Eagles, Skylarks Win Michigan Legion Crown
By George R. Woodbridge
DCN Sept. 12, 1962 issue

Lansing, Mich., Aug. 3 - The Department of Michigan American Legion Contests for Drum and Bugle Corps were held here this evening at Sexton High School Field.

Doing a repeat of the U.P. Legion Convention, the Golden Eagles of L'Anse put on the number one show of all the Junior Corps to defeat the Menominee Northernaires as the Michigan Legion Junior Champions. . . . L'Anse, 75.69 and Northernaires, 69.70.

The contest this evening was the best corps contest at a Michigan Legion Convention in many a year. Ten Juniors and two Seniors competed in the finals. Preliminaries had been held during the afternoon with the following Junior Corps being eliminated . . . Flint, Corvair Cadets, Coldwater Blue Angels, Muskegon Wanderers, the Northwest Post of Detroit and the Haslett Warriors.

In the finals, finishing behind the Golden Eagles were the following: Royal Lancers of Wyandott, 74.753; Blue Notes, Ishpeming, 72.311; Northernaires, 69.700; the Marauders of Madison Heights, 68.645; and in No. 6 spot, the Green Hornets of Grand Rapids, 63.456.

Royal Lancers had the most outstanding drum line, the Marauders the most improved corps in the state . . . the Northernaires are really in a re-building year and it sure showed.

In the Seniors, the Flint Skylarks placed first over the Vanguards from St. Clair Shores . . . Although Flint only had eighteen bugles, they continued to play some of my old favorites....... "Tuxedo Junction", "Fine and Dandy", "Great Day" . . . The Edison "Lamplighters" of Detroit did not appear, as they have disbanded for the 1962 season... Late note:Just heard there was a tabulation error on the "Northernaires". How this will effect the outcome I will report at a later date.