Connecticut Hurricanes Alumni Association

The "Connecticut Hurricanes Alumni Association" Official website. The Alumni Association is open to all former members in good standing of the Connecticut Hurricanes and is intended to provide social, as well as, recreational opportunities to our members, and a chance to network with our diverse group of Alumni, stay in-touch and keep abreast of noteworthy happenings and accomplishments via a periodic newsletter.

A portion of the revenue generated by the Hurricanes Alumni Association will be donated to the CT Hurricanes competitive corps. It is our wish that the moral support and monetary considerations we can afford will round out our mission and assist in propelling the Connecticut Hurricanes into the 21st Century as a high caliber sharply competitive drum corps, and perpetuate the legacy of the pride and accomplishment we all feel for having been part of the Hurricanes family.

Tires anyone?

Hey folks, the Hurricanes are having their best season in many years but we have a little problem with our equiptment trucks. So far this year we have had to rebuild the motor on one of the trucks and this has used up the budget for transportation. Now we are in need of tires for the trucks. Cash donations are welcome but the real solution is to get a sponsor who would like to donate a complete set of tires for one or both of the trucks. The donor would get the benefit of a tax deduction and we would make sure that the donor would have plenty of recognition and good will.
If you would like to make a donation, send a check to:
Charles King
45 Carlson Ridge Road
New Milford, CT 06776
Make check out to: CT Hurricanes Drum and Bugle Corps.

Anyone wishing to become a sponsor can call me at
(203) 512 6321.

It's a long way to Rochester for what might be a repeat of 1981, let's not let the corps down.
SOMF
Charlie King

Breaking News (Updated on August 10, 2008)
August 10, 2008 - Hurricanes Win 3rd Straight in Kingston! The storm warning flags were blowing at Dietz Stadium in Kingston, NY as the red hot Connecticut Hurricanes took top honors for the 3rd straight contest. The scores: Hurricanes 90.475, Empire Statesmen 90.038,Caballeros 89.038, Bushwackers 84.738, Fusion Core 77.550, White Sabers 75.538. GREAT JOBS, HURCS! The storm warning flags are now flying in Scranton, PA as the Hurricanes face the biggest show yet against the undefeated Buccaneers. WALK PROUD AND THINK OF THUNDER!
July 26, 2008 - Hurricanes Win Mission Drums! The Connecticut Hurricanes won their second show in a row this evening, beating the Hawthorne Caballeros and the Empire Statesmen at Mission Drums in Lawrence, Mass. The scores: Hurricanes 86.513, Caballeros 85.538, Empire Statesmen 84.850, Crusaders 76.450, and Fusion Core 69.475. GREAT JOBS, HURCS! We are proud of you!!
July 21, 2008 - Pic from the Past - 1981 DCA Chamionships Awards Ceremony Left podium: George Parks, Reading Buccaneers 3rd Place. Center podium: Bill Duquette, CT Hurricanes 1st Place. Tony White, Sunrisers 2nd Place. Notice Hurcs Dave McClennon in background talking to judge. Jim Russo, background right, Caballeros 5th Place. Vince Bruni in black suit in the foreground. Submitted by Charlie King.
July 19, 2008 - Hurricanes Win In Endicott! The Connecticut Hurricanes broke a years-long drought this evening by winning the DCA show in Endicott, NY. The Hurricanes beat the Syracuse Brigadiers and the Rochester Crusaders on the way to victory. The scores: Hurricanes 83.750 Brigadiers 80.000 Crusaders 75.800 Fusion Core 71.213 Grenadiers 68.525 (0.6) White Sabers 66.263 GREAT JOBS, HURCS! We can't wait for MIssion Drums!!
May 31, 2008 - Heart & Soul Recipient Announced! The 1st Anual Return to Glory event was held recently. Recipient of the 1st Connecticut Hurricanes Heart and Soul award was Bob Smith. Click on the 2008 Return to Glory link on the leftside menu to view a brief review of the evening!
May 29, 2008 - New Messageboard & Discussion Forum Launched! After receiving a few suggestions concerning the messageboard, the concensus was that we needed a full featured vehicle that will combine a guestbook, messageboard and forum in a user friendly configuration which we hope will attract more postings and stimulate more discussions. As a result, we are happy to announce our new Discussion Forums featuring the same software being used by many other drum corps sites, especially the Drum Corps Planet site. You should find the new forum site more conducive to reading and posting messages and there are other features like creating polls to vote on, a calendar of events and personal messaging. Use the Guestbook linl on the lefthand menu to check out the new forum.
April 15, 2008 - Alumni Social Network Up and Running The Great Connecticut Drum & Bugle Corps Social Network is now online offering past and present members of all of Connecticuts great corps the oppurtunity to interact in one web location, essentially forming one big community to get intouch or stay intouch with other corps members. There are separate groups for each corps, personal membership areas, photo galleries, audio and video section and your own personal message areas. Over 400 new personal photos have already been uploaded, as well as videos. 74 new members have joined in just the past 3 weeks. Simply click here to jump to the social network. It's FREE and sign up is fast and friendly. So, why not give it a try. See you there!

2007 Hurricane of The Year - Amorette Languell	Drum Corps Planet - Active Hurricanes Threads! 1977 Hurricanes - Year of Change! Follow this great thread on Drum Corps Planet about the major problems threatening the corps existence back in 1977. Read it Here! 1960's Corps of the Decade - Hurcs get little respect! This discussion concerns the many Corps of the Decade winners. Hurcs alum John Fisher has posted a reply to this thread summarizingthe many accomplishments of the 60's Connecticut Hurricanes. Thank you, John for sharing this information Read it Here! I will post more interesting articles as they become available.
2007 Annual Banquet Award Winners Announced! Four new members were inducted to the CT Hurricanes Hall of Fame at this years annual banquet. They are: Gail Bottillo, Scott Friend, Bob Kogut and Moe Knox. This years Honorees at the annual banquet are: Hurricane of The Year - Amorette Languell. Rookie of the year - Alex Bowyer. Directors award - Buddy Scudder. The Board of Directors awards for service above and beyond go to: Dave Dion & Jay Reed. Congratulations to all. Banquet Photos: To view banquet photos, submitted by Cheryl Curran, just click here:Photos

More Sound Files Added: Just added the "full corps" sound files for the years 1990 thru 2001. Click the menu for "Audio Files" and enjoy!