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Sky Ryders


Other Names:AL Lyle Rischel Post # 68

Hutchinson, KS United States
Founded: 1955

Inactive Junior
YearPositionScoreTheme/Songs
1960 Blue Skies (from Alexander's Ragtime Band) * Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) * My Country 'Tis of Thee * Stars and Stripes Forever * Battle Hymn of the Republic * Shangri-La * National Emblem March * Bye Bye Blues  
1962 Rhapsody in Blue * National Emblem March * Where Or When (from Babes In Arms) * Temptation * Exodus * I Didn't Know What Time It Was (from Too Many Girls) * Maria (from West Side Story)  
1963 Dear Friends * This Is A Great Country * I Am An American * The Doxology * Temptation * Land Of Milk And Honey * That Was Yesterday * Young And Foolish  
1971 Opening Fanfare * Spanish Rogue * Lincoln Portrait * Battle Hymn of the Republic * Walk On By * The Yard Went On Forever * Freak Out - A Musical Trip * Shenandoah  
1972 20 67.100 (Repertoire not available)  
1977 203 66.350 (Repertoire not available)  
1978 31 66.800 Threshold * I Get Crazy * Echano * Ding Dong the Witch is Dead (from Wizard of Oz) * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)  
1979 22 70.850 Threshold * Here's That Rainy Day * Echano * Maple Leaf Rag * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)  
1980 17 69.700 Enough is Enough * Night Streets * Here's That Rainy Day * Fire Dance * The Storm * Rainbow Connection * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)  
1981 14 77.550 Faces * Night Streets * Fire Dance * Storm * Here's That Rainy Day * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)  
1982 10 83.100 Faces * Quien Sabe (Who Knows) from Cuban Fire Suite * Dr. Macumba * La Virgen de la Macarena * Come in from the Rain * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)  
1983 12 73.750 Home on the Range * Quien Sabe (Who Knows) from Cuban Fire Suite * La Virgen de la Macarena * The Road Runner Theme * Here's That Rainy Day * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)  
1984 17 80.700 Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) * Home on the Range * Journey from Mariabronn * La Virgen de la Macarena * Claire's Song  
1985 15 83.400 Wizard of Oz Highlights - Ding Dong the Witch is Dead (from Wizard of Oz) * Follow the Yellow Brick Road (from Wizard of Oz) * If I Only Had a Brain (from Wizard of Oz) * The Merry Old Land of Oz (from Wizard of Oz) * Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) * We're Off to See the Wizard (from Wizard of Oz)  
1986 9 87.000 Wizard of Oz Highlights - Wizard of Oz Highlights  
1987 12 81.900 West Side Story - Prologue (from West Side Story) * Overture (from West Side Story) * Gee, Officer Krupke (from West Side Story) * One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story * Rumble (from West Side Story) * Somewhere (from West Side Story)  
1988 12 85.100 The Sound of Music - Prelude and The Sound of Music * Overture (from The Sound of Music) * Do-Re-Mi (from The Sound of Music) * My Favorite Things (from The Sound Of Music) * The Lonely Goatherd (from The Sound Of Music) * Edelweiss (from The Sound Of Music) * Climb Ev'ry Mountain (from The Sound of Music)  
1989 14 82.200 March (from Symphonic Metamorphosis) * Carmina Burana  
1990 19 75.900 Savannah River Holiday * Wonderful Town * Divertimento for Orchestra * Liberty Fanfare  
1991 12 82.900 Camelot - Fanfare Theme from Camelot * Overture from Camelot * If Ever I Would Leave You (from Camelot) * I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight (from Camelot) * Parade (from Camelot) * How to Handle a Woman (from Camelot) * If Ever I Would Leave You (from Camelot)  
1992 15 82.100 Brigadoon - Once in the Highlands (from Brigadoon) * Down on MacConnachy Square (from Brigadoon) * Almost Like Being in Love (from Brigadoon) * Come To Me (from Brigadoon) * The Chase (from Brigadoon) * Brigadoon * Heather on the Hill (from Brigadoon)  
1993 20 74.300 Connotations * Second Symphony, Fourth Movement  
1997 Kansas City * Ride Like the Wind  
Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.
The Sky Ryders, formed in 1955, was a junior marching and maneuvering corps based in Hutchinson, Kansas. They were sponsored by the Lyle Rischel American Legion Post 68, and competed in the Great Plains Drum and Bugle Corps circuit. Professor McCosh was one of the founders.

Among the corps’ many accomplishments were the Kansas State American Legion Championships from 1959 through 1962 and 1964, and top ten finishes in the American Legion National Championships from 1959 through 1962.

A distinguished alumnus of the Sky Ryders was Drum Corps World publisher Steve Vickers, who aged out of the group in 1970.

The corps had its down years. One early 1971 score for percussion was 00.00. By the end of that year, however, the corps' had moved to 15th at the VFW Nationals.

The Sky Ryders took part in the first DCI Championships, finishing 20th in 1972, but then did not return to international competition until 1977, when the corps finished 3rd at the DCI World Championships Class A Finals. They entered the DCI top twelve in Montreal and did not look back. Moving up to Open Class, the Sky Ryders competed through 1993, making Finals five times and finishing as high as ninth, in 1986.

In 1990 the corps transplanted from its traditional Kansas soil to Desoto, Texas, a suburb of Dallas; as many as three quarters of the corps' membership was being drawn from Texas anyway. The move was engineered by Jim Hildebrand and Paul Proctor, who had planned to start a corps in Texas before the Sky Ryders' availability became known.

One of the more unusual charts played by the 1964 Sky Ryders was "Overture from Tenderloin." The group also claims to be the only drum corps in history to incorporate animals in a show. In the 1984 DCI Prelims in Birmingham, they released live pigeons to enhance the finale to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

The corps colors were gold and black.

