I .I \ I I The Ancient Times Published by The Company of Fifers & Drummers, Inc. VOL. XVI No. 1 ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS Spring, 1989 Terry Hennessey Installed As Seventh President lvoryton, CT-Terry Hennessey of Corps; Kathy Posekel of the New York Danbury, CT, a member of the Ger­ Ancients; Art Ferrante of the New mantown Ancients was elected and in­ Jersey Colonel Militia and Frank Orsini stalled as the seventh president of Tbe of the New Jersey Colonial Militia and Company of Fifers and Drummers at Ernie Kiburis o f the Yankee the Annual Meeting held at The Com­ Tunesmiths. Both Orsini and Kiburis pany's Headquarters, in Ivoryton, CT served on the committee last term as on April 15. members of the Administration Other Administrative Officers elected Committee. are: Tom Connolly of the Union The vote on six amendments to The Brigade FDC, First Vice President; Company's Constitution and four to the Dave Hooghkirk of the Stony Creek Rules of Procedure indicated that all FDC, Second Vice President; Gerre Bar­ were approved. rows, an Individual Member, Secretary; In other business conducted, the An­ and Clarke Wilbor of the Ancient cients Fund Committee/DRUM Drive Mariners, Treasurer. With the exception Committee is asking for volunteers, who President, TERRY HENNESSEY 1st Vice President TOM CONNOLLY of Dave Hooghkirk who was chal­ do not march with a corps, sell deeds to lenged by Ann O'Malley, the above had the spectators along the parade route at President Terry Hennessey began his 1st Vice President Tom Connolly, with no opponents. the National Muster in Carmel, N. Y. on drum corps career with Germantown in August 19th. Buzz Allen and Bill Pace . 1953, was a member of the original Old drum corps since 1950, was president of There were fourteen candidates for The Company of Fifers and Drummers the ten seats on the Executive Commit­ are signing them up. Many are needed. Guard F & D Corps, Attended first from 1970 to 1972. As a member of the tee and the final tally showed that five Music Committee Chairman, Duke ·meeting of The Company of Fifers & new members and five incumbents were Ferrari, reported that the Sturtze Book Drummers. Has served on previous Ex­ Colonial Boys FDC of Norwood, MA. he arranged the first trip to Ireland elected, New members are: Pat Benoit should be ready in about a month and ecutive Committees and Musters Com­ made by an American fife and drum of the Connecticut Blues FDC; Jim Book 3 will be published in three sec­ mittees. Has won indiv.idual awards on tions with the first section ready for the bass, snare and fife. Currently music corps. He is a snare and bass drummer Hierspiel of the Germantown Ancients; and founded the Tiots FDC and later the Gerri Iliff of the Milford Volunteers; DRAM. director, instructor and drum section Union Brigade FDC in Norwood. His Dave Migoya of the New York Ancients It was reported that Sue Cifaldi had leader of Germantown. Lives in the and Lee Zuidema of the Westbrook completed her research and had com­ Danbury, Connecticut area, Hennessey daughter Erin, and his son Tommy play the snare and bass respectively in the Drum Corps. Re-elected were Dodie piled a list of all the known fifers and has marched in 38 states and two foreign drummers from Connecticut who countries. Union Brigade. Lives in Norwood, MA. McGrath of the Westbrook Drum r, orm t , out n ed the plans for future improvements at the headquarters building and stated his concern that even though the fire alarm system is connnected to fire head­ quarters, some damage could occur before the arrival of the fire department. Fire extinguishers are needed and con- . *See MEETING Continued to pg. 2 A Good Deed 2nd Vice President Secretary GERRE BARROWS CLARK WILBOR for $1.00 DAVID HOOGHKIRK Treasurer Secretary Gerre Barrows is an individual Treasurer Clark Wilbor began with the Help the Ancients Museum Fund sell 2nd Vice President David Hooghkirk is ·those "deeds" to our property for $1.00 a founding member of the Ancient member who worked on projects for Nayaug Ancients in 1966 and served as THE ANCIENT TIMES with the late drum major for several years. He was each. If you visit other corps rehearsals Mariners. Has been active with Stony .or are going to parade or Muster in the Creek for the past 20 years, is a past Dave Boddie and has been serving as of­ the long-time muster master of the fice manager for the Museum for the tnear future, why not take 12 or 20 deeds president and business manager. Has popular Nayaug Muster and has also past several months. A former member ·with you. If you're willing to help us sell served as drum sergeant and instructor been active with the Third Connecticut. of the Executive Committee of the Deep A former guest major with The Ancient to retire the Museum mortgage contact: for several years. Teaches Totoket An­ Buzz Allen cients of which his wife is a member. River Jr. 