HornsUp Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Pat, there was a Midwest Senior Association from 1965-1969. The Maumee Demons won all 5 championships. other participants were: Kenosha Kingsmen Racine Boys of 76 Men of Brass Spirit of St. Louis St. Clair Shores MI Vanguards Fairborn OH Golden Lancers Chicago Zientek Diplomats MN Laidlaw Toreadors St. Peter Govenaires ... and who could forget the Hamms Indians? Edited May 5, 2015 by HornsUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Was Spirit of St Louis an all Black corps? Hear about Carver Gay Blades but these guys never seem to get mentioned. Geez what ever happened to that St Peter corps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlisko Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Ken ... did Marty's Goldenaires ever compete back then? ... I always thought the Maumee Demons would be the first Midwest corps to attend DCA, not the Boys of 76 ... :-) Edited May 4, 2015 by ajlisko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Jim, I thought I remembered the Chocolatiers beating someone at DCAs in '79. They beat 2 corps, Ohio Brass and the Esquires. Big gap after that to the Blue Eagles in Wind Gap. Remember seeing them in '78 as a spectator at prelims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Ask JohnZ about the Esquires LOL.... Sorry I meant the Chocolatiers only beat one corps in 1976 and it was the last show of the year (RCA Championships). Funny thing is I have two recordings of them that year. One was their exhibition at the DCA show at Hershey and the RCA Championship competition. As I remember about every RCA show we were at was Hershey/York, Johnsonburg Diplomats, Hanover and us... week after week after..... OK RCA trivia, Hanover won RCA in 1977 after putting in a complaint that a certain corps was packing the Championships judges panel. Panel was changed and Hanover won. That Christmas Hanover got a card from the other corps saying "Merry Christmas.... ###holes". Or so I was told..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Was Spirit of St Louis an all Black corps? Hear about Carver Gay Blades but these guys never seem to get mentioned. Geez what ever happened to that St Peter corps? Carver definitely was majority black, if not all black. After Carver went under in the mid-1960s, several of their members... including Gene Bennett and Alfred "Uncle Nick" Nichols, both future inductees into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame... joined the Sunrisers. Much to the benefit of the Sunrisers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornsUp Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Geez what ever happened to that St Peter corps? and what ever happened to those Laidlaw Toreadors? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornsUp Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 did Marty's Goldenaires ever compete back then? Marty's is non-comp and has seldom ventured out of the UP, although they recently have marched AL National Parades in Minny and Indy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 LOL Pat will smack me for missing Laidlaw/Grain Belt/ you know who.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Marty's is non-comp and has seldom ventured out of the UP, although they recently have marched AL National Parades in Minny and Indy. Are they sponsored by a company, or just a guy named Marty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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