San Jose Raiders
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The San Jose Raiders were a junior drum corps based in San Jose, California.
[edit] History
The San Jose Raiders were formed from the disbanded "Knight Raiders". The first season of the San Jose Raiders Drum and Bugle corps was the 1979 season. We wore Black and yellow "Bridgemen" looking uniforms and our colorguard wore very short versions of the same! In 1979 the corps took 43rd place as an open class drum corps and under the instruction of Rocco Oliverio. The corps even practiced on the way home from DCI championships! The corps kept the same look through the 1980 season as well and in 1981,82 and 83 they sported a more latin look with white puffy sleeved silk shirts and colorful arm bands! The final season the Raiders fielded a full field ensemble was 1984.
Rocco and subsequent staff members pushed the corps Rreally hard and many people went on to be section leaders and soloists in the [[Santa Clara Vanguard] and Blue Devils and even today some are still soloing in the SF Renegades.
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