#Bluecoats 2016 repertoire update#

The corps then went inactive for four seasons. The Glassmen first entered DCI competitions in 1975, placing 5th of 19 corps in the Class A championships in Philadelphia. In 1971, the 'Glass Capital of the World' was even more fully recognized when the corps' name was changed to the Glassmen. In 1964, the corps entered American Legion field competitions, and the name was changed to the Glass City Optimists in 1967, recognizing the co-sponsorship of the local Optimists and honoring Toledo's heritage as a major center of the glass industry. For its first three (3) seasons, the unit was strictly a parade corps. In 1961, Richard (Dick) Ford and Jack Schnapp founded the Maumee Suns under the sponsorship of American Legion Post 320 of Maumee, a suburb abutting the south side of Toledo. On March 1, 2016, it was announced that the corps would compete as a Sound Sports team during the coming summer season. It was announced shortly before the beginning of the 2015 Drum and Bugle Corps season that The Glassmen were going to try and start up again for competition hopefully as soon as the 2016 Drum and Bugle Corps season. The Alumni Association took possession of much of the corps' memorabilia and is storing it for the possible future rebirth of the corps. Almost immediately following the bankruptcy announcement, the Board of Directors of the Glassmen Alumni Association announced their intention to assist in resolving the difficulties and returning the corps to the field either as the Glassmen or as a new entity. The Federal Bankruptcy Court officially dissolved the organization on March 14, 2014. The Glassmen were inactive for the 2013 DCI season, and on November 29, 2013, it was announced that the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps Board of Directors had filed for bankruptcy protection to try to work out from under a major debt load. Based out of Toledo, Ohio, the corps was a member of Drum Corps International (DCI) and was a sixteen time DCI World Championship Finalist. The Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps is a former World Class (formerly Division I) drum and bugle corps. The Glassmen File:GlassmenDrumAndBugleCorps.jpg

#Bluecoats 2016 repertoire update#

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