www.dutchboydrumcorps.com has gone live again

[hawkeyefilms]

Sorry to double post but I should maybe have put this here.

I am very pleased to announce that www.dutchboydrumcorps.com has gone live again with a retrospective look at the history of the Dutch Boy Drum & Bugle Corps and it's related units including: Cadets of Dutch Boy, Northstar Drum & Bugle Corps, Flying Dutchmen Junior & Senior Corps, Dutch Boy Cadets and the 48th Field Squadron Royal Canadian Engineers Trumpet Band.

This site offers more than 50 years of drum corps history dating back to 1954 that began and has been centred in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. This labour of love website was created by David Delouchery, a former Dutch Boy member who marched on the soprano line from 1984 to 1988. "The initial idea that took root seven years ago, was to release a DVD boxset of the corps' performances. Steve Meikle who was the corps director at the time expressed the desire to reach out to our alumni. I was also sitting on hundreds of historic photos that we wanted to make available to them. Eventually I decided that a website would be the best choice to distribute the material. What began as a winter project took four months to complete. The goal was to amalgamate the corps' history in one place in a way that has never been achieved before."

As much material as possible has been gathered onto this site including more than 1000 photos, 68 videos and 30 audio & music files. "There are still many "holes" to fill but I expect that members will submit new content and information after they see the progress so far."

The Dutch Boy Drum & Bugle Corps has been inactive since 2010. The Northstar Youth Organization which is still based in Kitchener and the banner under which Dutch Boy was operated continues to offer youth education programs specializing in the performing arts through instrumental music and dance.

Years Active

Dutch Boy Drum & Bugle Corps 1980-1992, 1998-2009

Cadets of Dutch Boy 1977-1979, 1980-2008

Northstar Drum & Bugle Corps, 1977-1978

Flying Dutchmen Senior Drum Corps 1960-1966

Flying Dutchmen Junior Drum Corps 1967-1976

Dutch Boy Cadets 1969-1976

48th Field Squadron Royal Canadian Engineers Trumpet Band 1954-1961

[Northern Thunder]

That is one FINE site! Congratulations to everyone who worked on it.

[hawkeyefilms]

Thanks so much. It was pretty well a solo effort and my first real website from scratch but it's for everyone to enjoy and take part in. The response so far from the alumni has been awesome and the corrections/additions are starting to come in.

That is one FINE site! Congratulations to everyone who worked on it.

[lindap]

Thanks so much. It was pretty well a solo effort and my first real website from scratch but it's for everyone to enjoy and take part in. The response so far from the alumni has been awesome and the corrections/additions are starting to come in.

I enjoyed perusing the web site. Awesome job! The following excerpts are from programs I collected decades ago. The purpose of posting here is twofold, to provide information for http://www.dutchboydrumcorps.com/ and if someone is a steward of http://corpsreps.com/ could you please add K-W Flying Dutchmen (1967-1976) and Dutch Boy Cadets (1969-1976) from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. I saw them at contests through the years and was guard instructor for both corps September 1975 – September 1976

[lindap]

1972 K-W Flying Dutchmen repertoire

Marche Slav (Tchaikowsky), Day Tripper, Ode to Joy (Beethoven), African Suite, Jesus Christ Superstar

1973 K-W Flying Dutchmen repertoire

The City, Frustration (drum solo), Marche Slav, Joy to the World, Carpenters Medley, Hair Goes Latin, Sounds of Silence (drum solo), and off the field to Sounds of Silence

1975 K-W Flying Dutchmen repertoire

Sun Goes By (Dr Music), The City, Step to the Rear, You Made Me So Very Happy (BST), Sounds of Silence

1976 K-W Flying Dutchmen repertoire

Procession of Baccus, Sing Sing Sing, Medley of Contrast, Symphony in Blue, String of Pearls, The Sun Goes By, Chameleon (Herbie Hancock), Firebird Suite

edit to change 75 to 76 :wink

Edited April 30, 2012 by lindap

[lindap]

1973 Dutch Boy Cadets repertoire

The Happy Wanderer, O Du Lieber Augustin, Beer Barrel Polka, Auf Wiedersehn, Edelweiss, Lilli Marlene

(side note; AAG were the first drum corps to visit Europe in 72 but both Dutch Boy Cadets and Alberta All Girls traveled to Munich Germany for the World Cup Soccer Championships in 1974 and they both played Beer Barrel Polka. Also, AAG had a circle drill in 74 because the field had a circle! Some of the guard with blue flags were side line yard markers while the guard with orange flags were on the field)

1975 Dutch Boy Cadets repertoire

Strike Up the Band, Beer Barrel Polka, Godspell Drum Polka, Small World, Nocturn

1976 Dutch Boy Cadets repertoire

Impossible Dream, My Favourite Things, Song of the New Moon, Flamingo

[hawkeyefilms]

Hi Linda, Thanks for all of this. I have added your info. I didn't realize I already had you in the staff listing as well from an earlier submission. I'll look into corpsrep when time allows. I also hope to update the drum corps wiki as well.

[lindap]

Hi Linda, Thanks for all of this. I have added your info. I didn't realize I already had you in the staff listing as well from an earlier submission. I'll look into corpsrep when time allows. I also hope to update the drum corps wiki as well.

Thanks so much! The 2 years spent living in Kitchener-Waterloo while going to University and involved with drum corps (Ventures, K-W Flying Dutchmen and Dutch Boy Cadets) was a warm and wonderful experience. Your website sparked fond memories! Thanks again :D

[JimF-LowBari]

Just checked out the two Sr corps and thanks for the years and info. Thanking for the years as trying to get Sr 60s scores together and hitting some years when there were two Flying Dutchmen (K-W and Dunkirk, NY). This should help with some confusion.

PS: The CDCA 50th booklet is a great piece to include, bought my copy off eBay years ago.

[hawkeyefilms]

Thanks Jim, Glad you appreciate the CDCA blooklet being included even if you already have a copy. I hoped someone out there would appreciate the work that went into that publication. If you dig up more info I can use on the Senior Dutchmen I'd appreciate it.