This page contains links to those drum corps sites that are relevant to the Norwood Park Imperials alumni and Corps history. This page is ultimately intended to be a single source for drum corps information related to the years that alumni were Corps members. Certainly there are numerous additional corps sites on the Internet, and more will be added here in the future.
If you have found a site that would be of interest to others, if you would like to see a specific link added here, or if you are looking for a web site that you cannot locate, E-mail the webmaster with specifics and we will do what we can to assist.
Dave Sherry's Comprehensive Drum Corps Web List© was "Considered to be the most complete on the net. Over 400 links!" Although it hasn't been updated in some time, it contains lots of useful links
American Legion National Championships lists every American Legion National Competition ever held with placings and scores - beginning in 1916! - a fascinating history
The Royal Airs story, photos of Midwest Corps of the 1960s, and complete coverage of the Royal Airs Alumni Corps
The Royal Airs story from Carol Vinceri, including numerous articles and photos from throughout their history
The Vanguard site has a terrific photo gallery - all Vanguard, of course
The Kilties history, and they remain active as a Senior Corps
The Black Knights of Belleville, Illinois
The Millstadt Crusaders of Belleville, Illinois
The McHenry Viscounts of McHenry, Illinois
The Chicago Royal Airs chronicles the rebirth of one of the most memorable drum corps that ever existed
The Men of Brass has been reborn with membership comprised of alumni from the Norwood Park Imperials, the Vanguard, and the Royal Airs, among others
The Holy Name Cadets have also been known as the Garfield Cadets and simply the Cadets, and many Imperials alumni remember them as our friends that looked like us standing on our heads
The Cavaliers contains lots of historical data and a substantial current photo gallery
The Madison Scouts with a detailed history and photos organized by year
The Phantom Regiment has historical and recent photo galleries
The Racine Scouts now claim to be "The longest continuously active Jr. Drum & Bugle Corps in the world!" which, until 1985, was the distinctive claim of the Norwood Park Imperials
The Troopers are known as America's Corps
Drum Corps Planet is the online center for news and forums about Drum Corps, Percussion, Color Guards and Marching Bands
Drum Corps Nation contains links to everything Drum Corps
corpsreps.com seems to list nearly every corps ever to exist
Drum & Bugle Corps of North America is a complete listing of all drum & bugle corps ever known to exist - whether junior, senior, alumni, parade, feeder or cadet corps - they are all listed with their sponsors - this is a fascinating list
Bugles Across America is a service, founded by one of our own Norwood Park alumni, that provides a live bugler from a pool of volunteers to play Taps at the funeral of anyone that has served in the US armed forces
Drum Corps Associates is a senior corps organization
Drum Corps Midwest, directed by one of our own Norwood Park alumni, recently returned as an active regional drum corps organization
Drum Corps International is the reigning junior corps organization that reinvented the drum corps competitive structure in the 1970s
Drum Corps World is the well-known publication covering everything about drum corps