Jim Tallo will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Danvers, MA, Kiwanis at the Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers, MA, on Thursday, November 18, 2004.

He has been involved with drum and bugle corps, winter color guard and youth organizations for over 50 years. He has also appeared as Santa Claus during the holiday seasons for many years. Through Jim’s diligent and dedicated efforts, he has awarded over a million dollars in scholarships to our youth. This is an absolutely an amazing accomplishment. He not only deserves this award,...

Brian Tolzmann

VFW must have stood for Very Freaky Woman — I received the following story via phone call from Bill Clendenon, who was involved as both a marching member and an instructor with the Greeneville, TN, Presidents Drum & Bugle Corps. The Presidents were a fixture at VFW National Championship contests throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. They also represented Tennessee in both inaugural parades for President Eisenhower.

In 1967, the Presidents had their finest unit ever, but decided not to compete on the field. They...

Since we lowered the selling price of both volumes of “A History of Drum & Bugle Corps” in late September, sales have been brisk. More copies have been sold in the last six weeks than the previous three months combined.

For those of you who have not yet purchased volume 1, as of Tuesday, November 9, there are only 56 copies left in stock. Additional copies WILL NOT be printed. Once the shelf copies are gone, there will be no more printed. Currently there are plenty of copies of volume 2 available. The original press run for...

A once in a lifetime experience will reward fans in Europe and members of the Blue Devils in 2005. The Concord corps will embark from San Francisco on a three-week tour of Europe June 20.

Sponsored by Dynasty USA and European hosts Muremo/Dynasty Europe, Drum Corps Europe, Vlamo West Vlaanderen, Italian Marching Show Bands, the City of Kerkrade, Holland, and the Kerkrade World Music Contest Foundation, the trip will take the DCI corps away from U.S. competition during the tour, although they will perform at their own show in Concord, CA, the...

Steve Vickers, DCW Publisher
publisher@drumcorpsworld.com

The last time I had an opportunity to speak with Dan Acheson and ask him questions was last winter and the resulting two-part interview appeared in the December and January editions of DCW. I want to again thank him for his willingness to share information about Drum Corps International, along with his viewpoints and ideas with our readers through this type of forum.

Since he assumed the executive directorship of DCI in...