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Don't know if you are referring to the Koyasan Church sponsored Commodore Perry Scouts, but they did win the California State American Legion Title in 1962 & I believe in 1963. Also placed 5th in the 1962 American Legion Nationals held in Las Vegas. BTW, they were instructed by a gentleman by the name of John Baumfalk, who also happened to be the Founder and first Drum Major of the Holy Name Cadets. I spoke to several members a few years back just after their 75th anniversary about their championship years and they're experience with John. At that time they still had an active Parade Corp. John also taught the Monterrey Park Girls Corp.

Thanks for sharing that.........we heard that there was a problem at the Preliminaries, but never got the full explanation. I also recall seeing the Royal-Airs in full dress uni's sitting in the stands at Finals. Sie was truly one of a kind......in the fall of '67 my college band performed at a Chicago Bears half-time and later that evening while we were at Hefner's Playboy Club(Hugh's parents graduated from my College) we called Sie's house. He immediately invited us to a Halloween Party held out by the airport with the Skokie Vanguard and sent his daughter to pick us up in a Camaro(?) Full memories of that evening are verrry limited as the party was waaaay better than even the Playboy Club! Yep, Sie was one for the ages.............BTW we also shared Truman Crawford's talents that year, pretty amazing times and people.

Gentlemen, All of the above comments are appreciated and understood by the Holy Name Cadets Alumni of ALL ages, however, you need to realize that we do have a 75 year long membership roster to choose from. That makes these selections a little more..................arduous? that and the fact that these inductions have not been ongoing for that long, nor consistently.

Hmmm............Commodore Perry Scouts, SoCal. Remember they competed in 1962 American Legion Nationals in Las Vegas and were taught by the Founder of the Holy Name Cadets, John Baumfalk.

Where to start? There were as many iterations of an off-the-line drill as there were drumcorps in those days, roughly some 3000 given the timeframe. Visually the best reference I can give you is a DVD of the 1967 CYO Nationals and 1967 American Legion Nationals made in 2006 by CPM Systems. Unfortunately I can't remember where I bought it, perhaps others here can chime in with that info. That series of DVD's will give you more ideas & info then you will ever need. Drills from the Master of that era. Jimmy Costello, Vinny Ratford, Carmen Cluna, Jack Roberts, Frank Kubinak. BTW the Off-the-Line drill was perhaps the most difficult drill to pull off given the requirement of the starting line position and "turning" the horn and drum lines without suppressing the overall sound quality, something very few corps did well back then. I believe the midwestern corps had a better handle on this than we eastern folk and Mike is correct that the most impressive and difficult OTL drill is the Troopers 50yd. company front, IF IT"S DONE PERFECTLY.

Has to be Audubon.........you see there was this 1st Bari player in the late '60's and at one Wildwood show........awe never mind, I'm too old to remember anyway.

VASELLA MUSKETEERS, 1964-65. Their hornline was top 6 material and their concerts those years were an absolute joy to listen to. Great GE music.

Comments? What y'all think? Cadets DM Hmmmmm...........Add two more lines of piping on the Breast, lose the epaulets, lengthen the Sash(and learn how to use it) and you just may have something there! Also, when off the field, be sure to wear your smocks. Seriously, I could NOT understand how the Corp. followed all those commands from the Color Guard Capitan's the past ten years or so. ;) Yes, and I'm aware of the two Jr. DM's that wore the Maroon Uni's before, anybody remember who they were and what year's they wore them? (hint: think '60's).