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Holy Name Garfield The Cadets Alumni Corps. click on photo to enlarge photos courtesy of Dan & Fanny DeRosa.
Alumni Corp Rehearsal Notice. Please be advised that the alumni corp is rehearsing at the Garfield VFW on Outwater Lane every other Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Our schedule for the next few months will be as follows; Aug 7, Aug 21, Sep 4, Sep 18, Oct 2, Oct 16 and Oct 30. We welcome all Cadet alumni and friends of the Cadets to join us in preparing for the 75th anniversary of the corp in 2009. Should you have any questions please contact Pat Vazquez at PATRICKVAZQUEZ@ALPHARMA.COM or George King at gefreki@aol.com
My fellow Cadets, I'm sure most of you are aware; there is a Holy Name Alumni Corp. One of the goals of the Alumni Corps is to celebrate the Corps' 75th Anniversary next August by performing at various ceremonies. Currently, the corps consists of 18 members: A drum Major, six sopranos, three mellophones, five baritones, one snare, one bass drum, and a cymbals player. For such a small group, we have a very good sound. A few of us have not played for many years; however, I've found that with just a few weeks of practice at home, we've been able to regain some of our old form, and I'm positive we will improve over the coming year. At the monthly alumni meetings this winter, I asked a number of the people to come and join us; unfortunately, no one was willing or able. I realize that we are not as carefree and unburdened by responsibility as we were as teenagers, and that many of us have moved out of the immediate area, but that doesn't change the circumstances. My friends, the Alumni Corps needs your help. We need people who can play horns and drums. Many of the corps we competed against have organized their own alumni corps: Blessed Sacrament, St. Lucy's, The Chicago Royal-Airs, The Boston Crusaders, The Bridgemen, et. al. Most of these corps have 30 plus horns, and 4x4 drum lines. Holy Name, on the other hand, is barely scrapping by. While these corps may play for the fun of it, we have an historic event to celebrate. Don't let these guys beat us again. We need your help. We need people who can play horns and drums to join us, and show these other corps that no one has more pride and esprit de corps than Holy Name. The alumni corps meets at 7 PM sharp, twice a month at the VFW Hall on Outwater Lane in Garfield. I repeat, the alumni corps meets only twice a month. If you can make it once a month, or once every other month it would be a tremendous help to us. We can email you the sheet music, complete with fingering scheme, and a PDF file (midi), so you can hear what your part actually sounds like. Believe me, I'm nothing special, and if I can do it, you can do it. If you have your own horn or drum that's great, otherwise, the corps will supply you with one. Take pride in our corps' heritage. Please help us make a respectable showing at the 75th Anniversary show. Please contact either Pat Vasquez at: patrick.vazquez@alpharma.com, or George King at: Gefreki@aol.com for further details. Sincerely, Joseph Triola # 61 Garfield Cadets 62-66 FHNSAB