INSIDETHEFORTY Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) The first part of this post will be a simple listing of Jr. Drum and Bugle Corps that have died since 1972. This list is far from complete. Please respond with names of corps I have not listed. Syracuse Maruaders....my 1st corps Blue Rock....my age-out corps Avant Garde Hawthorne Muchachoes Sky Riders 27th Lancers Trumbull Lancers Belvediers Seattle Imperials Holy Family Defenders Edison Saints Finleyville Royal Crusaders Magic of Orlando Alliance Valley Fever Chessmen Arbella Magnificent Yankkes Auburn Purlple Lancers Mello-Dears Fulton Gauchos Utica Royaleers Geneva Appleknockers Poughkeepsie Pacers CMCC Warriors NY Knickerbockers ST. Rita's Brassmen Etobicoke Crusaders De La Salle Cadets Cadets Lasalle Les Metropolitaines Les Chatelaines De La Valle Rochester Patriots Syracuse 76ers Offensive Lions Les Eclipses Sounds of Central NY Suncoast Sound Southwind Floridians Bleu Raiders Percussionaut Patriots Argonne Rebels North Star Guardsmen Bellville Black Knights Oswego Black Knights Geneseo Knights The Commadores San Jose Raiders Memphis Blues Brass Band The Bridgmen....Alumi Corps is alive and well! Mighty St. Joes....Alumi Corps is alive and well! Sacramento Freelancers...Alumi Corps is alive and well! The Anahiem Kingsmen....Alumi Corps is alive and well! Star of Indiana....Alumi Corps is alive and well! Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights...Alumi Corps is alive and well! Please, keep the names alive! Yours in Drum Corps, Ron Gunn Edited January 13, 2010 by INSIDETHEFORTY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Murray Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Question in the thread title has little to do with the actual thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrinkinOuttaCups Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Question in the thread title has little to do with the actual thread? Shhh, it's okay. It's just band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) Carolina Crown Blue Knights The Academy Mandarins Pacific Crest Jersey Surf Teal Sound Citations Revolution Raiders Oregon Crusaders New Velvet Knights Legends 7th Regiment Music City Spirit of Newark/NJ Blue Saints Forte Oh, sorry... I thought you wanted a list of corps that are active now that didn't exist in 1972. My bad. Corps die, corps are resurrected, new corps begin. It's the circle of life. I'm tired of this argument. (EDIT) And that's leaving out a bunch of corps that didn't go to finals... Impulse, Incognito, etc. Edited January 10, 2010 by Patriot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Murray Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Shhh, it's okay. It's just band. You're evil... But I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INSIDETHEFORTY Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Question in the thread title has little to do with the actual thread? Please, read the first line of the post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INSIDETHEFORTY Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Carolina CrownBlue Knights The Academy Mandarins Pacific Crest Jersey Surf Teal Sound Citations Revolution Raiders Oregon Crusaders New Velvet Knights Legends 7th Regiment Music City Spirit of Newark/NJ Blue Saints Forte Oh, sorry... I thought you wanted a list of corps that are active now that didn't exist in 1972. My bad. Corps die, corps are resurrected, new corps begin. It's the circle of life. I'm tired of this argument. Should I add the name of the Velvet Knights to my list? They died, but they have been resurrected! They are alive now, so they do not go on the list, right? Ron Gunn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Murray Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Please, read the first line of the post? I know, but in the thread description you asked what could have been done to save them. You didn't address that part in your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INSIDETHEFORTY Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 I know, but in the thread description you asked what could have been done to save them. You didn't address that part in your post. Are we just a little impatient tonight? I am working on Part 1 of the post at this time. Part 2 comes later. You may skip this part if you like and join us later when I start Part 2. Or, you may contribute to Part 1 by forwarding a list of corps as I requested. Thank you very much for your patient indulgence. Ron Gunn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hup234 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I know, but in the thread description you asked what could have been done to save them. You didn't address that part in your post. This activity, unlike most other enterprises, never learned from its failures (or from its successes, either.) D&BC was immensely successful and popular in the late 1960s, but the seeds of elitism were being sown by a few then-influential and outspoken (read:self-appointed) leaders in the more prominent corps. Whether it was all about instructors/salesmen hawking expensive equipment --- tymps, marimbas, bells, xylophones, and goofy fads like flapjacks, double-bubbles, spinning drums, one-head percussion, oddball bugles and other short-lived junk that few smaller corps even wanted or could afford but were pressured to buy "to stay competitive", or whether it was just an effort to grandstand ("look what WE have!"), nobody from the 'great silent majority' tried to stop it. The slow death intensified when the Midwest Combine was formed in the early '70s, with its closed-off invitational-only policies, elitism became the accepted norm, and again nobody spoke out from the still-strong mainstream. The failures intensified when the 'artistes' infiltrated the activity about that same time. And those in the beginning-to-dwindle activity kept silent. And now with total membership and participation at its all-time low, those still left continue on the same course, still awaiting further developments. When I look back over the decades on all this, I can't help thinking about the parable of the boiling frog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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