's and the Jr. Colonials of Mariners, Clarke is now an active Westbrook, her late husband was a Ancients Fund, Original member of Museum Building member of the boarding party and son, member of the Sailing Masters. Son Museum & Headquarters Committee. Has worked on Music Mike is a snare drummer. Clarke has Cliff is a champion snare drummer with P.O. Box 525 Committee and played snare for some held office in The Company of Fifers & the CT Blues, daughter-in-law Judy is Drummers longer than any other elected Ivoryton, CT 06442 tapes. Dave is an honorary member of Read. .. Plainville, has marched in Ireland on a retired drum major and daughter Cin­ person, having served as treasurer for 18 dy played fife with the Jr. Colonials and 'OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS' three separate occasions. Lives in of the organization's 24 year. Lives in the Blues. Lives in Killingworth, CT. Glastonbury, CT. ·on page 3 for some simple Arithmetic Chester, CT. about these deeds. Y alesville Corps Music ''Tape Test'' A Success Ten Company Corps Merge JVORYTON, CT - Tom Terreri, a Museum Shop and the Company Store To March In Milford By Stuart Stack professional sound engineer and as an ongoing fund raising effort. audio/visual consultant who is the son Present at the test were " Duke," For Ancients Fund WALLINGFORD, CT - The north­ of Music Committee Chairman Al playing alternately snare and bass for west section of Wallingford, CT, known MILFORD, CT - The Ancients "Duke" Terreri, conducted a test of fif­ the sound checks, along with Workshop Museum Fund wiD increase by $4,000.00 as Yalesville, has had a long fife and ing and drumming on the main floor of Chairman Ed Classey, who also doubled drum tradition. The first corps was on Sunday, June 11, 1989 as ten the Museum as the first phase of the ex­ on snare and bass, and Jaybird snare member corps of the Company donate formed in 1898, and over the years tensive corps taping program which is drummer Ken Lemley. Playing fife for members such as Fred Burghoff, Larry their parade services to Milford's 350th slated to begin this spring . Since the the test were Archivist Ed Olsen and birthday celebration. The 1.9 mile L'Heureux, Ray Brinley, John early stages of Museum development, Bob Brady, music chairman of the Lan­ Calamari, Ray Brodeur, and others march lists some 29 musical units in­ the Archives and Music Committees craft Corps. Brady's corps is one of the cluding M&M Corps and military made themselves known in the ancient's have sought to begin a program to first to sign up for the program, along world. The corps disbanded just after bands. Geri Iliff, an active member of systematically record the music of each with Stony Creek, Germantown and the the Milford Volunteers FDC, the coor­ World War II. member corps. The original tapes will New York Ancients. Working with In 1951, former members of the first dinator and editor of the Ancients be part of the Music Archives and edited Chief Engineer Tom Terreri were Dave Activities Calendar, and a member of See YALESVILLE pg. 11 versions will be on sale through the * *See TAPES, pg. 11 *See CORPS, pg. 11 Page 2, Spring, /989 .The A~cient Times Tfte Ancient Times ISSN0091-7176 ----EDITORIAL---­ Published by The Company of Fifers & Drummers, Inc. Museum, Music Library, Headquarters, @P.O . Box 525, 62 North Main .Street, Ivory-ton, ConnecUcul 06442 Opportunity Knocks The Company of Fifers and Drummers is THE ANCli:NT TIMES, the newspaper of THE COMPANY OF FIFERS AND DRUMMERS, IS half of that by two parties. incorporated in the state of Connecticut as There exists a great opportunity for PUBLISHED QUARTERLY TO KEEP MEMBERS to The Company lists about 120 corps a charitable and educational, non-profit in­ AND THE PUBLIC INFORMED ABOUT Ancient you do your part in retiring the mort­ stitution and is officially and legally gage on The Company of Fifers and with an average membership of twenty Drum Corps activities and subjects related five members each, that is approximate­ recognized as such by the U.S. Treasury thereto. Drummers Headquarters and Museum Department. The Company's purposes are The newspaper encourages the reproduction property without having to reach into ly 3000 corps members. If each member to perpetuate the tradition of Early of its non-copyrighted contents. Bylines must your own pockets! sold 15 "deeds," a small enough quan­ American martial music, to encourage be retained and the credit should read "From The How? It's simple, just put some ef­ tity, the result would be $45,000.00, the greater knowledge of the• historical Ancient Times, the quarterly newspaper of THE COMPANY OF FIFERS ANO DRUMMERS." fort in the "DRUM" (Determined to amount of the mortgage-at NO COST significance of fife and drum music and to TO THE CORPS OR ITS MEMBERS foster the spirit of fellowship among the The opinions expressed in signed articles are Retire Unpaid Mortgage).