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Golden Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps

Selden, Long Island, New York

Last Updated May 8, 2008

         1957                     

1957 American Legion Championship

Atlantic City, NJ

                                          

        1958

     July 19, 1958

          Bayonne, NJ

1-Blessed Sacrament       91.68

2-Audubon Bon Bon's       91.00

3-St. Vincent's Cadets     89.88

4-Garfield Cadets           89.24

5-Paterson Cadets           86.74

6-Selden Cadets             81.18

7-St. Lucy's Cadets         80.87

 

 


 

     1959

           Dover, NJ 1959
    Sponsored by the Dover Cadets


1-St. Vincent’s Cadets    88.15
2-Selden Cadets      85.15
3-Audubon Bon Bon’s    
84.35
4-Paterson Cadets         82.50
5-St. Lucy’s Cadets        81.35
6-St. Brendan’s Cadets  62.85

 

     

 

New Brunswick, NJ June 7, 1959


 1-St. Vincent’s Cadets     89.4
 
2-Selden Cadets            81.98
 3-Bracken Cavaliers
 4-St. Lucy’s Cadets
 5-Woodsiders

  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

     June 14, 1959

    Jamaica, Queens
 

1-Selden Cadets
2-Our Lady of Lourdes
3-Wynn Center Toppers
4-Babylon Islanders
5-Dumont Police Cadets
6-Smithtown Freelancers

 

    National Dream Contest 1959

                       Juniors

 

1.  85.85  St Kevin's Emerald Knights

2.  83.80 Selden Cadets

3.  81.95  Audubon Bon Bon's

4.  78.10  Patterson Cadets

 

 

Baltimore Md. October 4, 1959

 

1. St. Vincent's Cadets    86.40

2. Selden Cadets             82.40

3. Audubon Bon Bon's      79.80

4. Bracken Cavaliers       79.50

5. Vagabonds                  77.00

6. St. Mary's Lancers     60.00

 

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Look closely and you will see some of our future Selden Cadets listed here!!!!

 

 

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Ron Poole's Ratings for 1959


       1960   

               May 29, 1960

               Livingston, NJ


1-St. Vincent’s Cadets            82.90
2-Selden Cadets                   81.25
3-Audubon Bon Bon’s             77.50
4-Our Lady of Lourdes          72.05
5-Bridgeport Cadets (PAL?)  71.10
6-St. Vincent’s of Madison    57.60

 

             August 6, 1960

               Clifton, NJ
Sponsored by St. Brendan’s Cadets

1-St. Vincent’s Cadets         87.37
2-Selden Cadets                84.64
3-Audubon Bon Bon’s          81.35
4-Patterson Cadets             76.07
5-St. Lucy’s Cadets             75.08
6-Woodsiders                    73.73
7-St. Vincent’s of Madison  66.35

 

     National Dream Contest 1960

                         Juniors

 

1.  85.50  St. Kevin's Emerald Knights

2.  82.35  Our Lady of Loretto Knights

3.  80.90 Selden Cadets

4.  80.60  Audubon Bon Bon's

5.  79.70  St Mary's Cardinals

 

   

     

            July 16, 1960

             Bayonne, NJ

 

1-St. Vincent's Cadets     89.18

2-Blessed Sacrament      87.20

3-Garfield Cadets           86.70

4-Selden Cadets             82.15

5-Audubon Bon Bon's       79.50

6-Our Lady of Loretto     78.55

7-St. Patrick's Cadets      75.70

    

          August 27, 1960

        Madison NJ

 

1.   84.45  St Vincent's Cadets

2.  82.25 Selden Cadets

3.  75.95  St Lucy's Cadets

4.  74.45  Patterson Cadets

5.  71.15   Fairlawn Police Cadets

6.  70.15  Newark Woodsiders

7.  59.10  St Brendan's Cadets


     1961

 

   

   Randall's Island, NY June 17, 1961

 

1-Selden Golden Lancers 82.93    

2-St. Vincent's Cadets       81.74

3-Audubon Bon Bon's        80.67

4-Bridgeport PAL              74.69

5-Woodsiders                   72.13

6-St. Vincent's Madison    71.48

7-St. Lucy's Cadets           66.91

            

    July 8, 1961 Audubon, NJ

 

