Seneca Optimists Yearbook for 1977 - Optimists Alumni Association

THE 1977 SEN ECA OPTIMISTS ·
The Year of Recos;1nition
By: I'ha McArthur
t uoking blCk 10 Ih, 1977 drum corps ~3son, tM
Seneca Optimists definitely had ~ grtat year. No longer
was anyone considering the ~-':'fPS a pOlential Ihre~t . The
Senec;o. Oplimisls were ~ r ~alily-a corps to be recognized.
With incrusinl: solidarity within the corps, Ihe word me'~r
w~s r.lrely heard during 1977. The C()TpS had undoubtfully
m;o.turcd and Ih~ &rowin~ pains and successes of Ihe '76
sea~n had laid a foundation for Ihe corps as il entered il!
second year of exiSlcnee.
The corps conlinued 10 rad;;'l~ pride, profe5SionaliWl
and class n it performed Ihroughout Cdnada and Ihe
Uniled States. The tradition that the corps Irled so hard
10 build in 1976 wu carried on during 1977 and was
adopled 3S a way of lik The Scn~~ Oplimist, Drum
Corps was 3 copy of nO I)lhe •• It was in fact, a corps Ihat
was Ih~ envy of ttlousands of corps people Ihroughout
North Amerk~ .
The Seneca Optirnio;ts ur 1977 were continental
Ch31l1pil)ns. The co'ps managed to win a major national
tille in both Canada and the Unhed Sl1Ics. In addition,
Ihe corps firmly secured a plAce in lI,e D.C.I . chmpion
eli le for iU second yo:ar.
The corps of 1977 wi!llong bt r~me",bt:rtd, not onl)'
for Its Imagt of tautif,,1 !;!l()w design which inclUded the wonderfully
imaginalive par.Jchule routhl~. Fcw corps will ~ver top Of
even m~tch the c ~ citcment and enlertainmenl yalu~ pro.
ic~t"d by this pJrachUle loCquence.
With 1976 ~n