1967 - 1971

Unfortunately, the keeping of this record was not maintained between 1967 and 1971. I say unfortunately because these were the years that saw the Hamburg Kingsmen burst upon the national scene and were the years of greatest success for the corps.

In 1968, through a misunderstanding, the Hamburg Volunteer Firemen terminated their sponsorship of the corps. The group stayed together, improved and went on to become a member at the end of the summer of Drum Corps Associates. 1969, 1970, and 1971 were years of great growth and progress for the corps.

Under the instruction of Collin Campbell on percussion and “Coz” on bugles the Kingsmen developed one of the very best senior drum lines in the country and the largest horn line in D.C.A. With the addition of Fred “Gebby” Gephardt to this excellent staff in 1971 the corps continued its excellent record.

The most remembered song ever played by the Kingsmen was “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary.” This WWI song was color-pre for the corps in 1970 and 1971 and was twice voted the best color-pre in DCA.