Ancient Times, Spring 1996
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s Published by The Company of Fifers & Drummers, Inc. :-.ionprofit Org.inmuon AncientTunes t:.S. Pomgc P.O. Box 525 PAID • Ivorycon, CT 06442-0525 Jvol"\10n, CT 06-1-12-9998 Pcnn1t :-.io 16 Life John Doyle, Jr. 418 Flood Avenue San Francisco CA 94112 DATED MATERIAL ♦ t Rosewood or Cocobolo Wood Sound Chamber 6 hole $80.00 • Sound Chamber 10 or 11 hole $85.00 • Grenadilla Introducing our Wood Sound Chamber One--Piece Sound • 6 hole $90.00 Chamber Fife Sound Chamber • IO or 11 hole $95.00 he multi,tapered conical bore of our precedent setting Two, Piece Sound C hamber Fife is now available to fifers who want • Cooperman Tthat same leading,edge sound in a traditional one,piece design. Fife & Drum Cooperman Fifes. Expertly crafted in rosewood, cocobolo Company wood or grenadilla wood, our line includes Traditional • Essex Industrial Park Bb Models, The Stony Creek Model, and both Two, GI,'/;-~ P.O Box 276 Piece and One, Piece Sound (V 'I. Centerbrook CT Chamber Models. (2£) 06409,0276 USA Tel: 860-767,1779 Fax: 860-767-7017 An(icnrTin1es s you go through the first Ancienr Times in its new magazine fonnal, you will see a few Vol. 23 No. 1 - Spring, 1996 A"we're sorry, we goofed" notices, especially on the photo spread and the calendar page. Manallng Editor: Bill Pace Well, our Winter issue was also incorrectly numbered. It was listed as Vol. XXIIl No. 4. Art Diftctor: Dave Jones rather than Vol. XXII No. 4 which it was. With our new size and new look, we're also Contributing Edlton: Vinny Czepiel. Ben Emerick. Sco!t Greensu-eci. Mark Logsdon. switching our numbering system from Roman numerals. This is Vol. 23 No. I and we hope Dan Moylan, Ed Olsen. Al "Duke" Terreri, you like it. Phil Trui1. George Yera.rruan Graphic Advbor: Buu Allen efore we discuss what's in this issue, we must comment on several items that are not. To Cornspoodents: Micki Ahl, Ed Boyle, Bbegin with, we almost forgot to thank Life Member Paul Munier for his annual $100 Erin Connolly, Cap Cordan. Jack Doyle. Ann Feder. donation to the Ancients Fund. We also appreciate the anicles which Music Librarian Sue Sally S. Finn, Lauren Fitch, David J. Hanlon. Cifaldi and Cap Corduan, who is continuing her "Accent on Youlh" series. have sent along. Bill Ralston. Jock O"Brien. Mo Schoo~. SSG Roben Simpson We just did not have the space in this issue. However, we should have found room for a few letters that said, in essence, "we applaud Cootributors: Den Adler, Beth AngSI, your move to change the size of the Sandy Bidwell, Fred Bruder, Ron ~man. Sue Cifaldi. Lee D'Am,co, P~y Cooperman Ellis, publication." Some of these pages William F. Gallagher. Eric Goelur. Frank Hadley, Bill Hart. Jerry Hecrmans. Wayne D. Hickman, ithout the encouragement these have quite literally Sylvia Hooghkirk. Gerri llliff. Peter Koepf. w:past few months of Buzz Allen, Gus Malstrom, 1im Mcillsell. Diane Sweeney. come to life on the Randy Stack, Stu.in Stack. Ellen P Stewart, Dan Moylan, George Yeramian and Charles Terzi, Jr.• Jim Willey. Chris Williams other members of !he Ancient Times computer screen. staff, we probably would not have been Pbotop,apllen: Mal Hinckley. chief; Den Adler. Pat Leary Benoit. Cap Con:luan. able to see this "new" magazine off the Joe Culhane, Diane Culhane. Ron DaSilva. press ... this first issue is quite literally our sample copy. It would have been impossible for Rhonda Forristall, Alan Goldfinger. Rohen Simpson. this computer novice (we're learning, kicking and screaming, bul, we are learning) without Jim Willey. Carl Yusna the creative input and technical know-how of Art Director Dave Jones. Some of these pages have actually been put together on !he computer screen in Dave's Madison, CT design MembtnlalplSubscri~: Membership Chainnan studio. Joe Culhane processes all types of membership including indh idual and corps. For information on Life Membership pledges. address changes and ick Ruquist's creative essay on page 2 and 3 is a first for us in our new format. We also subscription infonn:uion contact. Joe Culhane, 2915 Dhope to raid the Archives more often for slices of drum corps history such as Dan Barkley Ave., Bronll. NY 1°'65 (718) 823-5071. Moylan has put together on pages 8 and 9. Editorial: To discuss siory ideas. editorial material and pholos contact 8111 Pace 1860) 526-3436. lease let us know what you think. We already know that we have at least two Adverti:siag: For rates and availability contaa Pdifferences. The publication sure looks different. And, like it or nol, we have at least one P:wicia Leary Bcnou (203) sn-6431. •different kind of story. We hope to continue 