Knights Drum and Bugle Corps - Innovations

Innovations

1972: Knights were the first corps to abandon the traditional cadet uniform in favor of a "uniform costume" that depicted the name of the corps as well as the music they were playing in their program. They adopted a uniform consisting of a knight's tunic with a cross and a robin hood hat and played selections from the musical Camelot. Several years later the Cavaliers and Phantom Regiment both followed suit and adopted uniforms more in keeping with their name. This was also one of the first "theme shows" where the name, music and marching drill all carried a unified story.

1979: prior to a number called "Slavanic Dance" four of their guard girls disappeared into the percussion section and reappeared in full Hungarian costumes and danced to the music. They went back into the percussion section to change back into their guard uniforms while the show continued and many times the audience was not aware where they went. Costume changes like this are done frequently now.

1984: In one of the last productions of the show, they featured a boy (Doug Atkins, Peoria, Illinois)and girl(Jill Johnson, Pekin, Illinois) from the guard in a solo dance number.

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