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Forest Creson Belleville Black Knights I know many will say WHO? When Drum Corps was an East Coast activity with a little activity in Chicago(includes Wisconsin). Mr Creson was developing a powerhouse Jr. Drum Corps from small Southern Illinois (35,000) town. Not only was he a Director. He arranged the music and wrote the drill and taught both. The drums were taught by a high school senior which by the way had won the 1953 American Legion Individual Drum Championship in St. Louis,Mo. Forest was assisted by ONE other person on the business side and they each drove the corps buses. When touring was not in the Drum Corps vocabulary. Forest scheduled the Knights in two Philadelphia area contests on the way to Nationals (1955) included Eastern powerhouse juniors. By the way we did not win. Also for the record the 2 people running the Corps did not get paid.