The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior

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, based in

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. The Crossmen are a member corps of

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(DCI).

History

The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps was founded on October 1, 1974, through the

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of two suburban

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drum and bugle corps: the Keystone Regiment and the 507 Hornets. The name "Crossmen" was chosen, from a list of 43 proposed names, by the members of the new corps in recognition of

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Post 507, which was named in honor of World War I veteran John Wesley Cross. Beginning in

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, the corps has, over the years, been based in several other communities. Their longest stays were in

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and

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. The Crossmen were competitively successful from the start, winning the Eastern States Circuit Championship from 1975 to 1981. In 1977, the corps won the

National Junior Drum and Bugle Corps Championship in

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. In 1981, they won the

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Nationals in Philadelphia. In the winter of 1996, on the verge of folding, the corps became one of the programs sponsored by Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!), an organization which also included

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and the

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. As a member of YEA!, the corps was based in

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. After the 2006 season, the corps relocated to San Antonio and then separated from YEA! in late August 2007. The Crossmen have been Drum Corps International finalists a total of 29 times between 1977 and 2019.

Show summary (1972–2022)

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References

External links

Official website
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