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the bugle section. He later joined the Information Toronto Optimists, with his brother Paul and remained with this corps till he reached the age of 21. As a member of Drum Corps the Optimists, Paul contributed many COVER COMMENTS: cartoons to their newsletter, "Green Capsule Comments" as well as producing This month's cover is by the very first all drum corps cornie our resident cartoonist, book for the American publication,"Drum Paul McCusker and is dedic­ Corps \~orld." ated to all our corps on Paul studied art and cartooning at the road this summer. Sheridan College and is currently do­ Paul is a resident of ing freelance work in Guelph for a Guelph, Ontario and he National comic book publication as well started with drum corps as contributing to the two local Guelph there as a member of the newspapers. Guelph Opti-Knights in 3

entering my fourth season of drum corps THE MARCHING with the Coachmen from Keswick-Sutton area. At present I play the Mellophone with MEMBER this corps after switching over from the french horn section. Over the years my interest in drum corps has grown to a point where I am a real drum corps "nut" and fortunate to be writing for this news­ letter, under the column, "The Marching Member." If you have any comments on the drum corps scene in Canada, please write to me, I am interested in your views as a Marching Member. by Michael Peterson THE 1976 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: It isn't often during the drum corps season, or during the year, the individual Writing your introduction for a story marching member has the chance to prove isn't as easy as I thought it would be, that he or she is the best horn player, but here I am writing and there you are colour guard, or drUmmer in Canada. \.Je 11, reading it. on March 6th. of this year all members of l1y name is Michael Peterson and this is the COCA Corps had their chance "to prove the first of many articles I hope to write who was bes to for "Information Drum Corps." I am 16 The Individuals Competition, held ann­ years of age, attend Sutton District Hi gh ually by the COCA took place at the Etob­ and enjoy sports. My main hobby is Drum icokeCollegiate in west Toronto. This Corps and collecting anything drum corps year proved to be one of the biggest and from records to buttons to ma gazines. I am best shows of this annual event over the 4

Championship percussion from the GUELPH.OPTI1~~T KNIGHTS. Left to right~ t~ke Smit~ Warren Hanna~ Jeff Merry and Dan Coughl~n. (Er~c McConachie photo) ~~~;~~~-~~;~-~~-;~;~-~-~~~~i~-~f-~h~-~~~~~~-~~;~~~~~-~~d-~h~-~i~~i~;-~~~;~-Q;~~;~;-- from THE OAKLAND CRUSADERS. Left to right~ John McFadden~ soprano; Jeff Davis~soprano; Charles Cournyea~ French Horn and baritones Tony Furiano and John Walker. ;~;-~~~~~;;-~~~~~~-(~~~i~~~d)~------years. Both the prelims during the day and Rifle Sextet: MENARD/GlRARD/SANTOMERO/ the evening finals proved to be exciting CHAPMAN/SULLlVAN/HAYES,Krescendos •• 74.0 shows, the competition is keen and the show has a great variety of activities ranging from sabre twirling to some excellant horn playing and drumming. If you didn't see letters: this event this year, I stron~ly suggest you circle your calendar for next year. Edito~'~ no~e: Some 06 the 'L~~ To Our congratulations to the winners! In The Edito~' have been eonden6ed beeaU6e OPEN CLASS the Percussion Champions are: 06 ~pac.e ~equ.Vtementl.> -in ~ ~~ue. Solo Bass :P.- &MI-'!'H, Kres cen-dos •••••••-8-3.5­ _ . -!! .• • • - -!._- _. .- . Solo Tenor: M. DOERING, Dutchmen•••••• 86.0 Harnilton,March 30/'76. Solo Mallet: C. MUNRO, Crusaders•••••• 8S.0 Dear Edi tor: Solo Triple Tenor:R.HUCKSTEP,Crusaders83.S After reading your article, "Revival Of Solo Snare :.B. ROBERTSON ,Krescendos ••••• 90.5 Preston Scout House Planned", in your last Perc.Duet:O'CONNOR/STEVENSON,S.Opt•••• 83.0 issue, I must admit feeling skeptical reg­ Mallet-Duet:MASON & MASON, SenecaOpt•• 89.S arding the idea of establishing a new div­ ision of drum corps in Canada, being of no Perc.Trio:BAlN/PHILLIPS/Kfu~E,SenOpt ••• 81.5 Perc.Quartet: HANNA/MERRY/SMIT/COUCHLIN more than 75 members. You state that the Optimist Knights •••••••• 8l.0 program of these corps would be primarily for entertainment value in the 'old style' Perc.Quintet: VOISIN /l.JILES/DANN / as opposed to the present DCI rules look••• HOLOWATHY/KREZENSKI, Ventures •••••• 76.5 and that the cost of supporting such corps Perc. Sextet: ROBERTSON/SMITH/HATTON/ would be favourable to most. PANTER/KENDRY/WATKINS •••••••••••••• 85.0 It is quite obvious to anyone assoc­ iated with drum corps within the past 5 The Open Class Brass Results: Fr.Horn Solo: A.GRAVELlNE,Compagnons •• 60.0 years, that the budget, if it can be call­ Contra Solo: P. WILSON, Krescendos •••• 77.0 ed such, has been steadily increasing with Soprano Solo:J.McFADDEN, Crusaders •••• 79.0 the size of the corps. I believe than an Bartone Solo: T. FURlAN0 , Crusaders••• 84.0 alternative method of corps survival should Melophone Solo: R. DOYLE,Compagnons ••• 85.5 be sought after, rather than reactivating BrassDuet:FURIANO/WALKER,Crusaders •••• 85.0 the smaller 'old-style' corps of the past. BrassTrio:HURAS/HURAS/CLOES,Dutchmen •• 86.0 An idea that should be considered would be Brass Quartet: McFADDEN/COURNEYEA for the CDCA to appoint a man (or men) who FURIANO/CLEMENTS, Crusaders •••••••• 82.5 would be directly responsible for establish­ Brass Quintet: DAVIS/\.JALKER/FURIANO ing fund-raising campaigns for ALL CDCA­ COURNEYEA/McFADDEN, Crusaders •••••• 86.0 MEMBER CORPS. In this way all would benefit, BrassSextet:FURIANO/CLEMENTS/COURNEYEA especially the younger corps burdened with FINES/CASKEY/McFADDEN,Crusaders •••• 88.S the problem of where to start from, as far as finances go. The results in the Open Class Rifles In closing, I would like to say that much and Sabres: has been done to add to the pleasure of the SoloSabre:P.RENAUD,SenecaOprimists •••• 85.0 average 'Joe-in-the-crowd' attending a corps SoloRifle: B.GUILER, Golden Lions ••••• 88.0 contest today. The adoption of mallet-inst­ DuetSabre:McCOURT/~~RTEL.SenecaOptim •• 76.0 ruments, the acquisition of knowledgable con­ Duet Rifle:MARTIN/SCORE,SenecaOptim ••• 8l.0 sultants, the construction of more profess­ Trio Rifle: VICKERS/RENAUD/ALLEMONG, ional-sounding instruments are only to ment­ Ventures •••••••••••••• 76.0 ion a few. Alongside of these is the increaSE in the size of a corps, and I believe any Ri fle Quartet: }1eLEA.~ /HAUSNER/GRAY / attempt to strive for anything drastically FIRLEY, Midlanders ••••••••••••••••• 70 • O 5

