Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps

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The Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps are located in Racine, Wisconsin. Started in 1936, the corps was an all boy drum corps. The original name of the corps was the Kiwanis Kilties in honor of the sponsor. A local seamtress made the original uniforms for the kids. The first plaid that the corps wore was the Royal Stewart tartan. The corps made their debut on July 4, 1936 at the Independence Day Parade. It was on August 5, 1936 that the corps hit the field for exhibition at the local music festival.

Over seventy years later the Kilties celebrated their anniversary by performing at Syracuse, New York almost to the exact time to the corps first performance. A lot of things have changed since the beginning. Women are now part of the rich history of the corps. The corps is longer a junior corps but now an all age corps. If the corps had remained a junior corps with DCI the age limits would have been up to the age of 21. As a DCA corps the Kilties now have members from 12 to 82.