Donny Drum Corps Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 NYC had a corps from almost every Catholic parish in the 50's and especially the 60's...imagine how many corps that was. Rochester NY alone had 11-12 junior corps that I can think of right away.... and at least 3-4 seniors on any given year. The state championships used to have prelims to narrow it down to 10 corps for finals in NYS. and that didnt count the senior corps. Donny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 NYC had a corps from almost every Catholic parish in the 50's and especially the 60's...imagine how many corps that was. Rochester NY alone had 11-12 junior corps that I can think of right away.... and at least 3-4 seniors on any given year.The state championships used to have prelims to narrow it down to 10 corps for finals in NYS. and that didnt count the senior corps. Donny I recall a number of small parade corps attached to volunteer fire departments in upstate NY, as well...I was with one before I did Empire in 87...but I think we're talking about field corps here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I remember gworing up in the 60-70's and it seemed that every town in NEW JERSEY had a drum corps. They even had the Garden State Circut. In my head I can count 30 corps compiting at the same time from within 40 miles of each other. Someone once told me that in 2000 there were onl about 75 active corps while the State of New Jersey had 175 in the 70's alone, for whatever thats worth. Same memory here, Pete. NJ had a whole bunch of corps back in our day. My first season with the Manville Crusaders....1971... I think there were something like 23 junior corps in competition that year at the American Legion state championship in Wildwood. Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Drum Corps Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I recall a number of small parade corps attached to volunteer fire departments in upstate NY, as well...I was with one before I did Empire in 87...but I think we're talking about field corps here. I am talking about field corps Sam. It was the 60's though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouooga Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Within perhaps a 70 mile radius:NorCal (6): BD (A, B, C), SCV, SCVC, Renegades Sam, Sacramento is only an hour from San Francisco, so I'd say 7 with Mandarins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehull Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Malden,Massachusetts Princemen East Coast Jazz Black Barons Diplomats 1 more??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) Belleville IL and immediate 'burgs surrounding in late 50's - early 60's (total pop 50,000) had 13 -15 (2 -3 all girl), yes most were small, but rivalries were intense. Edited August 27, 2008 by IllianaLancerContra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcorpsagain Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Eastern Mass. (a pretty small piece of real estate) had their own circuit with GOBS of corps. I should get my friend from the Randolph Brigadiers to rattle them off. Some great names: The Socialites (Saugus).... Charisma (weren't they from Mass?).... etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwrice Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Well......... I'm sure nobody on this forum will believe it with the lack of drum corps in the Northwest lately but, in the early '70's the Seattle area had eight! 1-Black Watch-Auburn 2-Cascades-Seattle 3-Imperials-Seattle 4-Shamrocks-Seattle 5-Sentinels-Bellevue 6-Guardsmen-Bellevue 7-Thunderbirds-Seattle 8-Titans-Bremerton Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dckid80 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 EMASS and CYO circuits in Mass must have had 15-20 corps competing in 3 classes during the 70's. That did not include North Star, 27 and Boston who were competing nationally during most of that time period. Charisma was a merger of the Socialites(Saugus) and Jeanettes(Lynn). They only competed in '79. Biggest all-girl corps I ever saw but sloppy as heck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.