Source: Rockford Register Star July 23, 1983
Phantom Regiment
Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps
Phantom Regiment…Marches to Win at Home
Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps performed before 5400 at Boylan High School Friday to win first place in the Show of Shows. Visiting marching units included Spirit of Atlanta; Sun Coast Sound of Tampa, FL; Crossmen of Philadelphis; 27th Lancers of Revere, MA; Cavaliers of Rosemont, IL; Bridgemen of Batonne, NJ; Sky Ryders of Hutchinson, KS.
Rockford Morning Star, 08/04/1984
Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps
Excelsior Award
Excelsior Award honors an organization or institution whose work has a positive impact on the Rock River Valley
2001 Award: La Voz Latina
2000 Award: Rosecrance Health Network
1999 Award: Janet Wattles Center
1998 Award: Center for Sight and Hearing Impaired
1997 Award: RAMP
1996 Award: Hunger Connection
1995 Award: Rockford Rescue Mission
1994 Award: Visiting Nurses Association
1993 Award: Opportunities Industrialization Center
1992 Award: Milestone, Inc
1991 Award: St. Elizabeth Center
1990 Award: Zion Development Corp.
1989 Award: Northern Illinois Hospice Association
1988 Award: Junior League of Rockford
1987 Award: Family Advocate
1986 Award: Contact of Rockford
1985 Award: Crusader Clinic
1984 Award: Phantom Regiment
1983 Award: Children’s Development Center
1982 Award: Rockford Area Crime Stoppers
1981 Award: Goldie Floberg Center For Children
1980 Award: Rockford YMCA
1979 Award: Illinois Growth Enterprises
Source: Rockford Register Star, 11/28/2001
Beattie Is… Festival – 1986
Beattie Is…
Arts festival
“Beattie Is… Begins Thursday”
About 1,000 volunteers help with the booths
Some of the musical activities include Mike Williamson’s “Let It Be”, the Phantom Regiment and Cadets, the Moonlight Jazz Orchestra, and The Men Of Our Times.
Source: Rockford Register Star 06/03/1986