Grenadier Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 As a corps member of a local fire department back in the 1960's I would like to know for my grandkids and kids of my generation are there still any local corps left. In the 60's there were hundreds of corps in the north east sponsored by fire departments, VFW and other organizations. Today I only see large corps where members have to audition. In the "good ole days" any one could join and learn to play and instrument and march. What is available to the youth today, or in fact there may be no interest. Grenadier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) Only half of the active junior age corps in North America were on the field this summer. The other half do parades, standstill concerts, etc. There are quite a number of drum & bugle corps active today, that never set foot on a football field. Edited October 19, 2016 by Northern Thunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTNK Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 they are called hs marching bands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Sun Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Check out the North Eastern ,Saint Paticks in Smithtown had a group that completed in it ,they had very young kids and lots of money behind them .So they did very few parades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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