Gator Bowl Honors Won By Vanguards, Goldcoasters
DCN August 8, 1962

CONGRADULATIONS to the Miami Vanguards and the Miami Goldcoasters for taking top honors in the 1st annual SOUTHEASTERN "Parade Of Champions" contest held in the Gator Bowl on Saturday July 14th before a small gathering of Southern drum corps fans. Under the guidance of Chief Judge, the three senior corps, five junior corps and competing color guards presented a fine evenings entertainment.

RESULTS:
Junior Color Guards
1. Crusader Girls of Miami .... 93.00
4. Grenadiers of Miami .......... 89.50
Junior Corps
1. Vanguards of Miami ......................... 90.595
2. Presidents of Tennessee ................. 86.250
3. Emerald Buccaneers, Jacksonville ... 74.700
4. St. Mary's Cadets, Georgetown, SC . 74.100
5. Grenadiers of Miami ......................... 68.200
Senior Corps
1. Goldcoasters of Miami .... 91.06
2. Greenville, S.C. .............. 64.50
3. Gastonia, N.C. ............... 63.50

NOTES & VIEWS - Goldcoasters were the show-stopper. The "Lord's Prayer" by Bob Cotter's men was tops. The Women (yes wives) in the Goldcoasters Color Guard were very nice. Vanguards broke down on the highway and took sixteen hours to get to the contest and after a long, long, and so very hot ride, rushed into the stadium and stopped the show with a tremendous show. Hat's off to Dave Blakely and Bill Hayes, these boys are the best. Contest judging was way off according to most directors since one judge would score high, in drumming and the other was cutting the lines down. St. Mary's Cadets scored a 18.10 from one drum judge and a 2.0 from the other. The other captions were handled on an even keel but there was much concern over this problem. Sorry Harvey Seeds could not make the show.

Southern contests were ended for the season in Jacksonville (on July14th) and this is a shame. The top Southern outfits are now preparing to venture north to nationals to conclude their year.

CONGRADULATIONS to St. Mary's Cadets for concluding their 1962 season with a first place award in the Timmonsville Tobaco Festival on July 19th, just one day after they returned from Florida.

Two or three carloads of Carolinians are planning to travel to the DREAM contest in N.J. on August 25th, This is an annual trip for these Southernaires and it does all of us a lot of good to see the big outfits rolling full blast.

South Carolina has a high school band going completely Drum Corps style in M&M and uniforms. They are the LORIS MARCHING LIONS BAND and they will step out with an eight girl C.G., twin drum majorettes and eight drums and thirty four instruments. White satin blouses with white ten gallon Stetson cowboy hats will catch the Southern eyes starting August 13th.

Musically,
W.W. Jacobus