Archive for May, 2021

‘Agawam’s Music Man’ Darcy Davis was two-time winner of VFW solo soprano title

Posted on May 24th, 2021 by Gail Langan

World Drum Corps Hall of Fame (WDCHoF) member Darcy B. Davis Jr., a two-time winner of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) national individual bugle solo soprano performance championship passed away early in 2020 at the age of 93.  Notice of his passing was not widely circulated at the time. He was inducted into the […]

Widely admired performer, arranger and innovator Ken Norman

Posted on May 12th, 2021 by Gail Langan

Widely admired performer, arranger and innovator Ken Norman, inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame in 2006, passed away peacefully in hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday May 9 shortly after suffering a massive stroke.  Because of continued pandemic restrictions a celebration of life is delayed until an appropriate time. Born in Racine, […]