1-St. Vincent's Cadets    87.05

2-Vagabonds                  79.00

3-Our Lady of Lourdes  75.05

4-Vasella Musketeers    72.08

5-Selden Cadets           72.05

6-Woodsiders               66.30

7-St. Lucy's Cadets       65.65

 

       National Dream Contest 1961

                         Juniors

1.  86.40  St. Kevin's Emerald Knights

2.  84.50  Our Lady of Loretto Knights

3.  83.65  Selden Golden Lancers

4.  82.10  Bracken Cavaliers

5.  80.25  Audubon Bon Bon's  

            

      PENN-JERSEY CIRCUIT

           CHAMPIONSHIPS

                  Newark NJ

                Sept. 16, 1961

 

1.  85.34  Selden Cadets

2.  84.91  Our Lady of Loretto Knights

3.  84.09  St. Vincent's Cadets

4.  79.31  Newark Woodsiders

5.  78.16  St. Vincent's of Madison

6.  77.44  Floyd Bennet Golden Eagles

7.  73.05  Bridgeport PAL Cadets

8.  72.89  St. Brendan's Cadets

9.  59.07  St. Joseph's Cadets

 

        Livingston, NJ (Date Unknown)

 

1-85.79 Selden Golden Lancers

2-84.96 Our Lady of Loretto

3-83.32 Audubon Bon Bon's

4-82.70 St. Vincent's Cadets

5-79.65 Woodsiders

6-77.58 St. Vincent's Madison

7-74.22 Bridgeport PAL

 

      Newark, NJ 1961 (Date Unknown)

 

1.85.97 Selden Golden Lancers

2. 84.19 Our Lady of Loretto     

3. 84.10 St. Vincent's Cadets

4. 70.48 Woodsiders

5. 78.17 St. Vincent's of Madison

6. 75.98 Floyd Bennett Golden Eagles

7. 73.95 Bridgeport PAL

8. 72.19 St. Brendan's Cadets

9. 68.58 St. Joseph Patron Cadets

 

 

   Waterbury CT  October 1, 1961

 

1.   88.78   St. Kevin's Emerald Knights

2.   86.15   St. Catherine's Queensmen

3.   85.00  St. Mary's Cardinals

4.   84.76 Selden Cadets 

5.   83.99  St. Mary's Majestic Knights

6.   83.62  St. Rose Scarlet Lancers

7.   82.62  South Boston Gatesmen

8.   80.59  Floyd Bennet Golden Eagles

9.   79.47  Audubon Bon Bon's

10. 76.02   Braintree Warriors

 

 

Bella Rosa's World Rankings for 1961 had Selden 5th

 

 

 


1962

                                  Drum Corps News Standstills

1962 was also the first year of the "Evening with the Corps at Carnegie Hall" contest sponsored by Drum Corps News.  

Some of the corps that appeared in that "first" were Blessed Sacrament, Garfield, St. Kevin's, Audubon, St. Catherine's Queensmen,

Hawthorne Caballeros, Reading Buccaneers, New York Skyliners, Archer-Epler Musketeers and the Troy Interstatesmen

 1962

Drum Corps News ran a "double eliminator" standstill series in January-March - April of 1962.

The first contest was held in the Boston Garden, and won by the Cambridge Caballeros.

Qualifying for the New Haven "Finals" from that contest were the

St. Kevin Emerald Knights, Cambridge Caballeros, IC Reveries and St. Raphael's Buccaneers. 

The second 'prelim' was held at the Mosque Theatre in Newark NJ and won by the St. Catherine of Sienna Queensmen.

The other "qualifiers" were Blessed Sacrament, Garfield Cadets  and Selden Golden Lancers

The top four corps from Boston & Newark would meet in the Drum Corps News sponsored "Finals"

in New Haven CT on April 14, 1962.

