Created in 1970 out of a drum and bell corps, Blue Devils hold the record for the most Drum Corps International World Championship titles, winning more than a dozen times since 1976. Since then, the corps has placed out of the top three only five times, and even then never finished out of the top five. The Blue Devils organization sponsors three drum corps, winter guards, a world-class twirling program, a music school and a wind symphony, serving more than 500 youth each year.