CorpsVet Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Limited Edition open class in 1990 folded in 1992 Has anyone checked out www.drumserver.com yet it's very cool. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastFan Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 2 More: North Star and Marksmen (Seattle). Not much history on the Marksmen on corpsrep.com but I remember seeing them on tour in the mid-70's and really loved their show. Reminding me a little of 27th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 (edited) Well, the first two on your sig would be nice! Wooo hooo Freelancers and Comodores..sure do miss them. I was so blown away by the 86 Suncoast Corps in Concord I inquired about joining them (even though I had aged out already) just so they would send me a newsletter. and...*sniff* *sniff* Velvet Knights :( That is the Corps I miss most of all Edited December 3, 2003 by flammaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiotad Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Bridgemen, Star, Suncoast, VK, Freelancers, Marauders, 27 - I only got to see them once, and one that I haven't seen show up any lists, Black Gold. gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancerlady Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I truly miss 27th Lancers of course, and Bridgemen, I also miss Memphis Blues Brass Band.. By the way, it makes me feel good to hear people missing the corps I marched with..thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksmenbari Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 (edited) 2 More:North Star and Marksmen (Seattle). Not much history on the Marksmen on corpsrep.com but I remember seeing them on tour in the mid-70's and really loved their show. Reminding me a little of 27th. marksmen were short-lived... the corps began in 1974 as a merger between the bellevue sentinels and the seattle shamrocks. sentinels had lost their american legion sponsorship and had their own trucks and buses, shamrocks had vfw sponsorship, a bingo operation and new olds ultratone p/r horns but no vehicles. the merger created one fully-equipped corps with a very competent staff, and all of the membership was local to the seattle area (like to see a current dci div1 corps do that nowadays :) ) i really liked the uniforms. men wore black slacks with a narrow (about 1") maroon-over-silver stripe on the outside, ladies wore black skirts (below the knee) with the same stripe along the bottom, both wore the same tan khaki military shirts with a narrow (about 3") maroon sash, wide (about 6") maroon cumerbund with a square stainless buckle, topped off with black aussie hats with a silver star. drum majors wore tan slacks and tan hats with gold stars. they were simple, sharp-looking, easy to put on and comfortable in hot weather. marksmen did a full tour in '74, but just before the '75 tour, disaster struck: due to erronious bookkeeping by the BOD, marksmen lost their bingo license, their bingo/corps hall and soon after, most of the membership. many went south to march with freelancers, scv and troopers. membership went from close to 120 in may to less than 50 by july of 1975. we continued as a parade corps and winterguard for a few years before the BOD decided to fold the corps in late 1978... i still have my baritone (nobody bothered to collect them after the collapse..) and still play it sometimes. enough, i went on a rant there..... sorry about that. corps i'd like to see back: black watch, auburn wa. marauders, longview wa. renaissance, spokane wa. drifters, surrey bc. spartans, vancouver wa. sky ryders, hutchinson ks. 27th lancers, revere pa. but, as psiguy stated, it would really be nice if corps were evenly distributed across the country so one wouldn't have to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to march... Edited December 3, 2003 by marksmenbari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malibu Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 uh - all of them ... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musketeer Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Thank You, Blue Devil Legend !!!! You're the only one on 6 pages of replies to include a Corps that RULED drum corps when they competed. From 1954 to 1963 they won 9 of 13 National titles; Doubled as both Amer. Legion & VFW champs in 1954 & 58; and it only took them 26 months from 1st competition to double National titles. Who are they??? The Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights. The drill and the DM's shuffle to "Comes Love" is a classic of assymetrical drill. Precision and perfection were their by-words!!! AFO&OFA HLD :) Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbrig Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Oh, to see ALL of these corps again ! But, as long as we remember them, they'll never truly be dead. Here are two more: Finleyville Royal Crusaders Utica's Magnificent Yankees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancerlady Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 But the 27th Lancers were from Revere, Mass. not PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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