Raiders will finish 2005 without drum major
The Raiders Drum & Bugle Corps from Wayne - New Jersey have announced to the members of their corps and their families and fans that they will finish the remainder of their 2005 DCI tour, which includes DCI finals week, without a Drum Major.
The Corp learned late Monday, July 25th, 2005, that the corps' drum major, Adam Wierzbicki was contacted at the Raiders Camp Site in Trenton, NJ, by his family and was informed that he needed to leave tour and return home to his family as he needed to be at the bedside of a gravely ill family member. "The most important issue right now is Adam needs to be home with his family in this time of need. Our prayers and thoughts are with Adam and his family", said corps director Tom Maiello.
This is the second drum major that the Raiders have lost due to extreme circumstances this season. Early this year, with just two weeks before the corps first show in June, the corps learned that one of the members of the bass drum line could no longer march due to a rare medical condition. Scott Farkas, the corps first drum major and accomplished all around musician stepped down from the DM spot to fill the position that was open in the bass drum line.
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