Location Nashua, New Hampshire Founded 1955 (1955) | Division Open Class Director Richard Rigolini | |
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Championship titles Division II -1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007 Uniform Cream Jacket
w/cream and black stipes
w/red on underside
Black pants
black shoes
Black pith helmet
black plume Similar Eruption Drum and Bugle Co, Forte Drum and Bugle Corps, Raiders Drum and Bugle Co, Esperanza Drum and Bugle Co, Edmonton Strutters Drum and | ||
Spartans drum and bugle corps recruitment
The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class (formerly Divisions II & III) competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Nashua, New Hampshire, the Spartans performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions. The Spartans won the DCI Division II World Championship in 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, and 2007.
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History
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The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 1955 by Albert LaFlamme as a way to keep at-risk youth off of the streets. Mr. LaFlamme was succeeded as corps director by his son Peter. Today, the corps is run by Albert’s grandson, Paul "PG" LaFlamme Jr.
Over the corps' long history, it has performed for Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush.
In 1990, the corps was gifted with a corps hall that also hosted their bingo operation.
A fire in 1999 destroyed nearly everything the corps owned--- instruments, uniforms, equipment, vehicles. The dedication of the corps' members, staff, and supporters, as well as the greater drum corps community, kept the corps in operation and in competition, with the corps placing second that year at DCI Division II Finals in Madison, Wisconsin.
In 2009, the economic downturn forced the Spartans into bankruptcy. Bingo revenues had dropped off to a point where the corps discontinued that fundraising activity. Efforts to sell the corps hall had not been successful, although payments were still due on the hall's mortgage.
The corps went through a year of inactivity and reorganized, including a change of management and sale of the corps hall for an amount large enough to pay off the corps' debts. The corps then successfully returned to competition in 2010.
Sponsorship
The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) musical organization which has a Board of Directors, director, and staff assigned to carry out the organization's mission. The president of the board is Paul "PG" LaFlamme, Jr., the operations director is Ann Prendergast, and the corps director is Richard Rigolini.
Show Summary (1972-2017)
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