St. Joseph's of Batavia

Batavia, NY United States
Founded: 1931

Inactive Junior

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1964	6	82.050	(Repertoire not available)
1965	8	80.850	Jose * My Heart Belongs to Daddy * My Love Loves Me * Manhattan Towers * Broadway * Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody * Broadway
1966	9	82.000	What a Country (from All American) * Hallelujah Chorus * One Hand One Heart (from West Side Story) * Paducah Parade * Jose * Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody * Strange Music * Broadway
1967			If My Friends Could See Me Now (from Sweet Charity) * American Salute * Big Spender (from Sweet Charity) * Lassus Trombone * Mame
1968	6	83.800	Night Flight To Madrid * When Johnny Comes Marching Home * Big Spender (from Sweet Charity) * Lassus Trombone * Goin' Out Of My Head
1969	10	80.700	Berlin, Irving * This Is The Army, Mr. Jones * Bubbles Was A Cheerleader * Big Spender (from Sweet Charity) * Shades * Preacher * Hang 'em High
1970			Night Flight To Madrid

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

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Saint Joseph‘s of Batavia, formed in 1931, was a junior marching and maneuvering corps based in Batavia, New York. They were sponsored by St. Joseph‘s Catholic Church, American Legion Post 332 and the Batavia VFW Post 1602.

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

Awards included 1963 New York State American Legion Championships, 1963-65 New York State VFW Championship, 1965-70 NY American Legion State championship, and the 1963-65 New York-Penn Association Championship. The corps also sponsored an annual contest in June.

A corps alumnus remembers that Saint Joseph’s lost the 1964 New York State Championship when the quartermaster forgot to pack the American Legion flag. The resultant two-point penalty lost them a repeat title. At the time, the corps was one of the earliest to integrate the guard with the horn line.

Saint Joseph’s last year of competition was 1971 when they were disqualified for marching an overage member. An alumni corps was marching in 1991.

[Encyclopedia of Drum and Bugle Corps, 1966; rec.arts.marching.drumcorps 6/6/94; Geoff Whiting 12/8/09]

Members (14)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
Allard, Ron	soprano	1971
Allen, Donny	soprano	1966 to 1972
Bartello, Len	Soprano	1958 to 1969
Blonowicz, Bob	Baritone	1966 to 1971
Dempsey, Mike	lead sop	1971
eduardo, joe	baritone	1965 to 1966
eduardo, joe	drum major	1967 to 1971
Griffith, John	french horn/mello	1967 to 1970
Nowak, Allen	Lead Sop	1965 to 1967
Spiro, Lee	Baritone	1966
Stork, Bill	drumline	1970 to 1971
Strogen, Paul	snare	1954 to 1959
Wilensky, Joel	baritone	1970 to 1972
Wilt, Ben	lead baritone	1963 to 1966