Fran Haring Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 From "Back in the Day": Nisei Ambassadors Bridgeport PAL Norwood Park Imperials Racine Scouts St. Rita's Brassmen and, more recently, Dutch Boy Seattle Imperials Great list. The Brassmen.... man, talk about a corps that was ahead of its time. Those Dreitzer charts they played... I remember them best from 1971 through 1973... were absolutely stellar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironlips Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Saw them/competed against them several times in the early to mid-1970s. They never had a big horn line... but player-for-player, it was one of the best lines I've ever heard in drum corps. From what I recall, Ken Turner was involved with their horn line... perhaps as caption head? They played some pretty high-rent stuff for a local-circuit corps... including "Capriccio Espagnol" and Moret's "Fanfare-Rondeau" (the theme from "Masterpiece Theatre"), among other charts... and they had a great sound. Their sop soloist was Glenn Fischthal who wound up as principal trumpet in the San Francisco Symphony. He positively nailed me to the wall one evening playing the Brandenburg solo. I had to find out who he was. "Oh yeah", he says, "drum corps. The rest of the orchestra thinks I play too loud, but Michael Tilson Thomas loves it." Edited March 23, 2015 by ironlips 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 ... But, they did win the VFW Nationals once. ... Hmmm ... don't remember that one ... maybe you're thinking of the Pembroke Imperials ... You are correct. (Don't tell Ann Marie Gardner that.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphaba01 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 "From Back in the Day Part Deux": St Joseph's of Batavia St Raphael's Buccaneers Blue Rock St Mary's Cardinals Skokie Vanguard Conn Royal Lancers Selden Cadets Loretto Knights Chicago Spartans St Paul Scouts More Recently: Argonne Rebels Glassmen Miss them, and many many others....... Elphaba WWW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsksun4 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Three from Brooklyn, NY I always liked: Floyd Bennet Golden Eagles St. Roccos Cadets OLPH Ridgemen Lots of talent from those corps went on to the senior circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasgroh Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 The Hawks (Richmond CA) Cathay Commodore Perry Scouts The Senoritas ...these were mid-early sixties California powers. Hawks in particular knocked young me OUT...even when in the same show as the nation's best ('63 Cavies) they held their own. Cathay was big and powerful and very ethnic (go figger)...the Senoritas usually had us boy-corps tied up in knots from *both* ends of the spectrum, just smiling sweetly and kicking our butz...Commodore Perry was a SoCal group that won the state AL show in '62 and were strong for the next couple of years but stopped field operations after, I think, '65. Believe it or not, they are still in existence! They made the unbelievable decision to pursue Scouting (the Boy variety) and to this day have a parade corps and a thriving Troop (as an olde Eagle Scout who got swept up in the VK/Kingsmen/Anaheim Scout thing back then, I can't help thinking they made the correct choice for their constituency...who can argue?)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martha Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 My husband's cousin was a member of the Commodore Perry Scouts during the early 60's. His family used to refer to them as the Koyasan because they were a Boy Scout troop affiliated with the Koyasan Buddhist Temple. My favorite non top 12 corps is of course Impulse especially 2006. Charlie Groh was the executive director and took a corps with only 22 horns and 56 total members and won the Division III title that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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