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The Company of Fifers and Drummers
Annual Executive and General Meetings
Date: April 26, 2008 - Saturday
Location: The Museum of Fife & Drum/Company HQ, Ivoryton,
CT
Contact: The Company 860-767-2237
companyhq@companyoffifeanddrum.org
www.companyoffifeanddrum.org
Connecticut Valley Field Music will be presenting a short program
for us at the annual meeting. The Executive Board will be meeting
at 11:30am. There will be a short recess after that and the General
Business Meeting will be at 1:30pm. The CVFM will play shortly
after the opening of the meeting. We hope all will come and enjoy
their performance.
Please bring your instruments for a jam following the conclusion
of the general business meeting.
Please note that the date for
this meeting has been changed due to a conflict Patriots Day in
Massachusetts on the 19th.
Music Writing Contest
Greg, at www.baconworks.com
is running a music writing contest. The winner of the contest will
have their music posted in a future issue of The Ancient Times.
This should be lots of fun.
Help Needed: Member Corps' Contact Information
The Company is currently trying to verify the contact information
for all of our member corps. As indicated on our contact
status page, we have discovered that there as many as three
dozen corps whose contact information is missing or out of date.
Please review the contact
status page and contact membership@companyoffifeanddrum.org
with any corrections. (updated on 3/31/2006)
Upcoming Company Meetings - for more information,
refer to The Company Calendar.
Junior Fife & Drum Camp, July 15-18, 2008
- The Junior Fife and Drum Camp is offered each year to ensure that
the quality and scope of fifing and drumming continues to improve,
expand, and prosper. For more information go to www.jrfdc.org.
(updated on 2-20-2008)
The Company Music Book - Vol. IV is now available
at The Company Store. This
book contains 40 contemporary and traditional songs by composers
of yesterday and today. Some are muster field classics while other
are new. Book IV definitely has something for everybody.
The Company Calendar
We are now soliciting events for the 2008 Company Calendar. To
ensure that your event gets published in the Ancient Times, please
remember that the lead time for publication can be as much as 4
months. Please plan accordingly.
Also, we do not automatically include events from previous years.
If you want your 2008 event to be listed, please contact The Company
ASAP.
Events submitted for The Company Calendar via
this form on our website are also sent to the Ancient Times,
and FifeandDrum.com.
Join The Company or renew your membership
online!
Everyone is encouraged to sign up for an individual membership,
especially those who belong to corps which are members of The Company.
The Music Archives catalog has been completely
updated and is now available online. Go to The
Company News for full details.
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