Glassmen

Other Names:Maumee Suns; Glass City Optimists

Toledo, OH United States
Founded: 1961

Inactive Junior
World Class

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1973			Enter The Conquering Hero * The Ecstasy of Gold * One Fine Morning * Declaration Of Independence * Wooden Ships * We May Never Pass This Way (Again)
1974			Scythian Suite * One Fine Morning * Skybird * In the Mood * We May Never Pass This Way (Again)
1975	205	63.050	Aristophanic Suite 'The Wasps' Overture * Hill Where the Lord Hides * March of The Three Oranges * In the Mood * Prelude for an Occasion
1979			The Wasps * Cannibal Soup * Beatles Medley * Last Dance
1980	42	45.550	Opener * Pictures at an Exhibition * Closer
1981	38	53.600	Entrance and March of the Peers (from Iolanthe) * Late in the Evening * Captain Marvel * Piano Concerto No. 1 * The Light Is On * Ride Like the Wind
1982	34	55.500	The Red Pony * Rio * Piano Concerto No. 1 * El Congo Valiente (from Cuban Fire Suite) * The Light Is On * Ride Like the Wind
1983	24	58.250	Wind Machine * Recuerdos (from Cuban Fire Suite) * Hide and Seek * Big Noise from Winnetka (from Reveille with Beverly) * Time for a Change * Hill Where the Lord Hides
1984	28	68.900	Wind Machine * Groovin' Hard * Race With the Devil on a Spanish Highway * Chain Reaction
1985	39	53.900	(Repertoire not available)
1986	31	62.900	This Could Be the Start of Something Big * Coconut Champagne * Misty * Everything's Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy)
1987	30	62.400	This Could Be the Start of Something Big * Sambita * As Time Goes By (from Casablanca) * The Groove Merchant
1988	25	67.500	South 21st Street Shuffle * Caravan * Watch What Happens * Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
1989	23	68.700	Key to Her Ferrari * Jive Samba * Caravan * Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
1990	18	79.500	Suite for Jazz Orchestra * Threshold * In The Eighties * After All
1991	17	78.500	Appalachian Morning * Escapades of Pan * After All
1992	13	83.900	A Childhood Remembered - The North Wind * Madre de la Tierra * Escapades of Pan
1993	11	82.800	A Voyage Through Imagination - Overture * Morning Sun on the Sails * The Lion's Breath * The North Wind * Sailing
1994	10	83.900	Days of Future Passed - The Day Begins * Another Morning * Peak Hour * Tuesday Afternoon * Nights in White Satin
1995	8	88.300	A Joyful Celebration - Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee * A Mighty Fortress
1996	13	82.700	An(other) American Revolution - Stars and Stripes Forever * Second Symphony, Fifth Movement * I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy) * Rhapsody in Blue * Strike Up the Band (from Strike Up the Band) * An American in Paris
1997	8	90.000	The Age of Gold: The Music of Georges Bizet - Scene and Variations * Changing of the Guard (from Carmen) * Intermezzo - The Mountain Pass * Farandole (from L'Arlesienne)
1998	5	92.800	Dreams of Gold: The Music of Alexander Borodin - Asia Fantasia * Prince Igor Overture * Notturno - String Quartet No. 2 in D Major * Kismet Suite * Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
1999	5	93.700	Empire of Gold - Symphony No. 1 * Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (The Peacock) * Entrance of the Emperor and His Court (from the Hary Janos Suite)
2000	8	90.350	Music of George Gershwin - Concerto in F
2001	5	94.300	IMAGO - Panambi – Invocation to the Powerful Spirits * Pampeana No 3 – Impetuosamente * Concertino for Oboe and Strings * Panambi – Dance of the Warriors * Pavana (from Tres Versiones Sinfonica)
2002	8	91.000	Odyssey - 1000 AD (from The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms) * The Prayer: Scherzo II 'Dansa Kokopelli' (from The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms) * Javelin
2003	14	84.500	The Elements: Air, Earth, Fire & Water - AIR:Danza de los Duendes * EARTH:October * FIRE:Drum feature * WATER:Water (Original music)
2004	12	85.950	Voice of One - Prologue * Diversions - Serenade for Orchestra * The Saint (from Seraphic Dialogues) * The Cave * Finale for Martha
2005	11	87.700	A New World - New World Symphony
2006	11	86.000	Beethoven: Mastery & Madness - Selections from Symphonies 1 to 8 * Moonlight Sonata * Diabelli Variations * Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy)
2007	11	85.750	Gitano - Capriccio Espagnol * Rhapsodie Espagnole
2008	11	87.200	Kar-ne-vel - Carnival is Over * The Breakfast Machine from Big Top Pee Wee * Overture * Watermark * Beirut Taxi
2009	10	87.750	The Journey of ONE - The Multiples of One * You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are * The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano) * Tristan and Yvaine (from Stardust) * The Multiples of One * Joy (from Awakening) * One
2010	12	85.800	The Prayer Cycle - Mercy (from The Prayer Cycle) * Primacy of Number (from Naqoyqatsi) * Terminal * Hope (from The Prayer Cycle) * Epiphanies (from Fanfare & Chorales) * We're All Jungle Creatures (from The Lion In Winter)
2011	13	83.400	My Mortal Beloved - Original Music * Moonlight Sonata * Can't Help Falling in Love * Romeo and Juliet * Requiem
2012	14	82.250	GlassWorks - Mishima * One (Original music) * Ethiopia III (from Beyond Borders) * Symphony No. 3 (Organ)

Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

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The Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps was a World Class drum and bugle corps based out of Toledo, Ohio and was a sixteen time Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championship Finalist.

Richard "Dick" Ford and Jack Schnapp founded the corps as the Maumee Suns In 1961, sponsored by American Legion Post 320 of Maumee, a suburb on the south side of Toledo. The unit was a parade corps before entering field competition in 1964. The corps acquired the co-sponsorship of the Toledo Optomists International club in 1967 and changed the corps name to the Glass City Optomists, which also paid tribute to Toledo's heritage as a leading glass manufacturing center. The "Glass Capital of the World" was more fully recognized when the corps' name was changed to the Glassmen in 1971.

The Glassmen first entered Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions in 1975, placing 5th of 19 corps in the Class A championships in Philadelphia before going inactive for the next four seasons. The Glassmen returned to the field in 1980 as a Class A corps, but by DCI Finals in Birmingham, Alabama the corps had moved up to Open Class, where it finished 42nd of 44 corps.

The Glassmen began competing in Drum Corps Midwest (DCM) shows In 1982 and became a member of the circuit the following year, placing 4th of 24 corps at the DCM Championships in DeKalb, Illinois. The '82 corps also placed 24th of 51 corps at DCI in Miami, Florida, earning DCI Associate membership. The following year, though, the corps dropped to 28th place and to 39th in 1985.

Following the 1985 season, Dan Acheson, the current executive director and CEO of DCI, was named executive director of the Glassmen. Under Acheson's leadership, each year from 1985 through 1995, the Glassmen moved up in the DCI standings. The corps regained DCI membership in 1988. It made DCI semifinals for the first time in 1991, and earned a spot in the DCI Top Twelve Finals for the first time in 1993. The corps had been a DCI Finalist for three straight years when Acheson was elected chairman of the board of DCI in 1995 and later that year was appointed to his current position.

After Acheson's departure, the Glassmen fell to 13th place and missed DCI Finals in 1996, only to return the following six seasons under new Executive Director Brian Hickman. The corps placed as high as 5th in 1998, '99, and 2001. After dropping from Finals again with a 14th place finish in 2003, the Glassmen returned for another seven-year Finals run from 2004 through 2010.

In 2004 and 2008, the Glassmen performed Respeghi's “Pines of Rome” in concert with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, They performed Tchaikovsky's “1812 Overture” with the orchestra in 2006. In 2012 the orchestra and corps presented both works.

With another 13th place finish in 2011, the corps, along with many other non-profit organizations, began to fall victim to the difficult financial times of the faltering national economy during the "Great Recesssion." After slipping from 13th in 2011 to 14th in 2012, the organization was deep in debt and had no recourse but to sell off its assets to settle some of the debt load, but after a Federal Bankruptcy Court ruling in 2014 the corps became defunct.

