Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps
The Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps was a competitive all age coed drum and bugle corps. Based in Racine, Wisconsin, the Kilties were members of Drum Corps Associates (DCA). From 1934 through 1982, the Kilties were a junior corps that won three VFW National Championships and were seven-time World Championship Finalists in Drum Corps International. The group was reorganized as an alumni corps in 1986, became a parade corps in 1993, entered competition as a senior field corps in 1994 and evolved into an "all-age" coed corps in 1999. They have been finalists at the DCA all-age world championships three times including obtaining Bronze Medal status in the 2015 season Class A division and awarded the 1997 Drum Corps Midwest senior corps championship.
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| Location | Racine, WI |
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| Division | Lower Division |
| Founded | 1934 (Junior) 1992 (All-Age) |
| Director | Jeff Troudt |
| Championship titles | VFW 1964, 1968, 1969 |
| Uniform | Buchannan Modern tartan is worn by the corps. Black battlejacket with black gauntlets. Black belt with a chrome buckle. Black knee high socks and black highland boots. A black tam is worn for headgear. |
Early history
Junior Kilties
The Junior Kilties Drum and Bugle were founded in 1934 by Raymond Vance as an activity associated with the YMCA as an all boy drum and bugle corps. The original name of the corps was the Kiwanis Kilties in honor of the sponsor. A local seamstress made the original uniforms for the corps. The first plaid that the corps wore was the Royal Stewart tartan. The corps made their début on July 4, 1936 at the Independence Day Parade. It was on August 5, 1936 that the corps hit the field for exhibition at the local music festival. The junior Kilties went inactive after the 1982 season.[1][2][3]
Modern history
The All-Age Kilties
In 1992 the corps initially reemerged as an all-male senior/alumni corps through the efforts of local alumni of the junior Kilties and participated in local events and competitions.
The corps entered back into the field competition in 1994 with their début in Menasha, Wisconsin on June 11, 1994. The Kilties competed exclusively in the Drum Corps Midwest circuit and obtained full DCM membership in Toledo, Ohio in their first year of competition and now compete as an all-age coed corps in the DCA and DCI-All Age circuits.[4][5]
As a DCA corps and DCI all-age division corps the Kilties have members from 16 years old through adulthood.[6]
Uniform
Sample of the Buchanan Tartan
The current all age coed corps uniform consists of a Modern Buchanan tartan and a black battle jacket. Accessories for the uniform are: black tam, black gauntlets, black knee high socks with black highland boots. A sporran is also worn by the horn and pit players.
The color guard uniforms are modern in nature with the exception of wearing kilts as a part of their parade uniform.
Show Summary (1953-82)
[7] "Pale blue background indicates DCI Class Finalist."
| Year | Repertoire | Score | Placement |
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| 1953 | Colonel Bogey March by Kenneth J. Alford / Moulin Rouge by Georges Auric / Tuxedo Junction by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, & Julian Dash / Loch Lomond (Traditional) / St. Louis Blues March by William C. Handy (adapted by Glenn Miller) / My Country 'Tis of Thee by Samuel Francis Smith / The Lonesome Road by Nathaniel Shillkret & Gene Austin / Blue Skies (from Alexander's Ragtime Band) by Irving Berlin / You are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell]] / Going Home by Antonin Dvorak / On the Trail (from Grand Canyon Suite) by Ferde Grofe / Dinah by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, & Joe Young / Sweet Sue, Just You by Victor Young & Will J. Harris / Powerhouse March / Too Young by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee | ||
| 1954 | Exactly Like You by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields / Sweet Sue, Just You by Victor Young & Will J. Harris / Colonel Bogey March by Kenneth J. Alford / You Take The High Road (Traditional) / The Lonesome Road by Nathaniel Shillkret & Gene Austin / Tuxedo Junction by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, & Julian Dash / Chattanooga Choo Choo by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon / String of Pearls by Jerry Gray / My Country 'Tis of Thee by Samuel Francis Smith / The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On) by Irving Berlin & Beda Loehner | ||
