CADRE News Archives

C.A.D.R.E. the N.Y.D.A. and the Peel Regional Pipe Band at Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY

Saturday, October 18, 2003
By
Paul Mosley, Tom Foote & Doug Kleinhans

Our sincere thanks to John Beck – Head of Percussion – at the Eastman School of Music for inviting us to participate in this year’s Rudimental Outreach Program. This event was designed to create awareness and interest for rudimental drumming among Rochester-area high school and college students. A cross-section of students – plus parents –attended and experienced a wide variety of rudimental styles i.e. modern, competitive-level, ensemble drumming (CADRE I&E 2003 program), ancient-to-modern rope drumming (CADRE Rope Drum Ensemble), classical rudimental drumming from the 60s & 70s (NYDA I&E 2003 Ensemble program) and modern pipe band drumming (Peel Regional Pipe Band). All drummers assembled for a massed-drums finale consisting of breaking down the long roll and the classic “3 Camps”.

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Participating Drummers:
C.A.D.R.E. (Canadian Associates – Rudimental Drumming Excellence)

I&E Ensemble
Ed Jacko, Gary Gomez, Paul Mosley

CADRE Rope Drum Ensemble
Ed Jacko, Gerrie Leebody, Marcia Fattey, Bill McGrath Jr., Doug Kleinhans, Doug Reynolds, Rick Hosie, Guy Iannello, Joe Stork, Paul Mosley

NYDA (New York Drummers Association) I&E Ensemble
Bill Stork, Marcia Fattey, Doug Reynolds, Bill McGrath Jr., Doug Kleinhans, Ed Jacko, Rick Hosie, Guy Iannello, Joe Stork, Paul Mosley

Peel Regional Pipe Band
Pipers: Paul Deboth, Gary Moore, Derek Roberts
Drummers: Doug Stronach (lead), Jason Grant, Andrew Lawson, Tom Foote, Duncan Gibson, Ian Gibson, Meagan Moore

Afterwards, drummers from all the groups attended a gathering at a local establishment to socialize and trade drum-stories. A great time was had by all!

CADRE Special Note of Appreciation:

Thanks to Tom Foote (Peel Regional Pipe Band) for his time spent coordinating logistics with John Beck and the participating groups for the drumming program, as well as providing the “munchies” at the social gathering afterwards.

CADRE Drums at the 1st York Lions Drum Corps Reunion

by Paul Mosley

It was beautiful, sunny day! The day after Hurricane Isabel’s storm passed through Toronto brought perfect weather for a drum corps get-together. York Lions Drum Corps held its first reunion on Saturday, November 20th at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 344 in Toronto. In performance were the Toronto Optimist Alumni Drum Corps and the Hamilton Firefighters Drum Corps – plus the CADRE Rope Drum Ensemble and the CADRE Heritage Hands-Toronto I&E Ensemble.

York Lions Alumni officials Pat Maloney and Tom Stelling arranged the on-site logistics for CADRE’s morning rehearsals, and provided great hospitality throughout the day.

The CADRE Heritage Hands-Toronto I&E Ensemble started things off in the afternoon with a performance of the program presented at the DCA Individual & Ensemble Championships in Scranton, PA last Labor Day weekend. Drummers were Ed Jacko, Gary Gomez, Greg Evans, Rick Hosie, Paul Kelly and Paul Mosley.

The CADRE Rope Drum Ensemble then played several traditional selections accompanied by Brent MacLaren on fife - with introductory comments by Fred Johnson. Drummers were Fred Johnson, Gerrie Leebody, Doug Kleinhans, Ed Jacko, Rick Hosie, Paul Kelly and Paul Mosley.
Everyone loved the rope drums!

Rope drums provide the unique, authentic sound - plus a visual, theatrical quality – necessary for fife & drum renditions. Canadian audiences don’t have many opportunities to hear the “big drums”, so accordingly, the crowd response was terrific!

