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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Pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist

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		Parade Corps		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