AmFlag61 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 These days we have 2, Cavaliers & Madison. But Garfield was all Male, as were Blessed Sacrament, Belleville Black Knights, Kilties, Racine Scouts, Toronto Optimists, Scout House, and more whom I'm sure you'll remind of. So...When & Why did virtually all former all male Drum Corps become Coed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 These days we have 2, Cavaliers & Madison. But Garfield was all Male, as were Blessed Sacrament, Belleville Black Knights, Kilties, Racine Scouts, Toronto Optimists, Scout House, and more whom I'm sure you'll remind of. So...When & Why did virtually all former all male Drum Corps become Coed? Garfield became coed in the late 60's, don't know the reason. Kilts went coed in 1978 and if I remember correctly (based on recollections from DCI yearbooks and DCN and DCW), the reason was recruitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Just a few who became co-ed: Phantom Regiment Purple Lancers Colts Cascades Polish Falcon Cadets General Butler Vagabonds Ottawa Crusaders Northernaires Miami Vanguard Woodsiders Of course there were many other former all-male Boy Scout corps that later became co-ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Garfield became coed in the late 60's, don't know the reason. Kilts went coed in 1978 and if I remember correctly (based on recollections from DCI yearbooks and DCN and DCW), the reason was recruitment. The recent history of Holy Name/Garfield pretty much chronicled the when and why Garfield went co-ed in 69 ... Here's the link ... History of The Cadets :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Garfield became coed in the late 60's, don't know the reason. Kilts went coed in 1978 and if I remember correctly (based on recollections from DCI yearbooks and DCN and DCW), the reason was recruitment. Garfield added girls for the 69 season. When the Little Falls Cadets corps folded, the guard as a group came over to Garfield to become the first females in the corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsBusDriver Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What about Corps that had only guys in the horn and drumlines and only girls in the guard. SCV was that way until '81 when a female horn player broke through the glass ceiling that was in the form of Gail Royer. Any others that you know of? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What about Corps that had only guys in the horn and drumlines and only girls in the guard. SCV was that way until '81 when a female horn player broke through the glass ceiling that was in the form of Gail Royer. Any others that you know of? Seems like that's the way it was for many of the junior corps from decades back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass5 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) Seems like that's the way it was for many of the junior corps from decades back. My first corps The Eau Claire Boys did the same. All of us in the guard went into the drumline or hornline and the new females were in the guard. The "glass ceiling" was shattered after one year when we became The Sundowners and females were in all sections. There were no males in the guard though which was pretty common in all co-ed corps until the late 80's I believe. I think the answer to the original question that was posed "the why" is that it was mainly for recruiting purposes. Edited July 15, 2012 by bass5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I can't recall which exact corps it was, but in the '50s a corps from California had all boys in the hornline and all girls in the drumline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphaba01 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 My first corps The Eau Claire Boys did the same. All of us in the guard went into the drumline or hornline and the new females were in the guard. The "glass ceiling" was shattered after one year when we became The Sundowners and females were in all sections. There were no males in the guard though which was pretty common in all "mixed corps" until the late 80's I believe. I think the answer to the original question that was posed "the why" is that it was mainly for recruiting purposes. "Co-Ed's": The corps I marched in was "Co-Ed" in the horn & drum line from the start, as was the Parish corps that we were "Spun Off" from. One of the cross town Parish corps, St Raphael's Buccaneers STARTED as a "Co-Ed" corps (Girls in the guard), but in 1963 they became all male. Their girl guard never did march in the "All Girls" corps the Parish started, but quite a few of them ended up in the Bucc's cross town rivals. The Bridgeport PAL Cadets corps was always "Co-Ed" with girls in the CG, as was the Milford Police Cadets/Shoreliners. Elphaba WWW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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