When one thinks of a marching drumline, sounds of booming bass drums and staccato snare drums come to mind. But in the 1980s, one drum corps instructor reimagined the sounds that could be created on a field—from soft scrapes on cymbals and gongs to symphonic-based...
Carole Avilla began volunteering her time with the Santa Clara Vanguard early on when the first of her 6 children joined the corps in 1968. Eventually all 6 of her children marched in the corps, spanning the next 18 years, from 1968 through 1986. From the time her...
Rick South grew up in Santa Clara, CA, where he still resides to this day. While a clarinet student under Gail Royer he joined the B Corps and learned to play baritone. By season’s end he was a soloist in the corps and then went on to try out for the A Corps for the...
Dave Owens began his marching career with the Cavaliers of Rosemont, Illinois. In 1977 Dave decided to move to Santa Clara to march in the Santa Clara Vanguard A Corps, where he marched for the next 2 years, playing lead soprano. In the fall of 1978 Dave started...
Stanley Knaub’s marching career started in Southern California with the Lakewood High School band where he went on to march with the Lynwood Diplomats Drum and Bugle Corps and later with the Anaheim Kingsmen as a french horn. Stanley later moved north to play...
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