| 1956 | Powerhouse March / Bolero by Maurice Ravel / Little Girl by Francis Henry & Matt Hyde / It's Only a Paper Moon by Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, & Billy Rose / Limehouse Blues by Philip Braham & Douglas Furber / Three LIttle Words (from Three Little Words) by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby / March of the Grenadiers by Josef Locke / Minnesota, March On by Milo Sweet & Gwen Sweet / The Object of my Affection by Pinky Tomlin / Wishing | ||
| 1957 | March of the Grenadiers by Josef Locke / Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, & Gus Kahn / Moonglow by Will Hudson, Irving Mills, & Eddie DeLange / Oh, Lady Be Good (from Lady Be Good) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / Round and Round by Joe Shapiro & Lou Stallman / Sitting On Top of the World by Walter Vinson & Lonnie Chatmon / Angry by Henry Brunies, & Merritt Brunies, Jules Cassard, & Dudley Mecum / Night and Day by Cole Porter / I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / The Campbells are Comin' (Traditional) / Sleep by Earl Lebieg | ||
| 1958 | String of Pearls by Jerry Gray / Little Girl by Francis Henry & Matt Hyde / Tenderly by Walter Gross & Jack Lawrence / Under the Double Eagle by Josef Wagner / Sugartime by Charlie Phillips & Odis Echols / Oh, You Beautiful Doll by Irving Berlin, Nat D. Ayer, & Seymour Brown / Colonel Bogey March by Kenneth J. Alford / The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On) by Irving Berlin & Beda Loehner | ||
| 1960 | Scotland the Brave (Traditional) / Blue Bells of Scotland by Burt Cutler / Tuxedo Junction by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, & Julian Dash / Like Young by Andre Previn & Paul Francis Webster / Stormy Weather (from Stormy Weather) by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / All the Blue Bonnets Are Over the Border (Traditional) / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 79.45 | 9th |
| 1961 | This Could Be The Start Of Something Big by Steve Allen / Goody Goody by Matty Malneck & Johnny Mercer / 2 O'Clock Jump by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, & Harry James / Stompin' At The Savoy by Edgar Sampson / 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin / Goodby Now | 79.85 | 11th |
| 1962 | Hands Across The Sea by John Philip Sousa / A Foggy Day by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / Take the 'A' Train by Billy Strayhorn / Goody Goody by Matty Malneck & Johnny Mercer / National Emblem March by Edwin Eugene Bagley / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / It's A Pity To Say Goodnight by Mack Gordon & Billy Reid / Goodby Now | 74.20 | 11th |
| 1963 | Hands Across The Sea by John Philip Sousa / A Foggy Day by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / Scotland the Brave (Traditional) / Farandole (from L'Arlesienne) by Georges Bizet / Fame and Glory by Albert Edward Matt / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | ||
| 1964 | Scotland the Brave (Traditional) / The Best Things in Life Are Free by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, & Lew Brown / The Song of the Volga Boatmen (Traditional) / Put On A Happy Face by Charles Strouse & Lee Adams / Hail To The Chief by James Sanderson / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / Hands Across The Sea by John Philip Sousa / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 85.95 | 1st |
| 1965 | Scotland the Brave (Traditional) / Girl From Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim / The Song of the Volga Boatmen (Traditional) / Put On A Happy Face by Charles Strouse & Lee Adams / Hail To The Chief by James Sanderson / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / 76 Trombones (from The Music Man) by Meredith Wilson / National Emblem March by Edwin Eugene Bagley / Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 84.20 | 3rd |
| 1966 | Blue Bells of Scotland by Burt Cutler / Scotland the Brave (Traditional) / Jersey Bounce by Tiny Bradshaw, Eddie Johnson, & Bobby Plater / Fame and Glory by Albert Edward Matt, / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / The Song of the Volga Boatmen (Traditional) / 76 Trombones (from The Music Man) by Meredith Wilson / South Rampart Street Parade by Ray Bauduc & Bob Haggart / Put On A Happy Face by Charles Strouse & Lee Adams / High Hopes by Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn | 82.75 | 8th |
