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Last-modified: 1998/07/26

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
Part 6 of 6 Drum Corps Associates (Senior Corps) information

DCA Info Maintained by:
Martin Cross, [email protected]
please direct all updates and correction to Martin Cross

FAQ Version: 7.26.1998

Table of Contents:

1.0 What is drum corps?
1.0.1 DCI and DCA
1.0.2 Drum Corps International
1.0.3 Drum Corps World
1.0.4 scorelines

1.1 Drum corps on-line
1.1.1 History of drum corps on-line
1.1.2 Rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
1.1.3 Drumcorps digest
1.1.4 FTP and WWW site
1.1.5 Cybercorps
1.1.6 Drum Corps Web Sites

1.2 Audio and video recordings and books
1.2.1 compact discs and cassettes
1.2.2 videos
1.2.3 books

2.0 DCI corps' addresses
2.0.1 Open class corps
2.0.2 Div. II/III corps
2.0.3 DCA corps are listed in Part 6 of the FAQ
2.0.4 Future Corps

3.1 1997 tentative drumcorps music
3.2 1997 drum corps tour schedule

4.0 Historical Information
4.1 Previous DCI Champions
4.2 1992 DCI Scores
4.3 1993 DCI Information
4.3.1 Corps repertoires
4.3.2 Scores
4.3.3 Individual and Ensemble scores
4.3.4 DCA Finals scores
4.3.5 RAMD Readers Final Poll
4.4 1994 DCI Information
4.4.1 DCI Championships in Boston
4.4.2 SEASON Final poll
4.4.3 RAMD Final Reader's Poll
4.4.4 Corps' repertoires in 1994
4.5 1995 DCI Information
4.5.1 DCI Championships in Buffalo
4.5.2 SEASON Final poll
4.5.3 RAMD Final Reader's Poll
4.5.4 Corps' repertoires in 1995
4.6 1996 DCI Information
4.6.1 DCI Championships in Orlando
4.6.2 SEASON Final poll
4.6.3 RAMD Final Reader's Poll
4.6.4 Corps' repertoires in 1996

5.0 The words "drum corps"
5.1 Number of members allowed
5.2 Corps' budgets
5.3 Fundraising
5.4 How far do the corps travel? How many competitions? How long is
the season? When are the Championships?
5.5 How can I catch the Championships on TV?
5.6 How does the judging work?
5.7 What is a legal bugle?
5.8 What kind of percussion is allowed?
5.9 What is the "pit area"?
5.10 How long is each show?
5.11 What are all those strange abbreviations and/or nicknames people
keep using when writing about drum corps?
5.12 Why do people keep misspelling things?
5.13 How to join a drum corps
5.14 Rehearsal information
5.15 Where to get music for wind ensemble

6.0 DCA and the Senior corps.
6.1 Drum Corps Associates (DCA)
6.1.1 The DCA Story
6.1.2 Corps listing
6.2 Parade Corps
6.2.1 Ballad of the Unsung Heros
6.2.2 Corps listing
6.3 Rehearsals
6.4 Fallen Comrades
6.4.1 Folded Corps
6.4.2 MIA Corps
6.5 DCA Champions

"When the first shovel of dirt hits my face...."

- Robert "Pepe" Nataro

6.1 Drum Corps Associates (DCA)

6.1.1 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.

6.1.2 Corps Listing

Information compiled from '89, '90, '92 DCA Championship Programs.
Some of the corps listed have a "Status" field stating that they have
folded. Please check to see if this field exists for the corps prior to
trying to make contact.

Corps (alias): Bayou City Blues
Location: Houston, Texas
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:
POC:
Internet POC: [email protected]

Corps (alias): Bluegrass Brass (BGB)
Location: Louisville, KY
Director: Jeff Cox (BOD President)
Address: P.O. Box 99872
City/State: Louisville, KY 40269
Phone: (502) 499-7223 - Jeff Cox
Founded: 1992, DCM members 1993, 1997
POC: Jeff Cox or Eric Landis (513) 792-0031
Internet POC: [email protected] (Eric Landis)
http://www.iac.net/~mhfolz/bluegrass.html

Corps (Alias): Brigadiers
Location: Syracuse, New York
Director: Dennis Cappello
Address: 5858 East Molloy Rd.
City/State: Syracuse, N.Y. 13211
Phone:
Founded: 1990 (reformed after 19 years in absentia)

Corps (Alias): Buccaneers (Bucs)
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Director: James Gruber
Asst. Dir: Donald H. Solinger
Address: P.O. Box 13032
City/State: Reading, PA 19612
Phone: (717) 932-8059
FAX: (610) 376-9170
Founded: 1957

Corps (Alias): Bushwackers (Bush)
Location: Harrison, New Jersey
Director: Jay Marlot
Address: 1000 Frank E. Rodgers Blvd., Bldg. 13
City/State: Harrison, N.J. 07029
Phone: (201) 268-1088
Founded: 1981
Internet POC: [email protected] (Dave Linton)
WWW Site: www.bushwackers.org

