The  Optimists  Alumni  Drum  &  Bugle  Corps

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

. . . March On!

Download MP3 Files

I've received a number of re-mastered MP3 from the good folks at Preserve Our Corps Memories (POCM). They've been taking old Drum Corps recordings, cleaning them up as best they can, archiving them and offering them to the corps. They also have a some recordings for sale. Over the next while I'll be listening to these recording, adding recordings that they've supplied but we don't have and, probably, replacing older ones with the re-mastered versions.

If you have old recordings that you would like to donate to this worthwhile project, please visit their website at: http://preserveourcorpsmemories.com/

Instructions

Click on the underlined portion of an entry to download the MP3.

(for Windows systems,
if you click on the year and the song plays,
right click the year
and choose "Save Target As..."  or "Save Link as"
to save it to your hard-drive.)

     
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Toronto Optimists
1958 – 1975
     
 
  • 1958: East York Stadium, Toronto, Ontario (POCM)
  • 1958: University Armories, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1959: Unknown location
  • 1959: Unknown location (submitted by Ed Law)
  • 1960: Unknown location
  • 1961: September 9th, Seagram Stadium, Waterloo, Ontario
  • 1961: Unknown location (submitted by Ed Law)
  • 1962: September 7th, Seagram Stadium, Waterloo, Ontario
  • 1963: June 30th, Blue & Gold show, Mundelein, IL
  • 1964: unknown location, updated April 29, 2008
  • 1964: July 3rd, Boys of '76 contest, Racine, WI (POCM)
  • 1965: February 27th, Chicago Civic Opera House, Chicago, Il
  • 1965: September 11th, Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1966: Shriners' International, June 18th, 1966, CNE, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1966: September 10th, Molson Stadium, Montreal, PQ
  • 1967: August 29th, CYO Nationals, Boston, MA
  • 1967: September 9th, Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1967: National Champion Quartet (POCM)
  • 1968: June 15th, Shriners' International, CNE, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1968: September 7th, Canadian Nationals, Kingston, Ontario
  • 1969: Shriners' International, June 21st, 1969, Toronto
  • 1969: US Open (POCM)
  • 1970: North American Championship
  • 1971: Shriners' International, June 17th, 1971, Toronto
  • 1972: Studio Recording (about May, 1972)
  • 1972: Field Show (unknown location)
  • 1973: Oshkosh, WI.
  • 1974: Unknown location
  • 1975: Unknown location (POCM)
     
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Seneca Optimists
1976 – 1978
     
 
  • 1976: World Open (POCM)
  • 1976: DCI 1976
  • 1977: DCI 1977
  • 1978: York Stadium, August 26th, Toronto, Ontario