| Year/Corps Name |
Repertoire |
Arranged/Written by |
Facts |
| 1957 |
The Lady is a Tramp
Rollin' Along |
John LoBue
John LoBue |
27 Horns
9 Drums |
| Mel Tierney Vanguard |
Red Sails in the Sunset |
Ed Riemer |
11 Color Guard
Drum Major - Bobbie Nielsen
Manager - Bob Briske
Staff
Horns - Ed Riemer
Drums - Larry LaVita
Drill - Bert Person
Corps was all male
Uniforms: Red and Gray cadet style
Horns: Brass
|
1958
Skokie Vanguard |
Yesterdays (Fanfare)
It's a Most Unusual Day
Rollin' Along
America - Fanfare
Bye Bye Blues
Birth of the Blues
Tammy's in Love
Drum Concert
Bali Hai
Liberty March
Etude (A2)
Bloody Mary
March Slav
Almost Like Being in Love
|
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
Larry LaVita
John LoBue
John LoBue
Ed Riemer
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
|
24 Horns
6 Drums
9 Color Guard
Drum Major - JoAnn Pamper
Manager - Larry LaVita
Staff
Horns - John LoBue
Drums - Larry LaVita
Drill - Bob Haase
JoAnn Pamper was the first female in the corps
Plastic drum heads were introduced
|
1959
Skokie Vanguard |
Song of Songs - Fanfare
March from "The Robe"
Liberty March
March Slav
Almost Like Being in Love
Crazy Rhythm/I Got Rhythm
Bloody Mary
I Had a Dream
Americans We
Bali Hai
If I Could Tell You
|
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
Rick Tarsitano
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
|
27 Horns
9 Drums
15 Female Color Guard
Drum Major - JoAnn Pamper
Manager - Larry LaVita
Staff
Horns - John LoBue
(died in 1959, replaced by Rich Tarsitano)
Drums - Larry LaVita
Drill - Bob Haase
New Uniforms (red and black)
Chrome Horns (Getzen)
New Drums (Ludwig)
|
1960
Skokie Vanguard |
Original Fanfare
March from "The Robe"
Seranata
Americans We
I've Got You Under my Skin
Conquest
Patricia
Song of Songs - Fanfare
Bloody Mary
Bali Hai
If I Could Tell You
|
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
John LoBue
|
30 Horns
12 Drums
19 Female Color Guard
Drum Major - Larry Johnson
Manager - Larry LaVita
Staff
Horns - Ed Morrissey
Drums - Dick Brown
Drill - Bob Haase
|
1961
Skokie Vanguard |
Original Fanfare
Exodus
Frenesi
Conquest
Full Moon and Empty Arms
American in Paris
Seranata
Moonlight in Vermont
(replaced late season by "Mama Inez")
Look Homeward Angel
Original Fanfare
|
Burgess/Reeves/Burkett
Morrissey/Reeves/Burkett
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Burgess Reeves
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
|
30 Horns
9 Drums
19 Female Color Guard
Drum Major - Larry Johnson
Manager - Larry LaVita
Staff
Horns - Ed Morrissey
Drums - Dick Brown
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1962
Skokie Vanguard |
Theme from "One Eyed Jacks"
Mountain High, Valley Low
Battle Cry of Freedom
America the Beautiful
Frenesi
The Continental
Exodus
Love theme from "El Cid"
Look Homeward Angel
|
Reeves/Burkett
Reeves/Burkett
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Morrissey/Reeves/Burkett
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
|
30 Horns
9 Drums
19 Female Color Guard
Drum Majors - Tom Barrett & Tim Smith
Manager - Herb Hammarquist
Staff
Horns - Ed Morrissey
Drums - Dick Brown
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1963
Skokie Vanguard |
Theme from "One Eyed Jacks"
Mountain High, Valley Low
Battle Cry of Freedom
Frenesi
Bizet Has His Day
Manhattan Beach March
Love theme from "El Cid"
How Come 'Ya Do Me?
Can't Get Out of This Mood
|
Reeves/Burkett
Reeves/Burkett
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Lou Voss
Lou Voss
|
30 Horns
9 Drums
21 Female Color Guard
Drum Majors - Don Hertel & Mike Deane
Manager - Bob Stoll, Sr.
Staff
Horns - Ed Morrissey/Lou Voss
Drums - Dick Brown
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1964
Skokie Vanguard |
Luck be a Lady
Navajo Trail
Fanfare
Manhattan Beach March
Bizet Has His Day
How Come 'Ya Do Me?
Battle Cry of Freedom
Bill Bailey
Luck Be a Lady (reprise)
|
Hy Dreitzer
Lou Voss
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Lou Voss
Ed Morrissey
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
|
30 Horns (24 late in season)
9 Drums
21 Female Color Guard
Drum Majors -Tom Barrett & Don Hertel
Manager - Bob Stoll, Sr.
