The merger: Avant Garde was a junior drum corps based in Saratoga County, New York for eleven seasons. It was the result of a merger of the Bethesda Emerald Knights and the Speigleaires in 1975.
Other corps that yielded members to the Avant Garde in its early years:
- Troy Muchachos
- Utica Magnificent Yankees and Yankee Cadets
- Syracuse Marauders and Yankee Marauders
- Fulton Gouchos
- Watkins Glen Squires
- ….many more to list when I have time….
100 Years of Marching History: Drum Corps in Saratoga Springs NY: Excerpts from a speach by Jeff Perkins https://www.saratogatodaynewspaper.com/index.php/item/4965-100-years-of-marching-history-of-saratoga-s-drum-and-bugle-corp