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so true Donny, so true....you guys were the GREATEST! Connie

back when I was around...it HAD to be Rochester Phoenix....they were the coolest corps ever... Connie

It's fun reading all the talk on the forum and I am one from the fab 70's. We were pretty young but I must say that in the middle 70's and if you were from upstate NY, you knew who Donny Allen was. Him and all the boys from PHOENIX were like Gods to us who came from humble beginnings. I can remember when the summer season started in 1975, our rifle line wasn't even written into the show and we had to march in the far corner of the field during a few competitions. We never ever won a show, never even came close, but I must say that those summers we had great times! How many city kids do you know ended up going to Philly, Chicago, Denver and all over the Northeast on a dime? We were lucky and made a number of great friends from all over. I would have loved to have been competitive, (actually was when marching with Gauchos) but I surely wouldn't trade it for anything at all.

I can add a few from the great state of New York... anyone remember the Syracuse Marauders or the Magnificent Yankees out of Utica? The two corps then merged to make the Yankee Marauders. We were not the greatest, but it was a great way to keep us kids off the streets and do something constructive with our lives!