Velvet Knights Drum And Bugle Corps
The Velvet Knights is a defunct Division I (now World Class) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Anaheim, California, the corps was a member of Drum Corps International.
Read more about Velvet Knights Drum And Bugle Corps: History, Show Summary (1972-1996)
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“Should I get married? Should I be good?
Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustus hood?”
—Gregory Corso (b. 1930)
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—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
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—Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)