At our 2010 annual  banquet the Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association inducted three members into it's Hall of Fame. The recipients of this great honor were:

Malcolm Bolden

Malcolm Bolden started his drum corps career in the VFW New Orleans Cadets in 1949 or 1950 as a snare drummer and stayed there until 1952 when he went in the armed services.  He also met his wife in the Cadets, as she was in the color guard.  He was not in the drum corps again until his daughter joined the Bleu Raeders in 1974 where he was active in the Booster Club, finding many unique ways of raising money to keep the Raeders on the “Drum Corps Trail.”  This included taking money out of his own pocket when needed.  He did what it takes to keep the corps rolling.

After Larry Coste left, the Raeders, Malcolm became president until the merger that formed the Regiment Militare and thru its folding.  Malcolm was also involved with the Louisiana Southernaires in 1982.

Malcolm passed away 7 years ago and Sylvia, his wife 1-1/2 years ago.  This person is what the “Hall of Fame” is all about.  Dedication to Drum and Bugle Corps.  His daughter Julie accepted the award for her father, Malcolm Bolden who is inducted into the “Hall of Fame.”.

Peter “Pete” Perniciaro

Peter “Pete” Perniciaro was one of the founding fathers of the Stardusters Drum and Bugle Corps in Arabi, La formed in 1961.  From the Stardusters beginning, Pete was the min fundraiser of the corps and served as the Chairmen of the Board of Directors.  He became the Corps Director in 1972 and was a main stay in keeping the Stardusters Running.  Under Pete’s Directorship, the corps started progressing and won its first championship in 1977 at the “Mid-America Drum & Bugle Corps Association” and repeated as champions 1978 and 1979, the last year The Association was active.  In 1979, under Pete’s leadership, the Stardusters won the “U. S. Open Class A Championship in Marion, Ohio.  As a Class A Corps, they competed in their first DCI Competition at the DCI World Championships in Birmingham, Al. and placed a very strong second.  That same year, the Stardusters competed in the American Legion National Championship in Houston, Texas and VFW Nationals coming in second.  Pete was a driving force in the  Stardusters’ merger with the Bleu Raeders in 1981, that became the Louisiana Southernaires.  The Southernaires, Class A Drum and Bugle Corps, went on to win the 1981 DCI World Championship in Montreal, Canada.  Pete passed away in 1983.

“Pete” Perniciaro was instrumental in the development of Drum and Bugle Corps in a positive way.  His daughter Sandra accepted the award for her father, “Pete” Perniciaro who is hereby inducted into the “Hall or Fame.”

Bob Dempsey

Bob Dempsey joined the VFW Cadets at the age of 11 as a soprano bugler, which later was, renamed the New Orleans Cadets where he aged out in 1960.  He placed second in the individual Soprano Competition at the VFW Nationals in Los Angeles, CA. when he was with the New Orleans Cadets.  He also, placed first in the Senior Soprano Bugle Competition in Birmingham, AL.  Bob was a horn instructor for the Stardusters from 1961.  He was Show Coordinator and Horn Instructor for the Stardusters from 1972 until the merger with the Louisiana Southernaires where he was the Show Coordinator.  Through the years, Bob wrote, taught and directed Drum and Bugle Corps to just about every drum and bugle corps in the New Orleans area.  He worked with the horns lines of the Southern Rebels, the Masqueraders and the Mount Carmel Eaglettes, Abbeville, LA.

Bob Dempsey was instrumental in the development and promotion of many drum and bugle corps in a positive way.  Bob and his wife Sandra accepted his award and the induction into the “Hall of Fame.”