{"id":35398,"date":"2025-01-03T13:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/?post_type=hall-of-fame&#038;p=35398"},"modified":"2025-01-03T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:09:15","slug":"jerry-seawright-dci-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"hall-of-fame","link":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/hall-of-fame\/jerry-seawright-dci-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seawright"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35398\" class=\"elementor elementor-35398\" data-elementor-post-type=\"hall-of-fame\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c9f78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9c9f78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ec6e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0ec6e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jerry Seawright, founder and form director of the Blue Devils of Concord, California, was honored for the creative management skills he provided for the Blue Devils that became models for management throughout the drum corps activity.<\/p><p>In the fall of 1970, Seawright founded the Blue Devils as a new part of the Blue Devils youth organization. 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