1961

Music

Ghost Riders in the Sky
This Could Be the Start of Something Big
Battle Hymn
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Old Devil Moon
Redwing
Wagon Wheels
Goodnight My Love

Awards & Recognitions

Travel to Dallas for 1st National Competition
Troopers Cadets corps formed

Corps Members

Drum Major: Lee Engle

Charlene Butscher, Lynne Coolbaugh, Diana Davis, Kathy Davis, Janet Ferrell, Dee Francescato, Vickie Jensen, Mary Beth Mills, Judy Nelson, Lucy Parsons, Beverly Pulanco, Mary Schneider, Kay Williams, Florence Lau, Jeannette Putnam, Mary Shea, Paul Bingenheimer, Jerry Kearby, Ruth Ann Smith, Jan Wing, Noeleen Edgeington, Ken Sanford, Jody Murray, Fred Sanford, Cathy Jones, Carolyn McMillan, Ralph Fay, Cathy Scott, Paul Boyer, David Brower, Jerry Dick, Barry Miller, Donna Neely, Ray Wilson, Robbie Boyer, Dick Hinerman, Rutheda Lofink, Dale Reeder, Mary Sparks, John Belz, Pete Emmons, Vickie Carlin, Beete Galusha, Jim Landers, Jack McClellan, John Marshall, Jim Wade, Pete Banta, Ken Perales, Sam Schultz, Bob Campos, Steve Pollack, John Shea, Ken Davis, Larry Durrett, Al Estes, Blaine Gillingham, Alan Bowker, Tom Fiddes, Larry Kimble, John Chaney, Mick Schoultz, Stan Brown


A Personal Remembrance

by Stan Brown

In 1961 we played an outdoor Christmas concert at the city park on South McKinley. It was very cold, but in those days Jim Jones needed all the exposure he could get. Quite a few people showed up to listen but they all had to stay in their cars with the heaters running to stay warm. It was so cold that the valves on the horns would freeze solid, so there was a steady stream of Troopers going to and from the cars, where people would hold the horns under the heaters to thaw out the valves. I think only about half or so of the Corps was playing at any one time.