Monday, May 14th, 2012 at
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“The history of junior drum corps has been full of corps created by mergers. Most of these corps have been successes in the short term, but were unable to succeed in the long term. The exceptions that managed to to survive the first few years, however, have generally been notable successes.
Such a corps was North Star from North Shore, MA.” …
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
DCI Legacy Collection
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North Star • Podcasts
Monday, May 7th, 2012 at
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“Throughout the closing years of the Century, DCA continued to grow and prosper. Overall, corps got larger and better.” …
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
Digital CDs
Tagged with: DCA
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Drum Corps Associates • Podcasts
Monday, April 30th, 2012 at
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“One of the oldest and most successful circuits in the drum corps arena is Drum Corps Associates. Prior to the establishment of DCA, senior corps competed in loosely knit geographic areas dominated by strong contest sponsors and the only thing close to an “establishment” was the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.” …
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
Digital CDs
Tagged with: DCA
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Drum Corps Associates • Podcasts
Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at
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“In January 1959, American Legion Post No. 199 in Hawthorne, New Jersey, and the Hawthorne Caballeros joined forces to start the Muchachos. Ralph Silverbrand, drum major of the Caballeros, and Marge Moore, wife of the former post commander, were the two main forces behind the humble beginnings.” …
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
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Hawthorne Muchachos • Podcasts
Monday, April 16th, 2012 at
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“The year was 1969. Two senior drum & bugles corps, the Holy Rosary Caballeros and the Skylarks from Providence, Rhode Island, merged. Rick Harrington was instrumental in getting the corps started by calling members from the disbanded Holy Rosary Caballeros and getting them to join.
He called Gil Silva and Silva told him he would be here for three weeks – and ended up staying for 30 years.” …
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
Digital CDs
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Podcasts • Rhode Island Matadors
Monday, April 9th, 2012 at
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“One of the oldest church-sponsored drum corps in the East was St. Lucy’s Cadets from Newark, NJ.
Organized in 1924 as a fife, drum and bugle corps, St. Lucy’s appeared in numerous parades and concerts,
both locally and nationally, and won several national titles in standstill competitions.”…
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
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Podcasts • St. Lucy's Cadets
Monday, April 2nd, 2012 at
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“One of the great themes of history or literature is of the outsider who comes out of nowhere, reaches the top and then fades away.
In Drum Corps Associates, there is no better example of the obscure unit that rises, burns brightly and then collapses, than the Steel City Ambassadors of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania”…
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
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Podcasts • Steel City Ambassadors
Monday, March 26th, 2012 at
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“Blue Rock was founded in 1958 in Wilmington, Delaware and Penns Grove, New Jersey. Oddly enough, Blue Rock’s origins were as a senior corps. But with the other well-established seniors such as the Archer-Epler Musketeers and Reilly Raiders in Philadelphia, and the Yankee Rebels in Baltimore, the new corps from Delaware was unable to establish a foothold.
So in 1960 Blue Rock was reformed as a junior corps.”…
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
DCI Legacy Collection
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Blue Rock • Podcasts
Monday, March 19th, 2012 at
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“These were the men of yesteryear,
The men we knew so well,
Who blazed the trail with head held high,
To fame, international.
These were the men who played the game,
To victory, or defeat.
Were classified by their competitors,
Incomparable, elite.
These were the men, whose horns lie mute,
And now have faltered in step;
Whose drums have beaten their last tattoo,
And to whom we are in debt.”
- Arthur “Scotty” Chappelle
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Links to material used in this episode:
Art Kellerman’s Article
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
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Lt. Norman Princemen • Podcasts
Monday, March 12th, 2012 at
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“Sitting in his old reclining chair, George Bonfiglio watched that old 1936 movie, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, pondering what the future would bring for his desire to resurrect his recently deceased drum corps.
At that moment, Bongiflio knew his fledgling drum corps — with no home, no equipment and no money — had finally acquired a name: the 27th Lancers.” …
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Links to material used in this episode:
A History of Drum and Bugle Corps Volume 2
POCM
Fleetwood Sounds
Filed under:
27th Lancers • Podcasts
