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Raider Band/Girls Drum and Bugle Corp Alumni

Name: Helen (Romig) Lehman

Instrument: Bell Lyre

Hometown: Edison, Nj

 

Name: Rebecca Bowman

Instrument: Drum & Bugle Corp-Drums

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

 
 
Past Directors
 

Name: David R. Schmaldienst

Instrument:

Hometown: Hegins, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Many awesome times with the Raider Band Family, Alumni Band 2007

 
1935

Name: John A. Willing

Instrument: Trumpet

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

1949

Name: Miriam (Weston) Kester

Instrument: Bugle

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Marching on the Ashland parade route....that very LONG hill

e-mail:

1965

Name: Lee Shafer

Instrument: Clarinet/Saxophone

Hometown: New Ringgold, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: The most memorable bus accident on the way to the Allentown Fair.

e-mail: leshafer@ptd.net

1966

Name: Bob Nattress

Instrument: Trumpet

Hometown: Shavertown, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Hanging out in the band room, impromptu jam session, screaming the high end of the St. Louis Blues March

e-mail: natrys@epix.net

 
Name: Linda (Barthel) Whetstone

Instrument: Drum

Hometown: Brockton, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Originally I was in the flag section until a strong wind blew the flag and I over it was then I knew the drum section was calling me

e-mail: Linda-Lori@evenlink.com

1972

Name: Debbie (Meredith) Delp

Instrument: Flute

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: band camp at a camp, (not at the high school) , band picnics at Knobel's Grove, playing for Richard Nixon

 

1973

Name: Deborah (Clemson) Petrole

Instrument: Flute

Hometown: Andreas, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Good times on the band bus

e-mail: dpetrole@hotmail.com

 
1976

Name: Cindy (Collura) Martin

Instrument: Flute

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: All of them
 
 
 
1977

Name: Terri  (Kester) Kane

Band Front: Majorette, Raider Band Cheerleader

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Marching as a 5 year old majorette in those freezing King Frost parades in Hamburg, Pa
 

Name: Susan Schuetrumpf

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo

Hometown: Duluth, Ga

e-mail:  sahsdz@yahoo.com

1980

Name: Joan (Paisley) Nowak

Instrument: Flute, Piccolo, Drum Major

Hometown: Shenandoah, PA

Favorite Band Memory: Timpani frisbee, St. Patrick's Day Parade in NYC, Dad Fetterman and his car's many trips on the sidewalk

 
 

Name: Lori (Emerich) Skeath

Instrument: Alto Saxophone, Color Guard

Hometown: Wapwallopen, PA

Favorite Band Memory: Freezing at the NY St. Patty's Day Parade, spending all my study halls in the bandroom, my best memories from high school are of band & Mr. Fetterman.
 
1981
 

Name: Joe Kutcher

Instrument: Percussion

Hometown: Mount Pleasant, SC

Favorite Band Memory: My fondest memory were the bus rides home from away games and singing the Alma Mater as we drove up Stadium Hill. 
 
1982
 

Name: Diane (Hollenbach) Henne

Band Front: Color Guard

Hometown: Tamaqua, PA

 
1983
 

Name: Kim (McGinley) Smith

Instrument: Flute

Hometown: Lancaster, PA

Favorite Band Memory: The giant beat P.V. sign - Another One Bites the dust - Washington D.C. trip - and of course band camp

e-mail: smith1499@comcast.net

 

1984

 

Name: Robert Ames

Instrument: Clarinet

Hometown: Temple, PA

Favorite Band Memory: My best high school memories are from band.  Who could forget the dead skunk in the middle of the road.

 

Name: Tim Sterner
Instrument: Alto Saxophone
City: Lancaster, Pa
Favorite Band Memory: Our trip to King's Dominion my senior year.
I also loved all of the great times in the band room and on the buses.
 

 

Name: Heather (McDaniel) Hannon

Instrument: Alto Saxophone

Hometown: Tamaqua, PA

Favorite Band Memory: Cheering in the stands at the football games

e-mail: zzat@ptd.net

 

Name: Jessica (Edwards) Ryan

Instrument: Flute/piccolo and even a little alto sax

Hometown: Baltimore, Md

Favorite Band Memory: Friday night football games.......out trip to NYC for St. Patrick's day with Mr. Fetterman.

e-mail: Tamaquagirl@yahoo.com


Name: Terry Benner
Instrument: Alto Saxaphone    
City: South Burlington , Vt
Favorite Band Memory:       Summer band trips   

e-mail address: terry_benner@bigfoot.com 

 

1985

 

Name: Elizabeth (Henry) Seltzer

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo

Hometown: Tamaqua, PA

Favorite Band Memory: All the fun we had in the band room during study halls and of course bandcamp.

e-mail: lseltzer@ptd.net

 

Name: Cheryl A. (Kachelries) Nemeth

Instrument: Trumpet

Hometown: Tamaqua, PA

Favorite Band Memory: Band camp at the end of each summer and all of the pranks on new members and the band director.

