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词条 Boston Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps
释义
      Seniors' current Board of Directors    Current staff  

  1. History

  2. Senior traditions

      Music    Conquest    Giant    El Capitan    Crusader symbols  

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Boston Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps
| logo = Boston Crusaders Senior Corps Logo.svg
| caption =
| location = Boston, MA
| division =
| founded = 1991
| director = Jack LaSelva[1]
| titles =
| uniform = Black tuxedo pants, black long-sleeve dress shirt, black shako with a white plume, white cross strap with silver buckle, red and white cord, red sash, a red drop sash (with a white Waldo Lion on it)
| website = {{URL|http://www.crusaderseniorcorps.org/}}
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The Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps of Boston is an alumni drum and bugle corps from Boston, Massachusetts founded in 1991. It is a not-for-profit, music organization with members ranging in age from 23-73.[2] They march in parades[3] and shows and concerts in 6 different states. The Senior corps also works very closely with the junior corps, with many of the alumni volunteering to help their younger counterparts thrive both on and off the field.[4] The corps has a color guard with a full American Section, who use rifles, sabers, as well as flags. The drum line contains 5 base drum players, 4 tenors, 7 snare players, and 3 cymbal players. There are approximately 50 members in the Horn Line. Though many alumni corps will only allow former junior corps members to march with them, the Crusader Seniors corps consists of members from dozens of former drum corps and bands.

Corps that Crusader Seniors Hail From
Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps
The Light Brigade
The 27th Lancers of Revere
The Princemen (Lt. Norman Prince) of Malden/Melrose
The Anunciators of Somerville
North Star of North Shore
The I.C. Reveries of Revere
St. Kevin’s of Dorchester
St. William’s of Dorchester
Sacred Heart of Roslindale
St. Agnes of Arlington
and many more.

While many corps are run by a director, this alumni corps is run by a board of directors, and a staff responsible for musical and choreographic instruction.

Seniors' current Board of Directors

  • President: Jack LaSelva
  • Vice President: Arthur Kellerman
  • Treasurer: Jim Gillett
  • Secretary: Nancy Swiniarski
  • Drum Line Representative: Mike Reed
  • Color Guard Representative: Nancy Doyle
  • Horn Line Representative: Bill Finnigan
  • Horn Line Representative: Bill Richards
  • Horn Line Representative: Matt Warner[5]

Current staff

  • Music Director: Joe Nuccio
  • Horn Instructor: John Maxner
  • Horn Instructor: George Kintz
  • Percussion Instructor: Al (Cisco) Colleameno
  • Percussion Instructor: Frank Grelle
  • Percussion Instructor: Joe Lyons
  • Percussion Instructor: Steve Wolpe
  • Color Guard Instructor: Lanette Vaillancourt
  • Color Guard Instructor: Sandy Walsh
  • Drill Instructor: Cathy LaSelva
  • Webmaster: Larry Marino[6]

History

The Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps of Boston was founded by twin brothers Neil and Terry Connolly, both alumni of the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, which is also referred to as the junior corps. The Connollys' senior corps was dubbed “the Saders” and with the additions of the late Crusader legends Ed Denon and Paul Bush who brought instructional expertise into the mix, the group became a viable unit.[7] The first Senior Crusader performance took place in 1992, at the Patriots' Day Parade in Medford, Massachusetts. In the almost twenty years since then, the corps has gathered a large following, through its performances in parades, concerts, exhibitions and other events in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Maine, Maryland, as well as in 40+ cities and towns throughout Massachusetts. Some notable performances for this corps include the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame Parade in 2005, which celebrated the Boston Red Sox winning their first World Series Title in 80 years, and the NHL Winter Classic at historic Fenway Park.[8] The Crusader Seniors' are also one of only two corps to appear in every DCA Alumni Spectacular[9] since the show’s inception in 1998.

The first home for the “Saders” (now officially renamed the Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps of Boston) was at the City Hall in Waltham, Massachusetts, though, over the years, the corps has had numerous practice facilities in the greater Boston area. The corps now calls the Lt. Norman Prince VFW Post (also known as Prince Palace) in Melrose, Massachusetts its home.[10] Many of the current corps members have been a part of this organization since its inception in one form or another, notably Jack LaSelva, the corps current Board President and Drum Major, who was inducted into the Drum Corps Hall of Fame in 2010.

Senior traditions

Music

Conquest

Whenever the fans start to hear the opening bars of "Conquest", an introduction known as The Calls, they can be sure that a Crusader performance is about to begin. The music is originally from the score of the film Captain from Castile and was composed by Alfred Newman. This song is a long-standing Crusader tradition in both the junior and senior corps and can be heard somewhere in their musical programs almost every year.

Giant

The official song of the Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps of Boston, like their younger counterpart, is "Giant" and the corps sings it together before every performance. The music was written for the movie Giant.

El Capitan

Once a part of the opening drill number, El Capitan is now a designated parade tune aside from Conquest. The version played by Crusaders Senior is an arrangement of the John Phillips Sousa march, played in the key of G. This tradition started when the it was first played on the field by the junior corps in 1953.

Crusader symbols

The Crusaders Senior Corps, like the junior corps, use the symbol of the Split-tailed Lion (also known as King Richard's or Lowenbrau's Lion[11]) for their corps' symbol. He has been named "Waldo", and both corps wear him during every exhibition and event they play.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.crusaderseniorcorps.org/index.php/en/board-of-directors|publisher=Crusaders Senior Drum & Bugle Corps|accessdate=20 November 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.crusaderseniorcorps.org/cms_site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63%3Aarts-blog&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=49|title=Age Range|publisher=Crusadersseniorcorps.org|accessdate=2010-11-03}}
3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/news/x1157491163/News-briefs |title=Plymouth News Briefs|publisher=WickedLocal.com|accessdate=2010-11-04}}
4. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=a222d14c-af75-49bc-9903-96356de6b2ac|title=Inside the Arc|publisher=dci.org|accessdate=2010-11-03}}
5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.crusaderseniorcorps.org/cms_site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=2 |title=Crusader Seniors’ Board of Directors|publisher=Crusadersseniorcorps.org|accessdate=2010-11-04}}
6. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.crusaderseniorcorps.org/staff/staff.htm |title=Corps Staff|publisher=Crusadersseniorcorps.org|accessdate=2010-11-04}}
7. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.crusaderseniorcorps.org/about/about.htm|title=About the Corps|publisher=Crusadersseniorcorps.org|accessdate=2010-11-10}}
8. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/508737-196/buglers-on-ice.html|title=Buglers On Ice|publisher=Nashuatelegraph.com|accessdate=2010-11-04}}
9. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.patriotledger.com/archive/x1849232534/Crusaders-Drum-and-Bugle-Corps-gets-in-gear|title=Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps Get in Gear|publisher=PatriotLedger.com|accessdate=2010-11-04}}
10. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.crusaderseniorcorps.org/cms_site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=27|title=Corps History|publisher=Crusadersseniorcorps.org|accessdate=2010-11-03}}
11. ^{{cite web|url= http://drumcorpswiki.com/Boston_Crusaders|title=Crusader Emblem|publisher=Drumcorpswiki.com|accessdate=2010-11-10}}

External links

  1. Crusaders Senior Corps Official Website
  2. Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps Official Website
  3. Drum Corps International Official Website
  4. Drum Corps Associates Official Website

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