appreciate it if you would send us the letters address of Mr. Knox. Yours respectfully, different could prove to be fatal to the Miss Peggy Davisson. moral of those involved. His address is: Sincerely, Moe Knox, 26 Fairview Ave. DEVON, Mass. 06460. Dave MacKinnon, We are qiven to understand that St. Johns A Harching Memher, Seneca Optimists. will be~ using this excellant photo: as their major program publicity picture for 1976. Cambridge, Ont.March 9/76. ------Dear Mr. Daber: Guelph,Ont.March 31/76. I have been an avid follower of drum corp~ Dear Mr. Daber: in Canada for the past 2S years. You mention­ In reading the "Information Drum Corps' ed in your last Editorial, Quote--'Any co~ publication,Feb.edition, I found it very ents or suggestions from our readers, espec­ enj oyab Ie and informative. I would very much ially the drum corps public, is appreciated. like a subscription price, not only for my­ This is what I intend to do, trusting it self but for my fellow corps members. will help in producing a better quality of Over the years we have noticed an ever entertainment for the public. growing potential of 'over age' Junior (1) A New division for drum corps in Can­ drum corps people. Also, over the years we ada: I am very pleased with this set up for have been unable to reach this potential; corps and this is something that I've been these over-age-members to corne and join the advocating for years. This is a step in the only senior drum corps in and around Guelph, right direction. Kitchener---lO miles away; Toronto and London (2) There is one section missing••• that only an hours drive distant. It seems very is there is no mention of Judges. I would odd that the Royalaires are always in need like to add that the number of judges be re­ of new members in order to make just a duced; their fees be cut back; keep them off decent appearance in the senior scene. We the field. They can do their judging on the feel the main reason for this is that people sidelines and in the stand~./ know our name but not what we are about. Looking over your "Events" column, I This is where I hope "Information Drum Corps" see the "Rose Festival,Welland" is again will provide us with an important link with listed. I would like to pass along my the Junior Corps scene ••• to simply inform experience last year in WeIland. I feel people that we exist as an alternative after that the Burger Street field is not suit­ Jr.Corps and inform them a little more of able for drum- corps because of the pos­ what the Senior scene is all about. ition of the bleachers to the field; the­ Yours truly, wooden bleachers are not safe and the Herman Hubers, Publicity Director, public passing the bleachers are too The Guelph Royalaires. close to the field but this is the only ------way they can go to the refreshement stand For further information on The etc. Also the people in the stands req­ Royalaires, their 1976 'repertoire uested the officials to clear the path as and schedule of appearances, they were unable to see the show, also Write: the platform for the 'pop show' was in Mr. H. Hubers, Suite 10, the way. 7 Delewere St. Guelph, Ontario. In closing, I enclose a cheque toward ------your publication. Yours respectfully, ST. JOHNS ANNOUNCE THEIR SCHEDULE: Mr. Fred Freeman. For 1976 the famed Canadian Champion all-girls corps, St. John's of Brantford, will make extensive appearances thoughout Agincourt,Ont.Feb.23/76. Ontario and American States. Their sched­ Dear Sir: ule is as follows (subject to revision) As a music and 'parade nut' of bands,I MAY 24 :I-loods tack ,Ont. •• MAY 28-29: Trenton, read your article on"Scout House", with Mich ••• MAY 30:St.Clair Shores,Mich and imagination and feeling. I would hope they MAY 31: Madison Heights ,Mich. are revived and a new division of drum corps JUNE 5: Stoney Creek,Ont••• JUNE 12: is born. I, along with thousands of others, Waterloo,Ont••• JUNE l8:Paris,Ont••• JUNE enjoy the entertainment and music these 19! Ajax,Ont ••• JUNE 20:Ontario Place. youngs ters produce. JUNE 25: Sault Ste Marie ••• JUNE 26: Keep up the good work and I enclose SlO.OO Marinette, Wisc••• JUNE 27: Watertown,Wisc. to help offset your costs on the paper. JUNE 28:Madison, Wisc••• JUNE 30:Greenbay, Yours truly, Wisc••• JULY 2: Juneau,Wisc••• JULY 4: Mr.E.W. Green. Columbus ,I-lisc ••• JULY 5: Sheboygan and Fond Du Lac••• JULY 10: St.Catharines and Brantford, Feb.14,1976. Geneva,N.Y••• JULY 11:Watkinsglen,N.Y•••• Dear Mr. Daber: JULY 16: Ironwood,Mich.,JULY l8:Isphaming, My name is Peggy Davidson and I am a Mich ••• JULY 31: Chatham & Saginaw,Mich••• member of St. Johns Corps. I am writing with AUGUST 1: Simcoe,Ont•••AUG.4: Toronto•• , regards to the photo of St. Johns which appear­ AUG.7: Brantford•• ;AUG.10:l1.l2:13: 14: ed in the Jan/Febedi tion of your paper. This Marion,Ohio•••AUG.18-l9-20-2l-22:Philad­ was taken by Mr. Moe Knox either at the US elphia (DCI) •••AUG.28:Etobicoke ••• SEPT.4­ OPEN or the DCI Championships. Ivaterloo and Sept.6: Brantford. Some of the corps members are interested in securing a copy of the photo, and we would 7 Information Drum Corps The official newsletter of the Canadian Drum Corps Association, Inc. Editorial Offices: Suite 302, 205 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario. M6P 2K1. Editor: Don Daber. Art: Paul McCusker & Don Daber. Photography: Peter McCusker, Don Daber & Eric McConachie. Circulation: 4,500 copies - to each marching member of the CDCA member corps, their management staff as well as the general o public interested in drum corps in Canada. . f­ o I Advertising Rates: Full page ad-$ 90.00, • , (L Half page ad-$ 45.00, Quarter page-$25.00, : oc w Eighth page-$ 15.00 and card size-$ 5.00. co ~ A cheque to cover the ad, made payable to o z "The Canadian Drum Corps Assoc., Inc." must o o accompany your copy.

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: All items published in JOHN JONES, Vice-President,CDCA. this newsletter may be reproduced or reprinted by John Jones, the Vice-President of the other corps publications without further permission Association has grown up with drum corps from us. . ~ ,'. in Canada. As a young man he started his career wi th a french horn as a member of the Pickering Blue Notes Drum Corps, and from the editor's desk: later DeLaSalle Oaklands. At the age of 22, John then moved into the Executive of Del where he served as Personnel Dir­ ector, then the Director of the Corps This is the second issue of "Information and finally Business Manager. At pres­ Drum Corps" for the 1976 season with more ent he is the Business Manager with the pages than any previous issue. Our thanks Etobicoke Oakland Crusaders. to the corps who sent us background mater­ John is married, has two children, ial on their plans for this summer; our Dean and Darra (not yet of drum corps readers and their 'Letters to the Editor' age) and is employed as Manager with our special contributors in articles and Pitney Bowes of Canada, Ltd. artwork; and most important, our advertisers. John is well qualified for the pos­ In this issue--­ ition as Vice-President for the Assoc­ MR. AL TIERNEY, the President of the iation••• in the past he has served as the CDCA and a corps Director, puts on another President of "Drum Corps Canada" and has hat•••his Judge's Cap, in his article,"How served on the Board of the Association as To Win This Summer, lespi te the Judges!" a Director. He is also on the Board of which should be of special interest to our 'Drum Corps International.' marching members ••• VIEWPOINT: MICHAEL PETERSON, our marching member in "I would like to see the Canadian Drum The Coachmen Drum Corps, who reports the Corps movement become as progressive as 1976 INDIVIDUALS in his column, "The March­ that in the United States and to that end ing Member" ••• I believe we have made great strides in the Our thanks to MR. BILL RENAUD, Chairman last five years. of the K-\V' DRUM CORPS ASSOCIATION, for his I believe that many drum corps have let in depth look at this successful city assoc­ the aspect of competitive success become iation of drum corps, to our knowledge, the too predominate in their organizations so only one in Canada. that the actual reason for our existance, OUR "CORPSPEOPLE": Mr. John Jones of the which is to provide youth with a wholesome famed OAKLAND CRUSADERS and the Vice-Pres­ and fulfilling activity, has been to some ident of the CDCA and TERRY WARBURTON, the degree, lost. only 25 yr old ex-marching-corps-member who I believe that bigness and competitive is manufacturing bugle mouthpieces for drum excellence is a good thing, one for which corps. all should strive, however the principals And, courtesy of MR. DON WHITELEY, the of being a fine youth activity should energetic DCI Publicity Director, an amusing always be paramount. In fact, I believe article dedicated to all Corps Directors ••• that you cannot achieve consistant long "YOU CAN'T WIN ••• " term success on the field of competition The next issue mayor may not be published if these principals are compromised for before your '76 Nationals. Our greater cir­ short term goals. culation brings higher printing costs which I believe that a well run drum corps, is only partly covered by the ads. If we which offers it's members an enjoyable, published as often as we would like to, all well rounded programme, combined with the the membership funds of the CDCA would be aspects of self discipline and participa­ used up, just in printing. tion in the group, which are inherant in Meanwhile, Have a Great Drum Corps Summer! this activity, makes drum corps one of ••• Don Daber, Editor. the finest youth programmes available • 6

THE OPTIMISTS 1975 YEARBOOK The :tJtouble. with being 'Optirri.6tic.' i.6 :that Now a collector's item. people :think. you' Jte i£LLtelr.a.:te.

