"...Two new corps made their appearance at this show. Both are in the Senior class. The troop No. 77 Longhorns of Prov. R.I. who have been really organized as a competing corps for only one year, put on a tremendous show. The feature played by this corps was "Softly As I Leave You". Horn instructor for the Longhorns, is yours truly Gil Martel..."
[From the Drum Corps News From Rhode Island article by Gil Martel in the February 1966 Eastern Review.]