It was great making new friends and renewing old acquaintances from the York Lions, Hamilton Firefighters and the Toronto Optimists (spending some time with Lorne Ferrazzutti - Toronto Optimist’s original drum instructor – was a special part of our day).

CADRE thanks the York Lions Drum Corps Alumni for the kind invitation to perform at their 1st reunion and wishes them the best of luck in all future endeavors.

CADRE – Heritage Hands, Toronto

1st Entry into DCA I&E Competition

Scranton PA, August 30, 2003

by Paul Mosley

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, the CADRE Heritage Hands Club Toronto entered into DCA Individual & Ensemble competition for the first time. For its first foray into the “individuals” world, the group placed a respectable 5th (score of 89) in an extremely high quality group of competitors. A complete rundown of scores is available at http://www.dcacorps.org/scores.html

Playing Members were: Paul Kelly, Rick Hosie, Ed Jacko, Greg Evans, Gary Gomez and Paul Mosley and represented corps affiliations from Canada’s Marching Ambassadors, Rochester Crusaders and Kingston Grenadiers.

The project began last April with an on-line collaboration to create the challenging drum program titled: “Pailfull of Kittens” using Finale 2003 (3-part score: bass drum, rudi bass & snare)

"Pailfull of Kittens" is an edited compilation of::Just Groovin' - by Doug Kleinhans (dedicated to Fred Johnson)

Cookin' with Cos - by Paul Mosley (dedicated to Cos Capone)

Squish - by Gerry Hemsley (dedicated to Fred Johnson)

5/4 for Flowers - by Paul Mosley (dedicated to John Flowers) Edits were made by Mosley, Hemsley & Kleinhans in collaboration. Anyone wishing to receive a copy of the score, please contact Paul Mosley at pmdm@rogers.com. Please specify either hard copy or .PDF file and provide electronic or surface mail coordinates.

Playing Members (mainly Toronto-based + Ottawa / Lindsay) – were recruited in late May / June. Group membership subsequently was settled and entered as a sextet in the “Membrane Percussion Ensemble” category (some initially-selected drummers had to bow out due to health, business or personal reasons i.e. Peter Crawford, Gerry Hemsley, Doug Kleinhans and Jason Parent). As there was limited time to prepare, the focus was to field a tight unit composed of drummers who could work on their own to learn the drum parts and show up at a few “rehearsals” vs. “practices”.

A half-dozen rehearsals were held and the project culminated with the DCA I&E weekend in August.

It was a good learning experience for everyone. Some Members had previously competed in an I&E environment, some had not. We had an opportunity to assess ourselves against the competition and to get a better idea of what we have to do to improve in the future.

CADRE, Heritage Hands - Toronto plans to enter next year’s DCA I&E competition with a new drum repertoire. Although a Toronto-based activity for rehearsals and playing member selection, anyone is welcome to play in the 2004 CADRE DCA I&E group. The criteria for playing members are an ability to:

Learn the drum scores “on your own” with a minimum of personal assistance.
Commit to the completion of the project (barring any unforeseen issues which sometimes occur).
Attend rehearsals in Toronto.
Perform at a high level so that get-togethers are “rehearsals” vs. “practices”.
Either own, or have access to, a drum in good condition. The CADRE, Heritage Hands - Toronto I&E group will also be performing:September 20, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario at the York Lions Reunion (details to follow ASAP). Also in performance will be the CADRE Rope Drum Ensemble* that performed at last year’s G.A.S. Reunion (Great Alliance of Seniors) in New Jersey.

November 15, 2003 in Hamilton, Ontario at this years CADRE “Shake” Also in performance will be the CADRE Rope Drum Ensemble and the CADRE Performance Drumline that played at the November, 2002 PAS Convention in Columbus, Ohio.

The CADRE Rope Drum Ensemble will be part of a larger group which will perform at the 2004 G.A.S. - April 30, May 1 & 2 - in Hamilton, Ontario, sponsored by the Hamilton Firefighters.

Anyone wishing information on how to participate in this group should contact either Paul Mosley (pmdm@rogers.com) or Fred Johnson (johnson@frontenac.net).

