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Subject: rec.arts.marching.drumcorps FAQ 6/6 DCA - senior corps info
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
Part 6 of 6 Drum Corps Associates (Senior Corps) information
Administered by Michael Fath (mjfath@midway.uchicago.edu)
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DCA Info Maintained by:
Martin Cross
crossm@pt.Cyanamid.COM
7.0 DCA and the Senior corps.
7.1 Drum Corps Associates (DCA)
7.1.1 The DCA Story
7.1.2 Corps listing
7.2 Parade Corps
7.2.1 Ballad of the Unsung Heros
7.2.2 Corps listing
7.3 Rehearsals
7.4 Fallen Comrades
7.4.1 Folded Corps
7.4.2 MIA Corps
7.5 DCA Champions
7.6 1993 Schedule
7.7 1993 Repertoires
"When the first shovel of dirt hits my face...."
- Robert "Pepe" Nataro
7.1 Drum Corps Associates (DCA)
7.1.1 The DCA Story.
In September of 1963, five men, Henry "Lefty" Mayer (NY
Skyliners), George Bull (Yankee-Rebels), Randy Roy (Reading
Buccaneers), Pete Burns (Conn. Hurricanes), and Carmen Cirlincione
(Archer-Epler Musketeers), met in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania to
discuss the possibilities of creating an organization dedicated to promoting
senior drum and bugle corps. This was the start of the Drum Corps
Associates a.k.a DCA and it continued the legacy created by the V.F.W.
which discontinued its senior championship after 1962. The first corps
to become charter members were the Buccaneers, Hurricanes,
Interstatesmen, Musketeers, Rockets, Skyliners, and Yankee-Rebels. Two
years later, the first DCA championship was help at Milford, Connecticut.
Six of the seven charter corps competed on September 11, 1965, the
Reading Buccaneers won. Today, 30 years later, the DCA still thrives.
Many corps have had the honor of being DCA Champions.
7.1.2 Corps Listing
Information compiled from '89, '90, '92 DCA Championship
Programs.
Corps (alias): Bluegrass Brass (BGB)
Location: Lexington, KY
Director: Mike Phillips
Address: P.O. Box 4494
City/State: Lexington, KY
Phone: 606 277-0356
Founded: 1991
Corps (Alias): Brigadiers
Location: Syracuse, New York
Director: Dennis Cappello
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded: 1990 (reformed after 19 years in absentia)
Corps (Alias): Buccaneers (Bucs)
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Director: Ron Gehris/Grant Hill
Address: P.O. Box 13032
City/State: Reading, PA 19612
Phone: (215) 376-9427
Founded: 1957
Corps (Alias): Bushwackers (Bush)
Location: Harrison, New Jersey
Director: Michael Olszewski/Jay Marlot
Address: 39 Oakland Avenue-Apt. 304
City/State: Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Phone: (201) 743-4339
Founded: 1981
Corps (Alias): Caballeros (Cabs)
Location: Hawthorne, New Jersey
Director: James J. Costello, Jr.
Address: 119 Webster Avenue
City/State: Paterson, NJ 07501
Phone: (201) 523-5371
Founded: 1946
Corps (Alias): Capitol Brass Ensemble
Location: Latham, New York
Director: Thomas MacDonald
Address: 36 Michaelangelo Street
City/State: Lathan, NY 12110
Phone: (518) 783-8985/783-8507
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Chieftains
Location: Roseto, Pennsylvania
Director: Rodney Yetter
Address: P.O. Box 231
City/State: Sciota, PA 18354
Phone: (717) 992-2318
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Crusaders
Location: Rochester, Ney York
Director: Thomas Peashey
Address: P.O. Box 15424
City/State: Rochester, NY 14615
Phone: (716) 338-2076/251-7117
Founded: 1947
Internet POC: shynes@grumpy.c3bb.rl.af.mil (Scott S. Shyne)
Corps (Alias): Empire Statesman (Empire)
Location: Rochester, New York
Director: Vincent Bruni
Address: 118 Payne Beach Road
City/State: Hilton, NY 14468
Phone: (716) 392-7338
Founded: 1983
Corps (Alias): Excaliber
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Director: Peter Baideme
Address: P.O. Box 6607
City/State: Erie, PA 16512
Phone: (814) 833-3726
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Hurricanes (Hurcs)
Location: Shelton, Connecticut
Director: Bob Bradley
Address: P.O. Box 471
City/State: Derby, CT 06418
Phone: (203) 735-5659
Founded: 1932 (Fife & Drum)/1955 (Drum & Bugle)
Corps (Alias): Keystoners
Location: Milton, Pennsylvania
Director: Dale Criswell
Address: P.O. Box 96
City/State: Milton, PA 17847
Phone: (717) 742-7823
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Kingsmen (Pepe's Corps)
Location: Bridgport, Connecticut
Director: Carol Jacobs and Rita Hudson
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (alias): Les Dynamiques
Location: Canada
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Les Metropolitains Du Quebec
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Director: Rene Rockbrune
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded: 1991
Corps (Alias): Minnesota Brass, Inc.
