bstar82 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I was wondering if anybody heard of a corps named the Iron Cross somewhere from PA. I had a buddy who marched with them in the mid 70's and he actually turned me on to drum corps. Where were they from, any staff member info, years of existence etc.. would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytimp Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I believe (at one time, at least) they were a feeder for Bones. If I'm not mistaken, they also had one of the all-time lowest scoring units in DCI. I'm sure my Eastern brothers and sisters can hip us to the jive, so take it away, kidz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocko the Wonder Llama Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I believe that they received a final score of 12.05 at DCI prelims in 1979. (I may be wrong, if I am, my apologies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHall Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Sounds correct to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malibu Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I was wondering if anybody heard of a corps named the Iron Cross somewhere from PA. I had a buddy who marched with them in the mid 70's and he actually turned me on to drum corps. Where were they from, any staff member info, years of existence etc.. would be appreciated. The corps was our feeder corps. Here's a write up that was in our 1980 Crossmen Yearbook about Iron Cross; "This year saw the Iron Cross undertake an expanded tour schedule. The corps appeared at U.S. Open in Marion, Ohio. American International in Butler, PA. as well as D.C.I. Eastern Regionals in Allentown, PA and D.C>I> Class A in Birmingham, Alabama. The corps instructional staff includes; Mike Heckman - Brass Pat Pierantozzi - Brass Maureen Reppert - Brass Steve Gillespie - Percussion Barry Surkin - Percussion Jean Heckman - Color Guard Sam Bradford - Drill Eric Kitchenman - Drill The corps was directed by Terry Reppert." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryAlice Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Wow! Blast from my past! I was a member of Iron Cross for years. Good times! We did Halloween parade in Hartford, CT that sticks in my memory! I played the mellophone. We practiced at the American Legion post 507 in Norwood,PA. We also used Boeing’s parking lot in Essington, PA . We then ended up at Ridley Park fire house. That is my last memory. The Crossmen were born from the “first corp” out of post 507, The 507 Hornets. I don’t know what year the name was changed. My older sister was a member of both Hornets and Crossmen. She played the triples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry brooks Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 2/11/2007 at 1:41 PM, bstar82 said: I was wondering if anybody heard of a corps named the Iron Cross somewhere from PA. I had a buddy who marched with them in the mid 70's and he actually turned me on to drum corps. Where were they from, any staff member info, years of existence etc.. would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Fairfield Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 I was a member of the Iron Cross Junior Drum & Bugle Corp in the late 70s. We rehearsed in Ridley Park, PA. We were the junior group for the Corpsmen Drum & Bugle Corp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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