The Optimists newsletter, GREEN CAPSULE ~~~------~~-----~-~-----~--- COMMENTS, is probably the oldest continuous corps publication. It began publishing in OF INTEREST TO MARCHING A!EMBERS: December of 1960 and ceased publication in 1975 with the extensive 40 page yearbook ••• "Dedicated to the members of the ' 75 Corps, Who made this year a good one to remember." Unlike many drum corps yearbooks printed over the years, that feature very few photos, DRUM. CORPS INTERN..nONM this one is packed with 90 pictures to give P,O. BOX 192 VlUA PARK. IlliNOIS 60181 a very in depth look to a year of drum corps activity from the members viewpoint, right 1976 DCRD RULE 1.0 "Eligibility" up to Nationals '75 and on to the Year-end 1.1 Drum & Bugle Corps composed of members Banquet ceremony. not over 21 years of age as of the This publication is fast becoming a coll­ scheduled day of the DCI Championship ectors item. It is still available by mail Final Contest shall be permitted to at $3.00 a copy trom: compe teo The Optimists, Suite 302, INTENT:Any individual whose 22nd birthdate 205 Keele Street, Toronto,Ont.M6P 2K1. occur's within the 365 days bei::u..1een the DCI Championship Finals is not eligible to compete. For example: John Doe is "AeJtop{aneA Me JU1pidiy bec.om-tng nMteJt 22 years old on July 5,1976. He CANNOT and n0v6 te.Jt. They have a1Jr..eady .6 U!l..p0v6.6 ed COMPETE in any competition governed by the .6peed on .6ound and it pJtoba.biy won't DCRC Rules. be long benoJte they appJtoac.h :the .6peed Sally Doe is 22 years old on August 23~ on light. It i.6 even c.onc.eivable that one. 1976. She IS ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE throu­ day they c.ouid c.a.:tc.h up to :the .6peed on ghout the 1976 season. :the (flwm c.oJtp.6 gJtape.vine.." DCI TICKETS: To order tickets for "DCI North" "SCOUT HOUSE" •••A Legend in Drum Corps Contest in Pontiac, Mich. Tue.Aug.10th or FEATURED IN APRIL ISSUE OF DRUM CORPS WORLD' the DCI Championships in Philadelphia in The popular drum corps magazine from August write DCI at the address above. Denver, Colorado, DRUM CORPS WORLD salutes Canada's famed 'Scout House' drum corps in a special two page article in their April issue. The article, with 3 photos, was pre­ pared by their Canadian correspondent Mac Gunter. Our readers who are interested CIRCULATION in receiving .this article, a limited number BOX 146 of this issue of DCvI is sti11 availab Ie and REVERE. MASS, 02151 a complimentary copy can be had by writing DRUM CORPS WORLD, P.O. Box 130, Golden, Colorado, 80401. Mention you saw it in "Information Drum Corps ••• "

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1976 REPERTOIRE: ..--~ Off-The-Line: The Finale­ ---- "Mahler's 7th Symphony" Into Concert: "Farandole" Concert: "I ndian Lady" Off-The-Field: "Road Ode" (The Carpentersl

1976 SCHEDULE as of March 31st. (Schedule subject to revi sio n.! Fri . May 21-Mon. May 24 --- Corps Camp.. .Flesherton, Ont. Sun. May 23 ------Exhibition Drill. ..Flesherton Highschool Sat. May 29 ------Parade...... Don Mills. Sat. JUNE 5 ------Contest /1 1 ... Borough York Stadium, Toronto . Sat. JUNE 12 ------Contest II 2 ... Seagram Stadium, Waterloo. Sun. JUNE 13 ------Parade.. . Toronto. Sat. JUNE 19 ------Parade & Contest ..... Ajax. Sun . JUNE 20 ------Contest II 4 ... Peterborough. Sat. JUNE 26 ------Parad e & Contest 1/5 ... Weiland. Fri. JU LY 2 ------Contest 1/6 ... Towanda, Penn. Sat. JULY 3 ------Contest 1/ 7 ... Kingston, N.Y. Sun. JU LY 4 ------Contest 1/ 8 ... Oswego, N.Y. (tentative) Fri . JU LY 9 ------Contest 1/ 9 . Fort Wayne, Ind. Sat.JU LY 10 ------Contest 11 10 .. Michigan City, Ind. Sun. JU LY 11 ------To be announced. Sat. JULY 17 ------ConteSl 1/ 11 .. Birchmount Stad . Scarboro. Sun. JULY 18 ------Contest II 12 .. Kitchener. Sat. JU LY 24 ------Contest 1/ 13 .. Ogdensburg, N.Y. Sat. AUG. 7 ------Contest 11 14 .. Ottawa. usker Tue. AUG. 10 ------Contest 11 15 .. "DCI North" Pontiac, Michigan . Thurs. AUG. 12 ------Contest 1116. Rochester, N.Y. (DCI) Photographer Fri. AUG. 13 ------Contest II 17 .. Montreal (DCII Specializing in group photography, Sat. AUG. 14------Contest 1118 .. "World Open" Lynn, Mass. Mon. AUG. 16------·-- Contest /1 19 .. "CYO Nationals" Boston. (T) public relations, news. Tues. AUG. 17------Contest 1/20 .. Union City, N.J. (DCI) Wed. AUG. 18 ------Philadelphia. Thurs. AUG. 19 ------.- Philadelphia. 'Let us photograph your corps Fri. AUG. 20 ------Contest /1 21 .. Philadelphia DCI Prilims. in acti on! " Sat. AUG . 21------Contest II 22 .. Philadelphia OCI Finals. Sat. AU G. 28 ------Contest II 23 . . Etobicoke Sat. SEPT. 4 ------COCA " Nationals" Seagram Stadium, Waterloo

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/ I ! \ ./ \ '. \ .' \ JUNIOR . QR~M ANIL_~_UGLE CORPS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AUGUST 12-13-14, 1976 TICKET INFORMATION - BOX 1206 - MARION, OHIO 43302 9 the "JR. C CIRCUIT CHAMPIONSHIPS at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke. The Cadet-Lancers were corp-snews: the winners in this event in 1975. ------IVIIDLANDERS ON THE MOVE THE CARDINALS: Paul Walker •••• The 1976 REPERTOIRE: "Drummers De ligh t"••• The Midlanders of London,Ontario just "The Saints Go Marching In" ••• "\.jalk On The may be making a comeback. After five long Wild Side" ••• and a medely from 'Hair'. years of not \..inning a single competi tion, Some of the highlight contests the corps they finally broke through. Yes, the Midland­ plans to attend this summer include 'The US ers captured the 1975 Ontario Jr. "c" Class Open' ••• "The Canadian Open" ••• ' The American Championships along with the CDCA 'National' International Open" and 'Off-the-line '76'. "c" Championship ••• and they won 90% of their The Cardinals are again sponsoring "Off­ contests in the 1975 season. The-Line '76" at Birchmount Stadium in Scarb­ In 1970, the corps last big successful orough on July 17th. If you remember, this year, the Midlanders won the Jr. "B" \-lorld contest was a near 'sell-out' last year. Open Class. After this year the corps seemed The Cardinals have grown from a 35 member to go downhill and even discontinued complet­ corps in 1967 to the present strength of ely in the summer of !74. 128 this year. As being a new marching member of the corps I found the Midlanders a new and exciting experience. I also assure you that you will THE SENECA OPTIMISTS find it just as exciting as I do. In February of 1976, two of the best Recruitment of new members started last known corps in Canada, merged. The Toronto fall and we are still accepting new recruits Optimists and The Seneca Princemen became between the ages of 14 and 21 years of age. 'The Seneca Optimists'. Now, several months I assure you that the Midlanders promise a later, its interesting to look back and re­ new "high" for drum corps patrons. view the situation. Problems that were ant­ 1976 Repertoire: "Lets Hear It For Me" from icipated never developed and a few problem 'Funny Lady! •• "Stoney End"...A medley from areas that were never anticipated, happened. 'Godspe1'---"Day By Day" and "Prepare Ye The One of the big assets of the merger was the Way Of The Lord" ••• "Tower Of Power" and addition of many more members, enough now, "So Very Hard To Go." if the cotps repertoire, programme and pre­ Some of the highlight contest the Mid­ sentation is good enough, to push the landers plan to attend this summer include corps from 16th place at DCI up into the The Canadian Open in Ottawa, The U.S.Open in top 12. Marion,Ohio and BU.tler Penn. . .. --. -From the - fi-rst -day of···t-he merger the On Saturday, July 24th the Midlanders are enthusiasm among the marching members remain­ sponsoring a contest in London featuring ed high, the program for 1976 continued to both "A" and "B" Class corps. move forward at a more rapid pace than any The instruction staff includes Doug year in the past, and most important to a Keenan and Dennis Walker on bugles, Ed corps that is aiming high for the coming Grenier and Sam Kays on drums, Jack Roberts summer, attendance during the spring and on M&M and Cheryl Miller, Colour Guard. winter rehearsals averaged 90%. On the roll the first week of April, were 58 bugles, 40 percussion and 40 in the colour guard. Four numbers are featured in the Optim­ ists repertoire this year •••Off-the-linr: "The Finale" from Mahler's"7tQ. Symphony ••• Into concert:"Farandole" •••Concert: "Indian Lady" and off-the-field, "Road Ode" by the Carpenters.

