Early California Drum & Bugle Corps by Roy Perez

Early vintage California Drum Corps home movies (60's) With Velvet Knights soundtrack -68'
Home movies courtesy of the Ott family

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[tinknocker162]

At 1:24 Jim Ott and I are messing around before a Stockton Commodore performance 1966

[dkickdrum]

Wow! Roy! Thanks for opening my eyes to the early days of Drum Corps on the West Coast! I do remember the Exodus of Drum Corps instructors from the east having a major impact on Drums Corps as they returned from their service in the Viet Nam War...... These videos are truly Golden..... Thanks Roy!

Harold Smiley Davis of

St. Rocco's Cadets

[VKDM8687]

AWESOME VIDEO! The history NEEDS to be kept alive!

[b42baritone]

Thanks for posting this video. I started with the Lakewood Ambassadors.

[memalephyudth]

now that was awesome footage of the old days, some before i was born. loved it.

[blansett]

Thanks for the wonderful video, Roy. That was one of the first VK hornlines I ever worked with. This really brought back great memories. Nice to see VK on the top of the recap sheet, too.

Thanks, again.

[lewpubco]

Thanks for posting this. We're seeing more and more early drum corps and alumni drum corps video, and this is great. This is a great way to document this time in history, for those of us who knew drum corps as a way of life, but also to preserve the memories of something truly wonderful

[whk621]

Hello Roy, Thanks for your kind comments on the St. Mary's Lancers video, it is greatly appreciated. This video compliation is wonderful!! What a walk down the true drum corps lane.

Thanks for commenting and posting.  --Bill--

[TheCiscoKid51]

Roy - thanks so much for posting this!

Quite amazing to see so much drum corps history compiled in one place like this.