006.
The group's history includes winning 6 NYSFBC State Championships (including the 2006 and 2007 NYSFBC Small School Division 1 State Championships) and the 2006 USSBA Yamaha Cup Group 4 Open Championship. In 2008, they moved up to the National Class in the NYSFBC, taking second place at the State Championships at the Carrier Dome in 2009. 2009 also saw the Marching Blue Devils place fifth on a national level that same year at the USSBA National Championships in Group 5.
In 2010, the Marching Blue Devils placed first in the National Class at the NYSFBC Championships with a 97.05 following an undefeated season in New York State. The group also returned to the USSBA National Championships in 2010 and placed 4th in Group 5. In 2011 at the USSBA National Championships in Maryland the colorguard won 1st in their caption of best colorguard naming them the best colorguard in the nation for the 2011 season. With their 2012 show, "SPIN" they brought home 3rd place in the National Class at the NYSFBC Championships. | url=http://www.nysfbc.org/index.cfm/fa/EAS.View/Season/2010/sortType/byFinalScore.cfm | title=2010 NYSFBC Scores | publisher=New York State Field Band Conference}}
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