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Dave Borck
Apr 23, 2014 - 4:39PM
Re: 1965 VFW NATIONALS - CHICAGO

received some new info about this contest .. so here is a revised post.

1965 VFW - CHICAGO, IL

Major scores:

Junior prelims (54 corps competed):
1. Royal Airs 89.75
2. Cavaliers 87.97
3. Skokie Vanguard 86.45
4. Troopers 85.80
5. St. Josephs (Batavia, NY) 85.50
6. Kilties 85.20
7. Boston Crusaders 84.9
8. Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights 84.78
9. Garfield Cadets 84.53
10. St. Kevin’s Emerald Knights (Boston) 84.00
11. Norwood Park Imperials 83.42
12. Magnificent Yankees (NY) 83.40
13. St. Mary’s Cardinals (Boston) 82.1
14. Madison Scouts 81.00
15. Bridgeport PAL Cadets 80.8
16. Vasella Musketeers (Philadelphia) 80.65
17. Racine Scouts 80.10
18. St. Paul Scouts 79.65

Note: Black Knights were 22nd

Junior Finals: 15 corps - held indoors at McCormick Place due to severe rain
1. Royal Airs 89.2
2. Cavaliers 87.8
3. Kilties 84.2
4. Troopers 82.7
5. Skokie Vanguard 82.5
6. Boston Crusaders 81.5
7. Blessed Sacrament 81.45
8. St. Joseph’s Cadets 80.85
9. Garfield Cadets 79.75
10. Imperials 77.25
11. St. Kevin’s 77.10
12. St. Mary’s Cardinals 74.45
13. Magnificent Yankees 70.85
14. Madison Scouts 69.70
15. PAL Cadets 68.50


The prelims were held at Hanson Park in Chicago. Due to heavy rain, the park field was used, not the stadium. The prelims were planned for 2 days, with 54 corps. But, after
the first day was completed, rain became more of a factor. The 2nd day of prelims was interrupted by rain several times, then the rain became a deluge with strong wind and thunderstorms. Several corps were caught in this, and prelims were delayed until an indoor site could be found. The remaining corps scheduled for prelims performed indoors at McCormick Place (this included the Imperials). The Troopers were allowed to re-do their earlier prelim performance indoors.

Soldier Field, the planned site for Finals (Wed., August 18), was flooded so the Finals contest was also held indoors at McCormick Place. This was really a TERRIBLE place for a drum corps show .. the acoustics were horrid and the GE evaluations were from a very low vantage point in makeshift stands.

Being a local site, the corps members stayed at home that week. The corps took school busses to the contests.

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