User:Allegrorondo/Kenosha Queensmen

The Kenosha Queensmen, also known as the Holy Rosary Queensmen, was a competitive junior drum and bugle corps. It was formed in 1964, as a junior parade corps based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The group was sponsored by Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Parish and the Paul Herrick American Legion Post 21.

The Queensmen Squires was their junior corps, founded in 1965, for members in grades 5-8.

The corps’ colors were royal blue, sky blue, and white.

1964 - parade corps

1965 - Class C corps

1966 - Class B corps, WI VA state champion

Membership declined following 1969 season. The two high schools in Kenosha had just joined a summer marching band competition circuit, (the precursor to MACBDA), and would not allow band members to join the drum and bugle corps; and the Corps could no longer use the Holy Rosary Church facilities for winter practice.

With much lower membership in 1970, the Queensmen merged with the Explorer Scouts of Racine to form the Racine Explorer Scouts. The two corps separated again after this one year, but factors such as worn-out equipment led to the quiet demise of the Queensmen in 1971.