Bracken Is Best Mudder At Levittown By Ernest W. Saxton DCN July 11, 1962
Levittown, Pa., June 24 - The First Annual Musical Jubilee was held on a sea of mud here tonight as 2500 fans braved the weather to attend this competition sponsored by the Levittown Jr. Drum & Bugle Corps.
First place was taken by the Bracken Cavaliers of Bristol, Pa., who scored 84.55 to put them just .05 of a point ahead of their nearest competitor, the St. Catherines Queensmen.
It was a night when Bracken was not to be denied as they did a top notch job to make the area people proud that this was their corps (Bristol is only 2 miles from Levittown).
The Vasella Musketeers were third with an 84.10, while Haddon Heights Vagabonds took fourth position.
Vasella has a terrific horn line and they put it to full use here tonight, but just couldn't get everything working right and so had to settle for third spot.
Our Lady of Lourdes, looking far better than last season, finished in the next position. Their rendition of "Rock Around The Clock" is very good.
The St. Raphael's Buccaneers took sixth spot, while the Belles of St. Mary had to settle for the last position.
An exhibition presented by the Levittown Drum & Bugle Corps was well received by the many fans. Frank McCormick is the director of this organization and does a very good job with these young ones.
I remember this particular "Contest" all too well. It was a "Rain Out", held over from the Saturday to a Suunday night. I can't remember "Where" we stayed, but a fire house in Bristol comes to mind.
The results and placements were an excercise in "How to rig a contest 101". What the author of the piece (A Bracken parent/supporter) isn't saying is that the Queensmen got hammered with a two point penalty.
This win by the Cavaliers over the Vasella corps was their only one of the season, as Vasella won BOTH PA Veterans Championships that year. Previous to this St Catherines had beaten Bracken by several points, and would do so again later in the year.
I would like to find the recaps from this show, and see who the "Judges" were and what PA junior corps they worked for...
