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How about the 78 Crossmen's Something

one more photo from that day

1977 Hava De Grace MD July 4 Parade and Contest, early photos of the two month old merger of the Pa Belvederes-Highlanders=Black Diamond Regiment tired and old in pa

After 37 years the Belvedere Alumni started playing Midnight Cowboy in local parades for the past two years. Tired and old in Pa

In 1970's the first show of the Jr season for me was Lancaster Pa on Saturday night, then on Sunday driving to Kingston NY for the Pow Wow Preview. Lancaster was the first show of the season for the metro-Philly corps .Corps that competed at that show were Blue Rock , Garfield, Chessmen, Bracken, 507, Keystone Reg., Sacred Heart, Belvederes, Crossmen,Bon Bons,Black Watch ,PALCadets and other corps I lost track of. At the Preview show in Kingston if your corps won that show they were invited back to compete against the big boys in July. It was a great way to start the season. Anybody else remember the start of the Memorial Day weekend shows. tired and old in Pa Belvederes 74-76 Black Diamond Regiment 77-79 Pioneer Scouts 81-82

1975 Belvederes1974 Belvederes1974 Belvederes tired and old in Pa

74 Kingsmen 75 Kilties 76 Bridgemen 78 Phanton Regiment tired and old in Pa

In the spring of 1977 the Belvederes from Pa had lost 1/4 of our membership due to age-outs from 1976 season. Then in May to gain members we had merged with a corps with members not as experienced as our selves. So we doubled in membership, but we put together a show that was a disaster. Putting a show together in less than two months verses six months was a disaster. 1978 most of the members gained from the merger had not returned for the 1978 season. The members that stayed were the ones that wanted to perform, with the attitude quality not quantity. In my perspective Jr. corps by 1977 were trying to do the merger thing as a way to increase membership. Seeing corps like Seneca Optimists and the Oakland Crusaders, and the Crossmen,Drum Corp managements were thinking if those corps were successful, we could do this merger thing too. Corps for the most part were starting to lose membership from large influx of the early babyboom age outs of mid 70's. Tired and Old in PA

I forgot 72 St. Rita's Brassmen

72-74 Blue Rock 74 Polish Falcons Cadets 75 Precisionnaires 79 Offensive Lions 80 Seattle Imperials 81 Holy Family Defenders 82 Memphis Blues Brass Band 84 Les Eclipses 87 Florida Wave Some great corps that never made it to DCI Finals. Tired and Old in Pa

Fall Parades for the Belvedere Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps- Schuykill Haven PA Haven Days Schuykill Haven 9/27 2pm. Oct 19 New Philadelphia 2pm Oct 23 Schuykill Haven 7pm Nov 22 Lebanon Pa am Nov 29 Myerstown Pa 4pm Also if anybody gets a chance go to Ligioner Pa on Oct. 11 for Ligioner Days, what a town for a parade. The crowds are 3 too 4 deep, if you like the small town charm this town has it. This year the town is celabrating it's 250th. I have been going to Ligioner for the past 6 years to help at the town's historic fort. Tired and Old in Pa

We had a Great reunion, great weather and great seeing old friends. tired and old in Pa

Thanks, the tymps that the Alumni are useing are the same ones from the 1973 picture. The tymps were stored in a barn for 25 years. They were repainted,and repaired with new heads and some used hardware this past winter. The guys playing them are in there late 40's early 50's. Tired and Old in Pa

Thank you and hope to see you in the near future as well Tired and Old in Pa

Here are three photos 1973 1974 05/26/2008 Alumni