uncle z Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 2. The Thing <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All right--it's been 32 years!!!! Who's got a picture of "The Thing"?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scerpella Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Bananaheim! I was chatting in the DCP chatroom about 18 months ago with someone who claimed to have marched with Seneca and he had no idea that the rest of drum corps referred to them as Bananaheim! I believe that all have been answered--Final score: Atlantic: 18 North of the Border: 16 Great Lakes: 6 Pacific: 1 Way to go East Coast!!! ^OO^ Here's the answers: 1. The Regiment Militaire 2. The Thing 3. The Royal Commodores 4. Trick question 5. The Avant Garde 6. The Crossmen 7. The Marksmen 8. The Etobicoke Oakland Crusaders 9. The Blue Angel/Reveries 10. The Blue Knights 11. The Royal Chevaliers 12. The Cardinals of Melrose 13. The North Stah 14. The KW Northstars 15. The Seneca Optomists (or, Bananaheim, as we used to call them) 16. The Buckeye State Caballeros 17. The Royal Brigade 18. The Phase II 19. The Spectra 20. The Falcon-Ridgemen 21. The Black Diamond Regiment 22. The Empire State Express 23. The Oakenshield 24. The Royal Marquis 25. The Firemen/Vaqueros Extra Credit: The Crusader-Gladiators (or, C-Gs, as we used to call them) Now, wasn't that fun??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieguy Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 #7 - Can't believe anyone hasn't guessed Marksmen yet - is that right?If so, chalk me up to DCW, since that's where I marched, not where I live now... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Keith: Were you with the corps that opened the World's Fair in '74? I remember watching that..from my post on guard duty(doesn't that sound like fun?) That was a really great horn line, even if it was doing semi-circle! Pat ^OO^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spenser7 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Keith: Were you with the corps that opened the World's Fair in '74? I remember watching that..from my post on guard duty(doesn't that sound like fun?) That was a really great horn line, even if it was doing semi-circle! Pat ^OO^ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Absolutely! Percussion-naut Patriots had a good year in 1974 - of course I thought we had a good horn line, since I played mello in it. We had a book that was written mostly by Jim Ott. Unfortunately the corps no longer competed after that season. Spokane took a year off in 75, and came back with Renaissance in 76. I'm rooting long distance from New Hampshire for the new Spokane Thunder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dckid80 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 You all forgot the only all-girl merger to ever happen and Strutta and Lancer Lady will back me up on this one: The Jeannettes from Lynn, MA and the Socialites from Saugus, MA merged in 1979 to form Charisma They were scary big numbers wise but their field execution was horrible. Don't know why they don't show up on corpsreps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 (edited) Wasn't going to mention this in a Junior Forum but finally saw the Hamburg Kingsmen + Dunkirk Patriots = Phase II question. (Competed against both Kingsmen and Patriots in DCA and RCA.) 1972 - Westshoremen Bonnie Scots went inactive and some members started the Keystone Kavaliers. 1974 - Current Keystone Kavaliers members merge with people trying to restart Westshoremen Bonnie Scots to become Westshoremen, Inc. Yeah - Bonnie Scots part got dropped The Inc. part was to show the "incorporation" of the two corps. "Inc" was used a few times for a year or two and then mercifully forgotten. (Thank goodness) Oh yeah Westshoremen Bonnie Scots name came from a 1959 merger of two corps whose names you can guess. (That merger stuff happened before the 70s also.) PS - Also had the Hershey Chocolatiers/York White Roses (Sr) merger corps in the mid 70s but I'm still trying to straighten that one out. Edited January 6, 2005 by JimF-xWSMBari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malibu Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I believe that all have been answered--Final score: Atlantic: 18 North of the Border: 16 Great Lakes: 6 Pacific: 1 Way to go East Coast!!! ^OO^ Here's the answers: 1. The Regiment Militaire 2. The Thing 3. The Royal Commodores 4. Trick question 5. The Avant Garde 6. The Crossmen 7. The Marksmen 8. The Etobicoke Oakland Crusaders 9. The Blue Angel/Reveries 10. The Blue Knights 11. The Royal Chevaliers 12. The Cardinals of Melrose 13. The North Stah 14. The KW Northstars 15. The Seneca Optomists (or, Bananaheim, as we used to call them) 16. The Buckeye State Caballeros 17. The Royal Brigade 18. The Phase II 19. The Spectra 20. The Falcon-Ridgemen 21. The Black Diamond Regiment 22. The Empire State Express 23. The Oakenshield 24. The Royal Marquis 25. The Firemen/Vaqueros Extra Credit: The Crusader-Gladiators (or, C-Gs, as we used to call them) Now, wasn't that fun??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Interesting out of all those mergers how many are still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoch003 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 You mean, both of them? WTF happened to drum corps anyway? There's a million people in Portland Oregon, and no corps (although the Crusaders may qualify, they're from Oregon City.) How many corps hail from Los Angeles today? How many people live there? It's all just so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugleboy1048 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Wasn't going to mention this in a Junior Forum but finally saw the Hamburg Kingsmen + Dunkirk Patriots = Phase II question. (Competed against both Kingsmen and Patriots in DCA and RCA.)1972 - Westshoremen Bonnie Scots went inactive and some members started the Keystone Kavaliers. 1974 - Current Keystone Kavaliers members merge with people trying to restart Westshoremen Bonnie Scots to become Westshoremen, Inc. Yeah - Bonnie Scots part got dropped The Inc. part was to show the "incorporation" of the two corps. "Inc" was used a few times for a year or two and then mercifully forgotten. (Thank goodness) Oh yeah Westshoremen Bonnie Scots name came from a 1959 merger of two corps whose names you can guess. (That merger stuff happened before the 70s also.) PS - Also had the Hershey Chocolatiers/York White Roses (Sr) merger corps in the mid 70s but I'm still trying to straighten that one out. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually, the first merger was after the Longshoremen changed the name to Westshoremen due to a conflict with real longshoremen..crazy stuff hey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 All right--it's been 32 years!!!! Who's got a picture of "The Thing"?????? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't have any pictures but I saw them in Milwaukee, Wisconson, on the 4th of July 1973!!!! They did exist and they three or four different uniforms which I thought was kind of unique and rather strange, but the name says it all!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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