10 stretch the envelope. if you will. The Ancient tent as we have known it for several decades has always been a very, very inclusive one, and T'lreGomponyof what's underneath the canvas has always been changing and evolving ... remember when g,ijers ~ Vf'llmmers simple harmony was "not Ancient" and "fast paracliddles" were for "drum sets", not field Presideat: P:wici3 Leary Benon drums with calfskin and rope tension. That is not so long ago. First Vice ~: Roger Clark (860) 399-6665 Tf you truly suppon our core idea of "friendship through fife and drum music" help us Sttond Vice President: George C:111eris (914) 833-4136 .I.make more friends by supporting our drive to increase individual membership. Our new Secretary: Sandra Bidwell application - and a special discount for 10 or more corps members - is outlined on page 20 (860) 742-9235 of this issue. Treasurer: Joe Culhane Artbiw:s/MIL1NID CW'IIIOr: Ed Olsen (860) 399-6519 D ecenlly, Contributing Editor George Yeramian expressed these thoughts about l'tfanqer, h-orytoa Fadlitlt:s: Dave Hooghkirk ftmembership in The Company, "When you come right down to il. we are an uncommon (860) 526-9944 group. We're corps members, individual members, and all the families and friends thereof. Music Cbalrnwl: Al "Duke" Terreri We're not more than a few thousand individuals. worldwide. Yet. when we're togelher for a (201) 482-4192 Musten Chairman: Scott Greenstreet Muster, parade, jollification, meeting or social, it's as though we are in our own world. (508) 520-7641 TIie Company StDff! Clllhy Olsen ""\"'I Thether you are a hand shaker, a hugger, a back slapper or the quiet type; whether you (860) 399-6519 VY are a marcher or cheer on the perfonners, it doesn't matter. What matters is the Anci~fll TINS is published quanmy by 7M Company of comfort, ease, sense of well-being and belonging and even safety that we experience, F",ftrs & Dru1'11Mrs. Inc.• Museum. Music Libnry, Headquar1Crl. P.O. Bo~ 525, 62 North Main St.. i•Ol')ton. consciously or unconsciously, in all of our undertakings and in our mutual companionship CT 06442-0525 (860) 767-2237. The publication through The Compa11y. (1SSN009J,7176) Sttks to keep lndividual. 1nsu111tional and drum corps members throughou1 the "'orld informed pnmarily on the act1v1ties of lraditionaJ American fife ""Dor a true sense of belonging, !here is nothing like individual or family membership in and drum corps known as Ancienis. The Company r rhe Company. It's like an insurance policy to help preserve and perpetuate our maintaw a two-plus acre Conneaicul fac,hry, seeks 10 wonderful world of fife and drum." perpclU2IC the historical s1gruficana: and folk 1radmons of American field music and 10 r- the !!pint of fellowship among au fifen and drummers. Founded on ,,N_d, don't forget deadline for our next issue is May I. Let's hear from you. 1965, 7M Company ofFifers & On,,,.,,.,rs, Inc. is a lax• Cllcmpl. tax-deductible, non-profi1 coq>ora1ion Bill Pace, Managi11g Editor geometry. The information content of the fife m this symmetry 1s neghg1ble Like the single drum beat, Its message 1s that II exists ll has no other information or d1mcns1on. Perhaps the equivalent of the single-stroke roll on the drum 1s a fife playing the scale, a series of discrete pitches. rum Mrokes are discrete or quantized, like paruclcs in the universe, Dwhereas the simplest symmetry for the fife 1s continuous or unquant1zed, hke fields in the universe. Even though the pitch of the fife i1t in actuality a frequency, 11 docs not set time. Thus, the fife and 1hc drum arc musically hke 1he two fundamental cons111uents of the Physical universe, continuous fields and dis crete pantcles. tructure m geometry only comes when we add more than one d1mcm,1on. We need Stwo d1mens1ons 10 draw p1c1ures and create art: and we need thn:c d1mens1ons to sculpture and bmld houses. As we add more d1mens1ons we add more potcnual information content. Phys1c1s1., need 26 physical d1mens1ons to have enough information content to explain the nature of the universe n music the d1mens1ons on which we build cw1se, d1mens1on in drumming comes Mructure or compos111on arc Snare dmmmer Dick R11qunt leads an mtcnsny. pllch and rhythm EssentJally. F-Troop at Sudhw, '•· Muster om playing a series of evenly spaced I Ll ats. a single-stroke roll, that sets the rhythm and in1cns11y are d1mens1ons available to the drum; whereas rhythm and pllch arc n geometry, the point has the most cadence of the music. This is the most available 10 the fife Usually 11 takes more than perfect symmetry. II has ne11hcr fundamental symmetry for the drum from one fife to achieve variations in in1ens11y, d1m1:ns1on nor direction.