'72 Prelims.

[Standrews]

'72 Prelims. Full or short programs? 51 years is a long time.

[traverbanking]

One of the reasons the junior corps left the VFW and the American Legion was their refusal to go to full-show prelims. DCI had full-show prelims since their beginning in 1972.

DCA continued with the American Legion policy of shortened-show prelims through the 1976 season, In 1977, DCA changed to full-show prelims.

[Rudy Wiedoeft]

DCI and interesting facts about drum corps 50 Years Ago!

• Four of the original 12 finalist in 1972 made finals in 2022:  Santa Clara Vanguard, Blue Stars, Cavaliers, and Troopers

• The 1972 Junior Drum Corps season kicked off for many of the big name corps in the third week of May.

• The 1972 Junior Drum Corps season extended well into September with several large shows around the country after DCI in Whitewater. This included American Legion Nationals, VFW Nationals, Great Lakes Champ., Belle Canada Champ., Red Carpet Assoc. Finals, Penn-York Champ., Big 10 Canada Prelims/Finals., Northwest Champ., Greater NY Champ., Eastern Mass Champ., Canadian Nationals Prelim/Finals, Eastern States Champ., Western Ontario Champ., CYO Champ., and NJAL Champ.

• There were seven shows with a prelim / final format

• DCI had 39 corps compete in Whitewater. The US Open in Marion, OH had 64 Corps compete.

• Of the 39 corps at prelims in 1972 there are only 7 still active in 2022. This includes the four finalists listed above in addition to Garfield Cadets, Phantom Regiment, and the Madison Scouts.

• In 1972 Anaheim Kingsmen jumped from 3^rd in prelims to 1^st in finals as their score rose by 3.6 points.  Four corps switched placement from prelims to finals.