This page contains the parade and performance schedules from my years with the North Hills Buccaneers Baton & Drum Corps , from 1984 through 1988. We performed throughout the Pittsburgh area and traveled to other cities and locations for parades and competitions, including Hershey, Philadelphia, Montreal, and Ocean City.
I’ve preserved these schedules as part of the history of my five years with the corps. The schedules below provide a look at where we performed during those years.
Shaler Area High School Marching Band
I do not currently have accurate performance schedules for my time with the Shaler Area High School Marching Band . Most of our performances were at football games, along with a few parades, but I don’t have enough reliable information to reconstruct a complete schedule.
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North Hills Buccaneers 1984 Parade Schedule
May
No. Date Day Bus Time Parade Time Place Results 1 28 Mon. None 12:00 West View Paid 2 28 Mon. 12:00 1:00 Coraopolis VFW Paid 3 29 Tue. None 7:00 St. Ursula, Allison Park 1st
June
No. Date Day Bus Time Parade Time Place Results 4 2 Sat. None 5:00 Laurel Gardens 1st 5 4 Mon. 5:00 7:00 St. Canice 1st 6 8 Fri. 5:00 7:00 Summit VFW Tarentum 2nd 7 9 Sat. 9:00 11:00 Baldwin 3rd 8 14 Thu. 6:00 7:00 North Side Veterans Paid 9 16 Sat. None 3:00 Bellevue 2nd 10 19 Tue. 5:00 6:30 East Deer 2nd 11 21 Thu. None 6:30 Franklin Park Paid 12 23 Sat. 8:30 12:00 Brookville 1st 13 29 Fri. 5:00 7:00 Hickory 1st 14 30 Sat. 11:00 1:00 Crafton 1st 15 30 Sat. None 5:00 Swissvale 1st
July
No. Date Day Bus Time Parade Time Place Results 16 3 Tue. None 7:00 Hampton 3rd 17 4 Wed. 8:30 10:00 Brentwood Paid 18 4 Wed. Same 2:00 Leetsdale Paid 19 4 Wed. Same 3:30 Shaler Paid 20 6 Fri. 4:30 6:30 Springdale 3rd 21 7 Sat. 12:00 2:00 Mars 1st 22 7 Sat. Same 6:00 St. Barnabas Nursing Home Free 23 9 Mon. 5:15 6:30 Moon Twp. Paid 24 14 Sat. 6:00 1:00 Hershey, Pa. 2nd HT 15 Sun. Hershey Park 25 21 Sat. None 1:00 Ohio Twp. Paid 26 24 Tue. None 6:00 McDonalds on McKnight Free 27 25 Wed. 5:30 7:00 West Park 2nd 28 27 Fri. 5:15 6:30 Oakdale / Same Junior Corps 1st / 2nd 29 31 Tue. 4:30 7:00 Grove City 1st
August
No. Date Day Bus Time Parade Time Place Results 30 2 Thu. 5:30 7:00 Kirwan Heights 1st 31 3 Fri. 5:00 6:30 E. McKeesport Fire Co. No.2 1st 32 4 Sat. 12:00 1:00 Millvale Paid 33 4 Sat. None 6:00 White Oak Free 34 7 Tue. None 7:00 Avalon Free 35 8 Wed. 4:45 6:30 Pitcairn Fire Co. No.1 Canc. 36 10 Fri. 5:00 6:45 Glendale VFD Carnegie Canc. 37 11 Sat. None 6:00 Evergreen VFD 1st 38 13 Mon. 4:45 6:30 North Washington Canc. 39 17 Fri. None 6:00 Ingomar 2nd 40 18 Sat. 11:00 2:00 Jeanette Canc. 41 25 Sat. 10:00 1:00 Seneca, Pa. (Sr. Only) Disq. 42 27 Mon. None 6:00 St. Teresa’s 2nd
North Hills Buccaneers 1985 Parade Schedule
May
Date Day Place Comments 27 Mon West View Show 27 Mon Coraopolis Show
June
Date Day Place Comments 3 Mon St. Canice Show 7 Fri Slippery Rock 2nd Place 8 Sat Baldwin Show 8 Sat Laurel Gardens Sr. 1st, Jr. 2nd 12 Wed Delmont 2nd Place 14 Fri North Side Show 15 Sat Bellevue 1st Place 15 Sat East McKeesport No.1 1st Place 20 Thur Pitcairn 2nd Place 21 Fri Erie — VFW 1st Place 22 Sat Brookville 1st Place 25 Tues Mount Pleasant 2nd Place 27 Thur Franklin Park Show 28 Fri Hickory 1st Place 29 Sat East McKeesport No.2 1st Place 30 Sun Corps Picnic — Harmar Grove Fun
July
Date Day Place Comments 1 Mon Crafton 2nd Place 3 Wed Hampton 4th Place 4 Thur Brentwood Show 4 Thur Leetsdale Show 4 Thur Shaler Show 5 Fri Springdale 3rd Place 8 Mon Moon Township Show 13 Sat Cedar Point Trip Fun 14 Sun Sea World Fun 18 Thur Saxonburg 3rd Place 19 Fri Ohio Township Show 20 Sat Greentree 2nd Place 24 Wed West Park 2nd Place 26 Fri Renton 1st Sr. & Jr. 27 Sat Oil City 1st Sr., 2nd Jr. 30 Tues Grove City 1st Place 31 Wed Finleyville 2nd Place
August
Date Day Place Comments 2 Fri Glendale 2nd Place 3 Sat Cecil 1st Place 10 Sat Station Square Show 17 Sat Ingomar Show 23 Fri Avalon 1st Place
North Hills Buccaneers 1986 Parade Schedule
