Cavaliers Cop Ill. VFW Title
DCN Aug.8, 1962 issue

Before an enthusiastic crowd of over 4,000 the Cavaliers swept past all corps to take the Ill. State VFW Title once again.

The Cavaliers proved their supremacy for this contest as they took tops in all of the field captions and finished second in G.E. to roll up an 84.8 to come off with a well deserved first place.

Finishing in second with a score of 83.385 were the Royal Aires.

The third place corps of the evening turned out to be the vastly improved Belleville Black Knights. Featuring a very crowd-pleasing show the Knights topped the fourth place Imperials by over two points.

Although somewhat off the pace scorewise, the Imperials won the applause of their many fans throughout their show.

Taking the fifth spot were the Racine Kilties. The only Wisconsin corps on the field, the Kilts, presented a very unusual show.

Taking the sixth spot were the Skokie Vanguards. Although they were over four points behind the Kilties they were no less pleasing.

Finishing in the bottom two slots were the two Rockford corps, the Phantom Regiment and the Purple Knights. And so finished both the Woodstock V-J Pageant and the VFW Pageant of Drums.

The Scores:
Park Ridge Cavaliers ................ 84.800
Blue Island Royal Airs ............. 83.385
Caseyville Black Knights .......... 79.025
Norwood Park Imperials ......... 76.665
Racine Kilties .......................... 72.075
Skokie Vanguards ................... 67.925
Rockford Phantom Regiment ... 65.335
Rockford Purple Knights ......... 65.000