Fantasia III


Other Names: Fusion Dynamic Royalaires & Imperial Knights

Little Falls; Midland Park, NJ United States
Founded: 1978

Inactive Junior
YearPositionScoreTheme/Songs
1979 213 40.000 The Ten Commandments * Toccata in D Minor * Copacabana * To One in Paradise  
1980 208 44.800 Castille * Junkanoo Holiday * Old Man River (from Show Boat) * Rotation * Music  
1981 202 63.100 Espiritu Del Toro * Junkanoo Holiday * MacArthur Park * Music  
1982 39 47.550 Espiritu Del Toro * Nuttin but de best * Mambo Tambo * Selections from Evita * Ritual Fire Dance (from El Amor Brujo) * Suavecito  
Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

CORPS Photos

The Fantasia III drum and bugle corps was originally formed in May of 1978 as a parade corps with membership of disbanded corps within the region that included the Valley Grenadiers of Hillsdale, the Muchachos of Hawthorne and the Royal Cavaliers parade corps of Ramsey.

On February 1st, 1979, the corps reorganized when both the Dynamic Royalaires of Oradell & the Imperial Knights of Midland Park joined the parade corps, converting to field competition for the 1979 season, under the direction of George Holden, Peter Ewald, and Jack VanEtveldt and sponsored by the Wayne Boys’ Club, Their instructional staff included Lee Romano and Paul Harvey on brass; Ed Argenziano, Bill Barlics, and Craig Osetek on percussion; John Carr and Mark Derhelle on visual and Walter Derhelle on guard.

That year saw the corps compete in the “Class A” division finals in the 1979 US Open, placing 6th & the DCI preliminaries, where they finished in 13th position. The next 2 years were very successful for the corps, highlighted by a finalist spot in both the 1980 US Open & DCI “Class A” championships, placing 6th and 7th respectively. The group improved even higher with a 13th place finish in the 1981 Drum Corps East (DCE) “Open Class” prelims and a was awarded 2nd position in the DCI “Class A” finals. In their last season of competition, the corps moved up to the “Open Class” division where they appeared in the preliminaries of the 1982 DCE (14th) , DCI East (18th) & the DCI championships, placing 39th.

In 1983, they merged with the Patriots of Cranford to form the Jersey Brass.

 

1979 US Open program; Paul Legault (DCX) 




Members (13)

Member Name Section Years Involved
Barlics, William Arranger / Instructor 1979 to 1981
Boccardi, Laurie Color Guard 1982
Carr, Tom Brass 1981 to 1982
Casper, Michael Color Guard/Baritone 1981 to 1982
Chin, Jason Mellophone 1980
Collier, Kelly Color Guard 1980
Gulino, Gabe Brass Arranger/Instructor 1980 to 1982
Holden, Eilene Drum 1971 to 1980
Lehmer, Fred Soprano 1979 to 1981
Papendick, John Brass 1977 to 1978
silvera, Thomas percussion 1978 to 1982
Unger, Jakob Soprano 1982 to 1983
Wygant, Rick Brass 1979 to 1982

CORPS 2 items

Fantasia III

FantasiaIII,LittleFalls,NJ,Patch1(RPE)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection Contributed by Robert Pero
Fantasia III

FantasiaIII,LittleFalls,NJ,Pin1_RectOrange(RE-2.75x1.75)J_U_S from the Richard Elmquist Collection

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