< Previous“Drum Corps International: The First 35 Years in Photos”A total of 2,167 high-quality images from 126 photographers,covering DCI’s first 35 years. The 1972-1999 photos areblack and white, while 2000-2006 are all in full color.The 352 pages are printed on high-quality, coated paperstock and all DCI prelims and finals scores for all classes are included through 2006. Softcover. Published in 2010.G$30U.S.G$46Canada G$57 Foreign“Drum Corps International: The First Decade:1972-1981”Research and text is by Nicholas Waerzeggars, with inputfrom 251 key individuals who played a part in DCI’s earlyhistory. The book includes 408 photos of individuals andcorps, all in 212 pages, printed on high-quality, coated paperstock that will bring back memories and provide many newones! Softcover. Published in 2007.G$35U.S. G$51Canada G$62foreignCall our order line608-241-22925:00 to 9:00 PM, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM weekends -- Central timeWe now accept American Express, Discover, VISA and MasterCard!Click HEREto order on-line through our Web site Click HEREfor a downloadable mail-in order blankPurchase both DCI history books: G$52 U.S. G$68 Canada G$79 foreignCheck out additional history titles in our Web site store --www.drumcorpsworld.comI“A History of Drum & Bugle Corps,” volume 1 on CD disc as a complete electronic file, 432 pages, black and white, published in 2002I“A History of Drum & Bugle Corps,” volume 2 on CD disc as a complete electronic file, 432 pages, black and white, published in 2003I“The Art of Drum Corps World” on disc as a complete electronic file, 376 pages, published in 2010DCI HISTORYBOOKSMail this form for the2019 USARD Junior National Duet/Ensemble Championship Contestents must be 21 or youngerContact person _________________________________Phone _________________________________________E-mail _________________________________________Corps/Band affiliation ___________________________Address _______________________________________City ___________________________________________State __________________ Zip Code _______________Age ___________________________________________Performers names:1. ______________________2. ______________________3. ______________________4. ______________________Please check appropriate categoryr Duet r Ensemble• Duets can abe ny combination of snare/bass drum• Ensembles can include, besides snare and bass, marching tenors and ymbals, no mallet percursion.Please note: drums are required to be a marching type (no concert or set drums).Application fee $10.00Please send this form and a check,made payable to USARD to:Gary Gillotti, USARD TreasurerPost Office Box 143Proctorsville, CT 05153The United States Association of Rudimental Drummers2019 Junior National Duet and Ensemble ChampionshipSaturday, April 27, 2019Genetti Hotel77 East Market StreetWilkes-Barre, PA11:00 AM5. _________________6. _________________7. _________________8. _________________Party Diddles is one and only drum line from Slovakia in Eastern Europe, winners of recent Drumline Battle Baltic competitionSamuel Kmotorka (third from left below and middle far right in 2015), leader of the Party Diddles drum line, always wanted to create a performance group in his native country, Slovakia, to share the knowledge he learned in America when he was part of Madison Scouts during the 2015 season. Party Diddles started as a small drum line, but has grown to include seven members -- three bass and four snares. The reason is that they are still working to get funding for more equipment and people who can support the organization. There is no doubt about quality and success about Party Diddles drum line through the accompanying photographs. Samuel and his fellow members are confident that winning the Drumline Battle Baltic competition in Lithuania will help the drum line to grow this amazing activity in Europe. The marching arts in Europe makes it more difficult to get support to build something “unknown” as a drum line, so they are working twice as hard reach out the sponsors. For Party Diddles this was not first time they participated in the Drumline Battle Baltic competition. The first time they appeared in 2016 they placed third. Since then the group has been working intensively to get better and this year’s competition was the result of hard work, something Samuel and his friends are very happy about. Groups also exist in Ukrajine, Lithuania and Latvia. Members are all musicians. There is no age limit as in DCI, so members range from 17 to 30 years. Every member is involved with music. Marek Bednarík, Martin Vida, Jakub Vida and Vladimír Darmovzal are music teachers, Matej Smutný is s music performance university