Ambassadors Drum and Bugle Corps Milestones

1973

• September 1973: Inception of the Ambassadors as a junior drum and bugle corps, initially performing in parades only

1974

• June 30th- First public appearance of the Ambassadors at the "Maid of the Mist" parade in Niagara Falls, New York, NY. Awarded as the "Most Likely to Succeed Corps"
• Original uniform: White cowboy hats, white shirts, neckerchiefs, black pants or skirts and gold cummerbunds
• Aurora, ON - First Christmas parade

1975

• First contest as a corps, August 1975
• Canadian National junior "E" (Novice) champions

1976

• Canadian National junior "D" (Bantam) champions

1977

• Corps moves to Newmarket under the sponsorship of the Newmarket Lions club.

1978

• Canadian National and Ontario Provincial "C" (Cadet) champions

1979

• Canadian National and Central Canada Circuit "C" class champions

1980

• Midwest USA tour to Franklin Park, IL
• DCI Canada "C" class champions (Hamilton, ON)
• Tour to Jonquiere, QC for Canadian National Championships
• Canadian National "C" class champions (Jonquiere, QC)

1981

• Canadian National "B" class champions
• Central Canada Circuit "B" class champions
• Placed in top half of "A" class at DCI World championships in Montreal, QC

1982

• Second Place "B" class, Canadian National Championships, Windsor, ON

1983

• Trip to Ottawa, ON for Progressive Conservative Leadership nominations in support of Brian Mulroney(!).
• Tour to Pennsylvania and Ohio, USA.

1984

• Trip to Washington, DC
• 2nd place, Canadian National "A" class championship
• Finalist, "A" class/Division II, American International Open, Butler, PA

1985

• Large turnover of corps members occurs.
• Home show in Newmarket hosted.
• Ambassadors compete in only two contests including Canadian Nationals where they appear in "A" class.

1986

• Amalgamation with Oakland Crusaders as "Out of the Blue".
• "Out of the Blue" tour to DCI Division II("A" class) championships and are announced and recorded as the Oakland Crusaders.

1987

• Ambassadors inactive

1988

• Ambassadors inactive
• Ambassadors bugles lent to Dutch Boy (cadets?)

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2000

• Reunion 2000

Other Ambassador histories:

• "Ambassadors celebrate 10 seasons" by Barbara Taylor, Newmarket-Aurora Era, 1984
• Ambassadors: the First Six Years, by Stirling Monroe, The Ambassa-Bear News, 1979