Piper Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 6 hours ago, xandandl said: true too... I was thinking Shelton, Ct. The Hurricanes Derby, CT The Hurricanes Alumni Corps AND the phantom corps much joked about The Derby Commodores (named after Commodore Hull of Old Ironsides fame and a native son of CT's smallest "city.") Ansonia, CT The Firettes who competed as an All-Girls corps in the Greater New York Circuit among others. Seymour, CT The Seymour Vanguards who also competed as an All-Girls corps in Greater NY. With St. Ann's Marionettes of Bridgeport and N.D-ettes from Notre Dame H.S. in Bridgeport/Fairfield (depending on which side of the street one stood,) GNY used to have 4 All-Girls corps within 15 miles along Rt. 8 and would invite St. Ignatius and Audubon Bon-Bons in order to have all-girl shows. But that was back in the 60's and early 70's when couples living together were married and had kids rather than dogs and plants. Only locals know where the boundaries of Shelton/Derby-Ansonia-Seymour begin and end. The Firettes were from Norwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Piper said: The Firettes were from Norwich. you are so correct. What was the Ansonia corps? Sorry, old man's memory is fading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 i'll be on the hill in Reading with a wiggly 6 year old 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish66 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 9:42 PM, xandandl said: Fran, You are lucky. CT has yet to re-instate tolls for you non-Nutmeggers. But both 84 and Merritt Parkway are riddled with construction, tree trimming and dancing deer even on the weekends particularly around the Route 7 interchanges or Mix-Master in Waterbury. 95 will be its usual mess going past Sherwood Island beaches and the slowdown in Blackrock as they decide whether Pepe's Pizza is worth the stop. Route 8 up The Valley has perpetual construction at the Rt 34 interchange; this is sponsored by the Derby Chamber of Commerce so you can say you have been there, noticed the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers, and ponder why the Hurricanes keep changing hometowns so often as you see Shelton blend into Derby into Ansonia onto Seymour. Once upon a time each of these four hamlets each had a corps. Can you name them still? Derby, Shelton, Ansonia, Seymour.........HURRICANES Seymour...............................................Renegades, Vanguard Ansonia................................................F Troup Derby....................................................Cyclones Also, Oxford..........................................Oxford Explorers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 22 minutes ago, fish66 said: Derby, Shelton, Ansonia, Seymour.........HURRICANES Seymour...............................................Renegades, Vanguard Ansonia................................................F Troup Derby....................................................Cyclones Also, Oxford..........................................Oxford Explorers Oxford area has certainly grown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Wasn't Pepe Notaro an instructor with the Firettes? I seem to remember him working with one of the all-girl corps in the CT area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Fran Haring said: Wasn't Pepe Notaro an instructor with the Firettes? I seem to remember him working with one of the all-girl corps in the CT area. Yep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Weather looks good for the Northeast shows Saturday. Knock on wood here. LOL AccuWeather has 80 for a high, 63 for a low with partly sunny skies in Seymour. And 82/64 with some sunshine in Reading. Let's hope this holds. These corps simply do not need another weekend of bad weather. Enough already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/21/2018 at 4:35 PM, xandandl said: true too... I was thinking Shelton, Ct. The Hurricanes Derby, CT The Hurricanes Alumni Corps AND the phantom corps much joked about The Derby Commodores (named after Commodore Hull of Old Ironsides fame and a native son of CT's smallest "city.") Ansonia, CT The Firettes who competed as an All-Girls corps in the Greater New York Circuit among others. Seymour, CT The Seymour Vanguards who also competed as an All-Girls corps in Greater NY. With St. Ann's Marionettes of Bridgeport and N.D-ettes from Notre Dame H.S. in Bridgeport/Fairfield (depending on which side of the street one stood,) GNY used to have 4 All-Girls corps within 15 miles along Rt. 8 and would invite St. Ignatius and Audubon Bon-Bons in order to have all-girl shows. But that was back in the 60's and early 70's when couples living together were married and had kids rather than dogs and plants. Only locals know where the boundaries of Shelton/Derby-Ansonia-Seymour begin and end. Fire-ettes were from Norwich - nowhere near Ansonia. Marionettes were St. Raphael's, not St. Ann's - and I do not recall them competing in the Greater New York circuit. Yankee Circuit was their first choice, with visits to Northeastern and Garden State circuit shows. Derby also had the Cyclones junior corps. At some point in 1969, Royal Lancers were reportedly hailing from Shelton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, cixelsyd said: Fire-ettes were from Norwich - nowhere near Ansonia. Marionettes were St. Raphael's, not St. Ann's - and I do not recall them competing in the Greater New York circuit. Yankee Circuit was their first choice, with visits to Northeastern and Garden State circuit shows. Derby also had the Cyclones junior corps. At some point in 1969, Royal Lancers were reportedly hailing from Shelton. Then there were the various corps from the Bridgeport area, not too far down the road from Ansonia/Shelton etc. All sorts of names from the past there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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