bass5 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 So, did they ever move to Racine? Should they be taken off the Racine list? Eau Claire is nowhere near Racine. No, the Sundowners NEVER moved to Racine. Their last year I believe was 1984. A lot of members joined the Rivermen (I think from St. Croix, Mn) along with a bunch of ex-St. Paul Scouts. They are presently trying to get a corps going again in the Eau Claire area called the Chippewa Valley Brigade (www.cvbrigade.com). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphaba01 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) "Corps Aplenty": Bridgeport Connecticut was home to quite a few drum corps in the late 1950's through the early 1970's. They included: St Anne's, Royal Lancers, Scarlet Knights, Buccaneers, Musketeers, Marionettes, PAL Cadets, Troopers, (Sr) Notre Dame All Girls, Colonades, Thunderbolts, Elphaba WWW Edited August 28, 2008 by elphaba01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry S Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 No, the Sundowners NEVER moved to Racine. Their last year I believe was 1984. A lot of members joined the Rivermen (I think from St. Croix, Mn) along with a bunch of ex-St. Paul Scouts. They are presently trying to get a corps going again in the Eau Claire area called the Chippewa Valley Brigade (www.cvbrigade.com). That is www.cvbrigade.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4181jay Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 other side of the atlantic i know but warrington, cheshire in the 80's was home to many corps. apologies if i miss any! Purple Phantoms Red Invaders New Wave Warrington Corps of Drums Green Lancers Marching Cavaliers Clansmen Imperial Skydivers Freshmen ( i think! may have come later) Then through mergers... Warrington Drum and Bugle Corps Valley Sound and last but not least..... Northern Alliance Now we have... Cheshire Cadets Pheonix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobB Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 One of my good drum corps friends was telling me at one time, there were 6 active corps from Racine WI. Well, 5 corps from Racine, and 1 from a suburb area. Anyone know what the record number of corps from a single town is? I agree that other larger cities had more corps at one time or another, but I think Racine must have the record for corps per capita. BigDale had the definitive all-time list (the "Beaver Queens??"). Here are the ones I recall actually seeing in the 60's: Kilties Kiltie Kadets Scouts Junior Scouts Junior-Junior Scouts (2nd tier feeder corps) AmbassaDears (all-girl, later morphed into "New Day") Feeder Corps for AmbassaDears (name...?) Boys of 76 (sr. corps) ...and, maybe 1/2 a bonus point for the Racine Elks Youth Band, one of the early "corps style" bands. And they had a cadet band, too. Extending to Kenosha, just down the road, there were the Queensmen jr. corps (I think they also had a feeder corps) plus the Kingsmen sr. corps. Racine would run a weeknight parade/show called "Drum Corps Day" each year in June which included all the above--bigger than most DCI shows now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 There would be no such thing as a "record", since many cities had dozens of corps at one time. The city of St. Paul, MN had more than 70 business-sponsored corps by itself in 1948. That didn't count any VFW, Legion or junior units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsta8 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Boston and NY/NJ always seemed chock full of corps, especially parish corps, but for most near the top, can't beat VFW Finals 1968 in Detroit:From Chicago or immediate suburbs Cavaliers Royal Airs Vanguard Norwood Park Imperials Nesei Ambassadors All of these corps were hdq within about 10 miles of each other. If, as someone suggested, you include Racine as a suburb, you can include the Champion Kilties as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amadorj Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) In the mid-60's the greater San Francisco region had a number of drum corps: - Cathy, San Francisco - Royalaires, San Leandro - Guardsmen, Redwood City (drummer played in Santana) - Sparks, Sunnyvale (pre-Santa Clara Vanguard) - Hawks, Richmond (pre-Princemen) - Reily Raiders, Sacramento - Capitalaires (All Girl), Sacramento - Joquin Caballeros, Stockton - Commadores, Stockton -Jesse '66-'72 SCV (and Sparks) Edited August 27, 2008 by amadorj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass5 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 That is www.cvbrigade.org Thanks! Please check this out if you're interested in helping a "hometown" corps get off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emc2 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Thanks! Please check this out if you're interested in helping a "hometown" corps get off the ground. There is a lot of good info on (historical drum corps publication). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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