Location: St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota
Director: Scotty Wild
Address: Box 7341
City/State: St. Paul, MN 55107
Phone: (612) 721-3073 (Sherry Dugan)
Founded: 1947
Corps (Alias): Royalaires
Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Director: Al Strassburg
Address: 8 Tupper Court
City/State: Kitchener, Ontario - Canada, N2B 2Y3
Phone: (519) 578-1962
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Skyliners (Sky)
Location: New York, New York
Director: Robert Holton
Address: 100 Drake Place
City/State: Colonia, NJ 07067
Phone: (201) 574-9422
Founded: 1946
Corps (Alias): Steel City Ambassadors (Steel)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Director: Rob Hoenshel
Address: P.O. Box 2631
City/State: Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Phone: (412) 422-5051
Founded: 1981
Corps (Alias): Sunrisers (Sun)
Location: Edison, New Jersey (formely Long Island, New York)
Director: Gary Williams
Address: 93 Halsey St., Apt. C4
City/State: Brooklyn, NY 11216
Phone: (718) 398-1124
Founded: 1954
Corps (Alias): Vanguard
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Director: Ron Brandt
Address: 22 W. 320 Balsam Drive
City/State: Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Phone: (312) 790-2336
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Westshoremen
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Director: Daniel Bowman
Address: RD 8, Box 360A
City/State: Carlisle, PA 17013
Phone: (717) 790-9341
Founded: 1946
7.2 Parade Corps
7.2.1 Ballad of the Unsung Heros
Parade corps are almost always senior by nature. As the class
name implies, these corps march in parades or perform at "standstills."
Although many drum corps nuts do not consider these units as part of the
continuum, they do provide an alternative for people who want to be part
of drum corps, but cannot afford the time the field (DCA) units demand.
Parade corps generally practice 3 hours a week. The atmosphere is not
stressful and of all the types of corps, it is the most family oriented.
Most parade corps will not travel more than 2 hours from their HQ so it
is easy to pack up the family and drag them to the various parades. Many
of the DCA corps started as parade corps, it is a great way to start a corps'
economy.
7.2.2 Corps Listing
Corps (Alias): Jersey Coast Sound
Location: V.F.W Post 8865 - Bricktown, New Jersey
Director: Roger Exposito
Address: RD 2 Box 26
City/State: Jackson, NJ 08527
Phone: (908) 928-9699
Founded: 1990
Internet POC: crossm@pt.Cyanamid.COM (Martin E. Cross)
Corps (alias): Mighty St. Joe's
Location: LeRoy, N.Y.
Director: Bob "Sully" Sullivan
Address: 3 Bank Street
City/State: LeRoy, NY
Phone: (716) 768-8687, (716) 768-7905
Founded: 1991 (Active Junior Corps 1931-1971)
Information: Bob Blonowicz
28 Cross Roads Lane
Rochester, NY 14612
Internet POC: anderson@clpd.kodak.com (Curt Anderson)
Corps (Alias): Melrose Black Hawks
Location: South Amboy, New Jersey
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Connecticut Alumni Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps
Location: David S. Miles Post - Oxford, Connecticut
Director: James Nestor
Address: Rt. 67
City/State: Oxford, CT
Phone: (203) 634-8026
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Generations Alumni Corps
Location: Bristol, Rhode Island
Director:
Address: P.O. Box 71
City/State: Bristol, RI 02809
Phone: (401) 253-0102
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Westchester Brassmen
Location: Harrison, New York
Director: Joe Mazzullo
Address: 80 Batavia Place
City/State: Harrison, NY 10528
Phone: (914) 835-5450
Founded:
Corps (Alias): American Spirit
Location: Tampa, Florida
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone: (813) 934-9571/995-1346
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Marksmen Alumni Corps
Location: Springfield, Massechusetts
Director: Doug White
Address: 68 Westbanks Ct.