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
Internet POC: [email protected]
[email protected] (Andrew H. Grilk)
[email protected] (Bob Murray Jr.)
WWW Site: http://www.cabs.org

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:
Formely: Knights of Noble Callahan (1985)
Status: Folded 1994

Corp Name: Chieftains
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA
Director: Rodney Yetter
Address: P.O. Box 786
City/State: Allentown, PA 18105-0786
Phone: (717) 992-2318
Founded: 1987
Internet POC: [email protected]
WWW Site: http://members.aol.com/lvchiefs/index.htm
Business Mgr.: Paisley, Glen at [email protected]

Corps (Alias): Crusaders
Location: Rochester, Ney York
Director: Mike Linton
Address: P.O. Box 15424
City/State: Rochester, NY 14615
Phone: (716) 634-7891 / 251-7117
Founded: 1947
Internet POC: [email protected]

Corps (Alias): Empire Statesmen (Empire)
Location: Rochester, New York
Director: Vincent Bruni
Main Office: Bingo Palace
Address: 341 E. Ridge Rd.
City/State: Rochester, NY 14621
Phone: (716) 266-2232
Founded: 1983
Internet POC: [email protected]
WWW Site: http://www.statesmen.org/

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): Firebirds
Location: Dallas, Texas
Director:
Address: 1009 Sylvan Dr.
City/State: Garland, TX 75040
Phone:
Founded: 1994
Internet POC:
Status: Folded 1994

Corps (Alias): Govenaires (Govies)
Location: St. Peter, Minnesota
Director: John Mayer
Address: P.O. Box 235
City/State: St. Peter, MN 56052
Phone: (507) 388-1927
Founded: 1927
Internet POC: [email protected] (Dave Haugh)

Corps (Alias): HeatWave
Location: Orlando, Florida
Director: Vic Kulinski
Address: 12515 Earnest Ave
City/State: Orlando, Florida 32837
Phone: (407) 857-9702
(407) 855-4314
Founded: 1992
Internet POC: [email protected] (Dave McBurney)

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:
Status: Folded 1988

Corps (Alias): Kingsmen (Pepe's Corps)
Location: Bridgport, Connecticut
Director: Carol Jacobs and Rita Hudson
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:

Corps (Alias): Kingston Grenadiers
Location: Kingston Onterio, Canada
Director: Don Dean
Asst. Dir: Doug Orser
Address: 98 Morenz Cres
City/State: Kingston, Ont K7K2X3
Phone: (613) 546-5021
Founded:
Internet POC: [email protected]
WWW Site: qlink.queensu.ca/~3bds4/drumcorps

Corps (alias): Les Dynamiques
Location: Buckingham, (Quebec) Canada
Director: Romuald (Romy) Mongeon
Address: P.O. Box 134
City/State: Buckingham (Quebec) J8L 2X2
Phone: (819) 281-4620
Founded: 1962-1970 Junior corps
1990 Senior corps
Internet POC: [email protected] (Francois LeMay)

Corps (Alias): Les Metropolitains de Montreal (METS)
Location: Montreal (Quebec), Canada
Director: Rene Rockbrune (US Affairs) (416) 567-9118
Richard R. Cloutier (Executive Director)
Monique Chauny (Asst. Executive Director)
Address: 1601, rue Logan (bureau 8)
City/State: Montreal (Quebec) H2L 1X7
Phone: (514) 525-3152
(514) 525-3313
Internet POC: [email protected] (Andre Theriault)
Founded: 1990

Corps (Alias): Minnesota Brass, Inc.
Location: St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota
Director: Gavin Burnham
Address: Box 7341
City/State: St. Paul, MN 55107
Phone: (612) 426-7369
Founded: 1946
POC: Stephanie Seman - (612) 781-0907
Internet POC: [email protected] (Kurt Schiebel)
WWW Site: http://www1.stpaul.gov/pubinfo/rogerg/mbi.html

Corps (Alias): Racine Kilties
Location: Racine, WI
Director: Ed Bergles
Address: P.O. Box 085235
City/State: Racine, WI 53408-5235
Phone: (414) 634-2100
Founded: 1993
Internet POC: [email protected] (Mike Kaufman)

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
Status: Folded 1994

Corps (Alias): Soundwave
Location: Butler, PA
Director: Walt Street
Address: PO Box 13
City/State: Lyndora, PA 16045
Phone: (412) 441-9335 (Chris Weaver)
(304) 599-0390 (Robert James)
Founded: 1995
Internet POC: [email protected] (Robert James)
[email protected] (Tony Roscoe)

Corps (Alias): Sunrisers (Sun)
Location: Orangetown, NY (formely Long Island, New York)
Director: Gary Williams
Address: PO Box 85
City/State: Pearl River, NY 10965
Phone: (914) 632-3042/(914) 735-2257
Founded: 1954
Internet POC: [email protected] (Dave Freoni)
[email protected] (Gary Williams)

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: Jerry Mace
Address: P.O. Box 632
City/State: Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Phone: 1-800-852-5406
Founded: 1946
Internet POC: [email protected]
(Dick Eschenmann)
WWW Site: http://news.third-wave.com/jimbat/westshore.html

6.2 Parade Corps

6.2.1 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.