 

 

          Newark NJ February 24, 1962

                  The Mosque Theatre

 

1. St. Catherine's Queensmen

2. Garfield  Cadets

3. Blessed Sacrament

4. Selden Cadets

5. Our Lady of Loretto Knights

6. Vasella Musketeers

7. Haddon Heights Vagabonds

8. Audubon Bon Bon's

      Exhibitions by the Hawthorne Caballeros &

                             New York Skyliners   

 

                                           

The "Finals" were held in the New Haven Arena on April14, 1962,  with the following results:

1.  90.35  Garfield Cadets

2.  89.10  Blessed Sacrament           

3.  88.95  St. Kevin's Emerald Knights

4.  87.40  St. Catherine's Queensmen

5.  86.40  Cambridge Caballeros

6.  85.75  IC Reveries

7.  85.00  Selden Cadets

8.  81.85  St. Raphael's Buccaneers

 

         

             July 14, 1962

              Newark, NJ

 1-85.31 Garfield Cadets

 2-83.56 Woodsiders

 3-83.43 Our Lady of Loretto

 4-81.85 Selden Cadets

 5-81.20 Bracken Cavaliers

 6-76.85 Fairlawn Cadets

 7-75.53 St. Vincent's of Madison

 8-70.03 St. Rose of Lima

 9- 68.21 Neptune Shoreliners

10-66.73 St. Brendan's Cadets

 

            July 21, 1962

           Bayonne, NJ  

1. 84.66  Garfield Cadets

2. 83.98 Selden Cadets 

3. 82.04  Bracken Cavaliers

4. 81.51   Our Lady of Loretto Knights

5. 80.14  Woodsiders

6. 71.53  St. Mary's 

 

   

            Newark, NJ

 1-86.91 Blessed Sacrament

 2-85.94 Our Lady of Loretto

 3-84.19Selden Golden Lancers

 4-83.40 St. Lucy's Cadets

 5-82.90 Haddon Heights Vagabonds

 6-78.80 PAL Cadets

 7-72.90 Floyd Bennett Golden Eagles

 8-69.40 OLPH Ridgemen

 9-68.60 St. Brendan's

10-61.70 St. Joseph Patron

 

    Randall's Island, NY (Date Unknown)

1-83.79 Selden Golden Lancers

2-81.94  St. Lucy's Cadets

3-79.33  Woodsiders

4-76.51  St. Rocco's Cadets

5-72.50  PAL Cadets

6-68.71  St. Brendan's

7-62.90  OLPH Ridgemen

 

 

        

        

  

       August 4th, 1962

            Clifton, NJ

1-86.52 Our Lady of Loretto

2-83.70 Woodsiders

3-83.35 Selden Cadets

4-80.67 St. Lucy's Cadets

5-77.02 Fairlawn Cadets 

6-76.11 St. Vincent's of Madison

7-65.43 Neptune Shoreliners

Exh. by Caballeros and St. Brendan's

 

 

       American Legion State Championship

      Aug. 10, 1962, The Bronx, NY

                        Juniors

1.   84.416  Our Lady of Loretto Knights

2.   81.750 Selden Cadets  

                  (3 point penalty)

3.   75.933  Floyd Bennet Golden Eagles

4.   75.550  Frankfort Starlighters

5.   73.800  St. Rocco's Cadets

6.   73.333  Magnificent Yankees

7.   72.350  Irwin Kingsmen

8.   69.233  OLPH Ridgemen

9.   68.983  St. Catherine's Marionettes

10.  62.500  Staten Island Lawmen

 

      September 23rd, 1962

           Newark, NJ

 

1-86.80 Blessed Sacrament

2-85.60 Our Lady of Loretto Knights

3-84.90 Selden Cadets

4-84.10 St. Lucy's Cadets

5-82.90 Vagabonds (NJ)

6-78.20 Bridgeport PAL Cadets

7-75.00 Fairlawn PAL Cadets

8-69.00 St. Brendan's Cadets

 

 

        Newark NJ September 9, 1962

 

        PENN-JERSEY CIRCUIT

           CHAMPIONSHIPS

1.  86.45  Selden Cadets Golden Lancers

2.  85.91  Our Lady of Loretto Knights

3.  85.57  St. Lucy's Cadets

4.  84.40  Haddon Heights Vagabonds

5.  84.13  Audubon Bon Bon's

6.  83.96  Newark Woodsiders

7.  82.01  St. Raphael's Buccaneers

8.  77.53  Fairlawn Police Cadets

9.  77.46  Bridgeport PAL Cadets

10. 74.64  St. Brendan's Cadets

11. 74.59  Floyd Bennet Cadets

12. 71.46  Neptune Shoreliners

13. 71.26  OLPH Ridgemen

14. 63.95  St. Josephs of Newark

 

 


 

  1963

        July13, 1963

        Newark NJ 

1.  88.27  Blessed Sacrament

2.  85.98  Garfield Cadets 

3.  82.63  Vasella Musketeers

4.  81.90  Newark Woodsiders

5.  79.45  Selden Cadets

6.  74.83  St. Brendan's 

7.  72.58  St. Rose of Lima Lancers

8.  74.61  Neptune Shoreliners

 

            Bridgeport, CT.

