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Fife & Drum Corps i Ancienttimes Published by The Company of Fifers & Drummers, Inc. Winter 2011 Issue 131 $5.00 In thIs Issue: AmerIcAn OrIgInAls celebrAte 20 YeArs lAncrAft presents cOlOnIAl AmerIcA DAY FIFE & DRUM CORPS D.C. Do you want to learn or teach Swiss drumming? To order visit The Company Store at companyoffifeanddrum.org or call 860.526.2178 Swiss Drummers and Fifers Association The Company of Fifers & Drummers Ancient Times 2 2 1 Issue 131, Winter 2011 Monumental City... published by A Growing Coe rps The Company of Fifers & Drummers 4 From The Profile of a Company eDITor http :/ / companyoffifeanddrum.org u editor: Deirdre sweeney Corps: Art & Design Director: Deirdre sweeney Camp Chase Fifes and Advertising manager: ractices in procrastina - Drums s 4 Deirdre sweeney, pro tem tion: how to make a Contributing editor: bill maling Illustrator: scott baldwin 6 short editorial a month- membership/Subscriptions: s p long Affair… dutifully create a for corps, individual, or life membership infor - The American Origi - mation or institutional subscriptions: nals Fife and Drum word document entitled “edito - Attn: membership the company of fifers & I rial;” type several incoherent Drummers p.O. box 277, Ivoryton, ct Corps: 20 Years of 06442-0277 “thoughts” as “starting points” Marching with P ride [email protected] for later actual writing; avoid tel: 860-767-2237; fax: 860-767-9765 6 revisiting said document for at editorial: 10 for submissions or questions: More Musicas l least two weeks explaining that, Attn: Ancient times, p.O. box 277, yes, it really will take that long Ivoryton, ct 06442-0277 Miscellany: Princess [email protected] Beatrice i to disinfect all baggage exposed tel: 508-847-4460 to the dread florida stomac h Advertising: 13 for rates and availability contact: bug that felled most of your the Ancient times, p.O. box 277, Moodus Celebrates family over the holidays; open 62 north main st., Ivoryton, ct 150th Anniversh ary document several times the 06442-0277 tel: 508-847-4460 10 The Company of next week and reflect deeply on 14 thoughts ; perhaps rearrange in - Fifers & Drummers Lancraft Presents coherent thoughts into slightly President: sylvia hooghkirk, 860-526-9944, Colonial AmericT a Day [email protected] more coherent phrases, still First Vice President: mark logsdon, 586-247-1775, to Connecticut S chool [email protected] shunning sentences or, heaven Second Vice President: bill bouregy, 860-526-1433, Children forbid, paragraphs; write an - [email protected] Secretary: sarah brown, 860-399-7572, other article on a tune you fancy [email protected] 16 13 to delay editorial further; even - Treasurer: Jack Doyle, 415-334-5707, n [email protected] Introducing... tually when all layout and edit - Archives / museum Curator: Jim clark, 860-346-3232, The Young American [email protected] ing is done be forced to open Facilities Co-manager: Kevin brown, 860-399-7572, Patriots Fife & DI rum word document; type a thought [email protected] Corps membership Chair: mark reilly, 703-975-5517, mem - into a sentence replete with [email protected] subject-verb-direct object; music Chair: Dominick cuccia, 203-405-1176, music - 17 [email protected] pause and start reading about The Company Store: roberta Armstead Update on 2012 Swiss protests in egypt; glance back at the company of fifers & Drummers, Inc. International Muster 16 Company Store document ; glance back at news p.O. box 277, Ivoryton, ct 06442-0277 companys - [email protected] 18 from egypt; continue reading Ancient times is published quarterly by the com - about egypt; then tunisia, then pany of fifers & Drummers, Inc., museum, music li - The Muffled Drum brary, headquarters, p.O. box 277 Ivoryton, ct. Yemen, then back to egypt; en - 06442-0277, tel: 860-767-2237 tertain thoughts of worldwide the publication (Issn0091-7176) seeks to keep individual, institu - revolution; entertain feline tional, and drum corps members throughout the world informed companion with a shoelace; primarily on the activities of traditional American fife and drum corps known as Ancients. the company maintains a museum and On the cover: The American Originals Fife & Drum Corps consider that Yemeni men headquarters on two-plus acres. It seeks to perpetuate the histori - before performing at the American WWII Cemetery in Mar - protesting are comfortable cal significance and folk traditions of American field music and to graten, Netherlands, July 2009. Photography courtesy of foster the spirit of fellowship among all fifers and drummers. Howard Lansat wearing pink as their revolu - founded in 1965, The Company of Fifers & Drummers, Inc. is a tax- tionary color du jour and that exempt, tax-deductible, non-profit corporation. should the same happen here cont. on p. 12 2 Ancient Times mOnumentAl cItY 1 3 2 in the wings. all parade and performance