FUND RAISING BEGINS
April 16, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact person:
Linda Knutson
Executive Director
345 Frenette Drive
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Phone: 715-726-9094
April 4, 2008
CHIPPEWA VALLEY BRIGADE BEGINS FUND RAISING
TO FIELD DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS
The Chippewa Valley Brigade Drum and Bugle Corps Association has started to raise funds to field an Open Class Corps for competition in 2009.
Linda Knutson, Executive Director for the Association, stated that the Brigade plans to field a 100+ member Corps to take the field of competition in the summer of 2009 with the goal to qualify for the National Championships which will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Brigade is a new name but Drum Corps are not new to the Chippewa Valley. Drum Corps existed in Eau Claire for over 25 years but ended when the Sundowners went inactive in 1984.
Walter Brown, the original founder of the Boy Scout Band which became the Eau Claire Scouts and subsequently the Eau Claire Boys Drum & Bugle Corps, is being recognized at a special event held at the VFW Post 305, on Starr Ave in Eau Claire, on May 17, 2008. Walter was truly the Father of Drum Corps in the Chippewa Valley. Alumni are encouraged to attend.
Anyone wanting information on the Chippewa Valley Brigade can contact Linda at 715-726-9094 or stop at her office at 345 Frenette Drive in Chippewa Falls. Audition camps are being set up for this fall.
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