Magnificent Yankees

Utica, NY United States
Founded: 1939

Inactive Junior

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1962			Love Theme (from Ben Hur) * String of Pearls * Climb Ev'ry Mountain (from The Sound of Music) * Street of Dreams * Ebb Tide * Woodchopper's Ball * C'est Magnifique (from Can-Can) * Adios
1964	16	80.900	(Repertoire not available)
1965	13	70.850	Colonel Bogey March * March of the Olympians * St. Louis Blues March * Hennesey * John Henry * Lost on the MTA * Barnum and Bailey's Favorite * Rhapsody in Blue
1966			Casey Jones * Wreck Of The Old 97 * Barnum and Bailey's Favorite * Rhapsody in Blue
1969			Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines * Yankee Doodle Dandy * Magnificent Yankee Overture * 76 Trombones (from The Music Man) * Mas Que Nada * Under the Double Eagle * Man of La Mancha * The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha)
1972			Over There * Give My Regards to Broadway * Mary * You're a Grand Old Flag * Yankee Doodle Dandy * Harrigan * A Man, A Horse and A Gun * Make Me Smile * Now More Than Ever * Cabaret
1973			Song of the Blacksmith (from Second Suite in F) * Second Suite in F * Hill Where the Lord Hides * Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) * Song Without Words, "I'll Love My Love" (from Second Suite in F)

Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

CORPS Photos

1973 1 Photos

The Magnificent Yankees, formed in 1939 and reorganized in 1960, was a junior marching and maneuvering corps based in Utica, New York. They were sponsored by Utica American Legion Post 229.

The corps’ colors were red, white, and black.

The Magnificent Yankees won titles in the Hudson-Berkshire Circuit, New York-Canadian Circuit, and New York State American Legion Circuit in the mid-1960s. Signature tunes were “John Henry” and “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.” One of its staffers was “Pappa” Joe Berthold, who had been active in drum corps for 60 years.

The corps merged with the Syracuse Marauders in 1975 to form the Yankee Marauders.

[Encyclopedia of Drum and Bugle Corps, 1966; rec.arts.marching.drumcorps]

Members (12)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
Anno, Jim	Soprano	1961 to 1967
Dempsey, Mike	lead sop	1965
LaBarbera, Paul	Guard	1965 to 1968
Mitchell, Richard	snare	1962 to 1966
Myers, Craig	Yankee Cadets drum line	1965 to 1970
Myers, Millicent	Rifle	1967 to 1969
Orilio, Richard	brass	1968 to 1973
Passalacqua, Pat	soprano	1964 to 1965
smith, larry	baritone	1973
Washburn, Ed	Snare Line	1957 to 1967
Wilkinson, Dave	french horn	1960 to 1966
Wnuk, John	drumline	1962 to 1966