KeithHall Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 So there wasn't a corps out of Bradford then? Hey, how about 84th Bucktail Regiment? Erie,...........they were started as a junior corps project right after a bunch of Thunderbirds went to DCI in Ithica,.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Matczak Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So there wasn't a corps out of Bradford then? Hey, how about 84th Bucktail Regiment? not sure about Bradford,...........the 84th was out of Emporium, PA in the middle of the Allegheny National Forest,..............they were named after the 84th Regiment, a civil war sharpshooter detachment out of Cameron County that wore bucktails pinned to their hats,......they were nicknamed..........84th Bucktail Regiment. All the corps on my list were from the City of Erie,...........if I added corps from the surrounding areas, the list might double..........? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim White Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Drum Corps City USA Cadets of Greece Alpine Girls Mighty Liberators Firebirds Patriots Northmen Fusion Crusaders Empire Statesmen I know I missed more Some of us old guys remember the Rochester Grey Knights being a pretty good corps....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ellis Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Drum Corps City USA Cadets of Greece Alpine Girls Mighty Liberators Firebirds Patriots Northmen Fusion Crusaders Empire Statesmen I know I missed more Rochester Phoenix - short lived (1975 and 1976) but something to see (and to compete against). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindap Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 We went to Rochester, NY for winter guard shows early 1970's. Some of the guards were affilated with drum corps and some weren't :) Rochester Aquinas http://aqalumnicg.net/Aquinas_Alumni_Color_Guard.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornsUp Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Racine is by Presidential decree; The Drum Corps Capitol of the World. This decree dates from the late 60s. At the time, the active corps in Racine were: Boys of 76 Kilties Kiltie Kadets Racine Explorer Scouts Racine Junior Scouts Racine Junior Junior Scouts Ambassadears Ambassadear Fawns and the multi VFW Nat'l champion Elks Band and 10 miles South in Kenosha were the Kingsmen seniors, the Queensmen, Queensmen Squires, Shoreliners, and Shoreliner Cadets. Rochester had a bunch of corps, but was a much larger metro area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornsUp Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 On a per capita basis, some small towns had a huge percentage of their kids marching in the local corps. Most notable is Osage IA, pop. 3500. The Precisionnaires placed 14th at DCI in 1975. In the 60s, Michigan's Upper Peninsula had a whole circuit of tinytown corps. It included: Munising [pop. 2500] Silver Echoes L'Anse [pop. 2100] Golden Eagles Ontanagon [pop. 1800] Mountaineers The Mountaineers also had an active alumni corps (clad in Hawaiian shirts!) early in this century. And Bessemer MI [pop. 1900] has been the home of Marty's Goldenaires, a sizable all-male parade/exhibition unit, since 1950. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Was that Johnson who decreed Racine? He was a drinker wasn't he? LOL Just kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 This decree dates from the late 60s. At the time, the active corps in Racine were: Boys of 76 Kilties Kiltie Kadets Racine Explorer Scouts Racine Junior Scouts Racine Junior Junior Scouts Ambassadears Ambassadear Fawns and the multi VFW Nat'l champion Elks Band and 10 miles South in Kenosha were the Kingsmen seniors, the Queensmen, Queensmen Squires, Shoreliners, and Shoreliner Cadets. Rochester had a bunch of corps, but was a much larger metro area. Ken...I thought it was in the late 50's, maybe early 60's; when "Ike" was prez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 On a per capita basis, some small towns had a huge percentage of their kids marching in the local corps. Most notable is Osage IA, pop. 3500. The Precisionnaires placed 14th at DCI in 1975. In the 60s, Michigan's Upper Peninsula had a whole circuit of tinytown corps. It included: Munising [pop. 2500] Silver Echoes L'Anse [pop. 2100] Golden Eagles Ontanagon [pop. 1800] Mountaineers The Mountaineers also had an active alumni corps (clad in Hawaiian shirts!) early in this century. And Bessemer MI [pop. 1900] has been the home of Marty's Goldenaires, a sizable all-male parade/exhibition unit, since 1950. There was a "pasty-load" of "Yooper" corps. Munising, Marquette, Menominee, Iron Mountain, Ishpeming, Crystal Falls, L'Anse, Ontanagon, Iron River; plus several more.........several even had feeder corps. There was even separate U.P. Legion Championships in early June of every season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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