Northern Thunder

And a partridge in a pear tree.

The weirdest "thing" about "The Thing", is that they used the uniforms from each corps. The green Irish look from St. Patrick's, and the purple uniforms from the Thunderbolts made for quite a strange sight in 1973.

Nice photo!

And we can't forget that Jim Wedge got his start as a member of their hornline.

I guess all other corps wish they could musically fail so epically.

They will indeed be streamed again tonight.

Guardians 71.2 Louisiana Stars 68.438 River City Rhythm 68.425 Southwind 66.438 Jubal 66.185

There was also the failed experiment to call the corps from Seattle's Kennedy High School the Mouchoirs, which means tissue or handkerchief in French. Nobody knew how to pronounce the name, or what a Mouchoir was, so eventually the corps became the Continentals, and they lasted through 1979.

In this case, Oblong is the name of a city in Illinois. There was a published photo of one of the corps' booster buttons in a 1950s drum corps magazine.

Tillamook Cheesemen (Tillamook, OR) Oblong Little Egyptians (Wood River, IL) Golden Kazoos Sr. (Kalamazoo, MI)

I agree with kkrepps, but then again I also agree with kkrepps!

The Bon Bons were magnificent at the 1957 American Legion National Championship in Atlantic City. They won top percussion, by almost a full point over the second best West Reading Cadets. They took top general effect, and took a close second in brass.

http://www.mankatofreepress.com/mankatomagazine/features/leader-of-the-band-sorry-the-corps/article_0067ef04-6b5e-11e8-a0db-1703ee976eb5.html

This story is several days old, but I don't believe anything has been posted on DCP about it: https://www.redbankgreen.com/2018/06/red-bank-firefighter-funeral/

Are you looking for any programs in particular?

This is sad news. Thanks for sharing. I've written about Skip in my DCW column, and always liked Lighthouse. (If you had a nickel for every corps that played "One Fine Morning" in the early 70s....)

I think we can say that the three corps in the Santa Clara 50th anniversary season are FANTASTIC!!!

In April, 1976, Madison hosted a tournament where: the Scouts beat Royal Crusaders 5-2 27th Lancers beat Cavaliers 10-1 Cavaliers won consolation over Royal Crusaders 5-2 27th Lancers won championship over Madison 8-6

I know Royal Crusaders had a team, and I think 27th Lancers did also.

At least video of 77 Boston has been posted on YT within the past couple weeks. It's not from Boulder, but it's better than nothing.

When you have "Jurassic" as part of your name......

It would be GREAT to have videos of virtually the top 21 from '77!! (I should say non-finalist corps.) I had to include the 21st place Royal Crusaders, just to be able to see Patty Beggy dance during the Chorus Line feature. The crowd went nuts! Anaheim, Oakland, Guardsmen, Boston, North Star all had that Boulder crowd going wild!

I was there in Boulder to see that great Oakland Crusaders percussion performance. One of the great accomplishments in DCI history!

Remember the General Mills tv campaign that had the greatest slogan in history....... YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY BUGLES!!!

I was always amazed at how brass judge Bill Doyle seemed to be a GREAT fan of Suncoast Sound. In that '89 championship, it was him that awarded Suncoast 3rd place, while at finals Mike Rubino gave them 9th. In '86 Doyle had them 1st at finals, while Dallas Niermeyer had them 3rd at prelims. In '84, Doyle gave Suncoast 1st at prelims, while Bernard Baggs had them 6th at finals.