DAvery Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 ...yeah, but they weren't *small* by any means, Don! By your definition Kingsmen in '74 was small (45 horns, 24 guard and about 20 in the battery)...! I LOVED '73 Commodores, BTW.cg How many horns did they have? I was at a show that year and I thought I counted 28 horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bari Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 1979 - 1982ish Seattle Imperials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander71 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Bleu Raiders from Louisiana? Smokin' drum line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasgroh Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 How many horns did they have? I was at a show that year and I thought I counted 28 horns. ...I've got the connect to get that number exactly, but for now all I remember is, early in the season they came down to SoCal for a show and looked and sounded pretty big...well, at least as big as the VK corps I was teaching at the time which was of decent size (over 40 horns anyway...). I'll check it out! cg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasgroh Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 ...I've got the connect to get that number exactly, but for now all I remember is, early in the season they came down to SoCal for a show and looked and sounded pretty big...well, at least as big as the VK corps I was teaching at the time which was of decent size (over 40 horns anyway...). I'll check it out!cg ...aha...from Roy Perez, Mr. Commodore; 47 horns (from a count of the corps at Bluegrass Nationals). Now, Don, are you sure you didn't see the Mariners from Milwaukee? They were 'bout the size you counted... cg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiodb Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Weren't the Bleu Raiders smaller? Probably. DCN reported that both Bleu Raeders and Des Plaines Vanguard marched 34 horns in the 1972 DCI finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAvery Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 ...aha...from Roy Perez, Mr. Commodore; 47 horns (from a count of the corps at Bluegrass Nationals). Now, Don, are you sure you didn't see the Mariners from Milwaukee? They were 'bout the size you counted...cg Yes, I just saw the same vid. I do not know where I got the 28 number. I was at the Bluegrass Nationals that year. I was in the Blackhawk's Musical Corps that performed after the Thursday Night show. We stayed in the dorms with the Cavaliers above and the Bon-Bons below us. I remember watching the Blue Stars rifle line practicing the "V" pass through in their opener for a couple of hours. I remember watching the Commodores drum line practice. I remember going up in the middle of the night to the Cavalier floor and seeing a floor to ceiling stack of beer cans. And I thought I remembered counting 28 horns for the Commodores. Maybe I don't really remember anything......It's hell getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fecontra Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 1966 Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights - Thirty Horns ( and they spread the field ) third place at the AL Legions in Washington DC behind Cavaliers and Boston Crusaders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Anello Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 1966 Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights - Thirty Horns ( and they spread the field )third place at the AL Legions in Washington DC behind Cavaliers and Boston Crusaders Different era, don't you think? 40 horns was a huge horn line from when I started watching corps in 1964-66 through 1972. If I recall correctly, the '68 Kilties, as big as they sounded, didn't have that many in the horn line. All that being said, spreading the field with 30 horns is pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Drum Corps Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 1973 Auburn Purple Lancers 34 horns trained by Corky Fabrizio in his heyday...looked good coming out the first day of DCI prelims with the high score. But then the second day scores had a number of corps we had been beating over us. Ended up 17th... DA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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