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1955 AL NATIONALS - MIAMI, FL

1955 AL - MIAMI, FL

Scores: again, 1 contest, no prelims. (16 corps competed)

1. Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights, Newark, NJ 92.683
2. St. Vincent’s Cadets, Bayonne, NJ 91.833
3. Holy Name Cadets, Garfield, NJ 91.283
4. Little Flower Cadets, Baltimore, MD 89.05
5. Chicago Cavaliers 87.666
6. Belmont Grenadiers, Chicago 87.516
7. Norwood Park (Imperials) 86.983

Note
1. The SAME top three!
2. The Grenadiers are still there!
3. The (ugh) Cavaliers are still rising.
4. Little Flower Cadets were a small corps from Baltimore with a really good staff. Their moderator, Father Dowling, was a good friend of Rick Maass. I met Fr. Dowling in 1960 .. a great guy!

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What did you do in the Corps? percussion

What years were you a Corps member? 1958-63