May
Date Place Comments 3 Station Square Show 26 West View Show 26 Coraopolis Show 31 Wellsburg Show
June
Date Place Comments 2 St. Canice Show 3 St. Pius Show 7 Laurel Gardens Show 11 Bellevue 2nd Place 13 Imperial 1st Place 14 Baldwin Show 14 North Side Veterans Show 18 Blairsville 1st Place 19 Franklin Park Show 21 Brookville 2nd Place 21 Turtle Creek 1st Place 26 Millvale Show 27 Hickory 3rd Place 28 East McKeesport #2 1st Place 30 Crafton 3rd Place
July
Date Place Comments 3 Hampton Show 4 Brentwood Show 4 Leetsdale Show 5 South Heights Show 5 Mars 2nd Place 7 Moon Show 11 Rosedale 1st Place 12 Pittsburgh (American Legion Championship) 1st Place 12 Swissvale 1st Place 18 Ohio Township Show 23 Apollo 2nd Place 25 Natrona Heights Jr. 2nd Place 26 Oil City 1st Place 29 Grove City 3rd Place 30 Kennywood Show
August
Date Place Comments 2 Kings Island Fun Trip 3 Beach Fun Trip 7 Bower Hill 1st Place 9 Universal 1st Place 9 Braddock 1st Place 13 Pitcairn #1 2nd Place 15 Glendale 2nd Place 18 Avalon 1st Place
September / October
Date Place Comments Sept. 1 Labor Day — Pittsburgh Show Oct. 2 Fall Foliage Festival Show
North Hills Buccaneers Parade Schedule 1987
Date Place Division Results May 16th Monroeville (Lions Club Convention) 2nd Place May 16th McKeesport 1st Place May 25th West View Show May 25th Coraopolis Show May 27th Bellevue 2nd Place May 30th Wellsburg, West Virginia Show June 3rd Big Beaver Show June 6th Wilkinsburg 1st Place June 6th Laurel Gardens Show June 8th Most Holy Name Show June 12th Imperial 1st Place June 13th Baldwin Show June 13th Greensburg 1st Place June 15th North Side Show June 18th Franklin Park Show June 19th New Eagle 2nd Place June 20th Brookville 1st Place June 20th Turtle Creek 2nd Place June 23rd Saltsburg Seniors 2nd Place June 23rd Saltsburg Juniors 3rd Place June 26th Hickory 2nd Place June 27th Bethel Seniors 1st Place June 27th Bethel Juniors 2nd Place July 2nd Springdale 1st Place July 3rd Hampton Show July 4th McIntyre Civic Association Show July 4th Brentwood Show July 4th Leetsdale Show July 4th Mars Seniors 1st Place July 4th Mars Juniors 2nd Place July 9th Bower Hill 3rd Place July 10th Philadelphia (American Legion Convention) Seniors 2nd Place July 10th Philadelphia (American Legion Convention) Juniors 3rd Place July 11th Great Adventure, New Jersey Fun July 12th Dorney Park, Pa. Fun July 16th South Side Show July 17th Ohio Township Show July 18th North Hills Arts Festival Show July 22nd Apollo 2nd Place July 23rd Saxonburg 2nd Place July 24th Natrona 2nd Place July 25th Sheffield Seniors 2nd Place July 25th Sheffield Juniors 2nd Place July 25th Oil City Seniors 2nd Place July 25th Oil City Juniors 1st Place July 31st Glendale 1st Place August 5th West Park 1st Place August 8th Universal Seniors 2nd Place August 8th Universal Juniors 4th Place August 11th Kennywood Show August 22nd Seneca 1st Place August 22nd Reynoldsville 3rd Place August 24th Avalon Show September 7th Labor Day Parade (Downtown) Show
North Hills Buccaneers 1988 Parade Schedule
North Hills Buccaneers
Date Place April 30th Loyalty Day (Pgh) May 14th Upper St. Clair May 25th Bellevue May 27th Evans City May 28th Meadville May 30th West View May 30th Coraopolis June 2nd New Kensington June 4th New Brighton June 11th Millvale June 11th Laurel Gardens June 13th Most Holy Name June 14th North Side VFW June 17th Imperial June 18th Dubois June 23rd Pitcairn #2 June 24th Hickory June 25th Brookville June 30th Crafton July 1st Brackenridge July 2nd Hampton July 4th Brentwood July 4th Leetsdale July 14th Pirate Reopener July 15th VFW Championship (Pgh) July 21st Saxonburg July 23rd Apollo July 23rd Reynoldsville July 27th Pitcairn #1 August 1st Avalon August 2nd Grove City August 3rd West Park August 6th Ingram August 9th Kennywood August 15th North Washington Rodeo August 20th Greenville August 27th Plum Boro September 3rd North Hills Village September 3rd Munhall September 7th Labor Day (Pgh)
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