Black Diamond Regiment

The Black Diamond Regiment drum & bugle corps was formed through a merger between the Belvederes of Schuylkill Haven and the Highlanders of Hazleton in the spring of 1977. They were a member of the Eastern States Circuit.

In their inaugural season, they competed at the 1977 American International Open (AIO) & US Open “Open Class” division, placing 14^th and 18^th respectively and concluded that year with a 5^th place finish at the Eastern States championships finals. They followed up the next season with a 6^th place finish at the 1978 Eastern States championships.

In 1979, they participated at the DCI East “Class A” championships with a 10^th place in prelims and the World Open “Class A” preliminaries, placing 23^rd. Their 6^th place finish at the Eastern States championships would prove to be their final competitive performance.

In February 1980, the Highlander organization filed suit against the Belvederes claiming that they had provided various musical instruments that they request be returned. This ultimately caused the corps to disband that year.

Among its instructional staff were 2 future Hall of Famers, Donnie Van Doren on brass and Jim Prime, brass arranger, who got his first start with the Black Diamond Regiment.

Paul Legault (DCX)

CORPS 2 items

Black Diamond Regiment

BlackDiamonds,CentralCity,PA,Pin1(RE-3.0)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection

Black Diamond Regiment

BlackDiamonds,CentralCity,PA,Pin2-Megaphone(GBA)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection

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