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How to Recommend a Candidate in 2025

Posted on January 7th, 2025 by Gail Langan

Any interested party is invited to recommend a candidate for admission to the WDCHOF. The 2025 Deadline for submission is APRIL 15. Find the Criteria and Submission forms here: Becoming a Member: http://www.wdchof.org/membership/ Becoming an Associate Member: https://www.wdchof.org/associate-membership/

Honor Inductees/Support the HOF/Promote your Business

Posted on August 9th, 2024 by Gail Langan

As you know, it has become customary for sponsors, friends, related businesses and fellow members to place congratulatory ads in the Banquet Yearbook acknowledging an inductee’s achievement, showing support for the HOF, or promoting a business or service. Here is a link to the 2023 Yearbook: Should you wish to place a 2024 ad, here’s […]

Mc Duffy’s Legacy

Posted on May 7th, 2024 by Gail Langan

It seems that Mike Duffy and Ken Norman shared a birthday, same day and year. Somehow, it makes total sense that these two giants were born under the same star. The old saying among drum corps veterans of a certain era was that if you never got to play Kenny’s “Auld Lang Syne” or Duffy’s […]

The World Drum Corps Hall of Fame is proud to announce the following Inductees in the Class of 2024

Posted on April 24th, 2024 by Gail Langan

Tim Stodd (SCV, Empire, Argonauts) Drew Shanefield (Cadets, Crown, Cavaliers) Donnie Van Doren (Cadets, Crossmen, Crown) Anthony Di Carlo (Annunciators, Boston, DCI) Marc Sylvester (27th, Garfield, WGI) George Zingali (27th, Garfield, Star) David Hill (Des Plaines, Finleyville, Dagenham) Merle Perkins (Spirit of St. Louis, World Blues Hall of Fame) Alan Thompson (Southern Knights, Southwinds, DCUK) […]

2024 Candidate Submission Deadline – February 15

Posted on February 5th, 2024 by Gail Langan

Any interested party is invited to submit a candidate for membership in the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame. The 2024 deadline is THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15. Find the Criteria and Submission forms here: www.wdchof.org Click on “Membership” or “Associate Membership” for Criteria, then select the appropriate Submission form.

Michael Smith – WDCHOF Scholarship Success Story

Posted on January 15th, 2024 by Gail Langan

The son of Hall of Fame member Neal Smith (Class of 2008), Michael Smith is a 2-time recipient of the Hall of Fame Scholarship, support from which helped him achieve his MA from Boston College and PhD in English from Duquesne University. Currently he is Program Officer of the Fine Foundation, in charge of grantmaking […]

Bill McGrath…His Life Set the Example

Posted on November 26th, 2023 by Gail Langan

By the way he lived his life, Bill McGrath defined the concept of “the Good Soldier”. The values and discipline he absorbed in Drum Corps as a member of the Chili (“Chai-lai”) Crimson Cadets and the Emerald Cadets/Emerald Statesmen (directed by his father, William, Sr.) shaped his attitudes about loyalty and responsibility. When his country […]

Tracking Success – Hall of Fame Scholarship Recipients – Joseph Marrella

Posted on April 25th, 2023 by Gail Langan

Thanks to the generosity of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame Associate Members, rising star Joseph Marrella’s acting career got an early boost. The scholarship grant he received from the organization helped support his studies at Boston’s prestigious Emerson College. Graduating Magna cum Laude, he earned his degree in Theatre Education with Acting Emphasis. […]

Gerald L. “Jerry” Kelsey…an Appreciation

Posted on April 19th, 2023 by Gail Langan

It’s said that context is necessary for understanding a person’s life, and when Jerry Kelsey burst onto the Drum Corps scene, he brought with him his very own context. In the “Chariots of the Gods” era of the 1970’s, one could be forgiven for pondering whether Jerry was actually of this world. The limits that […]

DRUM CORPS HALL OF FAME TAPS LEGENDS

Posted on April 5th, 2023 by Gail Langan

An all-star team of some of the most accomplished and influential individuals in the long history of the activity was selected by voters for the 2023 Class of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame. “It was such an honor to personally call these inductees and inform them of their selection to the Hall of […]