In 2016, the Glassmen Alumni Association tried to restart the organization with a Winter Guard International unit, but met with no success, and the association also went inactive.

[Beth Schindel; Glassmen; Glassmen Alumni Association; Drum Corps World, multiple issuse; WTVG-TV, Toledo; ]

Members (141)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
Achille, Anthony	Lead Baritone	2011
Adams, Deanie	Soprano	2004
Adler, Christopher	Soprano	1997
Adler, Christopher	Baritone	1998
Adler, Christopher	Drum Major	1999 to 2001
Alaji, Lecia	colorguard	1983
Alaji, lecia	colorguard	1983
Anderson, Shawn	Trumpet/ Staff	2002 to 2003
Arreola, Daniel	Baritone	1998 to 2000
Baker, Gina	Mellophone	2006
Barker, Richard	Mellophone	2002
Barrick, Chris	Pit	2005
Beck, Brad	Baritone/Euphonium	2000 to 2002
Bello, Lee	Brass/Baritone	1993 to 1996
Bertucci, Ian	Contrabass	2002 to 2005
Billock, Matt	Soprano	1997
Bischoff, Nick	Baritone	2008
Blair, Tom	Bass Drum	1976
Blair, Tom	Bass Drum	1976
Boatright, James	Soprano	2003 to 2004; 2006
Boatright, James	Contra	2005
Brady, Bob	Brass/soprano/mellophone	1969 to 1981
Brandes, Todd	Percussion (Pit and Snare)	1986 to 1987
Brooks, Jeff	Snare	2003
Byers, Kristen	Soprano	2006 to 2007
Campbell, Roderic	BassLine	2002
Carpenter, Shawn	Contrabass	1997
Chaffin, George	Bass 2	2005 to 2006
Charles, Patrick	Pit	2000 to 2001
Christian, Joe	Baritone	2002
Cope, Cherie	Color Guard	1981 to 1984
Couture, Julie	Contra	2000
Crabtree, Daniel	Baritone	2000
Curyto, Michael	Quad Line/ Front Ensemble	2003 to 2004
Dabrowski, Matt	French Horn/Mellophone	1995 to 1998
Davis, Trevor	Guard	1999 to 2000
Deenik, Paul	Baritone	2003
Delain, Eric	Contra	1995
Dewan, Neil	Euphonium	2000 to 2004
Dodds, Clayton	Soprano	2007 to 2009
Eck, Joe	Soprano	2004
Eige, Jamison	Pit - Drum Major	1988 to 1991
Espeut, Nicole	Guard	1997
Estep, Dawn	Baritone	2003
Falvey, Andy	Baritone	1992 to 1999
Falvey, Jeremiah	Soprano	1991 to 1993
Falvey, Jeremiah	FRENCH HORN	1994 to 1997
Forin, Tiago	Trumpet/Mello	2004 to 2005
Friedman, Aaron	Bassline	2004
Gamin, Kevin	Soprano	1992 to 1993
Gamin, Kevin	Baritone	1994 to 1996
Gamin, Kevin	Soprano	1992 to 1993
Gamin, Kevin	Baritone	1994 to 1996
Gatwood, Donald	Soprano	1962 to 1975
Genaw, Brandon	Brass	1999 to 2003
Gonzalez, Juan	Color Guard	2002 to 2003
Gray, GW	Bassline	1993
Groeniger, Mike	Soprano	1995
Guzman, Alfredo	Front Ensemble	2002
Hartt, Levi	Battery	1998 to 1999
Hendrixson, Paul	Euphonium	2010
Herron , Jason	Euphonium	2002 to 2003
Howard, Lance	Baritone	2004 to 2005
Johnson, Charles	C. G. Instructor	1965 to 1966
Johnson, Charles	Show Designer	1972
Johnson, Charles	Business manager	1973 to 1974
Johnson, Charles	M&M Instructor	1975
Kempf, Jarrod	Baritone	1999
Leko, Jim	Soprano	1999
Lilly, James	Mellophone	1993 to 1994
Lilly, Michael	Baritone	1993 to 1994
Lindner, Jeff	Drum Line/Bass & Tenor	1968 to 1971
