Dear Alumni, Family and Friends, Please join us on Friday May
23rd along
with our board of directors, alumni, family and friends for an evening
called "Back To Glory"�.
Listen and enjoy as our Hall of Fame members, alumni and staff share
with us their experience during the Glory days. We have a program that
will blend the past, present and future of the Hurricanes. We
urge you to be a part of another successful strategic effort to bring
the Hurricanes "Back To Glory"� once again as a Champion
caliber DCA Corps.
For complete
details, and a
welcoming invitation from Hurricanes Board of Directors
Chairman
Tom "Gabby" Gabianelli, please click on this link:
Welcome to WALKPROUD.ORG, 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.
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!
Update on Nick
Malesky's Condition Corps
director
Bernie Malesky's son Nick is recovering from severe head injuries. News
received this week is that Nick has been released from the hospital and
has begun the long road of rehabilitation. We will bring you more
updates as we receive them. Nick lives in North Carolina. In
the meantime,
Bernie needs help with travel expenses to visit Nick in N.C.. If
you would like
to help Bernie with some of these expenses, you can send a donation to:
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!
WalkProud.Org
Live Chatroom Online
Want to chat live with other Hurcs Alumni??? We have just added a "live" chatroom open 24/7. Click on the link below
and register. You can then choose from any of the chatrooms available. Hope to see you there!
The online store features merchandise and fundraising items to benefit the Alumni Association in their effort to provide annual
events for members and monetary support for the CT Hurricanes. Click on the "Online Store" link to the left!
Read and Sign the Guestbook!
Take a few moments to read the guestbook entries and leave us a message. Just click on the Guestbook link on the left navigation
bar.