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On, March
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Optimists and Bantams at Union
Station, Toronto |
| In the fall of 1959, Baggs made a
decision that would have a lasting impact on the future
of the Optimists. He decided to form a feeder corps.
They would be called the Bantam Optimists and marching
members of the junior corps would instruct them. This
would provide the junior corps with a way of
replenishing membership. To demonstrate the depth of
consistency throughout the Optimists’ drum corps
organization, the Bantam Optimists, in the summer of
1960, captured the Canadian Novice Standstill title.
The Optimists rolled through 1960 unscathed, capping the
season with their third consecutive Canadian title. They
added Meadowlands, a powerful new opening number, to
their basically unchanged repertoire. Corps member Glen
Durish took this song, added lyrics and it became the
corps song which was sung before each performance. |
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