Staff
Horns - Ed Morrissey/Lou Voss/Hy Dreitzer
Drums - Dick Brown
Drill - Frank Pamper
1st Contra Bass
Whaley-Royce Euphoniums
|
1965
Skokie Vanguard |
Fanfare
Luck be a Lady
Over There
West Side Story - Maria
West Side Story - Tonight
West Side Story - Somewhere
When the Saints Go Marchin' In
Chicago
Bill Bailey
Fanfare (reprise)
|
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
|
39 Horns
16 Drums
21 Female Color Guard (plus Male Guard)
Drum Majors - Steve Vitello, Dave LaCasse, Don Hertel
Manager - Frank Pamper
Staff
Horns - Ed Morrissey, Hy Dreitzer
Drums - Al Lemert
Drill - Frank Pamper
1st Mellophones (Whaley-Royce)
New Drums - Roger's
Drum Line Uniform Change (to white jackets)
|
1966
Skokie Vanguard |
Fanfare
Chicago
Over There
When the Saints Go Marchin' In
West Side Story - Maria
West Side Story - Tonight
West Side Story - Somewhere
Why Don'tcha Do Right By Me?
Bill Bailey
Fanfare
|
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Ed Morrissey
Lou Voss
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
|
39 Horns
12 Drums
21 Female Color Guard (plus Male Guard)
Drum Majors - Gordy Hoke, Chip LaCasse, Bill Agnello
Manager - Scotty Wild
Staff
Horns - Ed Morrissey, Lou Voss, Hy Dreitzer
Drums - Al Lemert
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1967
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Man of LaMancha
Over There
So in Love
Spellbound
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Bill Bailey
Spellbound (reprise)
|
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Dave Richards
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
|
39 Horns
16 Drums
21 Female Color Guard (plus Male Guard)
Drum Major - Bill Agnello
Manager - Scotty Wild
Staff
Horns - Dave Richards, Hy Dreitzer
Drums - Al Lemert
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1968
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Fanfare from "The Captain from Castille"
Man of LaMancha
Fanfare for the Common Man/Simple Gifts
Bali Hai
Spellbound
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Bill Bailey
Simple Gifts/Fanfare for the Common Man (reprise)
|
Dave Richards
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
Dave Richards
Hy Dreitzer
Dave Richards
Hy Dreitzer
Hy Dreitzer
|
46 Horns
15 Drums
24 Female Guard plus 15 Male Guard
Drum Major - Bill Agnello
Manager - Jim Unrath
Staff
Horns - Dave Richards, Hy Dreitzer
Drums - John Thirion
Drill - Frank Pamper
Introduced marching Tympani, Tri-drums
|
1969
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Aquarius
Simple Gifts/Fanfare for the Common Man
Bali Hai
Drum Interlude
Let the Sun Shine in/Flesh Failures
Spellbound
Where Do I Go?
Let the Sun Shine in/Aquarius (reprise/fanfare)
|
Dave Richards
Hy Dreitzer
Dave Richards
John Thirion
Dave Richards
Dave Hill
Hy Dreitzer
Dave Richards
Dave Hill
Dave Richards
|
56 Horns
30 Drums
26 Female Guard plus 14 Male Guard
Drum Major - Mike Krueger
Manager - Tom Barrett
Staff
Horns - Dave Richards, Hy Dreitzer
Drums - John Thirion
Drill - Frank Pamper
Complete new set of Smith horns
|
1970
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Fanfare
Paint Your Wagon
Pilgrim's Chorus
The Oracle Speaks
Ya' Give Me Fever
Where Do I Go?
Pilgrim's Chorus (reprise)
|
Dave Richards
Dave Richards
Dave Richards
Dave Hill
Dave Richards
Dave Richards
Dave Richards
|
34 Horns
11 Drums
24 Female Guard
Drum Major - Mike Krueger
Manager - Frank Pamper
Staff
Horns - Dave Richards, Dave Hill
Drums - Dick Brown, Jay McGuffin (Assistant)
Drill - Frank Pamper
Downsized due to age outs and Vietnam draft
|
1971
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Mars (from Holst's "The Planets")
Fanfare for the Common Man/Appalachian
Spring
Selections from West Side Story
Oh Happy Day
Bill Bailey
|
Dave Hill
William McClellan
Dave Hill
William McClellan
Hy Dreitzer
|
Drum Major - John McClellan
Manager - Tom Barrett
Staff
Horns - Dave Richards, Dave Hill, Bill McClellan
Drums - John Osinski
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1972
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Holst's "The Planets" (Jupiter and Mars)
Selections from "West Side Story"
Selections from "Hair"
|
Dave Hill
|
Drum Major - John McClellan
Manager - Bill Agnello
Staff
Horns - Dave Hill
Drums - Mike Kumer
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1973
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Holst's "The Planets" (Jupiter and Mars)
Selections from "West Side Story"
Selections from "Hair"
|
Dave Hill
|
Drum Major - John McClellan
Manager - Jim Unrath
Staff
Horns - John Zimny
Drums - Mike Kumer
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1974
Des Plaines Vanguard(inactive status) |
Corps was inactive |
Corps was inactive |
Drum Major - David Bevill
Manager - Dwayne Walker
Staff
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
1975
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Overture to The Wasps
Promises, Promises
M*A*S*H
Corner of the Sky
|
William McClellan
|
Drum Major - Keith Carlson
Manager - Wayne Jaros
Staff
Horns - William McClellan
Drums - Ted Berg and Bill O'Connell
Drill - George Lindstrom
|
1976
Des Plaines Vanguard |
Pictures at an Exhibition
J.S. Bach Drum Solo
Hungarian Rhapsody # 5
African Symphony
More J.S. Bach Drum Solo
Raisin in the Sun
Feelings
|
William McClellan
|
Drum Major - Keith Carlson
Manager - Dwayne Walker
Staff
Horns - William McClellan
Drums - Ted Berg and Bill O'Connell
Drill - Frank Pamper
|