 

Name: Lucy (Siluk) Gerace

Instrument: Flute/Drum Major

Hometown: Tamaqua, PA

Favorite Band Memory: Singing the Alma Mater on the way up Stadium Hill.

e-mail:  lucygerace@verizon.net

 

 

1986

 
Name: Bill Ames

Instrument: Snare/Mallets

Hometown: State College, PA

Favorite Band Memory: Remember locking Dave Mace in the cages and how about that band room study hall pass

e-mail: billames@40alumni.psu.edu

 
 
Name: Ann Marie (Collura) Hadesty

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo

Hometown: Tamaqua, PA

Favorite Band Memory: Too many to list..........

e-mail: nnaeiram@verizon.net

1987

Name: June (Klees) Karweick

Instrument: Clarinet

Hometown: Michigan

Favorite Band Memory: There are just so many wonderful memories; I cannot pick one.

 

Name: Wendy Leiby

Instrument: Clarinet

Hometown: Windham, Maine

Favorite Band Memory: Too many to list

e-mail: wenleiby@msn.com
 

Name: Denise (Smulligan) Johnson

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo

Hometown: Summit Hill, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: my favorite band memory is cheering at Friday night football games

 

 

1988
 

Name: Scott Reaman

Instrument: Tuba/Baritone Horn

Hometown: Brockton, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Trip to Jacksonville Florida Gator Bowl

e-mail: Kellys@losch.net

 

1989
 

Name: Darren Meiser

Instrument: Tenor Saxophone

Hometown: Elizabethtown, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:  The endless barrage of Mr. Tree jokes

e-mail: dlmmeiser@earthlink.net

 

Name: Allison (Walton) Morrison

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:  

e-mail: jaos@ptd.net

 
1990
Name: Nancy (Wetzel) Paisley

Instrument: Eb Clarinet

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:  Sooooo Many....Blue and White Games, Bus Rides, and who could forget when Mr. S forgot my instrument on his desk and I had to play a pencil wrapped in aluminum foil and line up with the piccolos

e-mail: paislenj@apci.com

 
1992

Name:Jolene (Oswald) Barron

Instrument:Trumpet

Hometown:Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:Boyertown Cavalcade Awards Sweep (1991)

e-mail:jobarron@ptd.net

1993

Name:Sherwood Smith-Soley

Instrument:Bass Drum (2yrs), Snare Drum (2 yrs) Drum Major/French Horn (2 yrs)

Hometown:Conshohocken, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:Getting dragged by Tracy Titus's car (not favorite, but most memorable); 1991 Boyertown; Trip to Flordia
e-mail: sherwood.smith.soley@gmail.com

Name: Tammy (Schlosser) Edmonds

Band Front: Riffle Squad
City: Mary D, Pa
Favorite Band: Band camp, going to the Hall of Fame Bowl, and games.
Email: tammym.edmonds13@yahoo.com

1994

Name:Mark E. Beltz

Instrument:Tuba

Hometown:Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:Trip to Florida 1991, Boyertown Cavalcade 1991 (we won all the awards that year)

 

Name:Victoria (Weschler) Feller

Instrument:Clarinet

Hometown:Lehighton, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:Halloween Parades

e-mail:victoria_feller@hotmail.com

 

Name:Dwane Miller

Instrument:Baritone/Trombone/Drum Major

Hometown:Andreas, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:Trips to the Chili Dog  --- Playing football before the games

e-mail:dmiller@psu.edu

 

Name: Ben Shafer

Instrument:Saxophone

Hometown:Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:The time my lyre got run over by the garbage truck

 

Name: Susan Zukovich

Instrument: Trumpet

Hometown: Studio City, Ca

Favorite Band Memory: Hall of Fame Bowl 1991, Disney

 

1995

Name: Jamie Jones

Instrument: Flute/Oboe

Hometown: Jersey Shore, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Competitions and bus rides with friends

e-mail: abbasgirl77@msn.com

 
 
Name:Kevin Moyer

Instrument:Tenor Saxophone

Hometown:Akron, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Veterans Stadium, 1991-1992 Hall of Fame Bowl, Disney

e-mail:kevingm267@yahoo.com

 

Name:Dave Schmaldienst

Instrument:Clarinet

Hometown:Blandon, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:Hall of Fame Bowl (1991)

e-mail:dssbss@ptd.net

 

1996
 

Name: Marsha (Osenbach) Rodgers

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo/Drum Major

Hometown: Barnesville, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Hall of Fame Bowl (1991)

e-mail: mrodgers@tamaqua.k12.pa.us

 

1997
 

Name: Nokomie (Welsh) Harris

Instrument: Drum Major / Clarinet

Hometown: Bulverde, Tx

Favorite Band Memory: It was always an awesome adventure…both trips to Disney, both bowl games, Canada etc...

