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Yankee Rebels- named after Maryland's unique position in the Civil War. Truman Crawford designed an immortal show about this called "Requiem for an Era".

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Music City Legend came about because Nashville is known as "Music City U.S.A" and is home to hundreds of musical legends. The name was chosen to honor that legend.

The Austin Stars name came from the fact that Austin is the capitol of Texas which is known as the "Lone Star State" because of the single star on the state flag. You can find stars all over the place in the state capitol building, all over downtown Austin and all over the State of Texas for that matter. Austin also has a great musical legacy and is known as "The ive music capitol of the world". You can see a lot of musical "stars" on almost any given night in the clubs on 6th Street and in other venues in town. South By Southwest (SXSW) and Austin City Limits music festivals bring in some of the biggest and brightest stars in music to Austin every year.

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Bridgemen is understandably names after the Bayonne Bridge............but why name yourself after a bridge? why not a particular building etc.......is there some historical significance? Just wondering.......how did these corps names come about????

Several months later, the Bridgemen came to be. The name was chosen based on the Fort Lee Bridgemen, named for the George Washington Bridge. According to Fr. Donovan, who also favored the Fort Lee athletic teams, St. Andrew's would be named for the Bayonne Bridge; thus giving birth to the Bridgemen

http://bridgemen.com/

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So I was reading the open letter from Fusion Corps and thought that was an interesting name and started wondering hoiw they came up with it............then I started wonering where ANY corps get it's name from........Who decided that Bucs would be Bucs, Cabs would be Cabs, etc, etc, . Bridgemen is understandably names after the Bayonne Bridge............but why name yourself after a bridge? why not a particular building etc.......is there some historical significance? Just wondering.......how did these corps names come about???? I'm especially intersted in where the Bushwhackers' name came from! heh

I'll tackle two corps as well:

Excelsior hails from New York States capital region. Excelsior is on the state seal and means "higher" or "Ever Upward" which is the corps' motto!

Since I was a founding staff member of the Mid Hudson Valley's 20th Century Ltd., I thought I'd offer its origins. The 20th Century Ltd was a famous luxury train that ran from NYC to Chicago (thru the Hudson Valley). The name was offered by Steve Rosenstein, a long-time train buff! BTW, thet are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year!

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"Kilties"

Named after the defunct junior corps, The Racine YMCA Kilties.

Draw your own conclusions.

For a complete history on the name "Kilties", plus added recent new information from the first ever drum major of the corps, visit a great site put together by George Fennell, alumnus member of the junior Kilties, past President and alumnus of the "all age" Kilties.

George's excellent site covers not only The Kilties throughout their history, but also all the other corps from the Racine area. George gave a wonderful historical presentation at the 2006 Season End Kiltie Awards Banquet held just this past November. He's a "class guy", and full of knowledge beyond compare. His website is well worth the visit and can be found via link HERE by following the "Alumni & Tribute" link.

January 13th & 14th.....next Kiltie Kamp!!

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For a complete history on the name "Kilties", plus added recent new information from the first ever drum major of the corps, visit a great site put together by George Fennell, alumnus member of the junior Kilties, past President and alumnus of the "all age" Kilties.

George's excellent site covers not only The Kilties throughout their history, but also all the other corps from the Racine area. George gave a wonderful historical presentation at the 2006 Season End Kiltie Awards Banquet held just this past November. He's a "class guy", and full of knowledge beyond compare. His website is well worth the visit and can be found via link HERE by following the "Alumni & Tribute" link.

January 13th & 14th.....next Kiltie Kamp!!

Thanks, Billy. BTW, how did the "Northernaires" from Menomine,Michigan get their name? You did march with them, didn't you?

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The name of Chops, Inc. comes from the two parade groups that came together to create the corps: Chopstix Percussion (founded in 1991) and Top Chops Brassline (founded in 1994). When the two groups fully merged in 1996, the name "Chops, Inc." was created for the organization and they started doing exhibition performances until starting field competition in 1999. The colorguard, Hot Chops, was formed in 2001.

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A toll road through a rust belt area of Western PA. The Mon Valley Expressway. What you do to get a corps off the ground :drool:

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