On the weekend of April 24th.and 25th. the corps attended their first weekend 'Music

CADET LANCERS: The 1976 repertoire for the corps includes the theme from the Rock Musical, "Tommy" a 'production number'of"Chattenooga Choo Choo" ••• concert:"Eres Tu" and off-the-field, "I Don't Know How To Love Him" from Jesus Christ, Superstar. PREVIEW OF THE NEW UNIFORM: Drwn Major A highlight event for the corps this sum­ Mike Williams models the new uniform that mer will be a tour from July 1st to 5th of the Seneca Optimists will wear this summeY'. parades and contests in New York state, Penn­ The new colours for the corps will be gold~ sylvania and possibly Michigan. black and white. DON DABER PHOTO On August 29th the corps will again sponso~ 10 Camp' at the Seneca College King Campus in Aurora with the complete corps sleeping over in the Seneca gym Saturday night. corpsnews: The regular May weekend camp will again "What I Did For Love." extend from May 21st to May 24th., and the For further information on The Guardsmen 1975 location in F1esherton proved so succ­ please write: Ed Warren, 1350 Totten, essful for the Optimists last year that the Windsor, Ontario. corps will be returning there again this year. As a "thank-you" to the Chamber of Commerce and the people of the town for ST. ANDREWS: 'putting up with the corps' again this year The 1976 repertoire includes:"Hogan's Heros" the corps will perform 'a preview' of their ••• "We've Only Just Begun" •••"Sweet Caroline" drill for the year on the Sunday night ••• "Scotland The Brave" ••• and "You Are The about 6:30PM at the school stadium where the Sunshine Of My Life." This year's concert was camp is located. This year we hope to expand arranged, especially for St.Andrews by Bill the show by having the Durham Girls perform, Gillard, who arranges for Bobby Curtola and (they're just down the road) and the Cadet­ other Canadian entertainers. Lancers, also just down the road at their St. Andrews will be in many parades in camp near Shelbourne. Ontario this year as well as again appearing The first contest appearance for The at Ontario Place, The "c" Circuit Champion­ Seneca Optimists will be at "The internat­ ships and the Canadian Nationals in Waterloo, ional" the evening of June 5th at the Borough September 4th. of York Stadium in West Toronto. Miss Donna Brown is drum major for the corps. 1976 is the second year in competit­ ion, and the first year in Jr. "c" class. PRESENTATION AT CRUSADER'S DANCE: Instruction of the corps is by members of The Guelph Royalaires, The Dutch Boys and the ~t&~ K-W Dutchmen. [sENECA OPTIMISTS LES COMPAGNONS: I 6itt ct't'rtit£ttlW As Les Compagnons of Embrun, Ontario, GOOD FOR await the 1976 competition season, it is anticipated in the corps ranks that 5 POINTS this might be the big year! Membership is at any contest during the month cf June 1916 expected to reach over 90 boys and girls, and the corps should enjoy continued and ETOBICOKE -OAKLAND CRUSAJ)ERS consistant success throughout the season. E"ecL411ve Director, As of now ••• 38 horn players, 15 drummers, and a colour guard of 15 attend rehearsals (d' /Dr' ~ but a membership drive is underway that should bring in more members. Mr. Bob Duggan, the Director of the Oakland Crusaders, made a presentation of a Gift Certificate, reproduced above, to Al Tierney, the Director of the Seneca Optimists at the Crusader's Spring Dance in March. Mr. Tierney J01n­ ed in the fun in accepting the cert­ ificate but wondered afterward if it could really be used without Mr. Vince Macciocchi's signature.

THE GUARDSMEN The Rose City Guardsmen are entering the field for '76 with the largest corps in our history. We are currently going to march 40 brass, 18 percussion and approximately 25 in the guard. Our bugles are under the able guidence of instructor/arranger Mike West, Assisted by Matt and Andy James. The percussion is handled by Ken Mayer while the drill is worked by Mary Sue Bartone and Scott Kuhlow. Becky Hi 11 instructs our rifles • At this time we will be traveling most­ ly in Michigan with trips to the DCI's and the Canadian Nationals in September. However, In 1975, Les Compagnons were off to a fine start with early wins in Smith's we would be interested in getting into ~y other Canadian events. Falls, Ontario and Cleveland, Ohio. They The 1976 repertoire consists of: Off-the­ also performed quite well in Ottawa at Line: "Vaguero" ••• Drum Solo:"Underdog"••• Into their own show in ,June. A midseason up­ Concert:"theme from 'The Great Escape" ••• set-in Scarborough threw them off their Concert: "The Volga Boatman."••• then a se1­ winning ways, though the corps did place ection from 'Godspell' and off-the-field: 8th in the "A" Class at the 'World Open' 1 1 and 5th in the CDCA Nationals. This year's shaw keeps a 'circus' med­ ley, a concert of "Big Spender" and "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" and "Chump THE FIRST Change." but the 1975 Off-the-line and exit numbers are being replaced with new BIG CONTEST and more exciting selections. The corps will begin the fi'eld performance with a bizarre THIS YEAR ... and innovative piece of hornwork that will Presented by: introduce a refreshing and original The Seneca Optimists Booster Club treatment of a popular drum corps tune, "Conquest". It will then be entertainment ~ time as the corps will present its version of circus melodies, including••• "Come To (2 The Circus" ••• "The Band Plays On" ••• "The 7:30 PM Saturday June 5th Man On The Flying Trapeze" ••• "Entertain­ IN COMPETITION: ment"and "Circus Finale." The concert will .)Lil~ use last year's numbers, but they will have FROM THE UNITED STA TES jl The Greece Cadets been rewritten to suit the judges and the publics ever more demandiqg and discrimin­ FROM CANADA The Seneca Optimists ating tastes. The Oakland Crusaders After "Chump Change", Les Compagnons will The Cardinals underline their French Heritage (they are the The Flying Dutchmen only French-Canadian Co~s outside the prov­ The Krescendos ince of Quebec) by offering a stirring rend­ St. Johns Girls ition of "L'hymne a l'amour". The Ventures The musical book was written by Mr.Maurice EXHIBITION: Legault, who, along with being the horn The Cadet-Lancers instructor is also the Corps Director, and ADMISSION: Andre Campeau. Percussion arrangements are Adults ...... $3.00 written and taught by Gilles Callaghan and Children ...... $1.60 Anne Richer with Micheline Chenier instruct Family Group ...... $6.00 the guard. (2 Adults & 2 Children) Les Compagnons again made an impressive showing at the Individual Championships. Snare BOROUGH OF YORK STADI UM drummers MICHEL VILLENEUVE and PAUL LEGAULT Weston Rd.} at Rogers Rd.} Weston WOn the "B" medal wi th their drum duet and Robert and Louis Doyle placed 3rd in Brass Duet. In the prelims, ROBERT DOYLE on mell­ ophone solo earned mim the day's highest Sandy Hogg. s core of 94% and the "B" Class medal. He WOn The corps is under the direction of Mr. again in the finals for the second consec­ Gary Gauthier assisted by Mr.Gerry Hemsley. utive year. For further information write The During 1976 the corps will make appear­ Krescendos Drum Corps, Mr. Greg Hogg,Busin­ ances in Quebec and Ontario and travel ext­ ess Manager, P.O.Box 692, Peterborough,Ont. ensively in the United States appearing in KRESCENDOS SPONSOR SUNDAY CONTEST: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Boston(World Open) The Krescendos will sponsor a 6 corps and Philadelphia (DCI). Along with their contest on Sunday, June 20th at the Peter­ annual "Fantaisie M~sicale" held in Embrun borough Riverside Park starting at 7:00PM. on June the 20th, Les Compagnons are also In competition will be the Krescendos, organizing the "Canadian Capital Open" on The Seneca Optimists, Oakland Crusaders, Saturday, August 7th. In this event Canada's The K~W Dutchmen, The Cardinals and The foremost corps will compete for a total of Midlanders. The Peterborough Golden Knights $9,000.00 in prize money. (See the ad in will be the exhibition corps. Tickets are this issue of 'Information Drum Corps' for $2.50 and children under 12 get in free. ticket information.) This event is the first "double-header event" of June run back to back wi th the THE KRESCENDOS Ajax contest on the Saturday. The 1976 Krescendos will be completely new in appearance and sound. Alomg with new THE AMBASSADORS uniforms, a larger than ever corps will per­ The Aurora Ambassadors enter their third form music arranged by Mr.Kit Squires and year of operation under the direction of Mr. Ron Cain of Anaheim,California. Drum Majors Karen Salmon and Dale Ranson. The corps will be led on the field by conducting their 1976 repertoire consisting Drum Major Jan Bell and the repertoire is of "Lets Go To Jersey" (off-the-line) "Georg~ as follows: Off-the-line: Stan Kenton's Girl", the 'into concert' number. This year'~ "Fanfare For The New." The Production num­ concert:"Hail Knight Of The Woeful Counten­ ber: "Incantation and Dance" by John Barnes ance" ••• out-of-concert:"Battle Hymn" and Chance. Concert: Falla's "Ritual Fire Dance" exit':"Softly As I Leave You." and the exit: "Firewatchers" by Chuck The corps is progressing well in music Mangione. and membership. When they won the Jr."B" For this year our instruction staff title at Nationals in 1975 they had 33 mem­ features Ron Cain and Bill Gale on brass; bers. Now the roll is up to 52. Gerry Hemsley and Tom Float on percussion The corps Director is Paul Ranson, assis­ and the guard and M&M is instructed by John ted by Roy Munro. Bev Ranson is the Business Dileo, Patty Williams, Lynn Hemsley and Manager. Ray Bassett and Steve Dunn instruct (continued on page 13) 12 corpspe

