The 43rd Annual World Drum Corps Hall of fame Induction Ceremony & Dinner Friday, August 30, 2019 Garden Terrace Room Genetti Hotel Williamsport, PA www.WorldDrumCorpsHOF.org Agenda for the 43rd Annual World Drum Corps Hall of Fame Banquet & Induction Ceremony Friday, August 30, 2019 1. Welcome and Introduction of Head Table and Officers Executive Secretary and Master of Ceremonies Bob Zarfoss 2. National Anthems: Canadian, Japanese, and American 3. Introduce Mr. Bob Findley for the induction of Associate Members, after which Mr. Findley will present the scholarship winner 4. Bob Zarfoss will present Distinguished Professional Achievement Award to: George Takei, actor, director, social activist 5. Introduce Rick Morey, Selection committee chair, to present the Hall of Fame International category inductees, Shinichi Onodera and Sadao Yokota 6. Introduce Bill McGrath to honor deceased members with prayer and moment of silence 7. Dinner 8. WDCHOF member and special guest speaker, Joe Marrella, will speak about the value of drum corps 9. Introduce Rich Templin for the induction of new members. NOTE: General Membership Meeting, 10:00am, Saturday, August 31, Washington Room, Genetti Hotel World Drum Corps Hall of Fame Board of Trustees for the Year 2018/2019 Vince Bruni | Founder George Bull | President Emeritus Bob Glovna | President Emeritus Bob Peterson | President Emeritus Rich Templin ............................................................................................President Robert Findley .............................Associate Membership & Vice President Bob Zarfoss .......................................................................Executive Secretary Bob Neuhoff/Richard Warga .................................................. Co-Treasurers Larry Hershman .......................................................................... Administrator Rick Morey .................................................Ballot Selection Committee Chair Bill McGrath, Jr. ..........Chaplain-Historian, Senior Editor/Program Book Dan Rippon .........................................................Systems Information Chairs Robert Q. Bradley .........................Assistant Associate Membership Chair Roman Blenski ..................................................................Merchandising Chair Roy Wilson ..............................Contributing Author/Public Relations Chair Cathy Cardaneo ...........................................................................Banquet Chair Gail Langan .........................................................................Multi Media Director Canadian National Anthem O Canada! O Canada, we stand on guard Our home and native land! for thee. True patriot love in all of God keep our land glorious us command. and free! With glowing hearts we see O Canada, we stand on guard thee rise, for thee. The True North strong and free! O Canada, we stand on guard From far and wide, for thee. Japanese National Anthem Thousands of years of happy reign be thine; Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow Whose venerable sides the moss doth line. The Star-Spangled Banner Oh, say! can you see by the And the rocket’s red glare, dawn’s early light the bombs bursting in air, What so proudly we hailed at the Gave proof through the night twilight’s last gleaming; that our flag was still there. Whose broad stripes and bright O say does that star-spangled stars, through the perilous fight, banner yet wave O’er the ramparts we watched O’er the land of the free and were so gallantly streaming? the home of the brave? Induction Ceremony The World Drum Corps Hall of Fame recognizes Associations. Nominees must have dedicated at individuals who have contributed significantly to least five years of service to one of these groups the development and continuing excellence of as a performer or in a support role. drum and bugle corps activity over a number of The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award is years across North America and beyond. presented to those who have dedicated a major The World Drum portion of their adulthood to a particular field in Corps Hall of Fame the Drum Corps activity. operated as an The Distinguished Professional Achievement open forum by its Award confers full regular membership status to founder Vincent A. a qualified former drum & Bugle Corps member. Bruni from 1976 to This is an individual who has transitioned to other 1989. In 1990 Mr. professional settings by developing mastery of Bruni graciously skills and attention to detail through the self- endorsed a discipline that Drum Corps training provides. The suggestion from inaugural winner of this category, inducted in fellow associates, 2014, retired astronaut Christopher Ferguson, Bill McGrath Sr, marched in the Philadelphia PAL cadets in the John Laskowski, 1970’s. Joseph Capone, and William International members are honored for “Bill” Hooten to their major contributions to the drum corps establish a Certificate of Incorporation. This community outside of North America. was initiated through the University of the State of New York Department of Education and the All World Drum Corps Hall of Fame members are WDCHOF still holds that status today. encouraged to lend their efforts and experience to any persons, corps or related organizations New members are elected in five categories: seeking help in promoting and continuing drum Members, Associate Members, President’s and bugle corps activity. Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and Distinguished Professional Achievement Award A vital purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recipients and International. foster camaraderie among individuals and organizations seeking help in promoting and Members are selected on the basis of their continuing drum and bugle corps activity, achievements through many years in drum enhancing constructive contributions in all areas. corps activity. These achievements include, but are not limited to: arranging, administration, Since its founding in 1976 by the late Vince Bruni adjudication, instruction, innovation, show of Rochester, N.Y. membership in the World design and contest promotion, Drum Corps Hall of Fame has grown from six charter members to 532 men and women from Those nominated for Associate Member include across the United States, Canada and Europe. individuals in an active Junior, Senior or All-Age Membership reflects 319 members and 213 Drum Corps, including Alumni Corps and Alumni associate members. World Drum Corps Hall of Fame Associate Member Inductees 2019 Rick Anderson Cherokee Marino-Baer Timothy Boardman Gord Cupskey Brian Moul Doreen Sandor Daniel Staffieri Associate Member Inductees Rick Anderson Cherokee Merino-Baer of York, Pennsylvania of Williamsburg, Virginia Performing as a soprano soloist and horn instructor (posthumous) for Hanover Lancers and Lancers Alumni Corps Cherokee Merino-Baer is considered a drum since 1974 is just part of Rick Anderson’s musical corps pioneer, one of the most significant snare legacy. While serving on the Lancers’ board of drummers of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her directors he has worked to ensure membership mentors along the way include many well-known growth, encourage participation in events far rudimental drum instructors, including Ray Luedee, outside the community and is the backstage Earl Sturtze, Jack Lester and Eric Perrilloux. director of Profiles in Music, the Lancers perennially sold-out alumni show held on the Penn As a member of St. Rita’s Brassmen in 1973, she State University campus in York. was the first woman to march in a nationally contending snare section, alongside future World Before retiring as music department chair of the Drum Corps Hall of Fame member John Oddo. York Suburban School District, he was director of the Wind Ensemble and Marching Knights at As a snare drummer and section leader with N.D.- York Suburban High School. He was also music ettes All Girl Drum and Bugle Corps (founded in director and conductor for 25 music theatre October 1963 by Notre Dame Girls High School of productions at York Suburban. He is a member of Bridgeport, Connecticut, going inactive in 1973) the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. He she was Massachusetts State snare drum state was the Cavalcade of Bands Association Director champion, Eastern States champion and World of the Year in 2006 and was inducted into the Open silver medalist all in 1968. Her drum quartet Cavalcade Hall of Fame in 2009. won first prize in World Open Quartet contests in 1967 and 1968. He is a member of Phi Beta Mu, a national honorary bandmasters association. One of the founders of She began drum and bugle corps activity playing Youth Music Abroad, he has toured Europe with cymbals and tenor drum with Norwalk Hot young musicians. He has also traveled nationally Shots from 1961 to 1966. She played snare and internationally as a professional entertainer with Emerald Cadets of New Haven and Milford and musician. Shoreliners before joining St. Rita’s Brassmen. She was drum instructor of the N.D.-ettes and He served as music director at The Belmont Bengal Lancers in the early 1970s. She was Theater for two seasons and was music director a percussion judge in the Northeastern circuit in and conductor at Opera Lancaster for five years 1978. after retiring from teaching. Cherokee Merino-Baer passed away in He completed his undergraduate work at the August, 2017. College of Wooster with trumpet studies at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He studied orchestral directing with Stuart