Rick Alves has been a drum and bugle corps fanatic since age 14, performing with a number of corps in and around Rhode Island beginning in 1957. Over the years, he played snare drum Bristol Rangers, Rhode Island Musketeers, Holy Rosary Caballeros, the Princemen, New Bedford Whalers, Rhode Island Matadors, Valley Airs Alumni, the Legends of Drum Corps and St. Kevin’s Emerald Knights alumni corps. He began instructing in 1963, and has served as section co-ordinator, instructor and drum equipment technician for many area corps through the 1990s.
