All Hallow's Eve

Happy Halloween!

Just a bit of Church history for everyone ... did you know that today, Halloween, actually evolved from a triduum of feasts on the Catholic liturgical calendar? October 31st was marked as the Eve of those Hallowed, followed by All Saints Day (more on that tomorrow), and All Souls Day on November 2nd.

OK, history lesson over!

Given that I was VERY allergic to chocolate as a child, Halloween wasn't among my favorite holidays. As a matter of fact, the only vivid memories I have of the day were marching with all of you in the Carteret Halloween Parade, and going door to door in our uniforms afterwards (remember using our shakos to collect the candy?).

The boundaries between our corps and other lives really blurred for me during my high school and college years, and it's clear it was the same for most of you. If there's any doubt, here's some proof from Gallery 7, page 8 on www.saintsdrumcorps.com:

All for now - "corpse"dially yours from jo!

Tuesday Trivia / Reunion Edition - October 30, 2007

We're still on registration watch for Tuesday Trivia. There have been a couple new registrations since the updates to last week's list, but a few people will no longer be able to join us (Kenny Kadash, Tommy Mouse Noel, and Denise Normandia / Danny Dube).

Here are the 86 reunion attendees by state (list current as of Thursday, November 8th @ 8 pm):

California:

• Berliner, Bill
• James, Verne

Connecticut:

• Brady, Dave
• DeAndrea, Dave
• Humcke Bogner, Robin

Georgia:

• Matelski, Robert

Maryland:

• Moon Lemmert, Terri

New Hampshire:

• Meyer, Eric (and Thea)

New Jersey:

• Antol, Patty
• Balderose, Mary
• Batista, Joe
• Batista, Myrna
• Batista Pasquale, Kathy
• Bodzas, Jack
• Boumpani Feretich, Kathy (and Michael)
• Burke Andel, Linda
• Burke Boyne, Carol
• Chesnovitz, Goober
• Chesnovitz, Peter (and Terry)
• Chiocchi, Gary (and Lisa)
• Chiocchi, Kenny
• Chiocchi, Rocky (and Kim)
• Coleman, Brad
• Comprido, Jim
• Crafts, Peter (and Kim)
• DeAndrea Aldiero, Karen (and Frank)
• Durrua, Bill
• Durrua, Ken
• Fastuca, Maureen
• Fastuca Ravino, Lorraine
• French Lyons, Priscilla (and Jim)
• Happel, Debbie
• Happel, Joann
• Hickey Fitzgerald, Carol
• Jackson Piccolo, Barbara
• Karpinski, Gary
• Karpinski, Walter
• Maloney Wagner, Lisa
• Matelski, Mike
• Mazar, Althea
• Meyer, Bill
• Meyer DeLucia, Rene
• Morosoff, Chris (and Terri)
• Parente, JoAnne
• Parente, Karen
• Person Eager, Cathy
• Piccolo, Jim
• Ponik Sr, Rich
• Ponik, Ferd (and Pattiann)
• Ponik Donnelly, Kathy
• Reybert, Bill
• Reybert, Marie
• Reybert Bartlett, Debbie
• Ribinsky Stanek, Nancy
• Schwartz, Bob
• Scotto, Mark
• Skarzynski, Glenn
• Skibo, George
• Skibo, Joyce
• Stover Dziowgo, Darlene
• Swan, Tom
• Wardlow, Rich (and Margaret Callaghan)
• Wargo, Mike
• Yates Breen-Simone, Rhonda
• Zepko, Joe
• Zepko, Marge
• Zepko Tvedt, AnnMarie
• Zolnowski, Aaron

New York:

• Breen, Steve (and Elissa Benes-NJ)
• Breen, Tom
• Karol Miller, Chris
• Karol, Skippy

North Carolina:

• Van Malden Westbrook, Michelle

Pennsylvania:

• Batista, Brian

Virginia:

• Fastuca, Michael

All for now - corpsdially yours from jo!

