I just stumbled upon this old topic. VERY interesting info about many DC personalities who served in the Bolling Corps, the USAFA Corps, or both. I was Non Commissioned Officer in Charge and Musical Supervisor of the Lowry AFB "Golden Eagles" corps, 1969-1973. We performed pretty well as much as you did at Lackland, with invites to off base jobs including field shows for the 1971 and 1972 Drums Along the Rockies shows in Colorado and Wyoming. TSgt Keith Markey and MSgt Greg Lykens provided some charts for us as well as Dick Burns (Blessed Sacrament) and Fred Cartwright (Conn Hurricanes and Stratford Yankees). Our membership was guys going through USAF Technical Schools at the base and they rotated out when they completed training. This led to a constant turnover and recruitment of replacements arriving from basic training. We had quite a few drum corps vets (Fortunatly) from units that included the Conn Hurricanes, Casper Troopers, Madison Scouts, Racine Kilties, Skokie Vanguards, Rochester Crusaders, Santa Clara Vanguard, Chicago Cavaliers, and St Josephs of Batavia to name a few. I managed to squeeze enough money out of the base for a set of Olds Ultratone horns and Ludwig marching drums. The base and the corps are long gone, with the installation closed years ago and their mission transfered to other training bases. I rotated back to my USAF job late in 1973, and retired from the USAF in 1989.
I was lucky enough to be part of the golden eagles in 1971 (drum line). I had some incredible moments I’ll never forget while performing in places like central city, Wyoming, and countless stadiums during frontier days. Went to tech school at Lowry AFB and then stationed back home in Hickam AFB, Hawaii
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I was lucky enough to be part of the golden eagles in 1971 (drum line). I had some incredible moments I’ll never forget while performing in places like central city, Wyoming, and countless stadiums during frontier days. Went to tech school at Lowry AFB and then stationed back home in Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Aloha to all the friends and airmen of Lowry AFB
Me Ke Aloha Pumehana
Al