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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
Part 6 of 6  Drum Corps Associates (Senior Corps)  information

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7.0  DCA and the Senior corps.
    7.1  Drum Corps Associates (DCA)
        7.1.1  The DCA Story
        7.1.2  Corps listing
    7.2  Parade Corps
        7.2.1  Ballad of the Unsung Heros
        7.2.2  Corps listing
    7.3  Rehearsals
    7.4  Fallen Comrades
        7.4.1 Folded Corps
        7.4.2 MIA Corps
    7.5  DCA Champions
    7.6  1993 Schedule
    7.7  1993 Repertoires


      "When the first shovel of dirt hits my face...."

                                      - Robert "Pepe" Nataro

7.1  Drum Corps Associates (DCA)

    7.1.1  The DCA Story.

    In September of 1963, five men, Henry "Lefty" Mayer (NY
Skyliners), George Bull (Yankee-Rebels), Randy Roy (Reading
Buccaneers), Pete Burns (Conn. Hurricanes), and Carmen Cirlincione
(Archer-Epler Musketeers), met in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania to
discuss the possibilities of creating an organization dedicated to promoting
senior drum and bugle corps.  This was the start of the Drum Corps
Associates a.k.a DCA and it continued the legacy created by the V.F.W.
which discontinued its senior championship after 1962.  The first corps
to become charter members were the Buccaneers, Hurricanes,
Interstatesmen, Musketeers, Rockets, Skyliners, and Yankee-Rebels. Two
years later, the first DCA championship was help at Milford, Connecticut.
Six of the seven charter corps competed on September 11, 1965, the
Reading Buccaneers won.  Today, 30 years later, the DCA still thrives.
Many corps have had the honor of being DCA Champions.

    7.1.2  Corps Listing

    Information compiled from '89, '90, '92 DCA Championship
Programs.

        Corps (alias):  Bluegrass Brass (BGB)
        Location:       Lexington, KY
        Director:       Mike Phillips
        Address:        P.O. Box 4494
        City/State:     Lexington, KY
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1991

        Corps (Alias):  Brigadiers
        Location:       Syracuse, New York
        Director:       Dennis Cappello
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:        1990 (reformed after 19 years in absentia)

        Corps (Alias):  Buccaneers  (Bucs)
        Location:       Reading, Pennsylvania
        Director:       Ron Gehris/Grant Hill
        Address:        P.O. Box 13032
        City/State:     Reading, PA 19612
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1957

        Corps (Alias):  Bushwackers  (Bush)
        Location:       Harrison, New Jersey
        Director:       Michael Olszewski/Jay Marlot
        Address:        39 Oakland Avenue-Apt. 304
        City/State:     Bloomfield, NJ  07003
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1981

        Corps (Alias):  Caballeros  (Cabs)
        Location:       Hawthorne, New Jersey
        Director:       James J. Costello, Jr.
        Address:        119 Webster Avenue
        City/State:     Paterson, NJ  07501
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1946

        Corps (Alias):  Capitol Brass Ensemble
        Location:       Latham, New York
        Director:       Thomas MacDonald
        Address:        36 Michaelangelo Street
        City/State:     Lathan, NY  12110
        Phone:          [phone]-8507
        Founded:

    Corp Name:      Chieftains
    Location:       Lehigh Valley, PA
    Director:       Rodney Yetter
    Address:        P.O. Box 786
        City/State:     Allentown, PA 18105-0786
    Phone:          [phone]
    Founded:        1987
    Internet POC:   [e-mail] (Thomas S. Freedman)

        Corps (Alias):  Crusaders
        Location:       Rochester, Ney York
        Director:       Thomas Peashey
        Address:        P.O. Box 15424
        City/State:     Rochester, NY  14615
        Phone:          [phone]-7117
        Founded:        1947
        Internet POC:   [e-mail]  (Scott S. Shyne)

        Corps (Alias):  Empire Statesman  (Empire)
        Location:       Rochester, New York
        Director:       Vincent Bruni
        Address:        118 Payne Beach Road
        City/State:     Hilton, NY  14468
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1983

        Corps (Alias):  Excaliber
        Location:       Erie, Pennsylvania
        Director:       Peter Baideme
        Address:        P.O. Box 6607
        City/State:     Erie, PA  16512
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Firebirds
        Location:       Dallas, Texas
        Director:       Freddie Butlar
        Address:        1009 Sylvan Dr.
        City/State:     Garland, TX  75040
        Phone:          [phone]  (Chris Boyd)
        Founded:        1994
        Internet:       [e-mail] (Eric Senzig)

