Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Asscociation

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Greater New Orleans Drum
Corps Association

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Welcome to The Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association Website. The purpose of GNODCA is to preserve and build on the great tradition of the drum and bugle corps activity; to appropriately represent the greater New Orleans area as well as Louisiana, the United States and the drum and bugle corps activity worldwide; and to stimulate interest in the study and teaching of music and the arts.

Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association’s Annual Business Meeting
& Pot-Luck (10/21/2023)

This is to announce that our Annual Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at American Office Machines, 2609 Ridgelake Drive, Metairie, LA 70002 (near Veterans & Causeway). In addition to GNODCA members, we also invite friends and family to come join us. It will be a pot luck dinner, like we’ve done in the past. So, please bring your favorite dish along with you.

GNODCA’s purpose is to preserve and build the great tradition of the drum & bugle corps activity; appropriately represent the Greater New Orleans area as well as Louisiana, the United States and the entire drum & bugle corps activity worldwide; and to stimulate interest in the study and teaching of music and the arts.

If you would like to become a GNODCA member, go to http://gnodca.org/joinus.html to register on-line or to download the Membership Application to mail your Membership Application & dues to GNODCA Post Office Box 23582, New Orleans, LA 70183. Our fiscal year is October 1 to September 30.

Hope to see you at the Annual Meeting & Pot Luck. Set-ups and soft drinks will be provided (BYOL). Please let us know [via email (Subject: ABM) or text] how many will be attending and what Pot-Luck food item you expect to bring to insure we have a variety of foods.

If you have any questions, please contact Babette Staunton, GNODCA Social Committee at bbstaunton@cox.net or 504-343-1964. Hope to see you there!

Article By Babette Staunton – Posted September 27, 202

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GNODCA’s FY2023 BOARD ELECTIONS RESULTS

The GNODCA Annual Business Meeting was held on October 8, 2022. Two Board Members, David Callaway & Mark Manguno’s terms expired and they were re-elected for another 3-year term.

Most of our Board Meetings in FY2022 were held virtually & in-person. At the first Board Meeting for FY2023 on November 10, 2022, the FY2023 Executive Board was elected:

President - Elroy Ingersoll
Treasurer - Mark Manguno
Secretary - Babette Staunton
Other Board Members: David Callaway, Cheryl Gautreaux and Gail Perrin

We wish you, your families and your friends healthy & safe holidays.

by Babette Staunton
GNODCA Public Relations
November 30, 2022

“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story”

“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” is a movie of not only the 50-years of Jazz Fest but New Orleans & its thick culture. Jazz Fest has not only 7000 of the best musician from all over the world on 14 stages in 8 days, but all the best thick New Orleans’ cultures: music, art work, flavors and diverse ethnicities are celebrated. The movie “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” can be streamed online thru Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, VuDu, Microsoft Store, Redbox, DIRECTV, AMC on Demand and Spectrum On Demand.

This film weaves live performances & interviews from the past 50 years of Jazz Fest with the beauty & madness of New Orleans. There is nothing in the world like playing the Jazz & Heritage Festival. It has the most amusing concert series. It is a blend, not a separation of cultures and New Orleans is nothing without it’s artists: music, food & art work.

We almost lost this city, New Orleans and its way of life. It was rebuilt/resurrected from below zero after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The music we celebrate with Jazz Fest cleansed the city. It was a resurrection of spirit & will: music, culture, resiliency, history & Rhythm. Life here is enjoyed not endured. That is the magic of Jazz Fest.

Article by Babette Staunton, Posted June 19, 2022

Last Updated on  August 1, 2023