Phantom&Phitch Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 does anyone know the history of where phantom picked up the cheveron is their logo? any help is greatly appreciated... thanks-john PS- if anyone knows how madison picked up the fluer de lis (sp?) i would aprreciate that too... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 does anyone know the history of where phantom picked up the cheveron is their logo? any help is greatly appreciated... thanks-johnPS- if anyone knows how madison picked up the fluer de lis (sp?) i would aprreciate that too... :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The fleur-de-lis is an offshoot of the Boy Scouts of America, of which the Madison corps was a member. (Still are?) The Phantom Regiment takes its name from a poem (Kipling, I believe) called "The Lost Legion," detailing the disappearance of a British Regiment in Asia. The chevron is a sergent's stripes (or was in the 70s when they took the logo), and when they adopted the British-looking uniform in the mid-70s the chevron fit even better than with the old black-and-red uniforms. It's also a logo that translates well to souvenir sales and looks great on the side of a semi, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skajerk Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I got this from the "History" section on the Phantom site... Formed in 1956 by a group of VFW 342 members who wanted to see a competitive drum corps, it was named the Rockford Rangers, with an all-girl color guard to be called the Rangerettes. Many of the members did not feel the name "Rangers" was appropriate for their corps. Some of the members had been listening to some Stetson D. Richmond records, and were impressed with a tune the Syracuse Brigadiers had played entitled "The Phantom Regiment." Thus, before the corps had made any public appearances, the corps name had been changed to the Phantom Regiment and the all-girl color guard was called the Phantomettes. http://www.regiment.org/history.cfm The only mention of the chevron was... New in 1970 was a cadet-style uniform, including black pants with a white stripe, a jacket with a diagonal sash of red dividing the black right side and the white left side. On the sleeve of each jacket there was a chevron. White bucks were worn on the feet and new shakos with 12-inch plumes decorated the head gear. The guard wore identical uniforms with the exception of Bermuda shorts and white 10-inch high boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwdindy Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL!! Bermuda shorts! I love it!! Ain't is amazin' how fashion changes over the years! Takes me back to my high school marching days! I started out in a very traditional looking uniform with the big ol' Q-tip looking hat, then switched to a very "Espanol" looking blouse/pants combo - then something that looked like an orange and blue version of SCV circa 1970's. As you can imagine, the chicks went crazy over me! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwdindy Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 OOPS! Sorry about that...I'm a newbie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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