| 1961 VFW Jr Snare | |||
| Place | Contestant | Corps Represented | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Markovitch | Chicago Cavaliers | ||
| Richard Nardelli | Blessed Sacrament | ||
| Jack Rosner | Chicago Royal Airs | ||
| Robert Wolfersberger | Sky Ryders | ||
| John Iglesias | St. Patrick's Cadets | ||
| William Ryding | Garfield Cadets | ||
| Doug Crain | Miami Vanguard | ||
| Ed Gibbons | Vasella Musketeers | ||
| Robert Churchill | Rockford, Il | ||
| Ronnie Sorensen | Racine Kilties | ||
| Charles Aiken | St. Vincents Cadets | ||
| Francis Donnelly | St. Raphaels Buccaneers | ||
| Don Kammler | Bellville Black Knights | ||
| Greg Pacer | Skokie Vanguards | ||
| Bernie Bodah | Rockford Purple Knights | ||
| Gerald Rhodes | Youngstown, Oh | ||
| Tom Stubbs | Hutchinson, Ks | ||
| James Smith | Palmyra, NY | ||
| Cleo Abel | Troy, Il | ||
| Tim Rosenstein | Metarie, La | ||
| Bob Winoker | Minneapolis, Mn | ||

| 1961 VFW Sr Snare | |||
| Place | Contestant | Corps Represented | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Flowers | Reading Buccaneers | ||
| Edward Cooper | Miami Rebels | ||
| Jack Klingelsmith | Miami Goldcoasters | ||

| 1961 VFW Jr Quartet | |||
| Place | Corps Represented | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellville Black Knights | |||
| Blessed Sacrament | |||
| St. Kevins Emerald Knights | |||
| Vasella Musketeers | |||
| Blue Rock | |||
| St. Patricks Cadets | |||
| Bob Campbell Hutchinson Ks | |||
| Greenville Presidents | |||
| Rockford Purple Knights | |||
| Southernaires | |||
| Pisa Indians | |||
| Miami Vanguards | |||