Favorite Northeast corps

[drmr27]

Brad, trust me, they were an icon....vote for them.

Good advice T... Vote early and often

(new (old) stuff at Beanman.net-check it out)

[soldier81]

We never had the greatest horn line, but we had championship color guards year after year, and some killer drum lines. Thank Denise Bonfiglio and Peggy Twiggs (with a little help from George Zingali) for the color guards and Charlie Poole for the drum lines. Not to mention some great ladies in the guard, and great guys and gals in the drum line. (And we did have a couple of good horn lines - Wedge is awesome!!)

So, even though I was a member - 27 gets my vote followed closely by Bridgemen and close behind, Blue Rock.

Did you mean Jim Wedge? As far as the drum line goes, the 83-87 Dips had Tyrone Parker and Lynne Parker(didnt ever get her maiden name) as percussion instructors with Tyrone being the cartion head and arranger. In 85 we had a smokin drum line, won percussion in class by 1.5 pts and ended up beating some other notable corps drum lines along the way! That is the impact of 27 on me.( Not too mention I still hear "Da digga DA da DIGGA da" in my sleep)

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[elphaba01]

st joes

"Fave Nor' Easter":

WAY TOO MANY GREAT "Nor Easter" corps (Of years gone by) missing. Our non partisan broomstick gets tossed to the St Catherin's Queensmen & St Kevin Emerald Knights.

Surprised to see so little "Connecticut" representation here my pretties. Bridgeport's own St Raphaels, PAL Cadets and Royal Lancers were very strong contenders in the mid 1960s, and Finalists at VFW and World Opens.

Elphaba

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[dedrummer]

Here's a vote for Blue Rock. Loved the jungle animal sounds created by the horn line during their version of "Rain Chant" in the early 70's, and the Joe Marella drum sections were outstanding.

[MikeD]

Here's a vote for Blue Rock. Loved the jungle animal sounds created by the horn line during their version of "Rain Chant" in the early 70's, and the Joe Marella drum sections were outstanding.

I remember the piece being called "Quiet Village"...in 71 it led into "Baby Elephant Walk".

Mike

[Malibu]

I still think this list is missing a few corps.

[johnric]

St. Vincent's of Bayonne

I think they were mildly sucessful

national champs

1946

1947

1950

1951

1952

1953

1955

1956

and oops second in 1957! :P

[johnric]

Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights

national champs

1954

1958

1960

[MiamiSun76]

Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights

national champs

1954

1958

1960

1963

[dedrummer]

I remember the piece being called "Quiet Village"...in 71 it led into "Baby Elephant Walk".

Mike

Thanks for the correction.

Edited October 28, 2005 by dedrummer