sarnia sam Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 one snare drummer went to 27th Lancers. Paul came to Sarnia first and marched in Buccaneers before going to Boston. Regards, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianDirector Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Yes Sam, and I believe he brought a tenor drummer with him Mike. Also several other members have gone on to corps at various levels not only as members but as instructional staff, including, St. John's, Dutch Boy, Ventures, 27th (as mentioned), Oakland Crusaders, Empire Statesmen, The Cadets, Suncoast Sound. Currently there are still a few other band programs (some community some through the Secondary School system) in Ontario, such as Seaforth & District All Girls Band, Collingwood Collegiate Institute, E. L. Crossley High School, Windsor Youth Band (I believe there are still 2 bands in Windsor), Philippine Heritage Band. However most of these bands due primarily parades and concerts and are busy if not all summer a good part of the competitive season for drum corps. Also there is very little support/communication between the bands and the corps. Another reason that perhpas Canada has been losing it's corpssbesides what was mentioned including management, lack of financial support, the extreme difficulty in registering for non profit status, lack of exposure for recruitment etc....but the fact that while most American corps are in all days, many students in Ontario are still in school. The high school in my community's last day of classes is June 26. So for all the factors listed, the change in the demographic of the province, change in activities available, lack of exposure to any marching activity, drum corps in Canada is on life support, and there are a few of us trying to save it but maybe too few to make a real change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck DCGroupie Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Paul came to Sarnia first and marched in Buccaneers before going to Boston.Regards, John How long was he in Sarnia before going to 27th Lancers? Apparently he is back in Burlington helping off and on with their band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck DCGroupie Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Another great drummer from Ontario is Joe Shuker. He marched Cavs around 2000. He too worked in Burlington is now with Dutch Boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedford Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Another great drummer from Ontario is Joe Shuker. He marched Cavs around 2000. He too worked in Burlington is now with Dutch Boys. There is an almost endless list of those that marched south of the border and returned, or stayed south, to instruct in percussion, brass and auxillary. One of the most "successful" is likely Jon Vanderkoff who had pretty modest, but deeply instilled, dc roots. He certainly took things to another level with his involvement with Blast etc etc ect...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 But the question still remains....what happened? Remember when there was DCI Canada and then DCI bailed out? Was DCI clairvoyant and saw the demise of Canadian drum corps OR was there a conspiracy to rid Canada of drum corps???? Hmmmm makes you wonder aye? How do you go from tons of corps to very little? Oh wait...look at NY state! How many competitive junior or DCI level corps are there? Nuff said! Upstate is represented well in DCA....so all those 70's and 80's DC people are still doing it huh? Brigs, CRU, Empire and White Sabres. Sadly though Sun and Sky are inactive. Canada had some really great drum corps and alot of those guys are where? Doing winter guards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedford Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 But the question still remains....what happened? Remember when there was DCI Canada and then DCI bailed out? Was DCI clairvoyant and saw the demise of Canadian drum corps OR was there a conspiracy to rid Canada of drum corps???? Hmmmm makes you wonder aye?How do you go from tons of corps to very little? Oh wait...look at NY state! How many competitive junior or DCI level corps are there? Nuff said! Upstate is represented well in DCA....so all those 70's and 80's DC people are still doing it huh? Brigs, CRU, Empire and White Sabres. Sadly though Sun and Sky are inactive. Canada had some really great drum corps and alot of those guys are where? Doing winter guards? Most are not doing DC that's for sure. Many of the folks I know still play, some with DCA or Alumni groups, bot most not. Myself I play in small groups with legit instruments and enjoy the occasional DC reunion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsOnTheField Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 ...legit instruments... ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripper Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Here is the census as of 2004 and just see how many are left both sides of the borderi was bored so i decided to see who's the oldest corps Div 3 1927 Racine Scouts Div3 (oldest) Div 2 1955 Spartans Div2 (9th Oldest) Div 1 1934 The Cadets Div1 (2nd Oldest) 1927 Racine Scouts Div3 1934 The Cadets Div1 1936 Americanos Div3 gone 1938 Madison Scouts Div1 1940 Boston Crusaders Div1 1948 Cavaliers Div1 1952 Blue Saints Div3 still operating 1953 St. John's Div3 still operating 1955 Spartans Div2 1957 Troopers Div1 1958 Blue Knights Div1 1958 Seattle Cascades Div1 1960 Marion Glory Cadets Div3 gone 1960 Targets Div3 1961 Glassmen Div1 1961 Pioneer Div1 1963 Bandettes Div3 still operating 1963 Colts Div1 1963 Mandarins Div1 1964 Blue Stars Div3 1965 Citations Div3 1967 Phantom Regiment Div1 1967 Santa Clara Vanguard Div1 1970 Blue Devils Div1 1971 Kiwanis Kavaliers Div1 gone 1972 Bluecoats Div1 1975 Crossmen Div1 1976 Spirit Div1 1980 Southwind Div1 gone 1982 Kingsmen Div3 1986 Allegiance Elite Div3 gone 1987 Les Stentors Div3 1989 East Coast Jazz Div2 gone 1989 Magic of Orlando Div1 gone 1990 Carolina Crown Div1 1990 Jersey Surf Div2 1990 Raiders Div3 1991 Spirit of Newark Div3 1992 Phoenix Div3 gone 1993 Pacific Crest Div1 1997 Yamato Div3 1998 Impulse Div2 1998 Scenic City Div3 gone 1999 Capital Regiment Div1 gone 1999 Revolution Div2 1999 Teal Sound Div3 2000 Cadets of New York City Div3 gone 2000 Esperanza Div2 gone 2000 San Diego Alliance Div3 gone 2001 Lehigh Valley Knights Div3 gone 2002 Court of Honor Div3 gone 2002 Dimensions Div3 gone 2002 Memphis Sound Div2 2002 Quebec Alliance Div3 gone USA 14 gone Canada 3 gone These were the active corps in 2004 and the loss since then is noted as well as the date the corps was founded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusankusho Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 These were the active corps in 2004 and the loss since then is noted as well as the date the corps was founded OK - missed the 2004 thing. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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