        Corps (Alias):  Hurricanes  (Hurcs)
        Location:       Shelton, Connecticut
        Director:       Bob Bradley
        Address:        P.O. Box 471
        City/State:     Derby, CT  06418
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1932 (Fife & Drum)/1955 (Drum & Bugle)

        Corps (Alias):  Keystoners
        Location:       Milton, Pennsylvania
        Director:       Dale Criswell
        Address:        P.O. Box 96
        City/State:     Milton, PA 17847
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Kingsmen  (Pepe's Corps)
        Location:       Bridgport, Connecticut
        Director:       Carol Jacobs and Rita Hudson
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (alias):  Les Dynamiques
        Location:       Canada
        Director:
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Les Metropolitains Du Quebec
        Location:       Montreal, Quebec, Canada
        Director:       Rene Rockbrune
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:        1991

        Corps (Alias):  Minnesota Brass, Inc.
        Location:       St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota
        Director:       Scotty Wild
        Address:        Box 7341
        City/State:     St. Paul, MN  55107
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1946
        POC:        Eryn O'Brien - [phone]
        Internet:    [e-mail] (Dave Whitaker)

        Corps (Alias):  Royalaires
        Location:       Guelph, Ontario, Canada
        Director:       Al Strassburg
        Address:        8 Tupper Court
        City/State:     Kitchener, Ontario - Canada, N2B 2Y3
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Skyliners  (Sky)
        Location:       New York, New York
        Director:       Robert Holton
        Address:        100 Drake Place
        City/State:     Colonia, NJ  07067
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1946

        Corps (Alias):  Steel City Ambassadors  (Steel)
        Location:       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
        Director:       Rob Hoenshel
        Address:        P.O. Box 2631
        City/State:     Pittsburgh, PA  15230
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1981

        Corps (Alias):  Sunrisers  (Sun)
        Location:       Edison, New Jersey  (formely Long Island, New York)
        Director:       Gary Williams
        Address:        93 Halsey St., Apt. C4
        City/State:     Brooklyn, NY  11216
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1954

        Corps (Alias):  Vanguard
        Location:       Chicago, Illinois
        Director:       Ron Brandt
        Address:        22 W. 320 Balsam Drive
        City/State:     Glen Ellyn, IL  60137
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Westshoremen
        Location:       Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
        Director:       Daniel Bowman
        Address:        RD 8, Box 360A
        City/State:     Carlisle, PA  17013
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1946


7.2  Parade Corps

    7.2.1  Ballad of the Unsung Heros

    Parade corps are almost always senior by nature.  As the class
name implies, these corps march in parades or perform at "standstills."
Although many drum corps nuts do not consider these units as part of the
continuum, they do provide an alternative for people who want to be part
of drum corps, but cannot afford the time the field (DCA) units demand.
Parade corps generally practice 3 hours a week.  The atmosphere is not
stressful and of all the types of corps, it is the most family oriented.
Most parade corps will not travel more than 2 hours from their HQ so it
is easy to pack up the family and drag them to the various parades.  Many
of the DCA corps started as parade corps, it is a great way to start a corps'
economy.


    7.2.2  Corps Listing

        Corps (Alias):  Jersey Coast Sound
        Location:       V.F.W Post 8865 - Bricktown, New Jersey
        Director:       Roger Exposito
        Address:        RD 2 Box 26
        City/State:     Jackson, NJ  08527
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1990
        Internet POC:   [e-mail]  (Martin E. Cross)


        Corps (alias):  Mighty St. Joe's
        Location:       LeRoy, N.Y.
        Director:       Bob "Sully" Sullivan
        Address:        3 Bank Street
        City/State:     LeRoy, NY
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:        1991 (Active Junior Corps 1931-1971)
        Information:    Bob Blonowicz
                        28 Cross Roads Lane
                        Rochester, NY 14612
        Internet POC:   [e-mail]  (Curt Anderson)

        Corps (Alias):  Melrose Black Hawks
        Location:       South Amboy, New Jersey
        Director:
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Connecticut Alumni Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps
        Location:       David S. Miles Post - Oxford, Connecticut
        Director:       James Nestor
        Address:        Rt. 67
        City/State:     Oxford, CT
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Generations Alumni Corps
        Location:       Bristol, Rhode Island
        Director:
        Address:        P.O. Box 71
        City/State:     Bristol, RI  02809
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Westchester Brassmen
        Location:       Harrison, New York
        Director:       Joe Mazzullo
        Address:        80 Batavia Place
        City/State:     Harrison, NY  10528
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  American Spirit
        Location:       Tampa, Florida
        Director:
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:          [phone]-1346
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Marksmen Alumni Corps
        Location:       Springfield, Massechusetts
        Director:       Doug White
        Address:        68 Westbanks Ct.
        City/State:     Springfield, MA  01118
        Phone:          [phone]
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Blessed Sacrament (Alumni)
        Location:       Union, New Jersey
        Director:
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:        1990

