Past Sons of the American Legion National Champions

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The Sons of the American Legion National Championships were held from 1937 until 1980, as part of the American Legion National Championships. Corps could only field members who were SAL members.

The SAL National Championships are credited by some for beginning the junior drum corps movement.


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[edit] 1940

[edit] 1941

[edit] 1949

[edit] 1950

[edit] 1951

  • Champion: St. Vincent's Cadets of Bayonne, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • El Capitan
    • Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean
    • Triumphal March (from Aida)
    • Under The Double Eagle
    • Washington Post
    • Polovetsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
  • Score: 89.083
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date Unknown

[edit] 1953

[edit] 1954

  • Champion: Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights of Newark, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • Washington Post
    • Salud
    • God Bless America
    • Drums In My Heart
    • Lover Come Back To Me (from New Moon)
    • No Other Love Have I
    • Stompin' At The Savoy
    • Hands Across The Sea
    • Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
    • This Is My Lucky Day
    • Mimi
    • I Hear Music
    • I Fell A Song Coming On (from Every Night At Eight)
    • Goodbye, My Lady Love
  • Score: 90.45
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: August 30

[edit] 1955

  • Champion: Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights of Newark, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • Washington Post
    • Salud
    • God Bless America
    • Woodpecker Song
    • Lover Come Back To Me (from New Moon)
    • No Other Love Have I
    • Stompin' At The Savoy
    • Hands Across The Sea
    • Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
    • Little Girl
    • Mimi
    • Quo Vadis
    • Goodbye, My Lady Love
  • Score: 92.68
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Venue: Orange Bowl
  • Date: October 19

[edit] 1956

[edit] 1957

[edit] 1958

[edit] 1959

[edit] 1960

  • Champion: Garfield Cadets of Garfield, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • Everything's Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy)
    • American Soldier
    • Promise Me Roses
    • Bésame Mucho
    • Intermission
    • Climb Every Mountain (from The Sound Of Music)
    • Carolina (Cha Cha)
    • Black Jack
    • The Sound Of Music
  • Score: 84.98
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: October 16

[edit] 1961

  • Champion: Garfield Cadets of Garfield, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • Fanfare
    • French National March
    • American Soldier
    • Bésame Mucho
    • Somewhere (from West Side Story)
    • Tonight (from West Side Story)
    • Climb Every Mountain (from The Sound Of Music)
    • Exodus
    • The Sound Of Music
  • Score: 87.450
  • Location: Denver, Colorado
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: September 9

[edit] 1962

  • Champion: Garfield Cadets of Garfield, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • King Of Kings
    • French National Defile
    • Climb Every Mountain (from The Sound Of Music)
    • Bésame Mucho
    • Tonight (from West Side Story)
    • March Of The Olympians
    • I Have Loved
    • Maria (from West Side Story)
    • Somewhere (from West Side Story)
  • Score: 87.750
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date Unknown

[edit] 1963

  • Champion: Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights of Newark, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • National Emblem
    • Witchcraft
    • Americans We
    • Let's Face The Music And Dance (from Follow The Fleet)
    • Give Me The Simple Life (from Let's Make Love)
    • Mutiny On The Bounty
    • In The Still Of The Night
  • Score: 86.416
  • Location: Miami, Forida
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: September 8

[edit] 1964

  • Champion: Garfield Cadets
  • Repertoire:
    • American Salute
    • Ritual Fire Dance (from El Amor Brujo)
    • Something's Coming (from West Side Story)
    • Gee, Officer Krupke (from West Side Story)
    • How The West Was Won
    • Maria (from West Side Story)
  • Score: 79.916
  • Location: Dallas, Texas
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: September 21

[edit] 1965

[edit] 1966

[edit] 1967

  • Champion: The Cavaliers of Chicago, Illinois
  • Repertoire:
    • Bully
    • One Hand, One Heart (from West Side Story)
    • In The Hall Of The Mountain King(from Peer Gynt)
    • It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)
    • Tiger Rag
    • Somewhere (from West Side Story)
  • Score: 83.433
  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: August 27

[edit] 1968

  • Champion: St. Lucy's Cadets of Newark, New Jersey
  • Repertoire:
    • Conquistador
    • Battle Hymn Of The Republic
    • Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
    • If My Friends Could See Me Now (from Sweet Charity)
    • Taboo
    • Love Is Blue
    • Hallelujah (from Messiah)
  • Score: 77.600
  • Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date Unknown

[edit] 1969

  • Champion: The Cavaliers of Chicago, Illinois
  • Repertoire:
    • The Ten Commandments
    • Battle Hymn Of The Republic
    • Big Spender (from Sweet Charity)
    • In The Hall Of The Mountain King (from Peer Gynt)
    • Bully
    • Somewhere (from West Side Story)
    • Somewhere Over The Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)
  • Score: 83.85
  • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date Unknown

[edit] 1970

  • Champion: Santa Clara Vanguard of Santa Clara, California
  • Repertoire:
    • Festive Overture
    • Procession Of The Nobles
    • Chester Overture
    • Miracle of Miracles (from Fiddler On The Roof)
    • Matchmaker (from Fiddler On The Roof)
    • Fiddler On The Roof
    • If I Were A Rich Man (form Fiddler On The Roof)
    • Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Score: 80.60
  • Location: Portland, Oregon
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: August 30

[edit] 1972

  • Champion: Argonne Rebels of [[[Great Bend, Kansas]]
  • Repertoire:
    • Barnum And Bailey's Favorite:
    • Jesus Christ Superstar Medley
    • Stars And Stripes Forever
    • Theme From Love Story
  • Score: 83.10
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: August 20

[edit] 1974

  • Champion: PAL Cadets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Repertoire:
    • See The USA
    • Car 54, Where Are You?
    • The Trolley Song (from Meet Me In St. Louis)
    • Penny Lane
    • The Lord's Prayer
    • Hallelujah (from Messiah)
    • God Bless America
    • Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Score: 73.85
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Venue Unknown
  • Date: August 19

[edit] 1975

[edit] 1979

[edit] 1980

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