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Category: USARD Members & Registered Users

Chris French

Christopher H. French

June 26, 2016 JAG Golden Members, USARD Members & Registered Users

Thank you Chris French for being a life member of the United States Association of Rudimental Drummers! From Chris’s website: Chris French grew up in

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Scott Mitchel

Scott Mitchell Biography

September 24, 2015 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

Biography  Scott Mitchell has been drumming for over 30 years, starting with the Sudbury Ancient Fife & Drum Company and playing with a variety of

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Pavel Stepanov

Pavel Stepanov Biography

February 26, 2015 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

Pavel Stepanovwas born in 1988 April 2 in the city of Kandalaksha in the North of Russia. He graduated from music school in piano, and

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Frank Zappone

November 3, 2014 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

Biography of Frank Zappone Frank Zappone started his interest in drumming back in 1964. Born and raised in Torrington, Connecticut, he came from a family

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Leo Carlin

October 23, 2014 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

I started drumming in 1952 with St Anthony's of Allston, MA. Drum instructor was Walt Whitney, who came from CT, so I learned how to

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John Lester

October 9, 2014 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

John Lester 360 W Ewing Street Seattle WA, 98119 206-399-4180   Education: Private Lessons. 1950 J.Burns Moore(Snare Drum) 1953 Sam Ulano, New York, NY, (Drum

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Willard J. “Bill” Putman

October 9, 2014 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

BIOGRAPHY – Willard J. “Bill” Putnam OVERVIEW I was a child prodigy in Percussion from age 3, a classically-trained Eastman School of Music percussionist –

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Maurice “Mo” Bourque

October 9, 2014 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

1.  STARTED PLAYING SNARE DRUM WITH THE WHALERS D&B CORPS FROM NEW BEDFORD,MA 2. AT AGE 15 I WANTED TO PLAY DRUMSET—I STUDIED LOCALLY FOR

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Art Cappio – Biography

April 7, 2013 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

  Arthur Cappio Art Cappio, originally from Paterson, NJ (home of Lou Costello, he enjoys pointing out) is a superior composer of rudimental drumming solos

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Fred Johnson

January 12, 2013 JAG USARD Members & Registered Users

Biography courtesy of The World Drum Corps Hall of Fame: Fred Johnson’s drumming career started with military bands. In 1946, he began drumming with the

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