In the 21 years that Ned Baldinger played soprano horn and mellophone with Reading Buccaneers, beginning in 1961, the corps won the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) national championship in 1962 and the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) title four times: 1965, 1968, 1979 and 1980. He is a charter member of the Bucs’ alumni corps and has served in various administrative positions, including president, vice president, membership chair and treasurer.
