Interstatesmen

Pittsfield, MA United States
Founded: 1959

Inactive Senior

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1961			Bugler's Salute to the Flower Drum Song * Carol Of The Drums * This Is My Beloved * Up A Lazy River * That Old Black Magic * Who's Sorry Now
1962			Road Show * On The Mall March * Malaguena * It's All Right With Me (from Can-Can) * Baia * St. Louis Blues March * Mambo (from West Side Story) * Tropical Heat Wave * Who's Sorry Now
1963			Blow, Gabriel, Blow (from Anything Goes) * You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You * On The Mall March * Who's Sorry Now
1964			Interstatesmen March * Can-Can (from Can-Can) * Fan Tan Fanny (from Flower Drum Song) * Whatever Lola Wants (from Damn Yankees) * Captain From Castile * Portrait of My Love * Hello, Dolly * Who's Sorry Now
1965	5	79.950	The Interstatesmen March * It Had Better Be Tonight (from The Pink Panther) * Mississippi Mud * Taboo * There is a Tavern in the Town * Portrait of My Love * Hello, Dolly * Softly As I Leave You
1975	19	56.550	(Repertoire not available)

Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

CORPS Photos

The Interstatesmen, formed in 1958 or 1959 through a merger of the Empire State Grenadiers and the Berkshire Marauders, was a senior marching and maneuvering corps based in North Adams, Massachusetts. They were sponsored by the Berkshire County American Legion Post, American Legion Post 235 of Waterford, New York, and the Charles Brady American Legion Post.

As the name implies, the corps drew its membership from an area within 150 miles of Troy, New York, from several states.

The corps colors were red, white, and black.

Known as the I-Men, the corps was the Massachusetts and Connecticut American Legion Champions in 1960, 1962, and 1963, and the Northeast States Open Champions in 1962. They at one time or another defeated nearly every one of their head-to-head competitors.

Corps instructor Dominic DelRay is credited with inventing the mellophone bugle, and the I-Men may have been the first corps ever to use it, in 1963. The corps is also credited with being the first top-ten corps to begin a show in a position other than the standard off the line. In the early 1960s, the corps had to obtain permission from judges to split the corps on separate starting lines. This innovative group was a charter member of DCA in 1963.

The corps disbanded in 1967.

[Encyclopedia of Drum and Bugle Corps, 1966; rec.arts.marching.drumcorps;DCW, 2/89, p.20;]

Members (13)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
BAKER, JOE	TENOR/SNARE	1964 to 1965
Cahill, Mike	Drum	1966 to 1967
Chevalier, Raye	snare line	1965 to 1966
Fitzpatrick (fitzy), John	Drum Line Snare	1970 to 1981
GRANT, ROY	soprano	1962 to 1963
Liberti, Frank	Soprano	1962 to 1965
Norton, Tom	Baritone	1965 to 1966
Scarchilli, Joseph	French Horn	1963
Scarchilli, Joseph	Mellophone	1975 to 1976
smith, sam	HORN	1964 to 1968
Taliaferro, Dennis	Rifle Line	1975 to 1976
Taliaferro, Dennis	Guard	1975 to 1976
Wood, Walter	Director	1958 to 1964