ironlips Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Lest anyone think we have gone Off Topic here... the following clip shows an All-Girl Drum Corps in the Macy's Parade (at 0:46): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVpE5g7_1As So, who is it, and can you guess the year, + or - five? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsksun4 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Lest anyone think we have gone Off Topic here... the following clip shows an All-Girl Drum Corps in the Macy's Parade (at 0:46): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVpE5g7_1As So, who is it, and can you guess the year, + or - five? No idea who the gals are, but I would guess mid to late 50's parade. Interesting thing when I view old photos and how way back all the men wore hats. You can see that in the beginning footage. Also, some of those balloons in the early footage would never make the street these days for fear of a law suit, scaring the children to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Priester Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Lest anyone think we have gone Off Topic here... the following clip shows an All-Girl Drum Corps in the Macy's Parade (at 0:46): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVpE5g7_1As So, who is it, and can you guess the year, + or - five? According to some photos on FB - Drum Corps of the VFW and American Legion, it is the Monroe, Ga. HS All-Girls drum and bugle corps in 1959. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironlips Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Wow, Ray. Evans also sold those uniforms to a Mid-West corps, but I don't know whether they ever did the Broadway walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Dang, if it wasn't for ironlips link I never would have known Barney the dinosaur got impaled in 1997. Almost as enjoyable as the girls corps pic..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsksun4 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 These young women were not fooling around either, holding those horns with one hand and playing. Not all that easy for some. Let's see, who was famous for that. Do I hear Hawthorne, early 60's and those Rumps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 These young women were not fooling around either, holding those horns with one hand and playing. Not all that easy for some. Let's see, who was famous for that. Do I hear Hawthorne, early 60's and those Rumps? Vitually every corps did the one hand hold and arm swing in some part of their show up through the early 60's ... another feather in the cap for early players to hold a tune and carry their military bearing ... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Sun Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 In all your searching does anyone know what year was the first to have a drum corps in the Macy's Parade ,and who was it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfallon Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Vitually every corps did the one hand hold and arm swing in some part of their show up through the early 60's ... another feather in the cap for early players to hold a tune and carry their military bearing ... :-) Not only could I NOT play and swing my arm, I couldn't even hold a feather in my cap. Gene Bennett said I was the single worst marcher he ever tried to work with, God bless him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Not only could I NOT play and swing my arm, I couldn't even hold a feather in my cap. Gene Bennett said I was the single worst marcher he ever tried to work with, God bless him. A reason why you, and later Tony, ended up on the DM podium for Sun??? Edited December 5, 2014 by Fran Haring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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