activities. recruiting new In addition, she serves as musical members is an ongo - arranger of our new tunes and stand - ing process. sources pieces. We are also blessed in having bY gus mAlstrOm include: inquiries via the Internet, our own lovable and ever present newspaper write-ups, feedback from photographer, sharon carter. n early 1990, several former mem - performances, word of mouth, per - now we have our fifer marty ersts bers of the no longer active 1950 sonal contact with inactive players, who designed and made our corps’ Imonumental city Ancient fife & promotional ads and performances at flag and espontoon. the three annual Drum corps in baltimore, maryland schools, including our most recent at corps parties hosted by the same pro - together with a handful of fifers and the “Indian church school” in moter (fifer) marty ersts and his wife drummers from maryland and penn - crownsville, maryland. We continue Ieva are wonderful corps events that sylvania joined forces to form the searching within our own monumen - help cement a pleasant bond of cama - eastern colonial Ancients. however, tal family for possible interested stu - raderie among our members. Actu - by the end of 1992, members decided dents to teach. currently we have four ally, we consider ourselves a by unanimous choice to change the learning. membership has often in - fun-loving monumental family be - corps name to resurrect and perpetu - cluded multiple people from the same cause we have drawn close to each ate the name of the original 1950 mon - family. other in the Ancient spirit and just umental city Ancient fife & Drum Definitely a significant part of the love being together in whatever activ - corps. since then, we continue to success of our operations has been the ities we take part. build. At present, we have an active excellent contributions by a most en - Our headquarters is located in balti - group of 29 including Drum major, ergetic fifer, peggy pavon. peggy vol - more, maryland some 300 miles south color guard, 15 fifers, six snare drum - untarily serves a dual role as our of Deep river, ct, the hub of the an - mers and four bass drummers with events coordinator and musical Di - cient fife and drum corps world. how - several fifers and drummers waiting rector. she is responsible for arranging ever, we monumentals are well Ancient Times 3 ... A grOWIng cOrps 7 6 4 5 8 established in a land nearly barren of stone’s throw fife and drum corps activity, a land south across the we affectionately call “the land of chesapeake bay is pleasant living on the chesapeake situated fort bay.” mchenry, the since the monumental city fife & beloved home of Drum corps was reorganized in our star spangled banner. there memories from the 1950s were: mak - 1992, all rehearsals have been held in again is more living history we per - ing warm and lasting friendships the stables on the home site of the form. with many fifers and drummers, the charles carroll mansion which the 1950s monumentals survived enjoyment of having competed in dates back to the period of the Amer - to the end of that decade without a field Days and standstills in new ican revolutionary War. so, we be - place to call their own. coinciden - York and connecticut, being made lieve and sense that we are part of tally, this was the same time frame honorary members of the new York living history in perpetuating the which saw the demise of such fa - fife & Drum Association, and being Ancient spirit and the music of 1776 mous corps as chas t. Kirk fDb, the awarded longest Distance Award at as we dutifully practice bimonthly in sons of liberty and the north brad - the 1st noncompetitive Deep river our surroundings. Also, just a ford Ancients. Among the treasured muster in 1954. today’s monumen - 1.monumental City performing in the Baltimore mayor’s Parade, 2009 tals have attended 36 musters in - 2.monumental City’s mini-Jam, 2010. Ian Sigler, front, is the corps’ youngest drum - cluding the last 19 at Deep river and mer at 6 years old. among the corps members are two of 3.Colorguard member, Dan malstrom, 1932 - 2009. 4.monumental City corps flag. the original 1950 monumentals, 5.monumental members “taking a break.” namely Joe carter and gus mal - 6.Karen mcGuire traveled from Denver, Colorado to the mini-Jam in 2010. strom, who are still active and at - 7.Left: Youngest fifer Philip miles, 16 right: oldest fifer, Philip’s uncle Gus malstrom, 85 tended Deep river 8.monumental mini-Jam 2010 held at the maryland State Forest musters in the 1950s. cont. on p. 10 4 Ancient Times profile of a Company corps camp chase fifes and Drums Columbus, Ohio Fast Facts he mission and characteristics for more formal occasions, like mili - Founded : of camp chase fifes and tary balls, the corps wears the longer, 1983 Drums over the past 27 years dress frock coat and forage caps.
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