Sunday, January 27, 2013

Our Achievements


     1991-1992 - Proof of Concept

  • 1993 - Will it work again!
  • 1994 - Added a lone drummer
  • 1995 - Designed and painted our own matching sweatshirts
  • 1996 - Full Percussion section added, also multi county and state participation of members. Designed a Banner and had it professionally done.
  • 1997 - Designed, painted and sewed our own matching hats
  • 1998 - Added a Float (which won first place for "Most Original"). Added a LOGO, designed and drawn by Johnny Hart and Jack Caprio, nationally known cartoonist for the comic strip BC and Wizard of Id. This logo now is used on our sweatshirts, and banner.
  • 1999 - First Place Plaque for Group Originality
  • 2000 - First Place Plaque for Best in Music
  • 2001 - We had 130+ folks marching with us. We celebrated our 10 Year Anniversary Marching, we like to refer to it as a "Decade of Decadence". We were invited and marched in the Deposit Lumberjack Parade (our first paying job!)
  • 2002 - First Place Plaque for Most Enthusiastic! We also marched in Deposit Lumberjack Parade
  • 2003 - First Place Plaque for Best in Music Enthusiasm, also the addition of our 6 foot kazoo built by BOCES. We also marched in Deposit Lumberjack Parade
  • 2004 - First Place Plaque for Best in Crowd Participation!! We also marched in Deposit Lumberjack Parade
  • 2005 - First Place Plaque for Best in Enthusiam!! (yes, they spelt it wrong) This year we were also invited to march in the Syracuse St. Patrick's Day Parade March 12, 2005, we had 60 + members join us in this parade.
  • 2006 - First Place for Best in Crowd Enthusiasm!! We were also invited to march in both the Utica and Syracuse St. Patrick's Day Parades, along with the Broome Bicentennial Parade. We also added a new updated banner.
  • 2007 - This year we were invited to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Also The Mayor of Binghamton came down from the reviewing stand to meet us and marched up the street with us!! Gotta love Mayor Ryan!!
  • 2008 - First Place Plaque for Music Spirit in the Binghamton Parade.
  • 2008 - Second Place for Best Non-High School Band in the Syracuse Parade.

  • 2009 - Added an additional snare drummer.
  • 2010 - Winner of a music award, added an additional base drummer and was invited to march in the Savannah St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2011.
  • 2011 - Won best in Music Award in Binghamton Parade, also participated in the second largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the country, Savannah, Georgia.
  • 2012 -  Won First Place in Music Originality, in Binghamton Parade
  • and Best Band Other, 3rd Place in the Syracuse St. Patrick's Parade

    2013 -  Won First Place for Most Enthusiastic, in Binghamton Parade.  We were invited to and marched in the Dundee, N.Y. Scottish Parade and Festival and we did our first ever Wine Tour of Seneca Lake.  Added and additional snare drummer!
    2014 - Won First Place for best in Music!  hmmm Music?  in the Binghamton Parade.  Also return to Syracuse to march in their parade.  Invited to march in Delhi's St. Patricks Parade along with a few others.  New Bass Drum heads.
    2015 - Marched in Binghamton's Parade, Syracuse Parade, and Kirkwood Town Parade.  Designed new Kazoo Pins!











     












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