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“They were a small market drum corps with big ideas. A leading innovator in the 1950’s and 1960’s, the corps was born as Winneck Post American Legion drum corps in 1929.” …
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“We are the girls of Audubon
We go proudly marching on
Our name is famous
We’ll take our stand
As the best bugle corps in the land.” …
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“Like so many other corps, the Archer-Epler Junior Drum and Bugle Corps had its humble beginnings during the dark days of the “Great Depression”. Almost all corps of that period were associated either with veterans’ organizations such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, or with the Catholic Youth Organization.
Most pre-War corps were “neighborhood” groups, and represented a meaningful outlet for youthful energies in an era before formal activities like Little League had yet been organized.
In the cases of poorer communities, Drum and Bugle corps often provided one of the few ways a child could travel to distant towns and cities.”
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“The observations that follow are based on my experiences with one of the finest and most entertaining corps to perform in the quest for fame and glory in the 1950s and 1960s.”
– Paul Flaherty
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“There are many words that can describe the emotions felt during the 1980s:
turbulence, disappointment, elation, satisfaction, agony, survival and sorrow.” …