PaNors77 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I distinctly remember both BD and Spirit having females in the single digit numbers in their line in to the early 80's. Didn't Bonnie Ott march in BD in the early 70's? PHil Anaheim Kingsmen (fall)77-78 season Dream 02 charter member,04 lead sop & soloist Kingsmen Alumni Corps 05-07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnivtop Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I believe that Anaheim didn't have females until '78 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp1955 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Didn't Bonnie Ott march in BD in the early 70's?PHil Anaheim Kingsmen (fall)77-78 season Dream 02 charter member,04 lead sop & soloist Kingsmen Alumni Corps 05-07 I think in 73 she marched with the Stockton Commodores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphaba01 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I think in 73 she marched with the Stockton Commodores "All Male Hornlines": The Hawthorne Muchachos were "All Male", as was Blessed Sacrament and the Boston Crusaders. I don't recall seeing any distaff performers in the brass sections of 27th Lancers or North Star either. Elphaba WWW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 "All Male Hornlines":The Hawthorne Muchachos were "All Male", as was Blessed Sacrament and the Boston Crusaders. I don't recall seeing any distaff performers in the brass sections of 27th Lancers or North Star either. Elphaba WWW Garfield as well at that time...not sure when the first year was that females were permitted in horn line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dckid80 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 North Star had plenty of women in the horn line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skluyuk Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 (edited) I'm confused.....There were girls in hornlines dating back to the very first year of DCI. I don't recall any lines that were exclusively male other than Madison and Cavies. Even if none marched, BD certainly never excluded girls from playing in the line....that I'm aware of anyway. Edited February 9, 2006 by skluyuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancerlady Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 (edited) "All Male Hornlines":The Hawthorne Muchachos were "All Male", as was Blessed Sacrament and the Boston Crusaders. I don't recall seeing any distaff performers in the brass sections of 27th Lancers or North Star either. Elphaba WWW Hmm...27th Lancers had females in their horn lines..I was one of them... :P I asked George B. this and they've always allowed females in their horn line. :) But none joined the line till 1973 (around that time). There just wasn't a whole lot of women that could stay the course from my understanding. I think we had like 10-12 my years (which was alot by their standards). I find it interesting that SCV didn't allow females in their horn lines until 1983. We had to wear hair nets with our hair all the way up so we couldn't be distinguished as women and also weren't allowed any make up or anything (not that'd you'd want to wear make up to sweat off)...but very strict rules about that. :) Only the color guard was allowed to wear make up.We had to do the push ups just like the guys too, no "women" push ups for us...lol. Edited February 9, 2006 by Lancerlady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strutta Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I'm confused.....There were girls in hornlines dating back to the very first year of DCI. I don't recall any lines that were exclusively male other than Madison and Cavies. Even if none marched, BD certainly never excluded girls from playing in the line....that I'm aware of anyway. The Boston Crusaders did not allow any women in the hornline until well into the 1980's if I recall correctly. Some of those years, they fielded Div I corps with only 20+ members rather than break with the all male tradition. No matter how good a horn player you were, if you were a woman and wanted to march in Boston, you marched in the color guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Geezer Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Santa Clara Vanguard up until 1983 was all male. Lucy Wheeler from Paris ,Tn. marched Bari. in 1982 SCV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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