 

1998
 

Name:Glenn Davis

Instrument:Alto Saxophone/Drum Major

Hometown:Odenton, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: My senior year spring concert

e-mail:gadavis@hotmail.com

 

Name: Robin Dermo (Kempfort)

Instrument: Percussion (tenors)

Hometown: Lancaster, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Favorite memories: Marching in front of the tuba section at band camp (mainly Mark Beltz, Fisher and Ellsy) and seeing them trip over my field markers. They got so mad that they threw them across the field. Second memory is auditioning for the tenors or quints as we called them and making it! Played them sophomore year through senior year!
 

Name:Sarah Martinez

Instrument: Oboe and Saxophone

Hometown:  Andreas, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Boyertown-- Where the cheers were so loud we couldn't hear the cadence!

e-mail: skm4jc@yahoo.com

 
1999

Name: Jason Wagner

Instrument: Alto Saxophone

Hometown:  Palm Bay, Fl

Favorite Band Memory: So many, it's hard to recall. However, going to the outback bowl and marching at Disney still brings back fond memories.

e-mail: Corvette400400@cfl.rr.com

 
 
2001

Name: Taryn Heisler

Instrument:Flute/Majorette/Flag

Hometown:Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Hanging out with my friends

e-mail: wwjd_taryn@hotmail.com

 

Name: John Henne

Instrument:Drum Major, Tuba

Hometown:Tamaqua, Pa

e-mail: henne_24@yahoo.com

 

Name:Kerri Lichtenwalner

Instrument:Flute/Majorette

Hometown:Barnesville, Pa

Favorite Band Memory:Sooooooooooo many, but I'd have to say the Outback bowl in '96

e-mail:lich9018@kutztown.edu

2002

Name: Justin Bailey

Instrument:Baritone Horn

Hometown:Tamaqua, Pa

e-mail: justin.charles.bailey@army.mil

Favorite Band Memory: Wow....too many

 

Name: Kathy Rummel

Instrument: Trumpet

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Florida Trip 1997

 

Name: Candice Semasek

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo/Drum Major

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Saluting the crowd at our home show my senior year

e-mail: sweetcandie26@hotmail.com

 

Name: Alec Troxell

Instrument: Percussion, Treasurer

Hometown: Andreas

Favorite Band Memory: The two parades on Memorial Day and being a part of the Raider Band Family.

e-mail: atrox1@rocketmail.com

2003

Name: Tim Knappenberger

Instrument: Drum Major, French Horn

Hometown: Tamaqua

Favorite Band Memory: Seeing young children want to expand their knowledge for music.

e-mail: tknap12@yahoo.com

 

Name: Ryen Livingston

Instrument: Trombone, Librarian

Hometown: Tamaqua

Favorite Band Memory: Trombone toss during 2002 Field Show

e-mail: unoloco23@yahoo.com

 

2005

Name: Brian Moore

Instrument: Drum Major, Alto Clarinet, Clarinet

Hometown: State College, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Having a family of 200 people and looking after all of them.

e-mail: brm5046%40psu.edu
 
2010
 

Name: Ryan Holley

Instrument:  Percussion

Hometown: Hometown, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: EVERYTHING

 

Name: Mike Kabana

Instrument:  Tuba

Hometown: West Penn Twp.

Favorite Band Memory: All of them

 
 

Name: John Schetrumpf

Instrument:  Percussion

Hometown: Barnesville, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Everything

 
 
Name: Kim Walker
Instrument:  Mellophone/ French Horn
Hometown:  Tamaqua, Pa
Favorite Band/Corp Memory: Getting out of class to parade through the halls.
 
 
2012
 

Name: Andrea Whitley

Instrument:  Mallets and Sideline Percussion

Hometown: Nesquehoning, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: Marching in the parades at Disney in my first and last year of band, dancing in the stands at the football games, crazy rides in the equipment truck, and riding in the sideline mobile at band camp

 

2014

Name: Makayla Boyle

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo

Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa

Favorite Band Memory: All the fun times and great memories in the stands at football games.

 
 
 
 
 
2015
 
 
Instrument: Flute/Piccolo, Drum Major
Name:Jamie Mateyak
Hometown:Tamaqua, PA
Favorite Band Memory: Literally all of it. Disney, parades, football games, competitions, band camp, and even getting stuck on a bus for hours on our way home from Washington DC. Band was the only reason I didn't want to graduate.

 

 
 

2021

Instrument/Band Front:  flute, piccolo, drum major
First Name: Jill
Last Name: Hartranft
Maiden Name (if applicable): 
City:  Hometown
State: PA
Favorite Band/Corp Memory:   disney trip (2017) - lightsaber battle 2020-2021 FB season - being one of the drum majors during the pandemic (covid-19) and while the world was wonky. Though my experience was so different, it was truly so fun and I wouldn’t change it for the world.