[Encyclopedia of Drum and Bugle Corps, 1966; DCW, 3/90, p.16; DCW, 6/8/90, p. 3; DCW, 6/22/90, p.1; A History of Drum & Bugle Corps; DCW, 5/04, p.3; Craig Coldren]

Members (66)

Member Name Section Years Involved
Baliey, Roy Baritone 1981
Barrow, Dean Contra 1983 to 1984
Bateman, Freddie Color Guard 1987
Blackaby, Boyd Contra 1982 to 1983
Bowsher, Creighton Baritone 1990 to 1991
Buxton, James Baritone 1987
Cameron, Scott percussion 1979
Cameron, Scott percussion 1979 to 1981
Cameron, Scott tenors 1979
Coldren, Craig drumline 1974 to 1980
Corum, Thomas Flugelhorn 1982
Croy, David (Beaker) Bass 1989 to 1991
Dancinger, Jeff Baritone 1985; 1987
Dancinger, Jeff Baritone 1985 to 1987
Dancinger, Jeff Baritone 1985 to 1987
Dismuke, George soprano 1993
Dismuke, George soprano 1993
Gaines, Ted Drumline 1982 to 1983
Galloway, Daniel Mid-Range 1991
Gardner, Clark Snare 1989 to 1991
Gilbert, Michael Soprano 1987 to 1988
Glover, David Flugelhorn 1986
Griffin, Brian Soprano 1986 to 1987
Hanscom, Cheryl Colorguard 1980 to 1981
Harris, Mike percussion 1983 to 1984
Heinrich, Craig Contra 1982 to 1984
Higgins Jr., Bill Soprano, Mellophone 1983 to 1985
Howard, Richard Baritone 1983
Janner, David Drum line 1971 to 1979
Johnson, Scott (Scooter) Contra Bass Bugle 1984 to 1985
Jordan, Kevin drumline 1989 to 1990
Keys, Corkie Color Guard Instructor 1983
Knudson, Todd rifle line 1983
Kviz, Andy Baritone 1989
Kviz, Tim Mellophone 1985 to 1988
Kviz, Timothy Mellophone 1985 to 1988
Leonard, Kim Colorguard 1980 to 1981
Maben, Kevin Mellophone 1983 to 1986
Meadows, Scott Brass 1980 to 1981
Montalvo, Rudy Pit 1989
Mumma, Mark horns 1979
O'Connor, Michael baritone 1981 to 1982
O'Toole, Heather Cymbal Line 1990 to 1991
Parkinson, John Soprano 1980
Perry, Steve Snare 1992
Poulan, Key Marching Staff 1985
Poulan, Key Staff - Visual 1985
Powell, James Snare line (center, section ldr) 1992
Presley, Scott baritone 1990
Rainey, Ryan Baritone 1990 to 1991
Rask, Gale Baritone/French Horn 1988 to 1989
Redman , Caroline Cologuard 1992 to 1993
Reeves, Alexander Horn - Mellophone 1983
Rosa, Sonny Front Ensemble 1989
Sanders, Jeff Flugelhorn 1987
Scheidt, Dennis Soprano 1983 to 1984
Smith, Jimmy Guard 1982 to 1983
Smith, Wendy Color guard 1988 to 1989
Sucha, Bill Flugel 1983
West-Manning, Whitney Guard/Dorothy 1986
Whipple, Carl Baritone 1986; 1989
Whipple, Tom Soprano 1987
Whipple, Tom Mellophone 1989
White, Kale battery percussion 1980 to 1983
White, Kale Snare 2 yrs. / Tenors 1 yr. 1980 to 1981; 1983
Worthington, Lewis Pit 1982

CORPS 34 items

Sky Ryders

Sky Ryders from the Bill Ives Collection
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SkyRyders from the Bill Ives Collection
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Sky Ryders Jacket from the Bill Ives Collection Contributed by Steve Vickers
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Sky Ryders Jacket from the Bill Ives Collection Contributed by Steve Vickers
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Sky Ryders Jacket from the Bill Ives Collection Contributed by Steve Vickers
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SkyRyders from the Bill Ives Collection
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SkyRyders Hutchinson KS-1985 from the Bill Ives Collection
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SkyRyders Hutchinson KS-30thAnniversary from the Bill Ives Collection
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Sky Ryders A from the Bill Ives Collection Contributed by Mark Johnstone
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Sky Ryders B from the Bill Ives Collection Contributed by Mark Johnstone
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Sky Ryders History
Sky Ryders History from the Diceman Radio Collection Contributed by Ron Allard
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SkyRyders,Hutchinson,KS,LP1-1985-30thAnn(RE-1.25x0.75)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection Contributed by Richard Elmquist
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SkyRyders,Hutchinson,KS,LP2-1985-WizardOfOz(RE-1.25x1.0)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection Contributed by Richard Elmquist
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SkyRyders,Hutchinson,KS,LP3-FaceToFace(BIV-0.75x1.0)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection Contributed by Bill Ives
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SkyRyders,Hutchinson,KS,Patch1-Rainbow(RE-3.875x2.0)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection
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SkyRyders,Hutchinson,KS,Patch2-SRDiamond(Site)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection
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SkyRyders,Hutchinson,KS,Patch3-SRRect(Site)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection
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SkyRyders,Hutchinson,KS,Pin1-BlueRainbow(RE-3.5)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection
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PDF Document

354-359, Sky Ryders from the Steve Vickers Collection
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Sky Ryders 1986 Yearbook-1968 from the Steve Vickers Collection

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