Chattahoochee Sound Association
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The Chattahoochee Sound Association Drum and Bugle corps was a junior, D.C.I. class A-60 drum and bugle corps from Decatur, Georgia.
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[edit] History
The Chattahoochee Sound Assocation (CSA) was a junior corps formed in Atlanta in 1980. 'CSA' was founded by World Drum Corps Hall of famer and popular soloist, instructor, arranger and Boston native, Thomas F. McAndrew. The corps performed in exhibition at the Drums Across America show at Atlanta's Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field, and appeared at one additional contest, the N.A.M.M. show, before competing at the 1980 DCI World Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. The corps finished 18th out of 21 competitors in the Class A prelims competition, with a score of 25.60. Winter rehearsals were held at the Decatur Recreation Center, with summer rehearsals primarily at a local park in south DeKalb County.
The corps staff included Spirit of Atlanta alumnus and Canadian National Snare Drum champion Randy Wickstrom, and Stockton Commodores alumnus and Spirit staffer Russell Stanton.
Perhaps the most notable achievement of CSA was that a large number of its alumni went on to perform with Spirit of Atlanta, North Star, Santa Clara Vanguard, the Boston Crusaders, the Bridgemen, Southwind, and the Blue Devils. A few others performed with the CorpsVets Senior Drum & Bugle Corps, including Melinda Moore Burnette, Andy Ritchie, and Terry Reilley.
Chattahoochee Sound Association was re-started under the direction of Carolina Crown founding director Kevin Smith in the fall of 1981, but they never competed again in DCI.
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- The corps was once sponsored by Diet Pepsi tm.
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