Drum Corps International 1997 Yearbook

DCI Atlantic Division DCI - AD administered by Drum Corps International Sue Kuehnhold, P.O. Box 548, Lombard, IL 60148-0548, phone 630.495.9866, extension #23, fax 630.495.3792 Tony DiCarlo, 246 West St., South Weymouth, MA 01288, phone 617.331.9500, fax 617.331.6636 DCI/Drum Corps West DCI - DCWest an alliance with Drum Corps International Sue Kuehnhold, P.O. Box 548, Lombard, IL 60148-0548, phone 630.495.9866, extension #23, fax 630.495.3792 Tom Hope, 372 Florin Rd. #303, Sacramento, CA 95831, phone 916.429.9545, same number for fax Drum Corps Associates DCA Michael Petrone, 10 Columbus Dr., Monmouth Beach, NJ 07750-1004, phone 908.222.3835 *, no fax Drum Corps Holland OCH Jos Brusse, Dasseburcht 7, 3892 Zeewolde, etherlands, phone 011.31.36.5224254, fax 011.31.36.5227417 Drum Corps International DCI Dan Acheson, P.O. Box 548, Lombard, IL 60148-0548, ext. 26, phone 630.495.9866, fax 630.495.3792 Drum Corps Midwest DCM Roman Blenski, 4601 W. Holt Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53219-4729, phone 414.327.2847, fax 414.543.8289 Drum Corps Phillippines E.S. Romero, 2320-A DlagaSt., Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila, Philippines, no phone/fax Drum Corps United Kingdom DCUK John Boyington, The Oliver Hind Club, Edale Rd., Sneinton Dale, Nottingham NG2 4HT England, phone 0ll.44.115.911.0341, fax 0ll.44.115.911.0342 Eastern Massachusetts Association E-Mass 8 Highland Ave., Stoneham, MA 02180-1870, phone 617.438.3631 *, no fax Federation des Associations Musicales du Quebec FAMQ Suzie Proulx, P.O. Box 1000, Succersale M., Montreal, Quebec Hl V 3R2, phone 514.252.3025, fax 514.251.8038 Field Band Foundation FBF Johann Zietsman, 29 Acutt St., Durban, KwaZulu - Natal, P.O. Box 5353, Durban 4000 South Africa, 031.304.3631 Garden State Circuit GSC Roger Exposito, 269 Andrews Rd., Jackson, NJ 08527-4752, phone 908.928.9699 *, fax 201.824.5224 Ontario Drum Corps Association ODCA Betty Schmidt, P.O. Box 40056, Waterloo Square Station, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4Vl, phone 519.742.5811, fax 519.742.5501 All Japan Marching Band & Baton Twirling Assoc. 408 10-8 Nishi-Gotanda Zcho-Me ShnaGawa-Ku, Tokyo, Japan JP141, phone +81-33(493)-6357

r. ---- --------, Yes, I want to assist the 21st Century Drum & Bugle Corps Foundation, Inc. 1 □ $10 □ $25 □ $50 □ $75 □ $100 □ $250 □ $500 I 0 $750 0 $1,000 0 $2,500 0 $5,000 0 $ --- I 0 Full payment enclosed 1 0 1st quarterly payment enclosed 0 Send quarterly reminder I ST 0 In-kind, indicate type ________ _ I Name _____________ _ I Company name 1 CENTOR.Y Address ____________ _ State-_-_-_-_-=._-=._-=._-=._-=._-=._-=._-=._-=._-=._-=._=--Z-ip_C_o_d_e=====-=- I City I Drum ilnd Bugle Corps Phone -------------- I F d t ' I Make check or money order payable to: 1 OUn O IOn, nc. 21st Century Drum & Bugle Corps Foundation, Inc. ----------- L Madison, WI 53708-8052 IRS 501(c)(3) application approved May 16, 1996 c/o Post Office Box 8052 Chartered with the Wisconsin Secretary of State September 27, 1995

he brassy blare of bugles and the Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. The size of the thundering of percussion bursts forth TV crew at that time involved 60 personnel, amid a flourish of swirling colors. The two huge NBC semi-trailers and 10 cameras. ' action is broadcast live to television sets The crew also imported huge banks of lights in across the country, catching the eyes and ears order to boost stadium light for broadcasting of millions of potential and current drum corps the nighttime event. The growth during that fans. period of time was made possible in large part due to the generous contributions of the Cook Videotape rolls and cameras zoom in. Veteran drum corps announcer Steve Rondinaro Group Industries. Without such support, that level of production would have never been enthusiastically describes each corps as the possible. dramatic spectacle of music and motion appears to unfold effortlessly on the field. Few Talented television professionals have also in the audience will even be aware of the contributed generously over the years by history, planning, capitol and effort that goes providing the skill and knowledge to create a into the production of the broadcast. high-quality, exciting program. Drum corps veteran Steve Rondinaro has been co-hosting The first broadcast was produced in 1974 from the University of Wisconsin's Warhawk the DCI broadcast since 1979 and will again Stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin. It featured join drum corps legends Michael Cesario and Dennis DeLucia in hosting the broadcast in an edited version of the 12 Finalists and was 1997. Steve began his drum corps career as a called \"Best of the Midwest.\" Under the member and director of the Squires Drum and direction of Art Luebke, WHA-TV in Whitewater produced the show using only Bugle Corps of Watkins Glen, N.Y., then became the founder and director of the Florida four camera angles and mastered it in an RV Wave in Miami. truck. Another production shot the same year in Ithaca, N.Y., featured the top three corps at Other noteworthy co-hosts of the DCI the DCI World Championships. Both of these broadcast over the years include Rita Moreno, programs were edited then shown on regional Chuck Mangione, Maynard Ferguson, Rob PBS networks. McConnell, Charles Webb (Dean of the IU School of Music), and Jim Peck. Drum corps fans had to wait until the 1975 World Championships for the first live The SUMMER MUSIC GAMES Broadcast broadcast. By 1978, 83 PBS stations were provides the single largest exposure to new carrying the program. audiences that the drum corps activity has. Of the 332 public television stations across the In 1981, the DCI World Championships travelled to Montreal, Quebec, and was too country, 94 % of them carry the highlights expensive to send a crew so far. Instead, they broadcast one or more times throughout the shot the 10th Anniversary of DCI Midwest and year. Experts in the field have reported that 10 - 14 million viewers watch the program every featured all 12 Finalist corps in a marathon four-hour broadcast. The budget for the year. program was $45,000. DCI produced it, The effect of the program is clear. Phones at National Association of Music Merchants the DCI headquarters ring off the hook with (NAMM) underwrote the bulk of the expense merchandise and ticket orders from the areas and WHA-TV picked up the balance. where it is being shown. The broadcast also generates more than 12,000 requests for The program continued to grow. By 1993, in information annually. Miami, Florida, it was a \"big time\" production with seven cameras, and equipment and The 23rd Drum Corps International broadcast, production trucks rented from CBS. DCI sponsored and produced by IBM Interactive produced a live two-hour broadcast of the top Media, will showcase the 1997 SUMMER five corps, as well as a highlights version MUSIC GAMES World Championships to featuring the top 12 corps. After the program nearly 14 million viewers. The broadcast will added a sixth corps to the live broadcast in the feature the top 12 drum and bugle corps from 1990 season, a tie for sixth place in 1992 throughout the world as well as highlights pushed the crew to squeeze in a seventh corps. from 25 years of Drum Corps International. The budget of the broadcast has grown with its size and quality over the years, reaching as high as $225,000 in 1992 at Camp Randall

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