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It was nice, and a bit sad, to see two of the corps I marched with listed. Saints and Kingston Indians.

How about a couple my brother marched with?

Dukes

Imperial Guardsmen

I think of all the corps that used to be in the Mid-Hudson Valley area alone.

Pacers (and the Pacemakers, their feeder corps)

Continental Cadets

Port Ewen Cadets

Vagabonds

Imperial Guardsmen (? A different one than the corps mentioned previously. I'm not 100% on the name).

A little more north...

Patriots

Barons of Steuben

Watkins Glen Squires (I'll never forget their tuned 7 man base drum line)

Volunteers

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Ah, I saw Les Eclipse listed.

I'll never forget one year when I was marching with the Kingston Indians they stayed for a brief visit at our the Indian's lodge (our practice hall). We had taken the time to learn a song or two of each other. Later we did a parade, both corps marching together. 80-90 horns...what a sound! B)

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I can't help but feeling sad, and angry at the same time, seeing this great compilation of corps from the past who are all now gone, and likely never to return.

Here's one nobody's posted yet: Racine Kiltie Kadets!!

And ALL feeder corps from the past who are no longer with us.

That reminds me...

Troop 12 Indians, the feeder corps for the Kingston Indians.

I'm glad this thread was started. I've been enjoying the photo thread, but many of those memories are a bit out of my grasp. The only Open corps I had the pleasure to march with was The Saints. I'd been offered a spot at one point with the Cadets and had a cup of coffee with Avant Garde, but for one reason or another I was unable to march with them, be it financial reasons or other obligations.

So many of the corps listed offered the opportunity to march that I had with the Indians. No, we were never going to be a DCI contender, but we gave it our all. These days there are so few corps that will just take someone off the street and teach them. How many independent circuits are still even in existence?

No, I never got to take the field at DCI finals, but I sure had fun none the less! It's just a shame that countless others will never be afforded that opportunity.

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St James Saints

Smithtown Freelancers

and many more from Long Island

Blue Jays

Our Lady of Snows

Long Island Grenadiers

Bill's Boys

Flames

St Ignatius All-Girls

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Some more NJ corps...

Livingston Hilltoppers

Paterson Cadets

Little Falls Cadets

Newton Broadcasters

Paramus Mountettes

Pompton Lakes Stardusters

Valley Grenadiers

Manville/Sacred Heart Crusaders

St Martin's Troubadors (Newark)

St Lucy's Cadets (Newark)

Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights (Newark)

Belleville Woodsiders

Oakland Rangers

Audobon Bon Bons

Haddonfield Royaleers (next to Audobon...a lot of gals wanted to march in South Jersey, I guess!)

Rockaway Emerald Grenadears

Wharton Lucky Ladies

Eatontown Royales

Garfield Epochs

Lakeland Goldenaires

Morristown Defenders

Ballentine Brewers...senior corps

Wayne Monarchs/King's Regiment (merger with the Greenwood Lake Lakers from NY)

CW Townsmen/Secaucus Meadowlarks who merged into the Royal Brigade

St Joe's (Newark)

St Vinnies (Bayonne)

Black Watch (Willingboro?)

Cranford Patriots

Doremus Blue Demons (Hackensack)

Fantasia III (merger of the Valley Grenadiers and someone else)

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