1-86.?? St. Kevin's Emerald Knights

2-82.?? Garfield Cadets

3-78.?? Selden Cadets

4-77.?? I. C. Reveries

5-76.?? Audubon Bon Bons

6-72.?? Vagabonds

Exh. by Bridgeport PAL

            Conn. Royal Lancers

 

       August 17th, 1963

      Lindenhurst, LI NY

   Sponsored by the Selden Cadets

1-85.20   St. Lucy's Cadets

2-84.70   Norwood Park Imperials

3-81.60   Woodsiders

4-77.35   St. Rose Scarlet Lancers

5-76.85   Bridgeport PAL

6-72.15   St. Brendan's

Exh. by the Selden Cadets

 

       Livingston, NJ Sept. 15, 1963

 

1-87.623  Blessed Sacrament

2-85.430  St. Kevin's Emerald Knights
3-84.266  Garfield Cadets

4-78.443 Selden Golden Lancers

5-75.036  Bracken Cavaliers

6-69.190  Belles of St. Mary's

Exh. by Caballeros and the Hilltoppers

 

           September 7th, 1963

                   Bristol, PA

1-77.85   Woodsiders

2-77.80  St. Patrick's Cadets

3-77.10   St. Raphael's Buccaneers

4-75.30   Selden Cadets

5-73.98   Bordentown Little Devils

            

    Wow! Two shows in one day

 

         Gloucester, NJ

          Sept. 22, 1963

1-86.05 PAL Cadets

2-83.05 Haddon Heights Vagabonds

3-82.73 Selden Cadets

4-79.61 Rangers

5-74.37 Neptune Shoreliners

6-69.71 Victorians

 

 

 


    1964

                      From Drum Corps News June  3, 1964

                        Hawthorne, Sac Win NY Daily News Contest

         New York, NY. May 23.  

The Hawthorne Caballeros and Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights won the New York Daily News Welfare Association

Drum Corps & Band Festival held here tonight in Shea Stadium. 

An estimated 25,000 (wow!) people watched the contest, a first time drum corps promotion by the NY Daily News.

 

 

                Junior Prelims

1.  79.42  Blessed Sacrament

2.  78.53  St. Lucy's  Cadets

3.  78.20  Garfield  Cadets

4.  73.90  Hawthorne Muchachos

5.  72.02  Holy Family Defenders

6.  70.57  Conn Royal Lancers

7.  69.63  Selden Cadets

8.  67.62  Bronx Kingsmen

9.  67.27  St. Ann's Loyalaires

10. 65.00  OLPH Ridgemen

11. 55.30  Babylon Islanders

12. 42.82  St. Josephs Patron 

              Finals- Juniors

1.  81.67  Blessed Sacrament

2.  79.77  Garfield  Cadets

3.  78.48  St. Lucy's  Cadets

 

           

Penalties:  Garfield was given a 2 point penalty for lateness. 

It cost them a Prelim victory. 

 St Joe's Patron got an incredible 17 (that's SEVENTEEN) point penalty for being late.

Ed. Note: did they get there the following week ?? 

 

From Drum Corps News July 8, 64

By Rosemary Feliney

Fitchburg MA: June 28  Scoring highs in drums and horns the Boston Crusaders won the "Drums in the Night" contest held here tonight at the Bernardian Bowl, hosted by the Fitchburg Kingsmen.  Best color guard went to the St Mary's Cardinals, Best Drum Major to St Raphael's, and Best Guard Captain to the Boston Crusaders. 

Exhibition by the Lt Norman Prince 'Princemen' senior corps. 

 

1-Boston Crusaders                        80.916

2-St. Mary's Cardinals                   76.983

3.St. Kevin's Emerald Knights         75.066

4-Selden Cadets                 72.233

5-St. Raphael's Golden Buccaneers