From John:
“The place is the Tenny Bowl in Kewanee. the date is Saturday March 20th. We have lanes reserved starting at 2:30pm. They also have pool tables. Will bring cards for those who wish to have some eucher games. The Tenny Bowl also has a short order grill and a beverage license. So old Knights. come one come all, lets have some fellowship.”

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Times were not set when I spoke with Mary at 8:30 this morning. She told me that she would be back to me with Names, Addresses and Times tonight or tomorrow.”

As soon as I get more information about services, I will post it here.

**Update**

Here is the information provided by Mary (Broxterman) Newnam.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FUNERAL SERVICE IS NOT AT THE CHURCH BUT AT THE FUNERAL
HOME.

Visitation will be held on Friday, February 26th from 4:00 to 8:00 at:

McCorkle Funeral Home
767 N Blackhawk Blvd
Rockton, IL 61072

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, February 27th at 11:00 with a
luncheon to follow:

McCorkle Funeral Home
767 N Blackhawk Blvd
Rockton, IL 61072

Internment will be Monday, March 1 at 11:00 with a luncheon to follow:

Oakwood Cemetery
Geneseo, IL

Also, you can view Tracy’s obituary at the McCorkle Funeral Home website. I will be sure to post any more information that I receive.

2/15/10 – “My mom is still in ICU, has been since Sat. Her blood pressure is back to normal, as is her heart rate. But her white count is still too high, the thought is gall stones causing an infection. More tests will be done and they may remove her gall bladder. She slept well last night, she is confused, but she’s not all there either. Thanks Al,for posting this to start with & Thank you to everyone who’s thinking about her.”

2/16/10 – “Update on my Mom, today she is in a regular room, in a chair. She needs her gall bladder out, but is not a good candidate for that right now. In the next few days , she will be released to a Rosewood Care Center and the gall bladder will come out later when other medical issues are resolved. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and support.”

2/20/10 – “DJ is SO much better! Drs don’t what to remove her gall bladder at this time, maybe in 6 months. After 4 days of not knowing what age she was, what decade she was in or who was president, she is back in this era and ticked she missed a chunk of the Olympics. She is in a care center to get strong enough to go home. Cards can be mailed to:
Dorothy Johnson
2211 N. Bigelow
Peoria, IL 61604

Thank you for all your prayers.”

Jeannie also asks that even though DJ’s memory is doing pretty good right now, she asks that you include a note to help her remember, like section, years, and corps you were involved with (Even though most of us know DJ from the Knights, she did also help out with the Blue Stars and Madison Scouts after the Knights folded).

*Edit* A lot of you probably already know this info, but for those that don’t, here’s an update courtesy of Tom Shea:
“That ad is for 1989. The set player in question is Mr. Brian Irons, from 1988, the Chicago show. We became the Quad City Knights for the 88 season, after we had moved out of Geneseo after 1987.
We also had a souvenir ad in DCW I think that said something like “Just because you’re a weenie doesn’t mean you have to dress like one.” ‘Weenie’ was a big word in our camp for a few years.”

As many of you are probably aware, Chase Bank is running a contest through Facebook called Chase Community Giving. Chase is giving money to the charities that get the most votes. Four drum corps, Carolina Crown, Cavaliers, Colts, and Phantom Regiment, have made it to the second and final round (of 100 charities/community organizations). Voting starts on Friday, January 15th and goes through Friday, January 22nd.

The organizations in the final 100 have each come up with proposals for what they would to do with the prize money. For example, the Colts are doing two things: 1. setting up an endowment fund to help disadvantaged kids participate in some of the local music education opportunities and ensembles that are part of the Colts organization; 2. purchasing two new mobile kitchens for summer use by the corps that will spend the rest of the year being used by the Red Cross (for free) to help in disaster situations.

For more information, you can read the article about it on the DCI website.

Another good article about it was written by Kevin Gamin and is readable here.

Once voting begins, everyone has 5 votes, but can only vote for an organization once. I encourage everyone to vote for the four drum corps and another organization of your choice.

So, for those of you on twitter, we now have a twitter account. For now I’m just going to tie it into the website so that it gives everyone another way of accessing the updates from the site. Eventually I’ll be using it for short corps-related comments. Feel free to check it out and follow us at: http://twitter.com/knightscorps or if you already know what’s going on with twitter, that’s @knightscorps.

Armando Contreras Castro passed away September 17, 2009. He was born January 3, 1957, in Amarillo, Texas, to Candelario and Armandina Castro.

Armando resided in the Quad City area of Illinois from 1965-1985. He graduated from United Township High School East Moline IL in 1975. He participated in wrestling, band and National Honor Society. He was a member of the Knights drum and bugle corps from 1977-79. He attended Blackhawk College in East Moline, IL. He was employed at JI Case, Frizell & Parsons and Bandag.

Armando lived in Grand Prairie and Duncanville, Texas, from 1985-2009 and worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, for twenty-three years. He attended El Centro College in Dallas. He loved to play the saxophone; enjoyed yard work and quenched his thirst for knowledge through reading. His Father, Candelario C. Castro and Step-Father Ralph E. Roberts preceded him in death. His Mother, Armandina C. Roberts, survives Armando, as well as his brother’s Juan (wife Julie) and Alberto (wife Becky) and sisters Ana (husband Rannie Grimm) and Francisca. Armando’s nieces: Genevieve, Megan Rose, Gina, Nichole and nephew’s: Joseph, Alexander, Anthony, Adam and Jahmal.

Visitation is scheduled for Wednesday September 23, 2009 from 7-9 pm at Jaynes Memorial Chapel 811 South Cockrell Hill Road Duncanville, TX 75137. Graveside services are 10:00 am Thursday September 24, 2009 at Restland cemetery 9220 Restland Road, Dallas, TX 75243. Immediately following: a celebration of life will be held at the New Life In Christ Lutheran Church 311 South Cockrell Hill Road Duncanville, TX 75116.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, memoriams may be sent to:
New Life In Christ Lutheran Church
311 South Cockrell Hill Road
Duncanville, TX 75116.

Obituary on QCOnline
Obituary in Dallas Morning News

1. Preserve the history and memory of the Knights Drum and Bugle Corps

2. Facilitate future reunions of Knight’s Alum

3. Promote Drum and Bugle Corps, and associated activities (Winter Guard, Drum Corps, Drum Lines, and even Marching Bands). This also includes scholarships to children of Knight Alum so they can march Drum and Bugle Corps, the formation of an alumni corps, or even donating money to a down on their luck type of corps.

To initially help with this moving forward please respond to this with your suggestions.

Thanks
Adam “Banjo” Sporluck (Euphonium 93/94)