We’re all looking forward to a successful 2004 DCA I&E performance!

News from Québec City!

by André Lacroix

Again this year the Québec City Drum Club will be participating at a few local summer activities. This is a good opportunity for the club to be known locally and eventually get interested people involved in the group. Moreover, for the most part, the club is getting paid for its participation to these activities, thus the current members are then in a position to recover, at least in part, their monetary investment in the group.

Besides these activities, we will be in Montréal on August 16th for a standing show along with the Ottawa and Montréal drum clubs, and will host a mini shake here in Québec City on the 6th of September.

Here is an overview of what is coming up for us in the month of August:
Sunday 3rd, 1:30 p.m, parade at Festival des Montgolfières de Saint-Jean-Chrysostome (Hot Air Balloon Festival) . This is located on the south shore of the St.Lawrence River, almost facing Québec. This is the closing activity of this festival,a 2 kilometer parade that we’ll do for the first time.It is reported that last year’s parade drew several thousand people. For this occasion,we have chosen to play Crazy Army, a combination of Sky-Cabs street beats,and a closer with Reilly Raider’s drum solo.

Wednesday 6th, 8:15 p.m., the opening parade at Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France and usually a very big crowd. Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France is a rememberance feast that brings you back to the very beginning of Québec when founded in 1608. Departure of the parade is at Place-George V,and then Grande-Allée avenue and ending at Château Frontenac on St.Louis street.

Saturday 9th, 5:30 p.m, another Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France parade, departure from the Concord hotel and ending at Parc Montmorency via Grande-Allée avenue,and St.Louis street.

Sunday 10th, 1:00 p.m, this is the closing parade,again at Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France. Departure at Place d’Youville via St.Jean street and Côte de la Fabrique,ending at Montmorency Park. For the three above parades,we usually play some old French drumming as it is more in the spirit of the events.

Saturday 16th, 9:00 p.m, Championat provincial (Provincial Drum and Bugle Corps championships) in Montréal.For this occasion,we join the Ottawa and Montréal Drum Clubs for a standing drum show.

Saturday September 6th, a mini shake in Québec City for the pleasure of drumming with some friends, especially the Ottawa and Montréal Drum Clubs, as well as other interested drummers. For this occasion, we plan a public performance in Old Québec at the end of the day.Voici la liste des activités officielles des Tambours de Québec pour le mois d'août 2003:

dimanche le 3 août : défilé à 13h30 pour le festival de montgolfières FESTIVENT à St-Jean-Chrysostome, ville située sur la rive sud entre le pont de Québec et Lévis.
mercredi le 6 août : défilé d'ouverture des FÊTES DE LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE; départ de Place George V, façe au manège militaire sur la Grande-Allée à 20h15, fin au parc Montmorency derrière la Basilique de Québec en empruntant la Grande-Allée, la rue St-Louis et la rue Du fort près du Chateau Frontenac.
samedi le 9 août : défilé des FÊTES DE LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE; départ de l'hotel le Concorde sur la Grande-Allée à 17h30, fin au parc Montmorency derrière la Basilique de Québec en empruntant la Grande-Allée, la rue St-Louis et la rue du fort près du Chateau Frontenac.
dimanche le 10 août : défilé des FÊTES DE LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE; départ de Place d'Youville façe au théatre le Capitole à 13h00, fin au parc Montmorency derrière la Basilique de Québec en empruntant la rue St-Jean, la Côte de la Fabrique et la rue Buade.
samedi le 16 août : démonstration avec les membres de C.A.D.R.E. au Championnat provincial des corps de tambours et clairons du Québec à Ville LaSalle, Montréal.

Hi Everyone

Tambours de Québec (The Québec City Drum Club) is pleased to announce that
we will be playing again this year at the Québec City Winter Carnival's
Evening Ball at the Château Frontenac.

Besides being a great place for drumming,this is also a good opportunity
for the club to bring in some cash flow for the various investments that
the Club plans to do in the future.So,everything goes pretty well for us at
this time.Happy Carnival to all.

