MikeD Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Morristown Colonials, Morristown, NJ Geez....I should have remembered them. When they folded after the 68 season about 6 or 7 of their members made the trek to my corps, the Imperial Guardsmen from Livingston, about a 20 minute drive or so from Morristown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) I suspect they folded because you wouldn't defect from the Sunrisers...maybe it was because you wanted to be the uniform designer?...aloha shirts and Zubaz shorts with white bucks? AI EEE! :P Pat Pat, trust me.... what I wear at drum corps shows pales in comparison to what the members of the Ski Mask Cadets were wearing during their one and (so far) only performance. b**bs The "uniform" for everyone in the corps was: A ski mask, plus anything else you wanted to wear. That led to a lot of.....uhhhhh....interesting uniform choices. I wish I had pictures, but I don't. Ya know.....technically, since the corps has already made one public appearance, it could re-form as the Ski Mask Cadets Alumni Corps. Don't say you haven't been warned. ^0^ Fran Edited January 29, 2007 by Fran Haring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 These are truly sad listings. With all due respect to all the corps listed, the importance of some of these corps is worth noting. These are the ones that come to my mind:BLESSED SACRAMENT, Newark, NJ – 10 National Championships TROOPERS, Casper, Wy. – 8 National Championships St. VINCENT’S, Bayonne, NJ – 7 National Championships KILTIES, Racine, Wis. – 5 National Championships KINGSMEN, Anaheim, Ca. – 5 National Championships 27th LANCERS, Revere, Ma. – 4 National Championships BRIDGEMEN, Bayonne, NJ – 4 National Championships ROYAL AIRS, Chicago, Il – 3 National Championships BLUE ROCK, Wilmington, Del. – 3 National Championships STAR of INDIANA, Bloomington, In. – 3 National Championships St. Lucy’s, Newark, NJ – 1 National Championship NORTH STAR, North Shore, Ma. – 1 National Championship St. RITA’S BRASSMEN, Brooklyn, NY – 1 National Championship ARGONNE REBELS, Great Bend, Ka. – 1 National Championship To the North: TORONTO OPTIMISTS, Toronto, Ont., Can. – 11 Canadian National Championships DeLASALLE, Toronto, Ont., Can. – 3 Canadian National Championships LaSALLE CADETS, Ottawa, Ont., Can. – 1 Canadian National Championship For the record, I cited National Championships as A.L., VFW, CYO, DCI, US OPEN and WORLD OPEN. There are many individual state champions. Do you remember other? You forgot to mention, as Keith Hall did, shame on you Keith, from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, the Dutch Boy Cadets, 1969-76, 2 National titles, 3 Provincial titles !!!!! b**bs b**bs b**bs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusankusho Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Guelph Opti Knights (sniff....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Guelph Opti Knights (sniff....) WHO ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 WHO ???? I remember Opti-Knights AND Opti-Lancers..."Masterpiece Theatre" Theme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hup234 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Well, they live on in a fashion; my daughter's junior high in Libertyville has a bass drum case for their one marching bass drum that belonged to Custer's Brigade; their name is stenciled on the side. There's a rarity!Some history: Custer's Brigade was the top unit of Larry Grabowski's short-lived "Lake County Drum Corps" which started in 1960 with corps he started simultaneously in Lake County IL.: the Custer's Brigade of Libertyville, the Mundelein Grenadiers, the Wauconda Legion Lancers and there may have been one more. The latter two fed into the CB which was by far the best right from the beginning, and as their name implied had Cavalry uniforms. I have a photo of them sounding Taps for the anniversary of the death of Gen. George Armstrong Custer. They were one of the corps to watch in 1961-1962. By 1963 Larry started Drum Corps Associates which published the Drum Corps Digest and ran shows including the great DCD Fantasy In Brass in the Chicago Civic Opera House. In about 1963 the Custer's Brigade dropped the Cavalry look and theme (which the Casper Troopers would later get some mileage out of) and became "The Brigade" with all-white cadet uniforms with red trim. The other two small LCDC corps then merged into The Brigade. The Brigade's last year was 1964, and in 1965 the almost-new white uniforms went to Kenosha and the then year-old Queensmen where they were seen for three more seasons (the white shakos for five seasons), and Larry Grabowski then took over the directorship of the Kenosha Shoreliners for one year while still publishing Drum Corps Digest. He was still producing drum corps contests in the 1980s. Hang onto that bass drum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbalaya Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Geez....I should have remembered them. When they folded after the 68 season about 6 or 7 of their members made the trek to my corps, the Imperial Guardsmen from Livingston, about a 20 minute drive or so from Morristown. and they (Morristown) had been around since the thirties........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobk9258 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) You forgot to mention, as Keith Hall did, shame on you Keith, from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, the Dutch Boy Cadets, 1969-76, 2 National titles, 3 Provincial titles !!!!! b**bs b**bs b**bs You have forgot The Boston Crusaders National Champions also Edited January 30, 2007 by bobk9258 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzycat1 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Argonne Rebels SkyRyders North Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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