| WELCOME TO THE RACINE, WISCONSIN, DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS TRIBUTE WEBSITE |
| HERE YOU WILL FIND HISTORICAL AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIBUTES TO THE GREAT RACINE AREA DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS SUCH AS THE RACINE YMCA KILTIES JR. DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS AND IT'S FEEDER CORPS, THE RACINE KILTIE KADETS, THE RACINE AMERICAN LEGION POST 76 "BOY'S OF 76" SR. DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS, THE RACINE SCOUTS JR. DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS AND THE SKOKIE INDIANS SR. DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS. THERE ARE ALSO SECTIONS DEVOTED TO RACINE'S SILVERSTEIN BRASS AND OTHER "OLD-TIME" RACINE DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS AND MARCHING UNITS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WEBSITE IS EDUCATIONAL ONLY. THIS WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE RACINE AREA'S RICH DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS HISTORY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS, PHOTOS OR QUESTIONS TO: webmaster@racinekiltiealumni.org COPYRIGHT 2010. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This website is a labor of love and has always been 100% funded by the webmaster, George Fennell. There has never been any funding from any other source. There are some new interesting items that were just released: 1. Digital Fanfare has released 1968 VFW Nationals on compact discs. These are not the Fleetwood recordings, these performances were originally recorded by Ed Burke from Miami, FL. They were never previously released commercially. They have recently been restored by DCI's Recording Guru and Archivist Ken Mason and the results are wonderful. This two-volume set of CDs includes the full performance of each finalist along with the announcement of the scores on Volume 1. The Kilties are on Volume 2 while the Racine Explorer Scouts are on Volume 1. 2. Released this fall on The Beat Goes On CD series are the 1969 U.S. Open recorded August 16, 1969 at the U.S. Open Finals by Alf Wateska and the 1960 V-J Day Contest recorded July 31, 1960 at Woodstock, IL by Ken Kobold. Both of these CD sets include the Kilties and the U.S. Open recording is not the Fleetwood recording. Also released in The Beat Goes On CD series this fall is Volume 1 of the 1952 American Legion Nationals recorded by Stetson Richmond on August 25, 1952 at the American Legion Finals in New York City and it includes the Racine Boys of 76. Again these recordings are restored and remastered from original source tapes by Ken Mason and they were never previously commercially released. The Beat Goes On CD recordings are fabulous! 3. 1974/1975/1976 DCI Highlights DVD. This DVD is the third in a series of releases derived from the collection of Troopers Founder and Director Jim Jones who originally videotaped many shows for educational use by the Troopers. They have been restored by Scott Gordon and are available exclusively from Drum Corps World. The six performances included are the 1974 Stockton Commodores, 1975 Troopers, 1975 Hawthorne Muchachos, 1976 Santa Clara Vanguard, 1976 27th Lancers and the 1976 Troopers. These videos were recorded at either the Hershey Invitational or at the Drums Along the Rockies Show, and are not DCI Championship videos. To purchase these and other historical CDs and DVDs please visit www.drumcorpsworld.com No photos, artwork, written information or anything else which appears on any page of this website may be used, copied or transferred in whole or in part in any manner or form which includes the copying and re-posting of anything from this website to any other website without prior expressed written permission from the webmaster@racinekiltiealumni.org Creative rights are protected by Federal Law. According to current Federal Copyright Law all photographs taken after 1923 are copyrighted by the photographer and cannot be used without permission. All of the photographs on this website are used with permission. |
| FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION REGARDING THE KILTIES SR. DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS INCLUDING THEIR SCHEDULE, PHOTOS, CONTACTS, SOUVENIRS, MEMBERSHIP INFO AND THEIR HISTORY PLEASE VISIT THEIR EXCELLENT WEBSITE AT: WWW.KILTIES.COM |
| THIS WEBSITE IS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND IS OCCASSIONALLY UPDATED. TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN RECENTLY ADDED WITHOUT HAVING TO SURF THROUGH ALL OF THE PAGES ON THIS WEBSITE PLEASE GO TO: WHAT'S NEW |
| TO SEE ALL THE BOOKS, CD'S AND DVD'S THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE OF THE RACINE DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS THAT ARE FEATURED ON THIS WEBSITE AND HOW TO PURCHASE THEM PLEASE GO TO: STORE |
| Both of my books (1) Racine: Drum and Bugle Corps Capital of the World and (2) The Racine American Legion Post 76 Drum and Bugle Corps: A Scrapbook History 1916 - 1946 are currently in print and available. Please click on either book cover below to find out more about each book and purchasing information. |