Monday MatchUps - Left Before The Rest

We're down to our last two Monday MatchUps before we start recycling back through names mentioned in previous editions of Saints Scribblings.

This week, the members listed below left the corps before our final season. The approximate years they marched can be found on the Member Roster page of the website.

They've not yet contacted us through www.saintsdrumcorps.com or the hotline. If you know how to reach them, please send me word at joparente.saintsdrumcorps@gmail.com. Thanks!

• Charles Breitweiser (drum line)
• Denise Holton (horn line)
• Christel Ihasz (horn line)
• Wayne Jones (horn line)
• Kathy Kaltenbach (horn line)
• Sharon Kennedy (drum line)
• Lori Kline (horn line)
• Marla Kravatz (horn line)
• Maria Krsna (color guard)
• Ann Marie Ksiazek (color guard)
• Gail Ksiazek (color guard)
• Jeff Kulik (horn line)
• Donna Kurucz (horn line)
• Theresa Leflin (color guard)
• Sal Malanga (drum line)
• John McGlynn (horn line)
• John Melasippo (drum line)
• Karen Mello (color guard)
• Steve Menafro (horn line)
• Phyllis Moore (horn line)
• Fran Nalepa (color guard)
• Joe Paone (horn line)
• Tom Paone (horn line)
• Glenn Purdom (drum line)
• John Purdom (drum line)
• Robert Rank (drum line)

All for now - corpsdially yours from jo!

Weekend Wonderings: Connections

Here it is, an almost-rainy Friday morning here in Central Jersey, and I'm thinking 'bout all of you.

This time, eight months ago, you might have been a passing thought or memory. Now? Well, you're even filling up my daybook! In some cases, we're connected more now than we were when we marched.

Let's see - this week alone, I've been on the phone with Lisa (and will see her today), Althea, Pic, and Jackie, and have exchanged e-mails with another dozen or so of you. I've been squeezing in my own consulting work (thanks, Pic, for the referral!) around Saints stuff. While it should really be the other way around, it's what needs to be right now with the mini-reunion coming up. How did the parents who helped run the corps back then do it all?

Each time I see the response counter go up in Survey Monkey, it's so much fun! Yes, I do realize that probably doesn't speak well of what my life is like, but I assure you that's not really the case. Even Richard (who probably won't be joining us) gets excited with me as I call across the hall to him with each new name (and stories to go with them!).

As I mentioned in an e-mail this morning, I'm blown away by how many of the Saints Are Marching In from places far and wide to join us on November 9th.

If you're still on the fence about joining us, now's the time to do it. Special note to the Florida folks: You can still grab flights from under $200 out of most of the major airports (and only $118 from Miami!) on Continental. There may even be better deals out there with some of the other carriers.

For those who will be with us, see you in two weeks!!! For the rest, we'll try our best to share pictures and words that will make you feel like you were part of it all ...

All for now - corpsdially yours from jo!

Tuesday Trivia / Reunion Edition - October 23, 2007

Here's this week's Reunion update (current through 8 am on Friday, October 26th) ... if you haven't yet sent in your check to Althea, do it now!

If you haven't yet registered, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? Details are out on the Alumni page of www.saintsdrumcorps.com.

If you think you've registered and your name is NOT on this list (note the date and time above), please send an e-mail to saintsreunion@gmail.com mucho pronto - gracias!

