From the perfectly manicured handlebar curls of baseball’s Rollie Fingers to the hard drivin’ hairy lip of Burt Reynolds in “Smokey and the Bandit,” there is perhaps no decade more notorious and glorious for the mustache than the 1970s. As men across the world take out their miniature combs and containers of wax to style the perfect horseshoes, Fu Manchus and Magnum P.I.s to raise awareness for men’s health issues during the month of “Movember,” we’ve paged through the drum corps annals to assemble a gallery of the greatest 1970s upper lip hair ever seen in DCI competition.
1. 1974 Purple Lancers – Auburn, NY
2. 1974 Kilties – Racine, WI
3. 1975 Blue Devils – Concord, CA
4. 1975 Muchachos– Hawthorne, NJ
5. 1975 Troopers– Casper, WY
6. 1975 Phantom Regiment – Rockford, IL
7. 1975 Blue Stars – La Crosse, WI
8. 1975 27th Lancers – Revere, MA
9. 1975 Madison Scouts – Madison, WI
10. 1976 Royal Crusaders – Finleyville, PA
11. 1976 Cavaliers – Park Ridge, IL
12. 1976 Blue Devils – Concord, CA
13. 1976 Madison Scouts – Madison, WI
14. 1977 Kilties – Racine, WI
15. 1977 Gauchos – Fulton, NY
16. 1977 Freelancers – Sacramento, CA
17. 1977 Blue Devils – Concord, CA
18. 1977 Oakland Crusaders – Etobicoke, ONT
19. 1977 Squires – Watkins Glen, NY
20. 1977 Phantom Regiment – Rockford, IL
21. 1977 Saints – Woodbridge-Edison, NJ
22. 1977 Madison Scouts – Madison, WI
23. 1978 Crossmen – Delaware County, PA
24. DCI Hall of Fame Broadcaster Steve Rondinaro, 1978
25. 1978 Offensive Lions – Jonquiere, QUE
26. 1978 Troopers – Casper, WY
27. 1978 Renaissance – Spokane, WA
28. 1978 North Star – North Shore, MA
29. 1978 Phantom Regiment – Rockford, IL
30. DCI Hall of Fame Member Bobby Hoffman, 1978
31. 1978 27th Lancers – Revere, MA
32. DCI Judges, 1978
33. 1979 Bridgemen – Bayonne, NJ
34. 1979 Guardsmen – Schaumburg, IL
35. 1979 Oakland Crusaders – Etobicoke, ONT
36. 1979 Blue Stars – La Crosse, WI
37. 1979 North Star – North Shore, MA
Photos from the archives of Drum Corps World.