The year was 1966, when a young man named Terry Warburton, first be­ came aware of drum corps activity in Toronto, and joined the Optimists. Pre­ vious to this he spent a year in his school band the Danforth Technical school. After leaving school and the corps, and moving up into the world of full time employment, Terry still kept up his interest in music, by joining the staff of Long & Mcquade Musical Instruments Ltd., one of the better music ,....". dealers in Toronto. ,,­ As Terry tells it now, ' ''.J - ' " one day I was going through Chief Judge of the CJA, Vince Macciocchi, the stock of bugle mouthpieces in the store at left, excunines one of the "Warburton" and suddenly realized that none were man­ series of mouthpieces designed especially ufactured by a Canadian company. With some for the ckum corps bugle. Mr. Warburton further inveatigation, Terry soom realized looks on. that the need was there, the market was there, and after some considerable thought and discussion came up with a mouthpiece design and model expressly for the use by a drum corps bugle player. Warburton The rim of the mouthpiece is of a new CANADA'S NAME design allowing comfortable playing for ho­ IN QUALITY MOUTHPIECES urs at a time. The cup, ~as designed prim­ FOR BRASS INSTRUMENTS arily for the upper register, the player will still obtain a full, clear sound in all []I:: 1 :J registers of the bugle. The throat of his mouthpiece is larger • Special drum corps models than average size which allows the air to now available flow through so that the mouthpiece does not • Custom made models, manufactured 'back up' on the player. for you personally, by Terry Warburton And finally, the backbore of this model II Write for more information .. , was designed to give much greater projection WARBURTON MUSIC PRODUCTS LTD. of sound which makes it ideal for playing outdoors. 720 SPADINA AVE., SUITE 1507 After manufacturing several samples and TORONTO, ONTARIO M5S 2T9 getting the design "right", as outlined above, he then went into full manufacture and set up distribution outlets across Canada. gathered through that monthly lottery. As an introduction of his mouthpiece to The new logo design, illustrated above, marching members, Mr. Warburton has given will be used in connection with the new brass clinics at rehearsals of several Tor­ Association in red and blue on a white back­ onto and district corps. He is still available ground. The logo was designed by Don.Daber. for this service. All the Ontario Corps who are members of By the time this article is published, the CDCA are automatically members of this Terry will have set up his own music store, new Association. The CDCA Board of Directors but can still be contacted at the address and are also the Board for this Association. phone number in his ad in this issue of Inf­ ------ormation Drum Corps.

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WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS ?????????????????????????????????????????? IBIEEITIA 1Bths HOW TO WIN THIS SUMMER, DESPITE THE JUDGES ...

By AI Tierney, Timing Judge, c.J.A.

As a general rule your instructors are so busy teaching you the fundamentals of marching, playing bugles or drums, that they never have time to tell you some of the rules,which to them are so very obvious. It is equally obvious, when you look over some of the score sheets, that there are some very simple rules that are never explained. This short article in no way sets itself up to be the final answer, but perhaps there are somethings here that might interest you, some things that you never did know. Every contest has a timing and penalty judge. On timing, he shoots a gun with the first note of music, or the first step, judging starts, and the show is on. At the 11.30 mark, or when the corps leaves the field completely, he shoots the gun twice to tell the other judges the show is over, and stop judging. If the gun does not work, the judge will use a whistle. He might have to do this without any prior notice, so be prepared. In a concert, if you hear a whistle, don't stop. The whistle or gun, are for the benefit of the judge, you just keep doing your job. If you drop a piece of equipment, it is only l/lOth of a point penalty. If you pick it up, it is one full point. If it falls, leave it, and just keep going. If you fall down and get up, its only l/lOth of a point. If you hang on to your pole,or horn, or whatever, just get up and hold on to your equipment. If the equipment falls from your hand, leave it there. If you pick it up, its a fullpoint penalty. Stop time is recorded when even one member, a soloist, for example, stops marching or marking time. If the stop is for less than 20 seconds, it is not recorded, but if over 20 seconds it becomes part of total stop time. Remember, if only one man of the corps proper (drums or bugles) stops marching or marking time, stop time starts, and total stop time could affect your 'time in motion' which will cause you to get a penalty. Only the Drum Major, Guard Captain, or National Party Co~ ander or Weapons Squad Commander, may issue orders. No other member of the corps can speak, whisper, sing, shout, or make any other vocal sounds, or that individual, and the whole corps could lose a 1/10 penalty. When you are setting up on the starting line, no member of your staff can go on the field, nor can he use a measuring dev­ ice on the field to assist in setting up the corps. This meas­ uring device can be used behind the starting line but not on the field. While in competition, keep your mind on what you are doing. If the judge comes near, stops in front of you, or stands off to one side, don't let your eyes follow him. Keep looking strai­ ght ahead, or you will lose points. The judges are constantly moving, and not just because you are moving. Each judge is following a pattern, which over the length of the contest, will give him a chance to look at each section of the corps. This means he will not find your weakest member and follow him all through the show, but he will look over the total corps, and assess the total ability of the unit CANADIAN rather than one section. JUDGES The judges are truly sympathetic. They would like to see a ASSOCIATION corps do a show wi th no errors at al L For this reason, after + each show, they get together wi th your instructors, point out the errors, make suggestions for correction, and do their be.st ______to make S'lre wi11 be better still. 17

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ne\y corps in Ottawa ? "THE RENAISSfu~CE" ••• A new senior corps has been formed Parade & in Ottawa called, "The Renaissance". From their letterhead we see that they are affiliated with The Ottawa BOY's Club and Contest,Ajax LaSalle Cadets, Inc. For more information about the corps JUNE 19 please contact their Business Manager, Mr. R. Probert, P.O. Box 1162, Carleton Place, Ontario. KOA lJO. His telephone The Ajax Kinsmen Club presents: number is (613) 257-1856. "THE CANADIAN CYSTIC FIBROSIS INVITATIONAL DRUM CORPS COMPETITION" SATURDAY, JUNE 19th. DEG MUSIC PRODUCTS 6:30PM at the RELEASE NEW BUGLES! Ajax High School Athl etic Field.

•• "' ...... '!' ..... ". ••••••• ", •••• ********* *** *********** ** * DEG Music Products Inc. ,0£ Four Corps in competition: Lake Geneva, Wise. now have avail ( ) The Etobicoke Oakland Crusaders ab Ie the new line of "DEG DYNASTY" ( ) The Seneca Optimists Bugles for marching bands and drum corps. ( ) St. John's Girls The soprano bugle of the one piston var­ ( ) London Midlanders iety is available now, and the two valve ************************** model will be available in August or Sept­ In Exhibition: ember of this year. The French Horn, Bass­ The East Scarborough Kinsmen Baritone and Contra Bass series will also ************************** Parade at 7:00 PM from the be available in October of this year. Ajax Shopping Centre to Mr. Terry Warburton will be a Canadian the Ajax High School. distributor and more information can be obtained by writing Mr. Warburton at Suite Admission to Contest: 1507, 720 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, M5S 2T9. Adults $2.50 ------Children $1 .00 NEW L~IFORMS FOR '76: Help Fight To our knowledge, at this time at least 3 CYSTIC Canadian corps will be featuring new uniforms FIBROSIS this year, The Dutchmen from Kitchener, The Seneca 0 timists and The Krescendos

the Ventures Drum Corps present: VENTURE INTO MUSIC at SEAGRAM STADIUM, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SATURDAY, JUNE 12th. . 6:30 PM - Jr. "C" Contest featuring The Simcoe Golden Lions / The Cadet-Lancers / The Kiwanis Kavaliers & The Durham Girls and at 7:30 PM seven "A" Class Corps : Don't miss the The Oakland Crusaders / The Seneca Optimists / The Flying Dutchmen PARADE at 4:30 PM The Cardinals / The St. Johns Girls I The Jean-ettes and The Ventures from King 51. Waterloo to the Stadium, featuring 11 great CORPS!

