HornsUp Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 (edited) The Kilties Winter Small Corps 1960s. Love some of the faces! This is pre-season 1965. The Badgerland Association held Small Corps competitions, a precursor to the MiniCorps activity of today. Identification is clouded 45 years later, due to the Kilties' tradition of switching instruments for any photo shoot! But I'll give it a shot. DM is longtime Kiltie M&M instructor Fred Hoppe. Front row: Tom Sorenson, well-known drum instructor/writer Bruce Thompson, French horn Al Mollerskov, coach of many championship girls softball teams Butch Ryan, designer of the clasicc Kiltie Drummer logo Les Chambasian, famous soprano soloist and horn tech Bob Ahlborg, the Kilties' first contra guru Bill Schultz, VFW baritone champion and instructor of multi hornlines Back row: Butch Chekanoff, longtime Racine firefighter Jeff Anderson, went on to play baritone in the USAF Academy corps Mickey Czosnek, soprano John Dorsey, VFW soprano champion, now a retired Racine band director Rick Scheel, baritone Bart Fojtik, still a band director Moby Erickson, lead soprano Edited May 21, 2010 by HornsUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esch Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 This is pre-season 1965. The Badgerland Association held Small Corps competitions, a precursor to the MiniCorps activity of today.Identification is clouded 45 years later, due to the Kilties' tradition of switching instruments for any photo shoot! But I'll give it a shot. DM is longtime Kiltie M&M instructor Fred Hoppe. Front row: Tom Sorenson, well-known drum instructor/writer Bruce Thompson, French horn Al Mollerskov, coach of many championship girls softball teams Butch Ryan, designer of the clasicc Kiltie Drummer logo Les Chambasian, famous soprano soloist and horn tech Bob Ahlborg, the Kilties' first contra guru Bill Schultz, VFW baritone champion and instructor of multi hornlines Back row: Butch Chekanoff, longtime Racine firefighter Jeff Anderson, went on to play baritone in the USAF Academy corps Mickey Czosnek, soprano John Dorsey, VFW soprano champion, now a retired Racine band director Rick Scheel, baritone Bart Fojtik, still a band director Moby Erickson, lead soprano Still one of the greatest uniforms of all time! Didn't know they played Rogers drums back then... somehow I thought they were always a Ludwig corps. Great picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Still one of the greatest uniforms of all time! Didn't know they played Rogers drums back then... somehow I thought they were always a Ludwig corps. Great picture! I have Anne Mixdorf to thank for the photo. I acquired her old Badgerland/Parade Specialists corps archive. It has about 300 photos going back to the early 1960s. I'll post more in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 The Blue Star Cadets circa 1965: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scerpella Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 I have Anne Mixdorf to thank for the photo. I acquired her old Badgerland/Parade Specialists corps archive. It has about 300 photos going back to the early 1960s. I'll post more in the near future. There are so may Wisconsin corps I haven't seen photos of here. Whatever she has will be gratefully appreciated. Especially of the Spectacle City Mariners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 (edited) There are so may Wisconsin corps I haven't seen photos of here. Whatever she has will be gratefully appreciated. Especially of the Spectacle City Mariners. There is quite a collection of WI corps in the bunch: The major corps of course (Madison, Kilties, Blue Stars, Pioneer) Racine Scouts, Fox Point Patriots, AmbassaDears, St. Matthias Cadets/Preps, Chordaliers, Zephyrs, Sheboyganites, Crusader Gladiators, Rangers, Rebels, New Day, New Dawn, Shoreliners, Royal Knights, Royal Knight Cadets, Spirit of '76, 32nd Hussar, St. Pat's, Greendale Paraders, Milwaukee Boys Club, Eau Claire Boys, Sundowners, Sundowner Kadets, Brass Regiment, Toros, Blackhawk Voyageurs, West Bend Sr., West Bend Patriots, Elkhorn Titans, Commodores, Belles of St. Mary's, , Bellettes of St. Mary's, Park City Greys, Queensmen, Queensmen Squires, Marquis, Our Lady of Mercy, Americanos, Capitolaires, Petites, Militaire Cadets, Royal Guard, St. Gregory Crusaders, Anchormen, CentralAires, Wausau Pages, Wausau Story, Warriors, Marauders, Windjammers, and yes, a couple Mariners. Edited May 24, 2010 by Northern Thunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Milano Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 There is quite a collection of WI corps in the bunch: The major corps of course (Madison, Kilties, Blue Stars, Pioneer) Racine Scouts, Fox Point Patriots, AmbassaDears, St. Matthias Cadets/Preps, Chordaliers, Zephyrs, Sheboyganites, Crusader Gladiators, Rangers, Rebels, New Day, New Dawn, Shoreliners, Royal Knights, Royal Knight Cadets, Spirit of '76, 32nd Hussar, St. Pat's, Greendale Paraders, Milwaukee Boys Club, Eau Claire Boys, Sundowners, Sundowner Kadets, Brass Regiment, Toros, Blackhawk Voyageurs, West Bend Sr., West Bend Patriots, Elkhorn Titans, Commodores, Belles of St. Mary's, , Bellettes of St. Mary's, Park City Greys, Queensmen, Queensmen Squires, Marquis, Our Lady of Mercy, Americanos, Capitolaires, Petites, Militaire Cadets, Royal Guard, St. Gregory Crusaders, Anchormen, CentralAires, Wausau Pages, Wausau Story, Warriors, Marauders, Windjammers, and yes, a couple Mariners. MY FIRST DRUM CORPS!! Please, any pictures of St. Gregory the Great Crusaders would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I'll post the St. Gregory photo tomorrow, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scerpella Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Whatever goes up will be great, but I am especially interested in seeing photos of the short lived Madison Scouts splinter group the 32nd Hussars. Their uniforms were fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass5 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I have Anne Mixdorf to thank for the photo. I acquired her old Badgerland/Parade Specialists corps archive. It has about 300 photos going back to the early 1960s. I'll post more in the near future. If you're taking requests any photos from the Eau Claire Boys or Sundowners would be appreciated. We were in a lot of Annie Mixdorff shows - seemed to always have a parade and a county fair to go along with it. I remember it being called Parade Specialties back then. I remember when we got a contra back in the mid '60's and Annie commenting that "with the price of those things it will mean the end of the small drum corps". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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