Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-07
DRUM CORPS FIELD DAY TO BE HELD HERE SATURDAY

TO BE HELD HERE SATURDAY |
 old times will be revived in Norwich l Saturday when the l'hread City coa- tinentals hold a mammoth field day Chamber Of Commerce, and a big dance in the evening at the stafe armory un- der the auspices of Battery B.
 Over twenty Of the best drum corps and piccolo and flute bands of the state. and others from Massachusetts and Rhode 1sland, are expected 10 be on hand 10 compete. either in corps com petition or in single eompefiti0n during the day.
 The corps win gather in Norwich at noon with headquarters at the Bucking- ham Memorial where refreshments will be furnished by the chamber of conn merea. The command to fall in will come at Ills o'clock and the parade starts promptly at l.7o o'clock. daylight l time.
 The line of march will be as folless: i Up Main street to Burnham square, cour- termarch through Main street to Wash ington square. down Water street i through Little Water street, up She l While passing up Broadway the corps will be reviewed by city and town ofti- cials from 6 specially erected platform. I At the Parade there will be compe- tition for prizes, the events to be as follows: No 1, best playing corps, lst
 2nd and srd, silver cups; ancient class 110 beats. No. 2, best playing corps
 lst, 2nd, srd, silver cups. modern class 120 beats. No. 3, best playing vorps. lst, 2nd, srd. silver cups. fife, drum and
 bugle, 12G beats- No. {, best playing
 corps, 1st, End, 3rd, silver cups. piccoio
 and flute, 12e beats. No. 5, best playing
 corps, 1st, End. ard, silver cups. drum and bugle, 12o beats No. 6. best play
 ing corps. 1st and End, silver cups Kil-
 tie bands. No. ', best appearing corps, 1st, silver cup. Nc. 3, most men in line.
 1st, silver cup. No g. best marching
 corps, lst, silver cup. No, 10, corps
 coming longest 4ssfance. rs. silver cup {;
 No. II, corps with highest per cent. 1st,
 silver cup.
 In the evening the dance Is held at the armery and during the intermission at 10 o'clock comes the individual com petition, the contests to be as roloi~s' No. l. individual snare drumming. 1st, silver cup No. 3 Individual bass drum ! ming, 1st, silver cup. No. 3, best ap- ! bearing major, 1st, silver cup. No A. 7 haten swinging. lst. silver cup
 [ Two features of the evening program ' will be indiyidual sHere drumming bs Frank Fancher of the odell M. Chap ' man Continentals of Wililmantic thu [ lnLefnaLlOnhl CndHpiOH 6uhEc hi otNth v who has won several hundred prizes , throughout the world; and baton swing | ing by Fred Dumas of the Webster oorps/ recognized as one of the best 1T 2 | the line.
 The afternoon program has been s , arranged as to be concluded by O.
 clock, and the feature entertainment a
 the evening is being held until 10
 clock when all local stores VIII o ' closed for the day.
 e Members of the program committe l' have requested all merchants 10 disFla.
 flags on Saturday and would appreciate d 9 general display Of flags by propert,
 owners along the line of march. '- The field day which Is big event ! + corps yearly doings Is somewhat noys 5 to many Norwich citizens. as Norylcl s has been without a drum corps 10 B. many years. It is expected that rec d ord-breaking crowd will come 10 ih g city for the event. and that this hrs ,, field day will not be the last to be hei
 here although Norwich does not suI l- port drum corps itself
 r. The rules governing the field da |. events are az follows: Corps must CT
 ter all competitive events with sam h. number of men as take part in parad n- no corps to be allowed to compete UT #. less partaking in the parade, corps
 be judged in evennsss of tune. tone. an re execution. Modern corps win play or ze selection s-s time and one in 2-4 tim i- once through, ancient corps. the san he twice through. Corps can enter in onl
 one class for competitive events Ind
 viduaI snare drumming any of the r1d
 ments the judges may request
 At a meeting held Wednesday nigf 's at the chamber of commerce rooms ss was reported that plans are practical k complete for the field day. ten corps a a ready having replied that they vi O. come. and many other answers ate e,
 pected before Saturday.