• Antol, Patty (NJ)
• Balderose, Mary (NJ)
• Batista, Brian (PA)
• Batista, Joe (NJ)
• Batista, Myrna (NJ)
• Batista Pasquale, Kathy (NJ)
• Berliner, Bill (CA)
• Bodzas, Jack (NJ)
• Boumpani Feretich, Kathy (and Michael) (NJ)
• Brady, Dave (CT)
• Breen, Steve (and Elissa Benes-NJ) (NY)
• Breen, Tom (NY)
• Burke Andel, Linda (NJ)
• Burke Boyne, Carol (NJ)
• Chesnovitz, Goober (NJ)
• Chesnovitz, Peter (and Teresa) (NJ)
• Chiocchi, Gary (and Lisa) (NJ)
• Chiocchi, Kenny (NJ)
• Chiocchi, Rocky (and Kim) (NJ)
• Comprido, Jim (NJ)
• Crafts, Peter (and Kim) (NJ)
• DeAndrea, Dave (CT)
• DeAndrea Aldiero, Karen (and Frank) (NJ)
• Dube, Danny (NJ)
• Durrua, Bill (NJ)
• Durrua, Ken (NJ)
• Fastuca, Maureen (NJ)
• Fastuca, Michael (VA)
• Fastuca Ravino, Lorraine (NJ)
• French Lyons, Priscilla (and Jim) (NJ)
• Happel, Debbie (NJ)
• Happel, Joann (NJ)
• Humcke Bogner, Robin (CT)
• Jackson Piccolo, Barbara (NJ)
• James, Verne (CA)
• Kadash, Ken (NJ)
• Karol, Chris (NY)
• Karol, Skippy (NY)
• Karpinski, Gary (NJ)
• Karpinski, Walter (NJ)
• Maloney Wagner, Lisa (NJ)
• Matelski, Mike (NJ)
• Matelski, Robert (GA)
• Mazar, Althea (NJ)
• Mazur, Mark (NJ)
• Meyer, Bill (NJ)
• Meyer, Eric (and Thea) (NH)
• Meyer DeLucia, Rene (NJ)
• Moon Lemmert, Terri (MD)
• Morosoff, Chris (and Terri) (NJ)
• Noel, Tommy (NJ)
• Normandia Dube, Denise (NJ)
• Parente, JoAnne (NJ)
• Parente, Karen (NJ)
• Person Eager, Cathy (NJ)
• Piccolo, Jim (NJ)
• Ponik Donnelly, Kathy (NJ)
• Ponik Sr, Rich (NJ)
• Ponik, Ferd (and Pattiann) (NJ)
• Reybert, Bill (NJ)
• Reybert, Marie (NJ)
• Reybert Bartlett, Debbie (NJ)
• Ribinsky Stanek, Nancy (NJ)
• Scotto, Mark (NJ)
• Skarzynski, Glenn (NJ)
• Skibo, George (NJ)
• Skibo, Joyce (NJ)
• Stover Dziowgo, Darlene (NJ)
• Swan, Tom (NJ)
• Van Malden Westbrook, Michelle (NC)
• Wardlow, Rich (and Margaret Callaghan) (NJ)
• Yates Breen-Simone, Rhonda (NJ)
• Zepko, Joe (NJ)
• Zepko, Marge (NJ)
• Zepko Tvedt, AnnMarie (NJ)

That makes 87 attendees so far from 10 different states (state of confusion excluded) - Rocky, thanks for starting the ball rolling back in March!

All for now - corpsdially yours from jo!

Tuesday Trivia - October 16, 2007

As promised last week, Tuesday Trivia will feature updates on the November 9th mini-reunion for the time being.

As of 6:30 pm on Monday, October 15, here's the latest list of who will be in town for the festivities, and where they're coming from:

• Antol, Patty (NJ)
• Batista, Myrna (NJ)
• Bodzas, Jack (NJ)
• Brady, Dave (CT)
• Burke Andel, Linda (NJ)
• Burke Boyne, Carol (NJ)
• Chesnovitz, Peter (and Teresa) (NJ)
• Chiocchi, Gary (and Lisa) (NJ)
• Chiocchi, Kenny (NJ)
• Chiocchi, Rocky (and Kim) (NJ)
• Comprido, Jim (NJ)
• Crafts, Peter (and Kim) (NJ)
• DeAndrea, Dave (CT)
• DeAndrea Aldiero, Karen (and Frank) (NJ)
• Dube, Danny (NJ)
• Fastuca, Maureen (NJ)
• Fastuca, Michael (VA)
• Fastuca Ravino, Lorraine (NJ)
• French Lyons, Priscilla (and Jim) (NJ)
• Happel, Debbie (NJ)
• Happel, Joann (NJ)
• Jackon Piccolo, Barbara (NJ)
• Maloney Wagner, Lisa (NJ)
• Matelski, Robert (GA)
• Mazar, Althea (NJ)
• Mazur, Mark (NJ)
• Meyer, Bill (NJ)
• Meyer, Eric (and Thea) (NH)
• Moon Lemmert, Terri (MD)
• Normandia Dube, Denise (NJ)
• Parente, JoAnne (NJ)
• Parente, Karen (NJ)
• Person Eager, Catherine (NJ)
• Piccolo, Jim (NJ)
• Ponik, Ferd (and Pattiann) (NJ)
• Ponik Donnelly, Kathy (NJ)
• Ponik Sr, Rich (NJ)
• Reybert, Bill (NJ)
• Reybert, Marie (NJ)
• Reybert Bartlett, Debbie (NJ)
• Ribinsky Stanek, Nancy (NJ)
• Scotto, Mark (NJ)
• Skibo, George (NJ)
• Stover Dziowgo, Darlene (NJ)
• Swan, Tom (NJ)
• Van Malden Westbrook, Michelle (NC)
• Wardlow, Rich (and Margaret Callaghan) (NJ)

At least 15 members (including some who cannot join us on Friday) are also interested in spending additional time together on Saturday, November 10. The Reunion Committee will be sharing plans sometime soon.

I'll be out of touch for the most part for the rest of the week - thanks for stopping by, though!

All for now - corpsdially yours from jo!

Monday MatchUps - The Wargo Files pt 3

Since I won't be around next Monday, this Monday MatchUps will have to do double-duty.

Mike Wargo has registration applications for each of these members in his files. Most of the members are already on our roster, and some have not been mentioned before in Saints Scribblings. In all cases, none of them have posted anything on www.saintsdrumcorps.com, nor have they contacted the Saints Hotline (732-479-1987).

In all cases, the year and section shown are directly from the membership applications.

First, the members who weren't on our roster before:

• Nancy Billington (1976, color guard)
• James Davis (1976, horn line)
• Kathy Doscher (1975, color guard)
• Kenneth McKeel (1976, horn line)
• Lisa Sheroke (1975, color guard)

Next, the members who are already on the roster, but were never mentioned in a prior Monday MatchUp:

• Ann Marie Gerrity (1973, color guard)
• Patrick Gerrity (1972, drum line)
• Gail Kierney (1976, color guard)
• Darlene Post (1972, color guard)
• Carolyn Povalac (1975, color guard)
• William Povalac (1975, drum line)
• Lois Reed (1975, color guard)

Finally, members we've mentioned before in Saints Scribblings:

• Wendy Baxter (1971, horn line)
• Maria Capella (1975, color guard)
• Robin Cooper (1974 and 1976, color guard)
• Donna Davis (1974, color guard)
• Arlene Eck (1973, color guard)
• Daryl Eck (1973, color guard)
• Barbara Gaweda (1976, color guard)
• Barbara Gibbons (1973, color guard)
• Chuck (Michael William Charles) Meyers (1972, horn line)
• Kathy Ross (1972, color guard)
• Harriet Schissler (1973, color guard)
• Jim Smith (1973, horn line)
• Jack Soto (1975, drum line)
• Keith Steinberg (1975, horn line)
• Bryan Sterling (1976, horn line)
• Michael Torio (1976, drum line)
• Debbie Yegelwel (1974, drum line)

If you have some ideas on how to reach any of these members, please contact me at joparente.saintsdrumcorps@gmail.com. Thanks!

All for now - corpsdially yours from jo!