André

Salut tout le monde,

Les Tambours de Québec ont le plaisr de vous faire part qu'ils se produiront encore une fois lors du Bal du Bonhomme dans la grande salle de bal du Château Frontenac, tout comme l'année dernière.

Ce spectacle aura lieu le 13 février prochain,et comme on peut dire,le groupe est bien content encore une fois de joindre l'agréable à l'utile, car en plus d'être un endroit très plaisant pour donner une prestation, il est bien sûr que la petite caisse du groupe va engraisser encore, et ça s'est très pratique pour faire face aux dépenses. Alors,tout va pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes en ce qui nous concerne.

Joyeux carnaval à tout le monde.

André.

GAS Reunion

East Brunswick, New Jersey May 1-4, 2003

CADRE members Ed Jacko, Gerrie Leebody, Orton Beaumont, Rick Hosie, Doug Kleinhans, Paul Mosley and Fred Johnson performed at the GAS Reunion this past May. They presented the following solos and were very well recieved - Deep River Street Parade, Downfall of Paris, Liverpoole, Prussia Variation, Thunder & Lightning and the Devils Flute.

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Fife & Drum Project

CADRE is in the final stages of completing a distribution package that will include approximately 16 fife & drum tunes which will include fife music scores plus snare and rudimental bass parts. We have been working with Nick Attanasio on the selection of some tunes which he has recommended as a group of his favourites. Brent McLaren from Perth Ontario has reviewed the fife parts and is making his selection recommendations also. Some tunes will reflect historical writings and old favourite drum solos such as The Three Camps, Downfall of Paris, Old Dan Tucker, British Grenadiers etc. Other tunes will reflect a public performance requirement such as "The Girl I Left Behind Me", "Kingdom Coming" etc.

Nick Attanasio has developed a paper entitled "Symbols for Rudimental Bass Drumming" which describe the various hand and arm movements that are typical for this art form. Copies will be sent next week to Ottawa, Quebec City, Hamilton and Toronto. The symbols will be included in the final musical scores. For further information please contact Fred Johnson. johnson@frontenac.net

Western Tech Grads Reunite After 50 Years!

by Tom Mellors

Fifty years after its heyday, Western Trumpet Band members reunited to perform at the Western Technical-Commercial School's 75th anniversary reunion. The performance took place Friday May 16th, as part of the school's weekend anniversary festivities. About 20 members of the award-winning band combined with members of the 2nd Signals Regiment Band for a 15 minute performance in the school auditorium. Over the previous four months, the Western old timers renewed friendships at practices leading up to the reunion event.

The trumpet band won several first place honors at the Waterloo Band Festivals in the fifties, as well as placing first in many street parades.

Back row and from left to right are Lorne Ferriazzutti, Chet Warchol, Tom Mellors, John Hozak, Norm Jackson and in the front Orton Beaumont and Gary Chick.

World Drum Corps Hall of FameTwo well known American drummers will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on September 3rd in Scranton, PA.

JIM BOWSER began his drumming career in 1946 with the Kenwood Cavaliers. Jim also played with the Hamilton Yankee Rebels in 1956 and with the Reilly Raiders from 1957 to 1966. Jim was an outstanding drummer and individual performer. Described by Eric Perriloux as "one of the top five drummers I worked with in my thirty years of instruction". His first place finishes in individual competitions include: Archer Epler Open, VFW National Championship 1958 in New York City and the VFW National Championship 1959 in Los Angeles California.

DON MIHOK began his drumming career in 1944 with Rising Sun Junior Corps. Don drummed in the Archer Epler Senior Drum and Bugle Corps 1956 through 1958. An outstanding individual drummer. Don was the Philadelphia Junior snare champion and the VFW National Junior Champion in 1949. Penn/Jersey junior champion in 1951 and the VFW National Senior Champion in 1957.
Don taught several Corps and judged in the Mid Atlantic, All American and DCA judges chapters.

CADRE extends it's congratulations to both Jim and John on there well deserved induction to the Hall of Fame.

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