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Corps Business Managers check out the CDCA "events" calendar at the February CDCA meeting held in Toronto. ------

CANADIAN DRUM CORPS EVENTS: (T)--Tentative at date of publication. &Y;. Sat.May29--Parade, Hamilton: The 38th Annual Scout Parade, Hamilton Ontario. Sun.May30--Concert, Kitchener: Spon6o~ed by the Vutch Boy Cadet6. JUNE: Sat. June 5--Contest, B~r~ugh of Y0rk Stadium, Toronto. Spon~o~ed by The Seneca Opti~~ Boo~tM C.tu.b. (see ad on page 11) Sat. June l2--Contest, Seagram Stadium, University of Waterloq, Waterloo,Ont. There is also a parade in Waterloo before this contest. Sp0n60~: The Vent~~. Sat. June 19--Parade and Contest, Ajax, Ont.I/6th Annual. AJAX HOME WEEKENV. PMade a;t 1:00PM to-om the Ajax Shopping CenUe down HaJrWood Ave.S. to Bayly S~eet at the Ajax High Sehool. CONTEST at 6:30PM at the Ajax High School. Sat. J\IDe 19--"C" Contest at the Borough of York Stadium, Toronto. Sat. June 19--"C" Contest at Niagara-On-The-Lake. (SoMy, no 6~hM in6o~ma..tion ~uppUed) Sun. June 20--Contest, Peterborough, Ont. Sat. June 26--"Rose Festival" Parade & Contest, We 11and. P~e a;t 11:00AM. Cont~t.tate a6teMoon at BUl[ge~ PMk.. Sp0n60~: The CLty 06 Weiland. Sat. June 26--"C" Contest. Cambridge. ant. SP0n60~: St. And!teJ)J~ V~wn COll.p~. Sun. June 27--"The Bell Canada Championships" Ki tchener. (Dutchboy Cadet:::;) .------:­ Thurs.July l--Parade & Contest, i'ort Dover, Ont. Spo~oJt, PoJt-t VoveJI.. u.o~ Club. The paJr.ade -W in the. mOJttUng, .the. con.t~t .tate. a6t~noon at .the. bCt6 e.baU pMk. Sat. July lO--Parade, St.Catharines. Spo~o~: The Centennial Com~~ion. Sat. July 17--Contest, "Off-The-Line '76" at Birchmount Stadium, Kingston Rd.Scarborough. SP0n601l.: The CM&.nail> 06 Pll.eUou.6 Bloodlfltum COll.p~. Sun. July 18--Contest, Kitchener. Spo~o~: The DUtchmen Vtum Co~p~. Sat. July 24--Contest, London, ant. Sp0n60~: The Mid.e.ande~ V~wn COll.p~. AUGUST: ------­ Sun. Aug. l--Contest, Simcoe, ant. Jr. "c" Contes t. Spo~o~: The Simcoe Golden u.o~ V~umCoJtp~ Sat. Aug. 7--Contest, "The Canadian Capital Open" Lansdowne Park Stadium, Ottawa. Prelims at 12:00 noon. Night Finals at 7:30PM. See ad on page 15. Sat. Aug. 7--"C" Contest, Bramalea, ant. Sun. Aug. 8--Contest, Brantford. "International Girls Championship. North Park Athletic Complex. Spo~o~: The St. Jo~ Giw V~um CoJtp~, 13Jr..ant6o~d. Sun. Aug. 8--"C" Contes t, Durham Ont. Spo~o~, The V~ham GUr.i,6 V~um Co~p~. Fri. Aug. l3--The "Quebec Invi tational" Contest, Montreal. A DCI Event. (See ad, page 26. ) Sun. Aug. 28--The "c" Ci rcuit Championships, Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke (Toronto) Spo~o~: The Cadet Lanc~ Vll.wn COIl.p6. Wed. Aug. 25--Contest at Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke. Spo~o~: The Etobicok.e C~u.6ad~. SEPTEMBER:------­ &at. Sept. 4--The National Championships, Seagram Stadium, University of Water1oo,Water100, Ont. Morning and afternoon prelims and class championships. Parade. Night Finals at 7:30PM. (SEE AD PAGE 13) Sp0n60~: The K.W. V~um Co~p~ ~4oe..iat£on in conjunction with the CVCA. Mon. Sept.6--Contest at the CNE Stadium featuring 3 bands and 3 drum corps. Contest is in 2 sections. An eve.ning event. SpO~OIl.: The Canadian National Exhibition. Sat. Sept.18--Parade 11:00AM••• Cambridge, ant. "Hesp1er Textile Festival" Sat. Sept.18--Parade 12:30AM••• 10th Annual Cheese & Wine Festival, Ingersoll, Ont. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *.. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PARADES AVAILABLE: .. HESPELER TEXTILE FESTIVAL PARADE: The 10th Annual Ingersoll Cheese and 11:00AM. Saturday, Sept. 18th in Wine Festival Parade. Starts at l2:30AM .. C~ridge. For further information and on Sat. Sept. 18th. Sponsored by the .. entry forms contact: town of Ingersoll. Fo~ booking4 and .. The Hespe1er Testi1e Festival Parade, othM in6o~on contact the P~ade .. P.O. Box 34 -Hespeler, Ch~an: MIt. Ne..i.e. F..i4hw..ick, 261 King .. CAMBRIDGE, ant. St. E.,Inge~o.e..e.,Ont. N5C 1H4. .. N3C 2V6 Phone: (519) 485-1186. .. 20 US.A. events: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The caLf-owing even.t6 Me .6uppued c.ouJtte.6tj 06 Mit. John Hathawatj and MARCHING & MUSIC ENTERPRISES,INC. P.O. Box 56, MoJtth Tonawanda,f~.Y. 14120.Phone:836-7471. Sat. June 12 ••• Contest 7:30PM••• Batavia, N.Y. Sat. June 12 ••• Contest 7:00PM••• Eden, N.Y. Sun. June 13••• Contest 2:00PM••• North Tonawanda, N. Y. Sat. June 26 ••• Contest 1:30PM. TICKETS AND Bo~th Tonawanda, N.Y. PUBLICATIONS: Thurs. July 1••• Parade & Exhibition 7:00PM. Alden, N.Y. Sat. July 3••••Parade & show 5:00PM Hammondsport, N.Y. DRUN\ CORPS INTERN~TIONM P.o . BOX 192 VILLA PARK. ILLINOIS 601B1 Parade 2:00PM, Cherry Creek. Parade & Show,Warren Pa. ********************************************* Parade••• Orchard Park, Pa. For tickets and information about DCI Contests Sun. July 4••••Parade,3:00PM, Erie, Pa. (Reginal events & DCI Nationals) write: Parade & Show 6:30PM, Drum Corps International, P.O. Box 192, Hamburg, N,Y. Villa Park, Illinois, 60181. Parade, 1:00PM, N.Collins,NY. Publications: Parade,3:00PM,Gowanda,N.Y. Drum Corps Rules Congress Manual Parade,3:00PM,Grand Island,NY. (Blue Book) ••••••••••••••••••• $5.00 each. Mon, July 5•••• Parade 11:OOAM.N. Tonawanda. DCRC Manual up-date subscription•• 3.00 each . Fri. July 9•••• Parade,Lackawanna,N,Y. Management Seminar Report Sat. July lO ••• Contest, Cheektowala, N.Y. (Green Book ) ••••••••••••••••••• 5.00 each. Sun. July 11 ••• Contest, Rochester, N.Y. MSR Manual up-date subscription••• 3.00 each. Sun. A~g.15 • ••• Parade & Exhibit, Eden,N.Y. Contest Management/Promotional Manual Wed. Aug.18•••• Contest, Corning, N.Y. (Red Book) ••••••••••••••••••••• 8.00 each. CMP Manual up-date subscription••• 3.00 each. ------~------Other lis tings : NOTE: Sun. July 4•••Parade, July 4, 2:00PM. All Canadian orders, cash with order in U.S. Riverside Park, Buffalo,N.Y. Currency. All orders will be shipped parcel Sat. June 19 •• Parade,ll:OOAM. "Laurel Festival post. Also, Canadian orders must include an Brookville, Pa. additional $1.25 per 2 manuals, or fraction Sat. July 31 •••Parade: 1:00PM thereof. Contest: 5:00PM, "Tournament Of Drums, Sheffield, Pa. Sat. July lO ••• Contest at 7:30PM at the Lake Shore Central School, Route 5, ANGOLA, N.Y. Sponsored by The Imperial Regiment Jr. Drum Corps PAUL MCCUSKER Mon. August 16 and Tue. Augus t 17th••• Contes t: "The 3rd Annual LI{\I corps" National Jr. Corps Championsh­ \( tOr d r ips at Vetter Stadium, North ., Ntwor Tonawanda, N.Y. On Monday even­ Posters, logos, cartoons. ing the parade will be featured thru down­ 6 Goldie Avenue, Guelph, Ont town North Tonawanda foll r:n,;ed by the Class"A" Telephone (519) 822-5560 and "All-Girls Championships" at the Stadium. On Tuesday evening, the Open Class Champion­ ships featuring 10 corps. Contest begins at 7:00PM. .. ******************************************** ,..-j SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 to WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18th cu 197& cu THE 1976 V.F.W. NATIONAL CONTESTS AND PARADE!! ~ NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. SUN. AUG. 15th. 2:00PM Jr. Marching Bands Comp­ eti tiona CORPS MON. AUG. 16th. 9:00AH Finals, Drill Teams & Colour Guards. TUE. AUG. 17th. 9:00AM MUSIC Prelim Contest Drum Corps. 6:30PM--Annual Parade. WED. AUG. 18th. 9:00AM Drum Corps Prelims. 7:00PH--"Million Dollar NOW! Pageant Of Drums" featuring the top 12 corps from the pre lims. All contest events will be held at the Randall's Island Stadium, New York City· 21 A PREVIEW TO THE .'76 NATIONALS

Home of the Dutch Boy Cadets, Rying Dutchmen, Kiwanis Kavaliers and The Ventures ...

