Legion Nationals Tickets Available
Drum Corps News Aug. 8, 1962

LAS VEGAS, Nev., July 16 - Tickets are now available for the senior drum and bugle corps finals, the junior drum and bugle corps finals, and the big convention parade.... all to be held here during The American Legion's 44th National Convention, Oct. 5-11, the 1962 Convention Corporation has announced.

Tickets for the junior drum and bugle corps final contest, to be held at Cashman Field Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 6, at 7:00 p.m., are priced at $1.50 each. The tickets for the big convention parade scheduled for Monday, Oct. 8, are $1.00 each.

Both reserved and general admission seats are available for the 1962 "Parade of Champions" -- senior drum and bugle corps finals -- to be held at Cashman Field Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 7 starting at 7:00 p.m. Box seats are priced at $4.50 and $4.00, reserved seats at $3.50 and general admission seats at $2.00. A coupon good for 50 cents on any of these admissions will be available in each official National Convention program. There will be no coupons applicable for the junior drum and bugle corps finals and the convention parade.

Legionnaires planning to attend the "Parade of Champions" are advised to order their tickets by mail now. Those wishing to take advantage of the advanced ticket sale will not be required to produce the discount coupon in order to receive the 50 cents per ticket reduction.

For the big show in Miami Beach, Fla., in 1960, there were 75,000 tickets available and in Denver Colo., last year there were 20,000 seats. This year there are only 15,000 seats and they will be sold on a first come, first served, basis.

Checks should accompany all orders, be made payable to The American Legion 1962 Convention Corporation, and drawn in the appropriate amount taking the 50 cent coupon reduction into consideration. Mail orders to: The American Legion 1962 Convention Corporation, Thunderbird Hotel, 2755 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Las Vegas, Nev.