Canandaigua Academy - Academian Yearbook (Canandaigua, NY)

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THE ACADEMIAN Raymond J. Russell Director, 1941 National Championship Band MUSIC MASTERS T. Harland Evans Drillmaster, 1941 National Championship Marching Band

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THE ACADEMIAN gg-sa if 'u 1 'Y 'Y' - U' 'Y A l fi I X fam., i ' f . fi , '.. Q A' wk I 1 .3 ....-- - 1 l A 1 U Q E, 1, 2.4,-.nA vt n J1 - .I-.A - Our Band on The Boardwalk May 1, 1941, is a date that will be long remembered by the members of the C. A. band, for it was on this day that the band, accompanied by Jean Cotter, started to Atlantic City to suc- cessfully defend their national cham- pionship titles in marching and play- ing. We left Manchester in the morn- ing at about nine-thirty, and arrived in Atlantic City at six-thirty that eve- ning. Immediately upon our arrival each squad, made up of eight band members, was sent by bus to Hotel Monticello and Hotel Boscobel. These hotels were joined together so that they were prac- tically the same building. After getting settled in our rooms we were served a delicious dinner. ln the evening We were free to do what we wanted. Most of us rushed down to the boardwalk which was about a block from our hotel. For a lot of us it was our first glimpse of the ocean. Friday morning some of the band members went to Convention Hall to hear Virginia Poole and George Reed in the vocal solos, both receiving very good ratings. Robert Herendeen in the cornet solos division came out with another fine rating and Jean Cot- ter from Victor, a boy soprano, came out with a one rating. In the after- noon the band had a short rehearsal to get ready for Saturdays contest. Saturday-the big day. Everyone was downstairs for breakfast at 7:30. Dur- ing Saturday we ate in a restaurant about a block from the hotel. At noon the band did themselves proud by be- coming the National Champions of Class B, receiving a higher rating than any other band participating. Finishing their playing, the band feariully went to the sight reading room and came out with the highest rating in sight reading. After the play- ing was over we enjoyed a Wonderful dinner. Most of the marching band went back to the hotel to rest their feet for the marching contest which was to be held in the evening. That evening the band marched down the board walk to Convention Hall, one of the largest auditoriums in the world. Our only opposition was the band from East Providence, Rhode Island, a class A band. They proved to be very good opposition, but with every member working with Marcia Pierce, our drum majorette, we were able to bring home the championship. Leopold Stokowski, world-famed con- ductor, brought the festival to a stir- ring climax when he led the massed chorus, orchestra and band of 6,000 in the Star Spangled Banner in the huge Convention Hall. Stokowski, who had been rehearsing his 1941 All-American Youth Orchestra in the Grand Marine Ballroom of the Steel Pier, consented to lead the tinal number. Contestants from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti- cut, New York, Pennsylvania, ,New Jer- sey, Maryland and Delaware were rep- resented in the Atlantic City contest. Our chaperones, Mr. and Mrs. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Mr. Aebischer, Mr. Heren- deen and Mr. Patterson, each contrib- uted to make this trip a successful one. Another thing that helped to make our trip enjoyable was the large reception which greeted us at Manchester with