The K.W. Drum Corps Association, in con­ junction with the CDCA will again sponsor the Canadian National Championships at Seagram StadiUm in Waterloo, on the grounds of the University of ~/aterloo. To our know­ ledge the KW Association is the only group of its kind in Canada where 4 copps in the twin cities have joined together for the benefit of all. This is their story••• unified group under the K-W banner we have raised our city grants from $4,500.00 in The K-W Association was formed on April 4 1973 to $11,800.00 in 1976. We sincerely 1973 so that there would be one voice rep­ believe that individually each corps would resenting the 4 different corps in the cities have a difficult time obtaining the $3,000.00 of Kitchener and Waterloo with one liason individually. officer who would speak for all 4 corps. This one person, on behalf of the 4 corps, could In the way of publicity, through the now negotiate for practice fields and appear Association we have had some beautiful news before the Councils of both cities for the paper spreads on our individual corps as annual grant approval. On other items, such well as drum corps generally. He also get as the '75, '76 Nationals the Association super co-operation from the Kitchener Parks could also negotiate with a stronger voice & Recreation Department and the Community both with council, the University and other Services Department in Waterloo. groups and organizations in the two cities. On recruiting, we are still competative enough that each corps still runs their o~m The Association Executive Board is made up recruiting campaign although we have talked of a Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer and two about a 'mass' recruiting drive in October representatives from each of the 4 corps and of '76, at several of our meetings. At this meet on notice by the Chairman. During the time the population of Kitchener-Haterloo months of March and April the Board met every is about 175,000. second week because of a busy ajenda of the As part of our "good communi ty relations" 1976 city grants, the corps walk-a-thon/play­ all 4 corps this summer will give free a-thon, practice fields for the summer and concerts at Kitchener's Victoria Park on a layout of committees for Nationals '76. several Sundays in June, July and August. All 4 corps will also be in the Labour Day Besides doing the basic items as outlined and the famous 'Oktoberfest' Parades. He are above, the Association has also been looking also considering a "Cities Appreciation Day", further afield with other accomplishments in as run in Racine, where we will do our comp­ mind. For instance, they hope some day to lete field show and afterwards have a picnic have a complex that will house both indoor involving all 4 corps. This may take place practice facilities as well as ajacent out­ in September. door field facilities~ that would be shared To add to the local corps scene there will by all 4 corps. There is usually super co­ also be 4 competitions in the Twin Cities o[Jeration among the corps "around the table" this year. Two will be in Kitchener and two there is still strong competition between a will be in Waterloo. This includes The'76 couple of the corps on-the-field. Nationals at Seagram Stadium. Our total marching membership is approx­ At this time the K-W Association has one imately 450 of whivh 32% live in lVaterloo fund raising project a year that all 4 corps and 68% are from Kitchener. Do we need any do co-operatively. This year, as last, it was more corps in the twin cities? We feel we the "lvalk-a-thon!play-a-thon that grossed a don't and in fact we would entertain two of total of almost $20,000.00, which shows what our present corps joining forces to form a can be done on a co-operative basis. Based on real super "A" Corps and give the Toronto this success they are considering more than DCI Corps a real 'run for their money' ••• one event••• and the '75-'76 Nationals would This would allow us to have a very strong fall into this catagory, as far as having 'feeder corps' an excellant 'All-Girl' unit committees of Executive of all 4 corps work­ and a very strong "A" Corps. He anwhi Ie, as ing together to make this event a success. our 4 units become stronger and better-known, In the way of city grants, by appearing as a and as they garner championships with our 22 on drum corps which shows the discipline THE K-I-l ASSOCIATION (continued) that is required of the members and also the fun side of being involved. we feel that because of our excellant local pub licity wi th the newspaper and radio out­ In closing, we hope some of the infor­ lets more of the local youth are attracted mation we outlined about the K-W Associat­ to our present 4 units and probably we will ion will encourage other towns and cities continue to exist for some years to come with that have more than one corps to consider the 4 corps we have now. forming a similar group. It would he nice to have many others doing the same. I'm Underlining the co-operation from our sure that we could exchange some good ideas. local press, radio and TV outlets on public­ ity for drum corps the co-operation is rea­ Meanwhile, we look forward to seeing lly very good. On three different occasions, your corps in the "twin-cities" this summer in the fall of 1975 we had the '75 Nation­ and especially at Nationals '76. als shown on local cable TV. They also screened the 1975 DCI Nationals as well. ---Bill Renaud, Chairman, In the newspapers a good example was a The K-W Drum Corps Association. full page spread on the front page of the ABOUT THE AUTHOR: women's section about the Venture Drum Mr. Renaud has had 4 youngsters in drum Corps. Whenever we are running any kind of corps in the past 4 years. All 4 marched combined project, such as the walk-a-thon, with the Kiwanis Kavaliers from one to four we get real good coverage from the press. years. He became interested in corps activ­ And, during the summer, as long as the corps ity as a parent and as a member of the TWin submit contest scores the coverage through Cities Kiwanis Club which sponsors the the media is good. Kavaliers. He became the Chairman of the K-W Association in the spring of 1974, just The K-W Association is funded through in time to act as the spokesman on their our member corps; for example, from the behalf to the city councils for the Annual recent walk-a-thon/play-a-thon we were grant. Not staying 100% with one corps in given a grant of $1.00 per participating the community, he is also the No.1 Cook member. We also received 10% of the city with the Venture All Girls corps of Water­ grants that went to the corps and we also loo. received a small amount of money from the '75 Nationals.

Regarding release problems from our 4 corps coming up before thE' C0C\, 'He realize we have very few inci.dents here, mainly because of the agreement among our member corps. Our constitution does not agree in its entirety with the CDCA Rules, for instance our corps year end for our members is the month of September, right after Nationals. We have strong regul­ ations that bind a member to his or her particular corps till the end of December. Basically our 4 member corps seem to hammer out their problems among themselves but there are times when the Chairman gets involved if some problem can't get resolved. But, over the years our 4 corps Directors seem to agree on the thought that if a youngster wants to play drum corps, let him play, no matter where he plays. We really don't think it's worth­ while holding someone out of drum corps for a year because of spite or irregul­ ation. On the "selling of our corps" in this community, we realize that the recognit­ Who wears good ion of any single corps is only as good You know the drum as the public relations program their corps diet •• ~CHIPS clothes to a practice? Executive uses. If the corps is fortunate AND COKE ••• " enough to have a P.R. man he really has to sell drum corps to all the media and through this he will sell his corps to the public. There is no simple solution, it's just really hard work and you've really got to keep popping your corps name in front of the public so that they become interested in our activity. Rem­ ember, we are also competing against the cubs, scouts, all kinds of sports ••• \VE think the public should look at drum corps as a sport as well. We have worked hard trying to create human interest stories 'My shako's too small!' 23