        Corps (Alias):  The Volunteers
        Location:       Lambertville, New Jersey
        Director:
        Address:        P.O. Box 347
        City/State:     Lambertville, NJ  08530
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Archer-Epler Musketeers
        Location:       Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
        Director:
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Yankee-Rebels  (Alumni)
        Location:       Baltimore, Maryland
        Director:
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Princemen
        Location:       Lt. Norman Prince Post - Melrose, MA
        Director:
        Address:        428 Main Street
        City/State:     Melrose, MA
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Lancers
        Location:       Detroit/Wyandotte, Michigan
        Director:
        Address:
        City/State:
        Phone:
        Founded:

        Corps (Alias):  Spartans
        Location:       Vancouver WA/Portland OR
        Director:       Bill Steiner Jr.
        Address:
        City/State:     Vancouver, WA
        Phone:          [phone] (bingo hall), [phone]
            (info line)
        Founded:        1968
        Internet POC:   [e-mail]  (Robert Koreis)

    Corps (Alias): Governaires
    Location     : St Peter, MN
    Founded      : 1927

7.3  Rehearsals

    It should be pointed out that senior corps are comprised of people
who are, for the most part, not young anymore.  They are people who have
careers under way, families in the making, houses needing painting, and
all the other wonderous (more like ponderous) things that happen on the
threshold of "mid-life."  This reduces the amount of time that senior
corps have to operate.  Serior corps members are the epitome of the
weekend warrior and the weekend starts 8:00 pm Friday and ends
somewhere near 8:00 pm the following Sunday.  There are a few breaks so
the members can abuse BEER!!!  Norm Peterson ("Cheers") is a feather
weight compared to any one of the Hawthorne Caballero's Contra players.
    The senior season runs from mid April (first of the senior
versions of camps) to Labor Day weekend (the ever lovin' Championship
weekend).


7.4  Fallen Comrades

    7.4.1  Folded Corps

                1) Rielly Raiders - Philadelphia, PA
                2) Matadors - Providence, RI
                3) Interstatesman
                4) Rockets - Pittsburgh, PA
                5) Phoenix
                6) Boys of '76


    7.4.2  MIA corps (What has happened to these guys?)

                1) Metropolitans
                2) Ambassadors
                4) Les Diplomats
                5) Commanders
                6) Thunderbirds - Erie, PA
                8) Sentinels
                10) Les Ambassaduers
                11) Allouettes
                12) Regionaires
                13) L'Odyssey
                14) Les Cascaduers


7.5  DCA Champions

        1965    Bucanneers  (first DCA Chamionship)
        1966    Skyliners
        1967    Hurricanes
        1968    Buccaneers
        1969    Hurricanes
        1970    Caballeros
        1971    Skyliners
        1972-74 Caballeros  (1973 only sweep of major captions)
        1975    Skyliners
        1976    Caballeros
        1977-78 Sunrisers
        1979-80 Buccaneers
        1981    Hurricanes
        1982-83 Sunrisers
        1984-85 Caballeros
        1986    Bushwackers
        1987    Sunrisers  (Finals rained-out, Prelims stood - Sun first)
        1988    Sunrisers-Bushwackers (first tie in DCA history)
        1989-90 Bushwackers
        1991    Empire Statesmen
        1992    Bushwackers
        1993    Bushwackers


7.6  1993 Schedule


    DCA Finals will be held Sept. 4-5, 1993 in Scranton, PA.

7.7  1993 Repertoires

        1) Empire Statesman -
                Old Man River
                New Orlean's Medley
                   - Bill Bailey
                   - Rampart Street Parade
                   - Drum Solo (untitled)
                Dixie

        2) Steel City Ambassadors -
                Blood, Sweat, and Tears

        3) NY Skyliners-
                Excerpts from "Guys and Dolls"

        4) Rochester Crusaders -
                Brazil - ala Maynard Ferguson
                God Bless a Child - Blood, Sweat, and Tears
                Summertime - from the "High Class Brass" album by
                             by Jeff Tyzik and Allen Vizutti

    5) Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps

        Selections from the musical "West Side Story"
            - One Hand One Heart
            - Somewhere
        Selections from the musical "Sweet Charity"
            - If My Friends Could See Me Now
            - I'm a Brass Band
            - Hey Big Spender
        Bully (Chicago Cavaliers arrangement)
        Battle Hymn of the Republic
        Auld Lang Syne (Kilties arrangement)
        Since I Fell (Blue Devils arrangement)
        Broadway Fanfare


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