Lowe, JJ	Baritone/Euphonium	1999 to 2001
Madeira, Alyssa	Brass - Baritone	2006 to 2008
Markham, Scott	Colorguard	2000
McGlothlin, Michael	Mellophone	1999
McGlothlin, Michael	Mellophone	1999
McGreevy, Mike	Baritone	2005
McMahon, Carrie	Mellophone	1992 to 1993
McMahon, Carrie	French Horn	1994 to 1995
McMillan, Aaron	Soprano	1999
Melton, Jeffery	multi tenors	1986 to 1987
Miller, Greg	Bass Drum	1998
Miller, Greg	bass drum	1998
Miller, Krista	Soprano	2003 to 2004
Mills, Jennie	Brass Staff	2003 to 2004
Minnich, Amanda	colorguard	2004
Mohr, Linda	french horn	1984
Moody, Tristan	Front Ensemble	2004
Moomey, James	French	1968 to 1970
Moomey, James	3rd/2nd Soprano	1971
Moomey, James	1st Soprano	1972
Moomey, James	1st Baritone	1973 to 1975
Nowels, Doug	Percussion	1988 to 1989
Ollier, Dan	contras	1987 to 1989
Ortleib, Chris	Bariton	1998 to 1999
Panek, Matt	Baritone	1993 to 1995
Patenaude, Rich (Dick)	Soprano	2004
Peterson, Garth	Euphonium	2003
Poulan, Key	Brass Arranger / Composer	2012
Powell, William	Contra	2001 to 2002
Pyles, Ben	Quad Line	2003 to 2005
Quiney, Quenton	Percussion	2001
Rabbitt, Emilie	Colorguard	2003
Redman, Michael	percussion	1990
Reed, Michael	Contrabass	2000
Regan, Mike	Contra	1993 to 1994
Regan, Mike	Contra	1993 to 1994
Reip, Daniel	Soprano	2004 to 2005
Reiske, Kristen	Brass - Soprano	2008
Reyes, Luis	Contra	2004
Rohn, Chris	Baritone	1995 to 1997
Ruthardt, Andreas	Lead Baritone	1999
Ryan, Gary	Tenor Line	1984
Schleicher, Jim	Pit	1998 to 2001
Simpson, Roger	Contra	2002 to 2003
Slovak, Brandon	Mellophone	1999
Smith, AJ	Front Ensemble	2003 to 2004
Smith, Jeff	Bass line &Percussion staff	1964 to 1972
Snyder, Jeremy	Soprano	1998; 2000
Sodders, Bo	Sopranos	2002 to 2004
Sodders, Bo	Drum Major	2005 to 2006
Sparks, Joe	Brass	1998
Stanciu, Jessy	Colourguard - sabre	2005
Stone, Aaron	Contra/Baritone	1999 to 2000
Szostek, Dawn	rifle line	1974 to 1976
Travers, Antonio	Baritone	1998
Tunison, Scott	Lead Baritone	2002
Van Hoose, Cayla	Color Guard	2001 to 2006
Verdream, Tony	Baritone	2000 to 2001
Watson, Aaron	Lead Sop	2001
Wilburn, Joey	Baritone	2002
Williams, Austin	Pit-Timpani	2002 to 2003
Willoughby, Liz	Cymbals	2003
Zajac, Julie	Mellophone	2008 to 2009
Zajac, Tim	Baritone	2005 to 2006
kavanaugh, sean	Drumline	2002
manning, david	soprano	1992 to 1993
powell, will	Contra	2001 to 2004
swartz, john (sarnia sam)	drum staff	1984
van Doorn, Erik	Baritone	2007 to 2008

CORPS 36 items

Glassmen

0 2 Photos

1980 45 Photos

1981 63 Photos

1982 47 Photos

1983 52 Photos

1984 66 Photos

1985 56 Photos

1986 20 Photos

1987 27 Photos

1992 1 Photos

1993 1 Photos

1999 5 Photos

2000 5 Photos

2001 10 Photos

2002 59 Photos

2003 66 Photos

2004 13 Photos

2005 46 Photos

2006 23 Photos

2007 123 Photos

2008 39 Photos

2009 79 Photos

2010 64 Photos

2011 55 Photos

2012 191 Photos

Members (141)