Butler's Festival of Champions, Aug. 9, 1971

The drum and bugle corps one of America's best know pageantry units. The Corps has entertained in over a dozen states and in Canada and as well know throughout the Nation as New York City's Official Teenage Marching Ambassadors of Musical Goodwill.

The Knickerbockers have two performing groups including the New York Knickerbocker drum and bugle corps which is highly rated class "A" unit open to experienced teenage drum corps which is the unit training operation and which is open to boys and girls from the age of ten to 15 who have had experience in the drum corps field

The Knickerbockers provide all musical and marching training, all instruments and equipment, and all uniforms and travel free of charge to its member youngsters who now number over 200. An insurance fee and weekly dues are the only expenses the children have. Operational funds are raised by a variety of activities run for the youngsters by their own Parents and Booster Association and by the Knickerbocker Federal Savings and Loan Association who c0-sponsor the corps.