E-PhIvE Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 (edited) :) Edited January 6, 2005 by E-PhIvE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Does any one remember the Cumberland Md. Freestatesmen? They were an RCA corps for awhile. also seems that there was another canadian corps, not Guelph or Burlington or Kawartha. Boy, getting the memory jogged sure is fun ,Eh! Lets me go back into my memory banks: Imperial Knights, Sudbury - Kawatha Kavaliers, Lindsay - Genadiers , Kingston and I believe Canada's Marching Ambassadors, Toronto all from Ontario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugleboy1048 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Lets me go back into my memory banks: Imperial Knights, Sudbury - Kawatha Kavaliers, Lindsay - Genadiers , Kingston and I believe Canada's Marching Ambassadors, Toronto all from Ontario I think I remember the Burlington Commanders being from Canada and in RCA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I think I remember the Burlington Commanders being from Canada and in RCA I really am getting old, how could I forget the great pumpkin aka Commanders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Hey Roger, Reading this stuff gives me an idea,.................how about we get a page up called RCA History Archives?,...................... Looking at the list of Corps, in 1975 a corps called Gypsy Brass were in a lot of RCA shows and the finals, where are they from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Hey Roger, What follows is a complete listing of all of the corps that competed in the RCA championship shows. It is believed that a preliminary competition was held at one or more of the RCA Championship shows, but no scores were found during the research that was conducted for this article. Phoenix Rochester NY Royalaires Guelph ONT Pittsburgh Rockets Pittsburgh PA Westshoremen Harrisburg PA Canada's Marching Ambassadors Toronto ONT Erie Thunderbirds Erie PA Canadian Commanders Burlington ONT Syracuse Brigadiers Syracuse NY Connecticut Yankees Stratford CT Brass Inc. St. Paul MN Hamburg Kingsmen Hamburg NY Emmaus Sentinels Emmaus PA Rhode Island Matadors Providence RI Grenadiers/Yardmen Kingston ONT Hanover Lancers Hanover PA Kawartha Kavaliers Lindsay ONT Dansville White Sabers Dansville NY Johnsonburg Diplomats Johnsonburg PA Maumee Demons Maumee OH Gardner Guards Altoona PA Suburban Knights Getzville NY Dunkirk Patriots Dunkirk NY Imperial Knights Sudbury ONT Esquires Westmoreland PA Garden Statesmen Dover NJ York White Roses York PA Vern Acklin Cavaliers Verona PA Freestatesmen Cumberland MD Thats the list from the previous post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Cavalier TDY Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I am pretty sure York White Roses were from Toronto not PA I'm pretty sure that was the York Lions. Their nickname was the 'White Roses', but they were a junior corps from the mid 60's. From what I've read, they had two or three very competitive years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Matczak Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Looking at the list of Corps, in 1975 a corps called Gypsy Brass were in a lot of RCA shows and the finals, where are they from? Gypsy Brass was from Jamestown NY,......................my stepdad marched with them, my Dad taught there,..................for a very breif time they tried to reform as "Chrome" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 I'm pretty sure that was the York Lions. Their nickname was the 'White Roses', but they were a junior corps from the mid 60's. From what I've read, they had two or three very competitive years. According to dbcna.com and other places I've read. The York Lions aka White Knights were from the York area of Toronto. And yes they were a Jr corps sponsored by the Lions club. York, PA White Roses (York is the White Rose City - oy) was took turns being a Senior and Junior corps while they existed in the 1950s-1970s. During the RCA years they were Sr and merged with the Hershey Chocolatiers in the mid 70s. Maddening thing is there is very little info on the short lived merger and any online scores I found list either White Roses or Chocolatiers like it's two different corps. Only "hard evidence" I have is a recording of the corps doing an exhibition at a DCA show they hosted and they are announced as "Hershey Chocolatiers/York White Roses". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugleboy1048 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 According to dbcna.com and other places I've read. The York Lions aka White Knights were from the York area of Toronto. And yes they were a Jr corps sponsored by the Lions club.York, PA White Roses (York is the White Rose City - oy) was took turns being a Senior and Junior corps while they existed in the 1950s-1970s. During the RCA years they were Sr and merged with the Hershey Chocolatiers in the mid 70s. Maddening thing is there is very little info on the short lived merger and any online scores I found list either White Roses or Chocolatiers like it's two different corps. Only "hard evidence" I have is a recording of the corps doing an exhibition at a DCA show they hosted and they are announced as "Hershey Chocolatiers/York White Roses". B) Ritchie Price, a York High School grad, soloed for the White Rose while still in high school( We played them in football )... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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