Hawthorne Undefeated After Baltimore Win
By Gene Des Jarlais
Drum Corps News Aug. 8, 1962

Baltimore, Md., July 21 - The Hawthorne Caballeros remained undefeated at the midpoint of the 1962 drum corps season by outlasting four top notch corps in the "March of Champions" held tonight in Baltimore Memorial Stadium. A throng of 9,000 fans watched the Conn. Hurricanes scramble into second place in one of the closest contests in four years.

It was a Hawthorne night, and the boys from Jersey held the crowd entranced with "Siboney", "Carmen", and "El Cid". This is the third consecutive year that Hawthorne has taken home the "March of Champions" championship flag.

In the battle for second place, the Connecticut Hurricanes eked ahead of Archer-Epler by .033 points. Introducing a new look, a new sound, and a new concert - major Joe Genaro, the Hurricanes presented a show based on the best music to come from the world of the stage and screen. This included "Maria", "Tonight", and a concert from "Porgy and Bess".

The Musketeers from Upper Darby, Penn. applied their rich horn line to such music as "Camelot", "Hallalujah", and "Younger Than Springtime".

The Skyliners from New York by way of Yonkers, presented their ever popular big city theme with and added "Twist".

The Buccaneers of Reading, Penn. thrilled the crowd with their "Big Sounds of 1962" which included such favorites as "Maria", "Carioca", and "Muskrat Ramble".

In the exhibition, the host corps, the Yankee Rebels, had the crowd in a frenzy with a wild arrangement and dance of "The Stripper".

Southern hospitality abounded everywhere and the boys of the Hamilton Yankee Rebels should be congratulated on a fabulous job. They should also be congratulated on the immediate correction of a tabulation error to the satisfaction of all corps concerned.

Final scores:
Hawthorne Cabs ........ 87.816
Conn. Hurricanes ...... 85.683
Archer-Epler .......... 85.650
Skyliners ............. 85.266
Reading Bucc. ......... 85.183