Random Facts
On July 12, 2001 the corps was practicing at Huskie Stadium at Northern Illinois University. The coach of the NIU football team ordered the football players to run through the corps, which ended up injuring two corps members.
In the summer of 2003, the corps was the last corps to perform at the Normal Il show, before a tornado warning cleared the stadium for safety reasons. The corps performed even though the storm had completely engulfed the stadium by the time they were finished with the show. In 2005, the color guard bus was hit by the equipment truck of Capital Sound while driving out of the parking lot from the Madison, WI show.
Capital Regiment used Dynasty G bugles and Yamaha percussion equipment until the 2003 season. For 2004, the corps purchased a new set of B-flat brass from Dynasty as well as a full Dynasty pit and battery.
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