6.2.2 Corps Listing

Corps (Alias): Buccaneer Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps
Location: Reading, Pa.
Director: Jeff Becker
Address: 319 So. Miller St.
City/State: Shillington, Pa. 19607
Phone: (610) 777-6882
Founded: 1986
Internet POC:
Status:

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: [email protected] (Martin E. Cross)
Status: Folded 1994

Alias: Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps
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: Dick Pielow, (716) 593-6857, [email protected]
Internet POC: [email protected] (Curt Anderson)
www page: http://www.servtech.com/~anderson/main.html

Corps (Alias): Melrose Black Hawks
Location: South Amboy, New Jersey
Director: Jim Kilcomins
Address: 255 Henry St.
City/State: South Amboy, NJ 08879
Phone: (908) 721-7578
Founded: 1979
Internet POC: [email protected]

Corps (Alias): Caballeros Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps.
Location: American Legion Post 199 Hawthorne, NJ
Director: Joe Campos
Address:
City/State: Hawthorne, NJ
Phone: (201) 345-9210 (Bob Peterson)
Founded: 1993
Internet POC: [email protected]

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: 1988
Internet POC: [email protected] (Adam Morin)

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): 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: Michael Farling
Address: P.O. Box 347
City/State: Lambertville, NJ 08530
Phone: (215) 862-9731
(215) 348-1448
Founded: 1931

Corps (Alias): Archer-Epler Musketeers
Location: Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Director:
Address:
City/State:
Phone:
Founded:

Corps (Alias): Yankee-Rebels (Alumni)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Director: Phil Gentile
Address: 217 Ferring Court
City/State: Abingdon, MD 21009
Phone: (410) 515-3520
Founded: 1946
Internet POC: [email protected]

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: [email protected] (Robert Koreis)

Corps (Alias): Reilly Raiders Alumni
Location: Bristol, PA
Director: Carl Place
Address:
City/State:
Phone: (215) 639-7239 (Carl Place)
Founded: 1946 (folded in 1966, re-built in 1994 as alumni)
Internet POC: [email protected] (Stephen D. Ford)

Corps (Alias): Thunderbirds
Location: Erie, PA
Director: Ted Heumann
Address: 2703 Rudolph Ave.
City/State: Erie, PA 16508
Phone: (814) 868-0421 (Ted Heumann)
Founded:
Internet POC: [email protected]

Corps (Alias): Lancers Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps
Location: Hanover, PA
Director: Chip Crumrine
Address: 1308 Kenstar Dr.
City/State: Landisville, PA 17538
Phone: (717) 637-5963
Founded: 1920
Internet POC: [email protected]

Corps (Alias): Two Seven Alumni Association, Inc.
Location: Revere, MA
Director: Steve Nourse
Address: P.O. Box 106
City/State: Everett, MA 02149
Phone: (617) 322-9527 (Hotline)
Founded: 1996
Internet POC: [email protected] (Andy Holleron)

6.3 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 revel in some old fashioned comradeship.

The senior season runs from mid April (first of the senior
versions of camps) to Labor Day weekend (the ever lovin' Championship
weekend).

6.4 Fallen Comrades

6.4.1 Folded Corps

*1) Rielly Raiders - Philadelphia, PA (Alumni Corps in progress)
2) Matadors - Providence, RI
3) Interstatesman
4) Rockets - Pittsburgh, PA
5) Phoenix
6) Boys of '76
7) Steel City Ambassadors - Pittsburgh, PA (1994)
8) American Spirit - Tampa, Fl
9) Jersey Coast Sound - Bricktown, NJ (1994)
10) Defenders - Troy, NY
11) Vagabonds - Schylorsville, NY
12) Kingsmen - Hamburg, NY (1977)

6.4.2 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

6.5 DCA Champions

1965 Buccanneers (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
1993 Bushwackers
1994 Empire Statesmen
1995 Caballeros
1996 Westshoremen

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Part 6 Written & administered by Martin Cross
([email protected])
RAMD FAQ administered by Cathy Doser ([email protected]) and
Caryn Roberts ([email protected])

Please send ALL corrections and updates for Part 6 to Martin Cross
([email protected])

Comments welcome on any aspect of this FAQ. We are especially looking
for information on Div. II/III corps, and early drum corps information
(VFW and American Legion Championships and pre-DCI corps in general).
If you see anything that is inaccurate (such as corps address information
or repertoire), please let me know.

NOTICE: This FAQ is copyright (c) 1997 by Cathy Doser and is made available
as a service to the drum corps and the Internet community. The FAQ may be
distributed freely in printed or electronic form, provided that it is not
modified. The FAQ may not be sold in any medium including electronic, CD-ROM,
or database, or published in print without the express written permission of
the authors. Contact Cathy Doser ([email protected]) if there are
any questions.
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