student in percussion and Martin Zajac is s high school student.In the future, Party Diddles will find more sponsors to acquire additional instruments so they can have more members and build this amazing activity in Europe! n n nI was privileged and honored to be asked to speak at a tribute the YEA! organization put together to recognize the 68 years Dave Shaw has given to the Holy Name/Garfield/The Cadets since he began his marching career in 1950. The October 13 afternoon I spent in Paterson, NJ, was one of the highlights of my 57 years in the drum and bugle corps activity!The celebration was held at the historic Brownstone event center and put together by a committee of Cadets and YEA! staff and alumni including Chairman John Hannigan, Bill Kardash, Hugh Mahon, Greg Cinzio, Sean King, Doug Rutherford, Cindi DeVivo, Scott Litzenburg and Caryn Wilke. Bill Kardash served as emcee for the afternoon and a small brass ensemble was included, made up of alumni from Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Virginia, conducted by 2018 Drum Major Claire Albrecht.I was on the speakers list with Gene Monterastelli representing the Troopers, Paul Litteau representing the Chicago Cavaliers and Cynthia DeVivo who spoke on behalf of the Holy Name and Garfield Cadets, along with Hugh Mahon who was drum major of Garfield in the early 1960s and was director when Drum Corps International was formed in 1971.In addition to spending time with my long-time friend Dave Shaw, I also reconnected with many people I’ve met through the years, including Karl Thiedietz (his dad published “Fanfare” magazine in the 1970s), Jay McMahon (Boston Crusaders) and Greg Cinzio and his parents (his dad was director in the late 1970s) among many others.My quick morning trip to New Jersey and back that evening was facilitated by YEA’s Kevin Harrison who picked me up at the Newark Liberty Airport and Sean King who gave me a ride back to Newark following the celebration for Dave Shaw.Here is the text of my tribute to Dave . . . I’ve spent time over the last few weeks contemplating what to say as I look back over the years since Dave and I first met at Franklin Field in Philadelphia during the 1975 DCI Championship prelims (above, Jane Boulen).It’s hard to believe that nearly four and a half decades have passed and I have so many wonderful memories spending time with Dave, talking about the current state of the drum and bugle corps activity as it has evolved during the DCI era, discussing the changing rules and styles of shows and, of course, enjoying probably hundreds of performances at the 44 DCI Championships in 15 different states and one Canadian province since we met.But my first recollection of Dave Shaw was through his articles for Clarice Rutter’s Glenview, Ilinois-based Tribute to Dave ShawA memorable life well-livedby Steve Vickers, Drum Corps World Publisher (publisher@drumcxorpsworld.com)Dave Shaw -- member, writer, publicist,Alaska corps founder, administrator, showpromoter, friend, believer in and proud of hislong-time connection to the Garfield Cadetsand to the drum and bugle corps activity!Steve Vickers, publisherHoly Name CadetsGarfield CadetsCadets of Bergen CountyThe CadetsDavid ShawThey go together . . .They’re synonomous!1975Bugles Across America.orgAttentionTrumpet PlayersBugles Across America, NFPis asking you to consider sounding Taps . . .24 notes to thank veterans so you could march in a DCI unitNo dues The pay you get is hugsand hand shakes from the families!For information contact:Tom Day, Bugler, Founder and President, advisor to the Illinois Secretary of State1824 South Cuyler Avenue IBerwyn, IL 60401-2052Phone 708.484.9029 IFax 708-484-9896E-mail: tomjday@sbcglobal.net Iwww.BuglesAcrossAmerica.orgBugles Across America is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit accepting tax deductible contributionsmagazine, Drum Corps Digest. He had been drawn into the “mystique” of the Troopers by Don Angelica as that corps was emerging from the “unknown” West and soon topping all of their competitors with their stellar marching abilities and unique style. (Left at age 18; 1958; 1975; Bluegrass Nationals 1974 standing with walkie talkie, Jane Boulen)I’ve often referred to those days -- and Dave’s writings -- as almost like poetry. His descriptions were like a vision into how the Wyoming corps emerged at competitions in the Midwest and East, gathering fans and numerous accolades at every stop along those pre-DCI tour days. His depictions were so clear and exciting, drawing in fans across the North American continent, many of whom had not yet had an opportunity see the corps, but his writings made everyone want to make an effort to witness the