Toronto Optimists
Other Names:18th Scout Troop; 157th Scout Troop Trumpet Band
Toronto, ONT Canada
Founded: 1952
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With the 1956 Canadian Junior Novice competition, Opti began an unmatched string of championship victories. The corps leaped from being a class B standstill corps in 1957 to winning the Canadian National Junior Corps Championships in 1958, defeating Preston Scout House. Opti then went on to win ten more titles, through 1968. The Optimists’ unbroken streak of eleven consecutive championships is far longer than that of any other corps in drum corps history, American or Canadian.
The Optimists had the distinction of being the first Canadian corps to carry the newly-official maple leaf flag, on Feb. 27, 1965.
The uniform consisted of white bucks, black pants with a white stripe, a white sash and cumber bund, a green mother of pearl shako topped with a white plume and a green satin blouse with a white diagonal stripe bordered in black.
Also known as The Green Machine, the Optimists continued to compete into the 1970s, but De La Salle Oaklands had taken over their place as the power in Canadian drum corps by that time. Opti won one more Canadian Junior title, in 1972, but in the Spring of 1976 they merged with the Seneca Princemen to become the Seneca Optimists.
[http://www.in2corps.com/legends/opti/optimist.htm; A History of Drum and Bugle Corps, 2002; DCW, 8/31/02, p.3; DCW, 3/03, p.3; Jeffry J. Mason 11/22/2004]
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1958 5 scores
Highest Score 81.610
Final show in DCX Archives September 13, 1958 Canadian Nationals Championship Galt ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 81.610
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1959 3 scores
Highest Score 88.160
Final show in DCX Archives September 12, 1959 Canadian Nationals Championship Galt ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 88.160
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1960 2 scores
Highest Score 87.800
Final show in DCX Archives September 10, 1960 Canadian Nationals Championship Hamilton ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 87.800
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1961 4 scores
Highest Score 83.550
Final show in DCX Archives September 30, 1961 St. Catherines ONT placed 2 with a score of 82.100
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1962 8 scores
Highest Score 88.400
Final show in DCX Archives September 8, 1962 Canadian Nationals Championship Waterloo ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 88.400
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1963 13 scores
Highest Score 89.000
Final show in DCX Archives September 7, 1963 Canadian Nationals Championship Waterloo ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 89.000
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1964 13 scores
Highest Score 86.700
Final show in DCX Archives September 12, 1964 Canadian National Championship Prelims Toronto ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 84.350
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1965 8 scores
Highest Score 86.100
Final show in DCX Archives September 11, 1965 Canadian Nationals Championship Toronto ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 86.100
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1966 15 scores
Highest Score 86.000
Final show in DCX Archives September 17, 1966 Canadian Nationals Championship Prelims Montreal QUE Canada placed 2 with a score of 81.050
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1967 9 scores
Highest Score 86.316
Final show in DCX Archives September 9, 1967 Canadian National Championship - Prelims Ottawa ONT Canada placed 2 with a score of 83.783
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1968 12 scores
Highest Score 82.360
Final show in DCX Archives September 7, 1968 Canadian Nationals Championship - Finals Kingston ONT Canada placed 1 with a score of 79.030
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1969 14 scores
Highest Score 82.360
Final show in DCX Archives September 6, 1969 Canadian National Championship - Finals Ottawa ONT Canada placed 2 with a score of 80.800
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1970 11 scores
Highest Score 77.750
Final show in DCX Archives September 12, 1970 Canadian Nationals Championship - Finals Toronto ONT Canada placed 3 with a score of 77.750
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1971 9 scores
Highest Score 78.900
Final show in DCX Archives August 29, 1971 Ontario Provincial Championship Toronto ONT Canada placed 2 with a score of 78.900
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1972 9 scores
Highest Score 81.400
Final show in DCX Archives September 3, 1972 Canadian National Championship - Prelims Toronto ONT Canada placed 3 with a score of 80.250
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1973 15 scores
Highest Score 79.000
Final show in DCX Archives September 2, 1973 Canadian National Championship - Prelims Toronto ONT Canada
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1974 7 scores
Highest Score 71.550
Final show in DCX Archives September 2, 1974 Canadian Nationals Championship - Finals Toronto ONT Canada placed 2 with a score of 71.550
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1975 8 scores
Highest Score 83.700
Final show in DCX Archives September 7, 1975 Canadian Nationals Championship Waterloo ONT Canada placed 2 with a score of 83.700
Members (6)
| Member Name | Section | Years Involved |
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| Bruton, Richard | Brass | 1974 to 1975 |
| Bruton, Richard | Contra Bass | 1975 |
| Grimes, Michael | Horn Line | 1975 |
| Mason, Jeff | Bass Drum | 1976 |
| Roberts, Doug | Hornline | 1970 to 1972 |
| Stewart, Jim | Baritone Horn | 1959 to 1961 |
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From Toronto, The Optimists by Colin Hedworth Contributed by Bob Carell
Toronto Optimists crest for 10 consecutive Nationals from the Bob Carell Collection
TorontoOptimistCadets,Toronto,ON,LP1(RE-1.0)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection Contributed by Richard Elmquist
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