City/State: Springfield, MA 01118
Phone: (413) 782-7810
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Blessed Sacrament (Alumni)
Location: Union, New Jersey
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded: 1990
Corps (Alias): The Volunteers
Location: Lambertville, New Jersey
Director:
Address: P.O. Box 347
City/State: Lambertville, NJ 08530
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Archer-Epler Musketeers
Location: Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Yankee-Rebels (Alumni)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Princemen
Location: Lt. Norman Prince Post - Melrose, MA
Director:
Address: 428 Main Street
City/State: Melrose, MA
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Lancers
Location: Detroit/Wyandotte, Michigan
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:
Corps (Alias): Spartans
Location: Vancouver WA/Portland OR
Director: Bill Steiner Jr.
Address:
City/State: Vancouver, WA
Phone: (503)761-7536 (bingo hall), (206)256-5069
(info line)
Founded: 1968
Internet POC: koreis@u.washington.edu (Robert Koreis)
Corps (Alias): Governaires
Location : St Peter, MN
Founded : 1927
7.3 Rehearsals
It should be pointed out that senior corps are comprised of people
who are, for the most part, not young anymore. They are people who have
careers under way, families in the making, houses needing painting, and
all the other wonderous (more like ponderous) things that happen on the
threshold of "mid-life." This reduces the amount of time that senior
corps have to operate. Serior corps members are the epitome of the
weekend warrior and the weekend starts 8:00 pm Friday and ends
somewhere near 8:00 pm the following Sunday. There are a few breaks so
the members can abuse BEER!!! Norm Peterson ("Cheers") is a feather
weight compared to any one of the Hawthorne Caballero's Contra players.
The senior season runs from mid April (first of the senior
versions of camps) to Labor Day weekend (the ever lovin' Championship
weekend).
7.4 Fallen Comrades
7.4.1 Folded Corps
1) Rielly Raiders - Philadelphia, PA
2) Matadors - Providence, RI
3) Interstatesman
4) Rockets - Pittsburgh, PA
5) Phoenix
6) Boys of '76
7.4.2 MIA corps (What has happened to these guys?)
1) Metropolitans
2) Ambassadors
4) Les Diplomats
5) Commanders
6) Thunderbirds - Erie, PA
8) Sentinels
10) Les Ambassaduers
11) Allouettes
12) Regionaires
13) L'Odyssey
14) Les Cascaduers
7.5 DCA Champions
1965 Bucanneers (first DCA Chamionship)
1966 Skyliners
1967 Hurricanes
1968 Buccaneers
1969 Hurricanes
1970 Caballeros
1971 Skyliners
1972-74 Caballeros (1973 only sweep of major captions)
1975 Skyliners
1976 Caballeros
1977-78 Sunrisers
1979-80 Buccaneers
1981 Hurricanes
1982-83 Sunrisers
1984-85 Caballeros
1986 Bushwackers
1987 Sunrisers (Finals rained-out, Prelims stood - Sun first)
1988 Sunrisers-Bushwackers (first tie in DCA history)
1989-90 Bushwackers
1991 Empire Statesmen
1992 Bushwackers
7.6 1993 Schedule
DCA Finals will be held Sept. 4-5, 1993 in Scranton, PA.
7.7 1993 Repertoires
1) Empire Statesman -
Old Man River
New Orlean's Medley
- Bill Bailey
- Rampart Street Parade
- Drum Solo (untitled)
Dixie
2) Steel City Ambassadors -
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
3) NY Skyliners-
Excerpts from "Guys and Dolls"
4) Rochester Crusaders -
Brazil - ala Maynard Ferguson
God Bless a Child - Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Summertime - from the "High Class Brass" album by
by Jeff Tyzik and Allen Vizutti
5) Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps
Selections from the musical "West Side Story"
- One Hand One Heart
- Somewhere
Selections from the musical "Sweet Charity"
- If My Friends Could See Me Now
- I'm a Brass Band
- Hey Big Spender
Bully (Chicago Cavaliers arrangement)
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Auld Lang Syne (Kilties arrangement)
Since I Fell (Blue Devils arrangement)
Broadway Fanfare
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M M M FFF The University of Chicago
M M F Chicago, IL 60637 mjfath@midway.uchicago.edu