Troopers.Naturally, Dave has been a source of great details for me regarding his beloved Holy Name Cadets, Garfield Cadets, Cadets of Garfield, Cadets of Bergen County and, most recently, The Cadets and, of course, Cadets2. Even though I have only occasionally seen either corps outside the season-ending DCI or DCA Championships, I felt privileged to know some of the background that made me feel at least a little closer to the organization through Dave.For years I tried to ask -- and sometimes even cajole -- Dave to write again. Finally he agreed and his contributions to Drum Corps World between the mid-1980s and 1989 are some of the best material I’ve had the privilege of sharing with readers in my periodical. His biggest and most comprehensive contribution was the 1986 “Madison, DCI and the Yellow Brick Road” series.That was the year the Sky Ryders –- the corps I marched with a number of years ago –- performed their “Wizard of Oz” show. Dave produced a multi-part series of articles that delved into the great productions of every corps that stepped on to the field at Camp Randall Stadium that August in Madison, Wisconsin. Of all the reviews I’ve published by dozens of different staff members since that season, this is the one that stands out to me as some of his finest material and some of the most descriptive ever published in ANY drum and bugle corps magazine or newspaper. As I began preparing these remarks, I took some time to look through a compilation Dave sent me quite a few years ago . . . a book he titled “Marking Time On A Hornet’s Nest!” The anthology -- as he called it -- included material between 1954, when he was still a marching member of the Holy Name Cadets, through 1989 as his final articles were included in the late Bobby BellaRosa’s Eastern Review Magazine, produced out of an old American Legion post Bobby took over and turned it into a “museum.” I was at the Columbia Street building in Brooklyn back in 1985. That visit helped trigger my quest to ultimately help establish the Drum Corps Xperience on-line museum introduced in August a year ago.Bobby and Dave knew each other for quite a few years through Drum Corps Digest, Drum Corps World and Eastern Review, but those weren’t the only drum corps publications Dave wrote for, adding Drum Corps News to his credits and, since Facebook became such a popular way to communicate, his blogs about The Cadets and about the activity more recently on the Internet.I became editor of Drum Corps World in June 1973, almost two years after Drum Corps International was First Chair Lip Care now playing at chopsaver.com and ! up an octave! Take your lip care Students and Pros Agree “My chops don’t get tired after 3 hours of playing!” “I told all my band friends to get some. Great product!” “I bought it for everyone in my clarinet section and everyone loves it! “My trumpet section and I love this stuff. Works fast and helps get through hours of playing! 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Dave was the first publicity director for the new organization and his thorough, convincing and wide-ranging releases helped quell at least some of the skeptics who, unfortunately and enthusiastically, wrote about what they perceived DCI was doing to change the movement –- some even accusing the group of trying to “destroy” the activity. Those early skeptics were quickly proven wrong about nearly all of their accusations. Dave was there to dispell their protests, thankfully.While I never was able to attend the famous but short-lived “Bluegrass Nationals” Dave and Hugh Mahon staged in Lexington, KY, in the early 1970s, those efforts displayed some of the most innovative contest productions outside the regular performances of the corps, including a unique feature for the retreat ceremony that began with corps returning to the darkened stadium and focused for fans utilizing huge spotlights. That was something it would have been nice to see continued, but it was certainly innovative for the time!I particularly treasure the years we have been starting DCI week with dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory on Wednesday evening in Indianapolis. A variety of friends joined us to hear stories about the “good old days,” some of which were generally First Chair Lip Care now playing at chopsaver.com and ! up an octave! Take your lip care Students and Pros Agree “My chops don’t get tired after 3 hours of playing!” “I told all my band friends to get some. Great product!” “I bought it for everyone in my clarinet section and everyone loves it! “My trumpet section and I love this stuff. Works fast and helps get through hours of playing! 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