ajlisko Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Soooo....as a tribute let's see if we can name all of the corps that Tommy Swan taught over the years. Here is my recollection to start the list, but I am sure there are more corps! Senior -Skyliners -Skyliners Alumni Junior -Saints - Woodbridge/Edison, NJ -Valley Grenadiers - Hillsboro, NJ -Imperial Guardsmen. Livingston, NJ (I marched here) -Meadowlarks - Secaucus, NJ -Lucky Ladies, Rockaway, NJ -Emerald Grenadears, Rockaway, NJ -Black Watch - NJ -Sundowners - Dumont, NJ Maybe? -Fantasia? -Dukes? OLPH Ridgemen, Brooklyn, NY Melrose Blackhawks, Melrose, NJ "The Original" Mighty St. Joe's, Newark, NJ (while he still marched there) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp1955 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I am not 100% Shure but I think he was first arranger for the Bridgemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I am not 100% Shure but I think he was first arranger for the Bridgemen. Hey Leo ... not sure is Bucky was the first ... their history page lists Kazasian and Gussie as the first instructors ... Bucky's name shows up as the Bridgemen arranger around 67-68 ... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfallon Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hy was Bridgemen's first arranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp1955 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hy was Bridgemen's first arranger. Nope the only year Hy arranged for us was in in 1970 the corps was around from 65. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp1955 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hey Leo ... not sure is Bucky was the first ... their history page lists Kazasian and Gussie as the first instructors ... Bucky's name shows up as the Bridgemen arranger around 67-68 ... :-) I don't think Gussie ever arranged for us. But was one heck of a clean up man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Hey Leo ... not sure is Bucky was the first ... their history page lists Kazasian and Gussie as the first instructors ... Bucky's name shows up as the Bridgemen arranger around 67-68 ... :-) I know he was teaching St Andrew's in 68/69 when I was in the Imperial Guardsmen. Edited October 21, 2013 by MikeD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Soooo....as a tribute let's see if we can name all of the corps that Tommy Swan taught over the years. Here is my recollection to start the list, but I am sure there are more corps! Senior -Skyliners -Skyliners Alumni Junior -Saints - Woodbridge/Edison, NJ -Valley Grenadiers - Hillsboro, NJ -Imperial Guardsmen. Livingston, NJ (I marched here) -Meadowlarks - Secaucus, NJ -Lucky Ladies, Rockaway, NJ -Emerald Grenadears, Rockaway, NJ -Black Watch - NJ -Sundowners - Dumont, NJ Maybe? -Fantasia? -Dukes? Also: Raiders of 88, Highland Park, NJ (They were a field corps for one season... 1967... in the Garden State Circuit.) Little Falls Cadets, Little Falls, NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPeashey Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 I know he was teaching St Andrew's in 68/69 when I was in the Imperial Guardsmen. So who taught all those St. Andrew's kids to triple tongue like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Priester Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 So who taught all those St. Andrew's kids to triple tongue like that? I believe that was Gus who taught that phase of their growth as a true contender. At least that's what Bob Farrell told me, and he was in that line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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