| 1967 | Scotland the Brave (Traditional) / Jericho by Jerry Goldsmith / Hail To The Chief by James Sanderson / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 83.70 | 5th |
| 1968 | Strike Up the Band (from Strike Up the Band) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin / Yes, Indeed by Tina Brockert / MacArthur Park by Jimmy Webb / Chattanooga Choo Choo by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 89.85 | 1st |
| 1969 | Fanfare & Down on MacConnachy Square (from Brigadoon) by Frederick Loewe / Loch Lomond (Traditional) / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / Brotherhood of Man (from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) by Frank Loesser / Yes, Indeed by Tina Brockert / MacArthur Park by Jimmy Webb / Chattanooga Choo Choo by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 84.55 | 6th |
| 1970 | Fanfare & Down on MacConnachy Square (from Brigadoon) by Frederick Loewe / Loch Lomond (Traditional) / America The Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward & Katherine Lee Bates / MacArthur Park by Jimmy Webb / Take the 'A' Train by Billy Strayhorn / Night Train by Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Blimpkins, & Dacer Washington / Chattanooga Choo Choo by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 84.55 | 6th |
| 1971 | Rocknormanoff's 5th by Ken Norman / Brotherhood of Man (from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) by Frank Loesser / Bagpipes, Bugles, & Bluebells / Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber / Yellow Submarine by John Lennon & Paul McCartney / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | ||
| 1972 | McCoy's Reel by Ken Norman / God Save the Queen (Traditional) / Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky / McCoy's Exit / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 81.20 | 8th |
| 1973 | McDuffy's March by Mike Duffy / God Save the Queen (Traditional) / Roundabout by Jon Anderson & Steve Howe / Eli's Coming by Laura Nyro / McCoy's Exit / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 82.95 | 5th |
| 1974 | Fanfare (from Brigadoon) by Frederick Loewe / McDuffy's March by Mike Duffy / Karn Evil 9 by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, & Peter Sinfield / Eli's Coming by Laura Nyro / Chattanooga Choo Choo by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon / McCoy's Exit / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 85.25 | 6th |
| 1975 | The Third Hoorah by Ian Anderson / Carmina Burana by Carl Orff / Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry / Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing by Stevie Wonder / Irish Washerwoman (from Irish Suite) by Leroy Anderson / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 85.30 | 7th |
| 1976 | Knightsbridge March by Eric Coates / John the Baptist (Holy John) by Al Kooper / Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry / Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing by Stevie Wonder / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 70.05 | 28th |
| 1977 | McDuffy's March by Mike Duffy / Heaven on Their Minds (from Jesus Christ Superstar) by Andrew Lloyd Webber / Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo / Music by John Miles | 81.80 | 10th |
| 1978 | My Favorite Things (from The Sound Of Music) by Richard Rodgers / Battle Cry / Seaside Rendezvous by Freddie Mercury / Everybody's Everything by Carlos Santana, David Brown, & Tyrone Moss / Se a Cabo by Jose Areas / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 77.25 | 12th |
| 1979 | Scottish Rhapsody / Birdland by Josef Zawinul / Serpentine Fire by Maurice White, Verdine White, & Sonny Burke / The South's Gonna Do It Again by Charlie Daniels / "Long, Long Time" by Gary White / Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) | 65.65 | 32nd |
| 1981 | (Repertoire not available) | 36.05 | 49th |
| 1982 | (Repertoire not available) | 31.80 | 35th Class A |
References
- Goodwill Spectacular poster, Racine Journal Times, April 15, 2014.
- Kiltie Kadets wait to perform in 1971, Racine Journal Times, April 15, 2014.
- Boys of '76 - Music Spectacular poster, Racine Journal Times, April 15, 2014.
- George D. Fennel, Racine : once known as the drum and bugle corps capital of the world, Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
- Alan R. Karls, Racine's Horlick Athletic Field: Drums Along the Foundries, The History Press, 2014.
- Tessa Fox, Kiltie Klassic returns, honors alumni, Racine Journal Times, August 1, 2013.
- http://www.dcxmuseum.org/index.cfm?view=corpslist&CorpsID=8
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