1960


"The [1960]...season - the first without Bill Hayes, was supposed to be a rebuilding year, for many of the old timers had left. The entire baritone line, for instance, was new. But the 1960 edition of B.S. took 18 out of 19 - and bested every top corps nationwide in the finals of the VFW Nationals in Detroit."  - from Tim O'Brien's A (not so brief) HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS