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an Interview with Charlie terzi,
Charlie terzi, host of Fife & Drum Chat
active - in the moment. We all live in Second, we talk about things that silos of some sort, our geographic lo - are of interest to the chatters through cation, our own corps, our style of what we call an open format. We are playing, reenacting, competition, etc. not restrictive and will discuss any fife I wanted the chat to be a forum where and drum topic. Reenacting, starting all of these diverse perspectives could a corps, manuscripts, music research, exist and people could chat about the upcoming events happening around underlying theme of it all: the music. the country, after event reports, in - struction, interpretation, practice tech - where did you start the chat? niques, style, uniform purchasing, etc. David noell was the owner of an All fife and drum topics are welcome. online store catering to the fife and Third, we have interviewed over 100 drum community. The store included special guests that represent most of InTeRvIeWeD By a chat room. The room was available the fife and drum corps in the coun - mARTy SAmpSon for use and became the first landing try, museum curators, fife and drum site of the chat. David was instrumen - instrument makers (on two conti - f someone were to ask you where tal in assisting us in getting the chat nents), instructors, authors, a london you have been on monday nights launched. When David divested him - military music radio talk show host Ifor the past 14 years could you an - self of the store, Fife & Drum Music and a lone reenactor on the island of swer that question? I know someone Chat moved to its own, permanent malta. All had a great story to tell. who can: Charlie Terzi, host of Fife & home at FifeDrumChat.com. Drum Music Chat , on FifeDrum - what keeps you coming back every Chat.com. any particular challenges along the week? way? Simply put, the people that partici - how long have you been doing the I think the largest challenge is in pate in Fife & Drum Music Chat , some chat? keeping people interested and coming of which have been on the chat since We started Fife & Drum Music Cha t back week after week, year after year. it started. many personal friendships in the summer of 1998. So in the fall of have developed over the years be - 2012, we will start our 14th year of how do you do that? tween folks that have met on the site. chats. It’s remarkable to me that we We could not have been chatting so The participants in the chat have even have been chatting about fife and long if it were not for a few things: made seven appearances at DRAm as drum topics over that length of time. First, the great people that partici - a corps called the CyberAncients. pate in the chat. We have a great mix personally, I enjoy the live interac - what gave you the idea to try this? of newcomers and regulars that show tions between the chatters: old timers I had an interest in organizing a chat up and participate each week. They chatting with newbies, reenactors that would focus on the fife and drum share their knowledge, ask their ques - with ancients, professional musicians community. The original goal, as it is tions and supply the answers. We are with hobbyists, traditionalists with today, is to foster communication and really lucky to have these folks with moderns. The chat is very rich in its the exchange of information within us and we are appreciative of the potential to expand knowledge and that community through an interac - breadth of knowledge that this group understanding between diverse mem - tive chat session. The key here is inter - brings to the table (or the laptop). bers of the fife and drum community. Ancient times 3 host of fife & drum music Chat
Frankly, there isn’t a night on the chat to pull pictures, videos, stories, pages, conversation. that I don’t learn something new. etc. in “chat time” and have an inter - active discussion on the topic. It’s a about the host of fife and drum what have been some of the best real plus to have that capability. It’s Chat: moments on fife and drum music the difference between simply writing Besides being the host of Fife & drum Chat? a narrative about, say, the moeller Music Chat , Charlie has been a rudi - That’s a difficult question to answer style, and seeing it for discussion pur - mental snare drummer since the age because there have been so many poses. It adds another dimension to of six and a student of Charles “Buck” great conversations in the course of the chat medium. I can see a time Soistman. He is presently a member the 14 years we have been chatting. coming when chatters will post their of monumental City Ancient Fife and The special guests have relayed some own videos to a site, give us a link, Drum Corps of Baltimore, maryland. great information and stories, and and everyone in the room can take a He has been a past member and some of those interviews have been peek or even critique a performance. marched with other fife & drum transcribed and appeared as articles I expect the chat to continue to evolve corps including St. leo’s F&DC, in the Ancient Times . I think one of the as the technology advances. newark Colonials, Fifes & Drums of things that the chat does well is that it the Delaware militia, eastern Colo - gives assistance to members of the fife how long do you think the chat nials, Fifes & Drums of prince and drum community who may not will last? William III, 1st virginia Regiment, have a ready source of fife and drum I’ve always said that the chat will be and, of course, the CyberAncients. He information available to them. you open for business as long as there is has also been an instructor of rudi - know things like giving recommenda - interest from the fife and drum com - mental drumming for the patapsco tions on music sources, or relaying in - munity. Here’s hoping that that inter - Guard, the national Regiment, the formation on starting a corps to a est will last a long, long time. Holy Choir, and the Ft. mcHenry friend in Kansas, or putting a few please stop by Fife & Drum Music Guard. folks together in Florida which re - Chat any monday night at 7:00pm eT Interviewer Marty Sampson is the sulted in a new corps getting started. with a comment, question or an an - archivist and museum curator for The Things like that really fulfill the char - swer. Simply log on at FifeDrum - Company of Fifers & Drummers. ter of Fife & Drum Music Chat . Chat.com and join in the cont. on p. 4 what’s new at the chat? Through the years, we always had C.p. Burdick & Son, Inc. the opportunity to chat about events, playing style, parades, etc. simply Four Generations of Warmth from a text perspective. now with the Fuel oil/excavation Services advent of tools like youTube, Face - 24-Hour Service book, etc. a participant can start a dis - 860-767-8402 cussion by posting a link from one of these sources, or other sources on the main Street, Ivoryton web, to the chat room. We can take a Connecticut 06442 quick view of the item and then dis - cuss the subject. So now we are able Ancient times 4 cont. from p. 3 special guest Interviews Over the Past Years On fife & drum music Chat Each guest had a Monday night set aside to discuss their corps, their reenacting group, or their specialty. Bob Ward (Wardie) Ablodi Drummer and Composer Drums & Guns (Drum part) Walt Akers yorktown Fifes & Drums peter Alexander 41st Regiment of Foot, Fife & Drum Corps Richard Alexander Fyfes & Drums of old Saratoga nick Attanasio Author & Champion Bass Drummer Ken Avery Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps Rusty Ayers Regimental volunteer Band of music Ron Aylor Continental Regiment Fife & Drum Steve & Di Baretsky Towpath volunteer Fife & Drum Corps Ken Barlow excelsior Brigade of Fifes & Drums Roger Beverage 3rd maine volunteer Infantry Regimental Fife & Drums paul Boccadoro Civil War Fife & Drum page Bill Bretch lewis & Clark Fife & Drum Corps Brian Brown Golden State Fifes & Drums, CA Jon Buzzi Kentish Guard Bill Bynum principal musician, Carolina legion Field music Joe Campbell St. pete's & member Connecticut Fifers & Drummers Association Raoul Camus musicologist & Author of Military Music of the American Revolution George Cateris Ancient mariners & The Company of Fifers & Drummers Helen Cheney Civil War Reenactor and Fifer Helen Cheney Reenactor and field musician mark Christman Sudbury Ancient Fyfe & Drum Companie Jim Churchyard Fallbrook Fife & Drum Corps Sue Cifaldi Fife & Drum music Historian pat Coffee Tellico Block House Fife & Drum Corps Cap Corduan Connecticut valley Field music Joe Coyne Colonial musketeers Dominick Cuccia The Company of Fifers & Drummers Dan Culpepper palmetto Fife & Drum Corps Tim Cunningham Camp Chase Fifes & Drums Kerri Cunningham River valley Colonials, Janesville, WI vinny Czipiel Civil War Troopers & The Company of Fifers & Drummers Kim Davenport national CW museum, Harrisburg, pA Gina DeAngelis Fife mojo Susie Delforest Colonial Fife & Drum Corps Denis Dragon Fifres et Tambours de nouvells-France, Canada malcolm Duncan Tippecanoe Ancient Fife & Drum Corps patsy & Jim ellis Cooperman Fife & Drum Company peter emerick 15th mass Field musik, Field musik of old Sturbridge village Tim ertel Director, patapsco patriots FDC Janey evans yankee volunteer F&DC Jim Florance Florance Drums John & Barb Flowers American patriots Rudimental Drum Club Tim Foultz Red Dragon music Den Daniel Garvin Continentals Ancient Fife & Drum Corps Joe & phyllis Gillotti Black River Fife & Drum Corps Bob Ginther midnight Riders Fife & Drum Corps Katie Grant Colonial Fife & Drum Corps Kenny Green professor of percussion David Haber Danbury Fife & Drum Corps Hjordis Halvorson newberry library Ancient times maureen Hanson yalesville Fife & Drum Corps 5 Skip Healy Fife maker Jim Hicks The old Guard Sylvia Hooghkirk president, The Company of Fifers & Drummers. mark Hoza Kything Flutes & fifes, Australia Don Hubbard Civil War Field music Historian, Drum major of Chesapeake Field music William James Aiken's volunteers Fife & Drum Corps John Keller milford Fife & Drum Corps Tok Keser portland Ancient Fife & Drum Corps Dave King Theatiki Fife & Drum Corps, Bourbonnais, II Joe Korber nyC Correction pipe Band, national Regiment, Bethpage Carl Kramer 1st Regiment uSv James "Chester" Krause Fort osage Garrison, missouri Tom Kuhns Camp Chase Fifes & Drums George "Randy" Kusel Author and music Historian, newark, De. ed law Canadian Association of Drumming Rudimental excellence (C.A.D.R.e) mark logsdon 1st michigan Colonial Fife & Drums; Board, The Company of Fifers & Drummers Sara & Jim macConduibh middlesex County volunteers Fifes & Drums Dirk mcComsey Andrew louis volunteers Fifes & Drums Hal meyer First new mexico Field music George mienson lancraft Fife & Drum Corps George mienson & Gary Reynolds lancraft Fife & Drum Corps David migoya Fyfer Restorations lee millen ninth Texas Infantry vicki miorelli Sailing masters & Calamity Jane Creations Richard mitchell Camden Fife & Drum Corps Javier morales yankee Tunesmiths Sean murphy pawtuxet Rangers patrick murray moodus Fife & Drum Corps Steve niemitz 8th Connecticut regimental Fife & Drums Robin niemitz Warehouse point Fife & Drum Corps David noell old Guard & owner of FifeandDrum.com Buz olsen village volunteers Cindy olson mountain Fife & Drums, lake Arrowhead, CA John o'neill Ft. Sutter Fife & Drum Corps Ron peeler Fife maker and member, moodus Fife & Drum Corps Brian pentony The old Guard John pettibone liberty Fife & Drum Corps major Richard powell military music Historian, uK Jim predhomme plymouth Fife & Drum Corps John Quigg City of Washington pipe Band Cormac Quinn loudoun Border Guards Fife & Drum Corps Anne o'malley Quinn loudoun Border Guards Fife & Drum Corps Alfred Reale Historic Reenacting Group of malta Robin Remick long Rapids Fife & Drum Corps Gary Reynolds lancraft Fife & Drum Corps Janis Rowell Genesee valley Fife & Drums Dave Runner national Regiment Walter Rynkiewicz Germantown Ancients marty Sampson California Consolidated Drum Band Irene Sheades CT yanks, CT patriots, CT Hurricanes preston Smith 42nd Royal Highlanders Band of music pat Smith Colonial Sounds of America- CSA Field music Aaron Strong Civil War Heritage Foundation Tim Sutphin Colonial Williamsburg Fife & Drum Corps cont. on p. 6 Ancient times 6 cont. from p. 5 Walt Sweet Author and Fife maker paul Szczepanski Association of Blue & Gray Cole Tierney Hannaford's volunteers Fife & wanted: Drum Corps ANCIeNT TIMeS COntrIbutOrs Sharon Tinkey Andrew louis volunteers Fifes & Drums The Ancient Times is always looking for Jari villanueva Author and Bugler writers, columnists, photographers, and Gary vorwald Brigade of the American Revolution advertisers. elizabeth Walczyk oregon Fife & Drum Corps Joe Whitney music Historian Contact the editor with interest, ideas and Jim Williams Connecticut valley Field music, inquiries: Composer & Arranger [email protected], Ted Wilson Wilson Woods or [email protected] Beth Wilson yorktown Fifes & Drums Gerald Wouldron Tittabawassee valley Fife & Drum The Ancient Times does accept unsolicited Corps articles, although we cannot guarantee publication in a specific magazine issue. w. 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(973)-371-9100 1439 Springfield Ave, Irvington, nJ 07111 cont. from p. 1 who noticed that the Ancient Times amended deadlines for submission Ancient Times submission guidelines had not arrived in your mailbox to the winter issue. months ago, I apologize. I appreci - I have lost track of some emails please submit articles and high-resolution ate that no one has sent me angry and phone calls over the past few photographs electronically to the editor: emails using all capital letters or left months, and by “some” I mean “a [email protected] or [email protected] me phone messages speaking in an lot.” please contact me again if I did “outside voice.” I’m quite certain I not get back to you. See the top part Do include a brief 1-3 sentence fife-and- said that I’d never let this publica - of this page for contact information. drum-related bio with your article so our tion get wildly off-schedule; how - I look forward to getting back in readers can know more about our writers. ever, I have recently learned that touch with the fife and drum com - Do include your photographer’s name whenever I say “I’ll never...” I al - munity and returning the Ancient with any photo submissions. most certainly will. Times to circulation. This very belated and abbreviated Deirdre Sweeney In the case of material that cannot be sub - “summer” edition and the slightly editor, Ancient Times mitted electronically, please contact the ed - less belated fall one are coming out itor at the above email address or call (508) in short succession. Therefore I have 847-4460 to make special submission omitted the calendar section from arrangements. Do not just mail material to The Company as the editor lives 100 miles these pages. It will reappear in the away and cannot easily get to the mailbox. forthcoming fall edition, as will Ancient times 7 3RD AnnuAl and paul mosley for joining us and in their efforts to make the 3rd Annual Convention a success. Thanks also go uSARD to Southern California Chapter mem - bers Ben Curtis, Jerome mershon and ConvenTIon Dave nesser who came all the way from California to be with us. Thanks to Charlie Kammer who handled By BIll mCGRATH JR., STeve left: Jim Clark younG, & BoB zARFoSS membership, registration and photog - raphy expertly. most importantly, he 3rd Annual united States thank you to the clinicians and per - ancient drums with two excellent Association of Rudimental formers, the executive committee and young fifers in accompaniment. TDrummers (uSARD) Conven - members of the uSARD for making The formal part of the evening con - tion took place on April 20, 21 & 22 at all of this possible. cluded with mass Drumming assem - the Heritage Hotel in lancaster, pA. our weekend started with a Friday bly in the Ballroom to demonstrate, Drummers from across the nation in - night Welcome Reception that fea - promote and preserve rudimental cluding new Jersey, pennsylvania, tured a clinic on “older or Antique drumming. For the sake of common - new york, Delaware, virginia, mas - Drums” and “Rope Drum Tuning & ality and stewardship of the art form, sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Is - maintenance” by Jim ellis of the standard ancient rudimental pieces land, new Hampshire, vermont and Cooperman Drum Company. Coop - played were: Old Dan Tucker , Hell on from as far away as California were in erman, by the way, just so happens to the Wabash , Downfall of Paris , Paddy on attendance. make some of the highest quality rope the Hand Car , Three Camps and the The first thing that we want to do is drums in the world. Jim demon - Devil's Flute . We also played a Drum extend a most sincere thank you for strated how the deep rope drum is & Bugle Corps standard, The Grey the support of Black River music, Inc. constructed and assembled, gave ex - Ghost from the Reilly Raiders’ 1956-57 of Benson, vT, (specifically Joe and pert advice on how to repair or restore era, written by Harry Ginther and in - phyllis Gillotti and Gary Gillotti), who a rope drum, what kind of heads to fluenced by John Dowlan. had a dis - use and The Welcome Reception continued
play of Jim ellis how to until well after midnight giving peo - books, CDs, best tune ple the opportunity to meet, mix and sticks, pads and trade decades’ worth of stories and and music. maintain drumming lore. our thanks a rope Saturday was filled end-to-end with also go to drum. a broad range of clinics, demonstra - the Cooper - Jim tions and performances of great ap - man Drum Clark peal. Keep in mind, however, that Com pany then led even though there were clinics on a of Bellows an inter - variety of subjects, including drum set Falls, vT esting techniques, the major emphasis, con - (specifi - discus - sistent with our organization mission, Jim smith cally Jim sion and was dedicated to the art of ancient ellis) for demon - rope drumming and rudimental their fine stration drumming, display of drums, books, CDs, sticks on the history and development of Saturday morning began with a cof - and music. A special thanks to Jim rudimental drumming. A well-known fee hour and time set aside for warm- Smith of Greensburg, pA whose pres - rudimental drummer, instructor and ups and rehearsals. We then entation helped us kick off the Friday author from Connecticut, Jim made welcomed all with introductions, an - evening portion of the convention. A reference to his latest book titled Con - nouncements and participant expec - special thanks as well to our Canadian necticut’s Fife and Drum Tradition and tations. friends and members Fred Johnson demonstrated drum beatings using Back by popular de - cont. on p. 8 Ancient times 8 cont. from p. 7 mand, Jeff Salisbury returned to con - count varies from flam taps to fla - nY Chapter of usard tinue demonstrating the application of macue to flam roll, etc. They then standard American drum rudiments used the same rhythm, using drags to the and related drag rudiments, and fi - drum nally rolls, primarily tap fives, fol - Jeff salisbury set. He, lowed by a changing roll figure on like, so the final count. many The second feature the lancers did, drum extemporaneously, was to relate a set play - few figures they played to concepts ers, discussed by Jeff Salisbury during his ations or modifications. The purpose strongly clinic on splitting rudiments. They of that message is that all drumming support showed the splitting of paradiddle communities worldwide can gather at the use diddles on the quads, then demon - any time and play something in com - of rudi - strated splitting flam mill strokes mon with ease of preparation and de - ments (playing the right hand on the wood livery. That is what we in the nyDA and in - block; the left hand on the drum), call “commonality.” Therefore all corpo - along with other variations of this would be speaking the same lan - rate same concept, using Swiss rudiments. guage. The nyDA delivered their them to enhance their playing. Rather Finally, the lancers played their cur - message with consummate skill and than just talk about this concept, he rent drum solo, The Double Duck . This, enthusiasm. played it for us so that we could see the eighth iteration of the lancers' our next clinician was Thom Han - how these adaptations actually apply. solo, features many visuals, using num, Associate Director of Bands at What a fine display of performance stick clicks, drum to drum moves, the university of massachusetts- and the transferring of the technology ghost strokes, and back-sticking, along Amherst. Thom is also associated with of rudiments into the playing of the with more traditional rudimental pat - the Crossmen, Cadets, Star of Indiana drum set. What a perfect fit. terns, that latter group including and Carolina Crown, all of DCI fame. The lancers (Alumni D&B) Drum Swiss rudiments and even more mod - Thom not only performed excerpts ensemble, led by instructor and ern variations of standard rudiments. from his warm up and exercise matrix uSARD member Bob zarfoss, pre - This was a well-rehearsed and disci - known as Rudimental Ritual but pre - sented their performance in three plined drum ensemble that enter - sented filmed excerpts from the drum phases which included an original tained the audience with execution, ensemble of the u-mass minuteman piece called The Double Duck . perform - expertise and excellence. Band. ers were: Kenny myers, Rick Johnson, The new york Chapter of the Thom showed how students with a Ron Church, Bill mojica, Brian leppo, uSARD, known as the new york non-percussion background can be as - on snare; D.C. Carbaugh and Rick Drummers Association, nyDA, per - similated with students who have ex - Reck on quads; Birnie Harmon and formed ancient rudimental standards tensive percussion backgrounds to Charlie Rupp on bass drum and Willie in their original form. These selections comprise a percussion ensemble of Williams on rudimental bass drum. were from the most original music high quality by incorporating warm- The lancers opened by playing their that could be found and performed ups as a tool to develop players, tak - warm-up exercises, in part because without modifications, variations or ing them to a higher level of expertise. they needed to warm up, but also be - adaptations. players were Dale An - Thom also showed excerpts from the cause they wanted to show that the ex - drews, Bill mcGrath Jr, Doug morrow field show of the minuteman Band de - ercises, in ¾ time, all progressed and paul Hallifax on snare and Harry picting how the percussion ensemble around the feeling of dotted eighth Jenkins on bass. The main message of fits into the overall production. note, dotted eighth note, two eighth their presentation is that somewhere Thom provided handouts from notes. They applied that same concept in the repertoire of any group, no mat - some of his industry sponsors such as to flam figures, using flam accent, ter where that group is from, they giants vic Firth, pearl, evans, and flam accent, and a relevant but varied should have standard original pieces zildjian. A class act and a real delight rudiment on the final count. That last to perform without adaptations, vari - for our audience, Thom is not only a Ancient times 9 thom hannum high level one of the finest displays of contem - main areas of Scottish drumming: percus - porary drumming to be found any - marches and dance music. sion edu - where. These fine drummers are not marches are best described in use of cator but a only of great ability but a credit to the time signatures. There are marches in gentle - Skyliners and to rudimental drum - simple time and marches in com - man of ming everywhere. pound time and he demonstrated the high - Bill messerschmidt was a Sergeant both. est order. major (e-9) and principle percussion - Dance music is best described as The uni - ist of pershing’s own united States being in five categories. Those are versity of Army Band of Washington, DC from strathspays or common time (4/4), massa - 1994 to 2002. He is currently the per - reels or cut time 2/4, hornpipes which chusetts cussion instructor at the virginia are hybrids of march and reel, jigs also certainly Commonwealth university at Rich - known as slip jigs in 6/8 or 9/8, and sent its mond, vA, from 2008 to present. slow airs, slow marches and waltzes finest to clinic here for the uSARD. Bill delivered a clinic on traditional in 3/4 - 4/4 and 6/8. The united States Air Force Drum rudimental drumming and its rele - Jon is a Scottish drummer of ex - ensemble comprised of past members vance for today from three perspec - tremely great talent and high per - of the uS Air Force Drum and Bugle tives: “as it applies in its original formance skills: as an individual Corps & pipe Band. John Bosworth, “Ancient Style” genre and its histori - champion and as an instructor when John Flowers, eric landis, Bill mojica, cal value, the physical basis of modern his City of Washington pipe Band Steve young, Bob zarfoss & guest rudimental drumming including captured a Grade II World Champi - Sean landis performed pieces from grips and hand positions, as well as onship in Scotland. His playing was the Air Force Drum and Bugle Corps wrist and arm positions as the foun - so fluid and smooth that he mesmer - original repertoire and two more re - dation for approaches to all other ized the audience with his demonstra - cent solos. not intending to center on areas of percussion instruments and tions. Just when we thought that he seniority but to see drummers play on the benefits for artistic musical inter - played something at an extremely a high level like these guys do is in - pretation.” high level range he followed with spiring. These Airmen who repre - The information Bill imparted to the something on an even higher level. He sented our united States Air Force audience was of great value and inter - was a treat to watch. one of the oldest nearly 50 years ago play as well today est. His presentation tied ancient rudi - secrets of giving a clinic is to make as most good 25 year-old drummers. mental drumming and orchestral something hard look easy and make Their work was executed well and at drumming and showed how drum - something easy look hard and Jon did a high level of complexity. This was ming relates to timpani, keyboard and exactly that. This man was just plain yet another quality performance in a orchestral disciplines. This was a fas - impressive no matter which way you weekend filled to the brim with excel - cinating display from a veteran per - looked at it. lence. These Airmen have a kinship cussionist on the history, technique Jon also had two students from ear - that makes them more than brothers. and practical application of drum - lier times who are currently in the old A performance by the Skyliner ming as it relates to all percussion. Guard Fife & Drum Corps. They so Drum Duet with Joe Fontana and Jack John Bosworth & Jon Quigg admin - impressed and influenced the leader - murray is always a treat; and they istered a clinic on “Scottish pipe Band ship of the old Guard with their play - were next, giving a unique exhibition Drumming” called “A Rhythm & ing of Scottish-style drumming, that of original music from their Skyliner Rudimental Context.” This clinic the old Guard now incorporates some Drum Duet repertoire. The elements demonstrated how Scottish drum - Scottish drumming in its public exhi - of this performance are many as it ming borrowed from American rudi - bitions. When introduced, they both contains accuracy, speed, range, com - mental drumming and is now claimed to have gone through the plexity and dynamics. This perform - impacting other rudimental styles. “university of Quigg.” This might ance was a fine example of top-quality Jon Quigg demonstrated Scottish give you some idea of the impact that drumming coupled with great enter - style drumming from the very basic Jon Quigg has had on Scottish Drum - tainment value. It was a sight to see approach to the most complex per - ming in America; what a tremendous and if you were not there you missed formance ranges. He described two player, an influential cont. on p. 10 Ancient times 10 cont. from p. 9 teacher and a fine fellow, as well. perspective of what a solo piece st. lucia’s alumni snare drum trio The middle River Ancients Drum should consist of and seemingly better ensemble performed a collection of than some of the judges who are in rudimental pieces entitled: Just Havin their mid-20s? He obviously has per - Fun by Ron Church, Auslese by Charlie spective. John is always a pleasure to Terzi and Buck’s Boy s by Bill mojica. be with and one of the finest gentle - players are Bill mojica, Ron Church, men in the drumming world. Bill Hartmann on snare and Charlie one of the hits of the day was when Kammer on bass. These veteran play - Barbara Flowers came into the room ers from such well-known corps as the with a cake for John’s 75th birthday. yankee Rebels and the Air Force We all sang Happy Birthday and had a new england Chapter, he is worth his Drum Corps have been together for fun break in the action for a few min - weight in gold. more than 50 years. They brought utes. everyone was pleased that John making their first appearance for their “A” game to this event putting and Barbara were there. uSARD, St. lucy’s Alumni Snare on an impressive display of ancient The new england Chapter of the Drum Trio presented an original piece rudimental drumming enjoyed by all. uSARD performed a “muster Jam” by Chew Gernandt and followed that nick Biscotti, also a member of this consisting of original drum solos for with a St. lucy's drum solo from 1968 fine drum ensemble, could not attend various fife and drum tunes by John J. written by John Flowers. This was yet because of illness but we are all look - mcDonagh, Francis, Germinaro, Terry another example of drumming quick - ing forward to nick joining us in the Hennessey, C. Ballastraci, R. mc - ness, accuracy and complexity. This future. Gowan, and Joe Gillotti. performers performance showed how timeless John Flowers was the next clinician are: Gary Gillotti, Dave Hevrin, and this work is in that some of it was performing excerpts from an original Joe Gillotti on snare, Gary Gay on written for them back in 1968 and how piece rudimental bass drum and Ginger these compositions still stand the test John flowers called The Wilk on fife. of time. This top quality performance Edinboro These new england snare drum - was very well received and added Swinger mers were highly skilled with good strength and class to the uSARD con - which he delivery and execution. The fifer hit vention. dedicated every note with strength and clarity. The old Guard is the official ceremo - to Doug As for their bass drummer, I have nial unit and escort to the president of Klein - never seen a rudimental bass drum - the united States. members are mark hans. mer with more enthusiasm than Gary Reilly, matt Bell, John Brandt, Josh There Gay. He is one of the best rudimental Dukes, Scott Jamison, Alex Kuldell, were two bass drummers I have ever seen. He David loyal, Josh Salazar, Karl Sauter objectives plays with a dynamic level that most and Randy Waterman. These are some conveyed drummers don’t even approach going of the finest drummers in the u.S. in the ideas from this piece: that one from whisper quiet to earthquake which puts them in the class of being should make use of a variety of main loud within a span of two strokes. His the finest drummers in the world as themes, time signatures, volume lev - vigor is readily obvious and, to the uS and north American drummers els and have broad visual content and are ahead of the curve worldwide that the writer for solo work should when it comes to drumming overall. new england Chapter of usard create a piece that has range and com - The old Guard has developed a pro - plexity as well. gram that incorporates drumming John pointed out what he looks for skills from the world of ancient fife & in an individual solo when he judges. drum corps, drum & bugle corps, and These elements are dynamics, musi - pipe band drumming right through to cianship, complexity, variety, volume the modern contemporary top 40 levels and visual effects. Isn’t it note - sounds of pop, jazz and hip-hop. Still worthy that a man who has drummed in keeping with clean beats and gen - for nearly seven decades has a better eral effect they have found a way to Ancient times 11
Old guard With the hundreds and more likely point “Hellcats” drum ensemble thousands of people that John C. brought us Christmas in April. Flowers influenced over a lifetime as our traditional end to the evening a performer, arranger, instructor and was mass Drumming by members judge, it’s obvious that the name John and guests of the uSARD playing the Flowers is automatically synonymous old standards listed earlier. Seeing with greatness. What an easy compar - that we had taken the opportunity to ison to say that John Flowers is to rehearse this routine on Friday drumming what Babe Ruth was to evening and once again on Saturday incorporate these newer styles with - baseball. afternoon, this last time through, at out losing their unique identity. This The only two previous recipients of the end of the convention, was more group was phenomenal even under our “lifetime Achievement Award,” thought of as a performance rather the eyes of an audience of some of the John Dowlan and nick Attanasio, had than a rehearsal. The sight and sound best drummers in the rudimental been unable to receive their awards in of nearly 30 snare drummers and four drumming realm. That makes this person. We’re delighted that John was rudimental bass drummers filling the “old Guard Drum Section” drum - able to receive our applause and ap - air with such a magnificent sound was mers’ drummers. This ensemble was preciation in person. inspiring beyond description. stirring to say the least. The execution Holy smokes…just when you Sunday morning found the member - was spot on, the general effect was thought that you couldn’t come up ship assessing the weekend events spot on and the audience appeal was with any higher compliments, even if and making suggestions that will help spot on. When they stopped playing your very life depended on it, here us set the presentations and tone for the audience rose up with a simulta - come the West point uS Army Hell - our next convention. The Fourth An - neous roar. If the uSA ever needs an cats Drum ensemble. After seeing the nual uSARD Convention will be held example of pride and leadership… old Guard drummers play earlier in April 19 - 21, 2013 at the Heritage here it is. This uSARD audience the afternoon, here now was a special Hotel in lancaster, pA. Register on couldn’t have been more receptive or presentation by the Hellcats. This is our website www.usard.org for those proud. like having two children and one interested in being a part of our next An evening dinner with special thinks that you love the other one great convention. speakers and specific topics was held more. no…in reality, the answer is we Bill McGrath Jr., author, and Steve in the main ballroom on Saturday love you both the same. After these Young, editor, are both co-presidents of evening. Steve young opened the fine performers played you couldn’t USARD. Bob Zarfoss, who contributed to evening hours by a moment of silence be more enthusiastic if paul mcCart - this article, is a USARD member. in honor of uSARD member Warren ney walked into the room. This was a Photography courtesy of Charlie Kam - lee who signed as the first registrant skillful crafting of ancient rudimental mer, treasurer for USARD. for this year’s event but passed away styles superimposed with contempo - just weeks before it. This observation rary sounds, visual treats, highly com - also included Doug Kleinhans who plex writing and good taste all in one was active in previous years before he performance. Wow…it was phenom - ImPOrtant nOtICe succumbed to many health issues. enal! A good number of us in the au - Both of these fine individuals will be dience have military backgrounds but When your mailing address changes, remembered and missed for a long we couldn’t have been more proud of please notify us promptly! time. these fine musician-drummers as uS A “lifetime Achievement Award” soldiers. The pleasure that we took in The post office does not advise us. into the uSARD was presented to seeing these fine performers of skill John C. Flowers. Bill mcGrath intro - and character play was just immeas - Write: membership Committee duced the award then invited Billy urable. If you want to know where p.o. Box 227, Ivoryton, CT 06442- mojica, who marched next to John in pride lives, where quality resides, if 0227 the Air Force Drum Corps, to join in to you want to know where honor is… or email: membership@companyof - make the actual presentation to John. look no further; here it is. The West fifeanddrum.org 12 Ancient times
lancraft’s 2012l Old timers’ night
Jollification under the tent at lancraft’s Old timer’s night 2012.
By DAve De lAnCey kitchen volunteers did the food prepa - who was in attendance for the ration, which included a big bucket of evening. Sheila also moonlighted with pril 26, 2012, north Haven, clam chowder prepared by Wally Burgundy Hill Colonials of meriden CT – even with a few rain Bauer. Thanks to vinnie Hines, Tom and The Tracy volunteer Fire Depart - Asprinkles, a good time was pieragostini, Denise Hernandez and ment Drum Corps from Wallingford. had by about 80 guests and members pat Rehermann for all the hard work! president emeritus George meinsen for the annual lancraft award night. It long distance members and guests of read the third citation honoring Bob was a particularly meaningful night the evening included ed Boyle from for me, because one of the awards philadelphia, lancraft member since went to my sister Sheila (De lancey) 1957, and Walter marks from myrtle Hamlin, lancraft fifer, who lost her Beach battle with leukemia in 2011. Twenty lancraft members played a As the invited fifers and drummers few tunes before the tables were set up assembled, and old friends greeted and the food served, including the tra - each other, the jam session began to ditional “lancraft steaks”… better gain in volume while the lancraft known to the rest of the world as hot dogs. After The Company prayer and a mo - Jack de lancey accepting sheila’s cita - tion from dave de lancey. ment of silence for Sheila, the first award of the evening was presented by Danny o’mara, lancraft president, which went to Connor Smith, the youngest lancraft bass drummer ever, sheila (de lancey) hamlin in at 11 years old. Connor is the son of 2004 playing at the jam session after dave and ginger’s wedding. lancraft snare drummer Steve Smith and nephew of Tom Smith, lancraft bass drummer, and grandson of Jay Atwell, the current bass drum instruc - Smith, snare drummer. tor for lancraft. Bob won the Con - It was my privilege to make the sec - necticut Junior Bass Drum ond award for my sister Sheila re - Championship at age 16. He was a ceived by my father, Jack De lancey, lancraft member from 1968 to 1976 lancraft fifer since 1982. Sheila joined and won six Connecticut State Bass lancraft in1998 and was the first fe - Drum Championships from 1970 to male to join the corps. Her early fifing 1975. experience was with yalesville Junior The lancrafter of the year award Ancients taught by eleanor Borek, was presented to Denise Hernandes, Ancient times 13 lancraft Fife Sergeant, by Danny o’mara for her exceptional service to the corps. In addition to her leadership in the fife Company Participates in section, Denise is an active lancraft volunteer. Her earlier fif - ing was with the yalesville Junior Ancients and the yalesville Ct Open house day Senior Ancients. Denise was also taught by eleanor Borek. By SARA BRoWn & SHAnnon mC - Frank Chasney ended the program with a spirited raffle of CluRe a dozen items, including a youth snare drum donated by lan - craft snare and bass drummer Joe velky- won by who else… he Company of Fifers & Drummers partici - Connor Smith. pated in the 8th Annual State of Connecti - Dave De Lancey started his drumming career with the Yalesville Tcut open House Day on Saturday, June Junior Ancients under Hugh Quigley. During the 1970’s he also 9th. The open House Day is sponsored by the played part time with the Burgandy Hills Colonials and the Tracey Connecticut Tourism Commission and museums Volunteer Fire Department Drum Corps. Dave joined Lancraft as and historical site provide discounted or free ad - a bass drummer in 2002 after serving on active duty in the U S mission, gifts or special exhibits to Connecticut Army for over 20 years, retiring from Fort Hood, Texas. Dave cur - residents. This year marks the first year that The rently plays snare and is also Lancraft’s Drum Major. Dave is mar - Company participated in the open House Day. ried to Ginger De Lancey, a Lancraft fifer. The doors opened at 9:00 a.m. and dozens of eager museum goers stopped in throughout the day to hear stories from museum docents includ - ing peter Degree, Shannon mcClure and Kevin Brown and tour the museum. visitors came from as far away as Georgia and orange park, Florida and across the state from meriden, Killingworth, north Branford, Durham, niantic, Simsbury, Ivoryton and new Hartford. many local folks mentioned that they had never visited before and enjoyed the opportunity. While many organizations were open to the public with free or reduced admission rates on Saturday for only two or three hours, we felt that the biggest impression could be made with the Yalesville alumni Pricilla (de roy) wawrzeniac, general public if we remained open for free all Coleen stack and eleanor borek. day. The museum was open from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with a total of 27 visitors. As this might not seem like a huge amount to you, it should be con - sidered that we do not often seen this much traf - fic in the building all summer. We are a small museum, but Saturday’s publicity was a big step for us. A special thanks goes out to Sara Brown, Shan - non mcClure, Kevin Brown, peter Degree Roberta and Haley Armstead for spending their Saturday in support of The Company & museum. As a reminder our museum is open every Sat - urday and Sunday from memorial through labor Day 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. If you are interested in becoming a docent and volunteering just a few denise hernandez hours of your time please contact peter Degree by receiving lancrafter of the Year award email [email protected]. from danny O’mara Anci ent times 14 aa sherman field music
Images from the 2012 westbrook muster Photography courtesy of Eileen Rodgers
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americlique the middlesex 4-h fife & drum 40th anniversary Party was held august 11th in westford, ma
Above & far right: members of the 4-h playing on stand in the rain Center: the musick of Prescott’s battalion. Photography courtesy of eileen Rodgers Ancient times 15 YOur COmPanY hall
By KevIn BRoWn Sturtze Room, we will transfer all the yanks music being the main topic of tools and supplies to there, and we the Junior Fife & Drum camp this ell hello everyone. Summer will then begin work on the Sturtze year. Stop by and take a peek. It is is upon us and the heat is Room to get rid of the mold problem. quite informative. There will also be a Wtaking over. Can’t wait to I have no idea how extensive it is, but reunion of the yanks at the DRAm tat - get dressed up in that heavy coated whatever needs to be done we will do. too. of course, you will have already uniform and march on the black - The rug has to go and we may have to seen that by the time you read this. topped streets until the sweat is run - take out some sheetrock, but we won’t We had a work weekend in April ning down your back, eh! Aaaaah, the know until we get in there. and it was a complete success. We had life and loves of drum corps. Seems upstairs in the display hall, we are a handful on Saturday with me, John like a cruel joke played upon the un - shaping up for the summer season. As Hannewich, Bill Stewart, ethel lavelle suspecting of a group of people who you have probably already read, The and Sally and Darby Roach. on Sun - love the music and would do any - Company took part in the Connecticut day we had a houseful. I opened the thing to play it. Anyhow, here’s to an - Tourism Day and we hosted some 30 doors at 10 Am and it wasn’t long be - other season and all the best in your visitors in a continuous flow for much fore Judy Barrows showed up. She got endeavors. of the open hours. With that we are to do the bathrooms and was just The real reason for this column is to hoping for a busier weekend period thrilled. Then in came Roberta and keep you apprised of what is going on when we are open for visitors during Hailey Johnson, Abbey Bradley and at your Company Hall. Things are the summer months. After all, we megan Cordeau. ethel was there shaping up slowly, but with patience have to keep our docent staff busy as again doing her thing with the outside and fortitude we will have progress. little beavers. With all the money we greenery. Then there was Bob The kitchen is still in the works as it pay them (just kidding) we have to Houchin, Donna vanDermeulen and took us a while to get the required in - keep them busy. Scott Baldwin. All in all we got a lot of spections from the Town of essex Some of the cabinets needed fixing work done and had a great time doing building inspector. It did finally hap - and peter Degree jumped right on it. it. my thanks go out to all of you for pen and they are thrilled with the elec - one of the bigger problems we were your help. When we left the building trical work and will just need to do a having in the hall was the coming that day, it was spic and span. final inspection when all the work is apart of some of the drums on display. last but not least, on Sunday, April complete. Insulation in the outside With the change in temperature and 29th we had a Concert at the Com - walls is finished and next up is the humidity, which we try and monitor pany Hall, featuring Chanteys and sheetrock and the floor tiling. Dave as best we can, the heads on a few of other songs of the Sea. The Ancient yedresek of the Deep River Seniors the drums were popping and needed mariners Chanteymen hosted a great will be doing the sheetrock and taping some immediate repair. As luck afternoon and evening with special and neil o’Brien of the Ancient would have it, and while I was dis - friends, marc Bernier and Cliff mariners is taking on the floor tiles. A cussing this problem with our presi - Haslam. As most of you know, big thanks to them because by the dent, Cap Corduan was listening and chanteys and beer just go together, so time you read this all that work will volunteered to fix any and all of the the bar was very busy and a good time be accomplished. I have put out the drums that required mending. It was had by all. near the end Cliff had word to the folks who are donating didn’t take her long before they were everyone up and dancing to the Ger - cabinets and appliances that the time all back in shape and looking good. So man Clockwinder. The audience was is near. So as soon as we hear from thanks Cap and keep up the good beeping and hopping and swaying them the installation process can work. with the music. It was truly a festive begin. In the cabinet used as a rotating time. As I looked out from the stage once we have a viable workroom, theme display, Brendan mason is put - on all the fun being had, it made me which is the small area at the end of ting together a tribute to the Connecti - realize that this is what this building the bar between the kitchen and the cut yanks. This coincides with the is all about. It is cont. on p. 16 16 Ancient times rIChard “dICk” COle the muffled Richard Alan Cole, 77, died peace - daughters, Katherine Cole Brake, her drum fully may 27, 2012 in the company of husband, Dennis Brake and their family and friends at lawrence me - daughter Alexandria Brake of Deep morial Hospital. For the past 12 years River, Jennifer Budlong Cole and her he had made his home with his husband, Ben Smith, of manassas, daughter Katherine and her family in vA; his sister muriel Bendzinski of Centerbrook and Deep River, CT. newington; and many loving nieces richard alan Cole, 77 Born January 11, 1935 in Hartford to and nephews. His parents and his snare drummer elizabeth moffat Cole and David brothers, Tom, Sam and earl Cole sailing masters of 1812 Cole, he grew up in Hartford before and his sisters, ethel Cole, Hazel may 27, 2012 serving with the uS marine Corps miles, Shirley Rondinone and Betty from 1953 to 1956 in Korea and Japan. Belles, predeceased him. In addition Following his discharge in 1956, he to family, he leaves his dear friends went to work for the Davey Tree ex - Sandy lohmeyer of Clinton, Bob pert Company of Kent, oH where he Chester and nancy larson of old was employed until 1968. During that lyme and furry friends, Boo, otis and from the editor: time he attended and then taught for mei ling. As his granddaughter, missing Obituaries several years at the Davey Institute of Alex, was growing up he took great Tree Surgery at Kent State university. pleasure in sharing his love of the For two years he supervised the land - natural world with her. She will al - I was recently informed scaping at the Johnsonville restora - ways look for small treasures along about the passing of the fol - tion project in moodus; returning to stream beds and beaches and think of lowing individuals who the Davey Company in 1970. In 1983 him. For many years he enjoyed the were members of the Con - he started his own business, land - camaraderie and the music of the necticut Rebels Fife & Drum scapes, which he ran until his death. essex Sailing masters of 1812. He will Corps: He was justly proud that his chosen be missed by all who knew him. work made the world a more beauti - patrick A. Sullivan, 54 ful and orderly place. He leaves his Submitted by Mark Chiaramonte, presi - d. may 22, 2012 companion of many years, linda dent, business / marketing manager, Trawick of old Saybrook, his two and fifer with the Sailing Masters Richard Hubbard, 82 d. october 20, 2010 cont. from p. 15
However, I have not been about music. The hall was filled and sent actual obituaries for ei - music rang out and everyone was hav - ther person. If anyone ing a good time. I’m sure that the ImpoRTAnT: oBITuARIeS would like to submit an ghosts were feeling the fun as well. So, obituary to publish in The let’s keep it up and have more of this Muffled Drum section of the If you know of a member of the fife at the hall. Come and enjoy concerts. Ancient Times , please contact and drum community who passes Show up and help us work and most the editor at away, please notify the Ancient of all be a part of this great building. It deirdre.sweeney Times immediately so we can ensure is your Company Hall. @hotmail.com publication of a timely and thought - Kevin Brown is a member of the Ancient ful obituary. Mariners, Director of the Junior Colonials of Westbrook, member of the Executive Committee of The Company of Fifers & Drummers, and Facilities Manager at The Company Headquarters and Museum. Ancient times 17 Item# Description Qty Price Total The Company BK001 The Company Music Book - Vol.I $19 Sto re BK002 The Company Music Book - Vol. II $24 BK003 The Company Music Book - Vol. III $15 mail order Form BK024 The Company Music Book - Vol. IV $15 BK004 Camp Duty Music Book (CFD) $18 BK005 The Muffled Drum (CFD) $5 shIP tO: BK006 Tunes of the Hudon Valley - Vol.I (Attanasio & Grady) $10 name BK007 Tunes of the Hudon Valley - Vol.II (Attanasio & Grady) $14 BK008 Camp Dupont Music Book $7 Address BK009 Chas. T. Kirk Fife Music Book $15 BK010 American Rudimental Method Drum Book (Classey) $7
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