1976 CORPS EVENTS: USA. Mon. AUG. 9•••Amer-Internat•. ,Butler, -eenn. Tue. AUG. 10••Amer-Internat. Butler.,Penn. UNITED EFFORTS PRODUCE "Key To The Sea" Toledo, Ohio. Wed. AUG.ll •••Amer-Internat. Butler, Penn. PROFITABLE "Key To The Sea" Toledo,Ohio. RESULTS...... Thurs. AUG. l2 ••• U.S.Open, Marion,Ohio. Fri. AUG.13 •••••• U.S.Open, Marion,Ohio. World Open, Lynn, Mass. Report by Frank McGrath Sat. AUG.14 ••• U.S. Open, Marion, Ohio. World Open, Lynn, Mass. Mon. Aug.16 ••• Contest, Nortn Tonawanda ,NY. Tue. Aug.17 ••• Contest, North Tonawanda,NY. Case his tory 111: Wed. AUG. lS•••DCI Nat. Philadelphia. Thurs.AUG.19 •••DCI Nat. Philadelphia. ONTARIO GOVERNMENT FrLAUB. 20••••• DCI Nat. Philade lphia. BACKS MARCHING YOUTH! Sat.AUG.2l ••••• DCI Nat. Philadelphia. Drum corps in Ontario in 1976 are very fortun-­ ate. They now have a helping hand in their fund raising through the FOR SALE: Ontario Government and SIX ••• "G.F."IMPERIAL BUGLES--Base Baritones. their "WINTARIO" Lottery. To date 'Vintario' TWO ••• "G.F." OLDS MELLOPHONES. provides access to $33,000.00 in grants to ONE •••Ludwig 'gold' triple drum. individual drum corps, bands and other Contact: marching units in the province. These grants The Ventures Drum Corps, are on a cost sharing basis. Mr. Peter Vanderkolff The grants were the results of exten­ P.O. Box 576, Kitchener, Onto sive presentations made to the Ontario (Telephone (519) 579-1881) Government by the Canadian Drum Corps Assoc­ ...... "' ...... " ... "...... iation over the past 10 months. Submissions were made to The Honourable Robert Helch Set of five (5) tymps. and his Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Four (4) 15" snare drums. Two major and three supplimentary present­ One (1) set of bells. ations and a series of 16 bi-weekly meetings Three (3) Bass drums. with members of the Ministry's staff lead One (1) set of triples. to progressively broadened areas of funding One (1) set of doubles. support to assure the performing groups who Four (4) Imperial GF soprano bugles. applied would not only look sharp and sound Two (2) Imperial GF mellophones. great but have the necessary funding assist­ Two (2) Imperial GF French Horns. ance to ensure healthy travel itineraries. Uniforms: As well as aiding the individual corps Approximately 50 prs small black trouser through the "I-lintario" program, the Arts Approximately 50 small red blouses. Division of the Culture and Recreation Dep­ Approximately 70 small red and white artment are providing $38,500.00 to fascil­ caps, Police type. itate the immediate establishment of a per­ contact: manent Secretariat for the Ontario Drum The Seneca Optimists Drum Corps, Corps Association; to help fund the Provin­ P.O. Box 464, Postal Station "D" cial Championships and to assist in the Toronto, Onto M6P 3Kl developement of educational programs for Mr. Al Tierney, Director. Ontario corps. Telephone (416) 525-3142. Specifically funding assistance is available to provincially registered, non­ profit groups for: 1. Non-capital Equipment such as film, audio video and lighting production equipment; portable stages, display THE FIRST BIG CONTEST OF THE YEAR stands, business machines, sheet music, musical instruments, uniforms, motor The International vehicles. All items must be both port­ PRESENTED BY: The Seneca Optimists Booster Club ab Ie and durab Ie. Grant allowance is BOROUGH OF YORK STADIUM 7:30 PM SATURDAY JUNE 5th 1/3 of purchase or rental costs. The IN COMPETION: June5 maximum grant is $25,000.00 FROM THE UNITED STATES: The Greece Cadets 2. Travel:l-lithin Ontario, upon invitation FROM CANADA: The Seneca Optimists, The Oakland Crusaders, to participate in community sponsored The Cardinals, The Flying Dutchmen, The Krescendos, events. Grant to a maximum of $3,000.00 St. Johns Girls, The Ventures In addition travel within continental EXH I BITION: The Cadet-Lancers North America maximum grants are avail­ ADMISSION: Adults... $3.00, Family Group: ... $6.00 able up to $4,000.00. Foreign travel (2 Adults & 2 Children) up to $5,000.00. These grants are based BOROUGH OF YORK STADIUM Weston Road at Rogers Road, Weston. on 50% of transportation costs only, not accomodation or food costs. 3. Assistance in traveling to educational 24 symposiums, seminars ••• in Ontario $100.00; In L ns the Kitchener '~MEN present: continental North America: $200.00. ~I\NG DUIC Filing Reguirements:To enSure speedy proc­ FLl I N essingof your grant application your organ­ ization 'should provide the following: A brief history of your corps or band, a copy of your tGOLDEGLE latest 'financial statement, the names, address­ es of 2 sponsors with their signatures, your travel schedule for the upcoming year and a com­ TRld~~NSHlP plete outline of the raising of the necessary balance of funds requested. eH Y '\8th at ApM "...... " ...... " ...... SUNDAY, JUL KnCHENER at NNIAL SIADIUM, . Case history 112: CENIE Auditorium) OF ONE\ {at the .,.LlE PRICE THE K-\.J DRUM CORPS ASSOCIATION RAISES "'S FOR ,n CONIES, "C" Contest $20,000.00 ON ONE WEEKEND! 1\1\1 0 . a '\0 corps Featuring .00 pM. \.Jhile tuning-up, toneing-up and toughening-up starting at 4. t sf 'Open con e tor a ~usy 1976 season the Kitchener-Waterloo ,00 7 pM an Association corps took to the streets on Satur­ and at . day, April 10th for a 20 mile walkathon for the FEATURING~TCHMEN! 3 member corps, while the fourth undertook a 10 THE K.W. DCRUSADERS! hour continuous schedule of 20 twenty minute OAKLAN~PTIM ISTS! playing periods in their 'p1ayathon.' SENE~NTURES! All the corps members participated in the \ THE UTCHBOYS! day's events and over 95% of the starters finish­ THE D ESCENDOS! ed••• the executive, booster club members, famili· THE KR ALSI es and friends also secured pledges and particip· THE CARDIN COACHMEN! ated. THE ROYAL M CANTON, OHIO. The money breakdown: 72 Dutch Boy Cadets-raise and LUE COATS FRO $2,872.00. 97 Flying Dutchmen took in $2,500.00; THE B 124 Kiwanis Kavaliers topped the $7,000.00 mark; Admission'. and 102 Ventures raised $6,200.00. In addition, Adults: $2.50 41 students of St.Annes School raised $1,376.00 Sr Citizens &"\2) $"\ .50. for the Flying Dutchmen. C~ildren ~under Mr. Bill Renaud, the Association Chairman lauded the support given to all participants by St.Johns Ambulance, The K-\.J Regional Police, the K-W Parks and Recreational Departments and DUfCHBOYS an imprssive list of local businessmen whose present:The generous supply of food and drink ensured the success of the day. Bi 11' s ~·Jife, Donna set a tough pace for the BellCanada adult contingent by crossing the finish line with a pledge list worth $400.00. MISS KELLY International SCHLITT of the KAVALIERS lead in the youth group 2:00 PM. Sunday, June 27th with pledges totalling $361.00••• rand MRS COLE at the of the KAVALIERS got the financial jolt of the CENTENNIAL STADIUM, KITCHENER day when her 9 year old son John completed the (at the Auditorium) walk and presented his pledge at $3.00 a mile, a total of $60.00!!! CAROLYN TURNER, age 7 and the Kavalier's mascot was the youngest 20 mile Sunday, walker of the day.

MUCHACHOS D.C. I. JUNE 27 DISQUALIFICATION CLARIFIED ••• The Muchachos were disqualified from only the DCI 1975 Finals and dropped from membership in the DCI organization. Their penalty did not involve any monetary "B" aass E~nt p,r. " p.:' and transfers as far as prize money from the '75 season is concerned. Featuring: CA OPTIMISTS RS THE SENE OKE CRUSADE Should the Muchachos place among the tHE ETOBIC DUTCHMEN top 12 corps during prelims in Philadel­ THE fLYING MMERS tWisc) phia this year, they will be allowed to THE WINDJA regain membership in DCI. ****************************************** and, ',n "B" COACHMEN ATTENTION: THE ROY AL S C&~ADIAN MARCHING MEMBERS ••• THE CARDINAL THE DCI 21-22 AGE RULE AS STATED ON PAGE THE M\DLAND~~ENATORS and SIX ALSO APPLIES TO THE CANADIAN NATIONALS! THE BRAMP~~y CADETS IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO MARCH IN DCI YOU THE DUTCH ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO MARCH AT THE CDCA NATIONALS SEPTEMBER 4th. 25

illI•••••THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE By AI Tierney

A new developernent in Canadian Drum Corps needs to be recognized, to have its merits weighed, and to consider how sur corps can best benefit by this new approach.

One of the problems experienced by all corps, but particularly those. corps who operate outside of our maj or centers, is instruction. Instructors both as it relates to their availability and to the cost. Our Corps have always wxperie­ nced difficulties in obtaining qualified instructors. The instructors who have been developed within our own Association, the most qualified instructors, have had a tendency to drift toward the better corps, thus maintaining the superiority of those few corps. The good corps generally stay good, and the weaker Corps never get much better. The number of instructors who are well qualified, have always been limited, and although the Association, in conjunction with the Canadian Judges Association, have run courses in an effort to develop rrore, and better, instructors, there has been no real improvement. Under the best qUalifie­ instructors, we have developed in Canada several corps who have reached international status, but were never able to get close to the top until just recently.

One of the things that should be considered in this context is that for a corps to improve the major requirement is instruction. Look at the Corps in the U.S. who have reached super statms, that come from small towns, and have developed to this level because of instruction, not because they were from a big city. Consider Madison Scouts, Santa Clara, Troopers, etc.

About two or three years ago several marching members,in our leading Corps, took it upon themselves to move to the United States so they could march with some of the super corps, such as Blue DeV1i.ls, and Anaheim Kingsmen. Most of these members after one or two years, returned to Canada, and brought with them some of their friends from these units. A review of our maj or corps now points up the fact that a new wave of instructors is on the scene, most of whom have previously marched with leading corps in the United States. They have brought with them a new expertise and an enthusiasm that renews itself by its dedication to perfection.

hD. interesting developement. A new breed of instructors who have developed their tal­ ents by taking advan:eage of new approaches, new attitudes and a new professionalism that was only available from corps that were better than the ones in which they had previously marched.

The issue that should be given consideration is " Can we develop better instructors for our corps by sending specific members, those who have the ability and desire to teach, to march with more proficient corps, who are receiving superior instruction? II

If spending a summer or two with a superior corps can develop the calibre of instruction that is needed by the corps in smaller communities, perhaps this is an area that should be looked upon seriously. A dedicated bugler, drummer, or M. &M. enthusiast could learn a lot in one year by marching with a D.C.I. Corps out of Toronto, and would return to his own community with the same kind of dedication that has resulted in the creation of 27th Lancers, Santa Clara, Blue Devils Etc.

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