North Star

Other Names:merger of Cardinals, Reveries, Legion Vanguard, Blue Angels

North Shore, MA United States
Founded: 1975

Inactive Junior

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1976	30	69.150	Killion * Symphonic Soul * Echano * Could It Be Magic
1977	18	80.600	Killion * This Masquerade * Echano * Sir Duke
1978	10	81.350	Disco Star Wars (from Star Wars) * This Masquerade * Ole * Sir Duke * The Approaching Storm
1979	9	83.300	Children of Sanchez * Bellavia * Ole * God Only Knows * Good Vibrations * Barbara Ann
1980	11	74.050	Hot Consuelo (from Children of Sanchez) * El Gato Triste * Where Am I Going? * Cookout * Still * Ole
1981	13	79.850	Thoroughbred * This Masquerade * Spain * Celebration
1982	16	74.600	Killion * Pontieo * Sabre Dance * Toccata * If Ever I Would Leave You (from Camelot)

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

CORPS Photos

North Star, from the North Shore area of Massachusetts, was a merger corps, being formed in late 1975 from the Blue Angels/Reveries (Revere), perhaps called the Bluveries, and the Wilmington Cardinals, perhaps called the Legion Cardinals. North Star was one of the very few merger corps ever to achieve DCI finalist status.

After their inaugural season in 1976, where they placed 30th at DCI Prelims, they quickly rose to become a DCI powerhouse in the late 1970s and early '80s. Their highest finish was ninth in 1979, with a show featuring "The Children of Sanchez" and "Good Vibrations." The North Star drum line, nicknamed the "Chrome Wall" because of its eleven-man snare line sporting chrome finished drums, tied for high percussion honors in 1979.

In other achievements, the corps won the 1977 American International Open in Butler, Pennsylvania, the C.Y.O.
Nationals in 1979 and Eastern Mass Class A Championship in 1976 through 1980.

Financial difficulties forced the disbandment of the corps in 1982.

[John Stark; www.thefog.com/reveries/history.html; rec.arts.marching.drumcorps, Paul Pearsall, 9/15/94; A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, 2002; DCW, 4/03, p.3; David Vose]

Members (21)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
(Cashin) Castigliego, Sharon	Colorguard	1978 to 1980
Bilicki, Barry	Baritone	1976
Blais, Lon	Contra	1976 to 1979
cisco, al	drum staff	1976 to 1977
Connor, Rick	Soprano	1979 to 1982
DeBruyckere, Paul	snare	1980 to 1982
Doyle, Chuck	Horn Line	1981 to 1982
Dube, Joel	Hornline	1981
Espinola, Art	drum	1978 to 1979
Farias, Brian	Baritone	1981
Hunt, Ray	drum line	1981 to 1982
Kirchmyer, Steve	Baritone	1980 to 1981
Noble, Bruce	contra line/drum line	1978 to 1979
Pope, Wendy	soprano	1982
Pope, Wendy	soprano	1982
Schmidt, Michael	contra	1981
Smith, Randy J	mellophone	1981
Stark, John	Mid-Range	1980 to 1981
Stark, John	Mellophone/Flugel	1980 to 1981
Wong, Michael	Baritone	1976 to 1977
Wynne, Mike	Color Guard	1981