"Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team The Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team (RSMDT), also known as the White Helmets, was a group of serving soldiers from the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army, who gave public displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding. The team was based at the home of the Royal Signals at Blandford Camp in Dorset. The team was disbanded at the end of 2017. The team's origins lie in precision motorcycling and horseriding demonstrations given by instructors and students from the British Army Signal Training Centre in Yorkshire, beginning in 1927. Riders were normally"
"employed as despatch riders. They have had many names in the past including 'The Red Devils', before the Parachute Regiment team of the same name existed, Mad Signals (on account of the poor brakes on the motorcycles) and only adopted the name 'White Helmets' in 1963. The team consisted of 24 soldiers and one officer, all volunteers from within the Royal Signals. Potential new members began with a two week selection course in October and the whole team spent the winter learning routines and stunts, culminating in an opening display in April where white motorcycle helmets are ceremonially presented to"
"Red Network—of which WEAF was the flagship station—where it was heard Thursdays at 9pm ET (1926–27) and then Wednesdays at 9:30pm ET (1927–28). At various times the program was titled The Goodrich Zippers, The Silvertown Cord Orchestra, Silvertown Orchestra, Silvertown Quartet and The Silvertown Zippers. The Zippers were a small banjo ensemble featured in 1926-27. The show was notable for introducing listeners to Joseph M. White, a.k.a. ""The Silver-Masked Tenor"", who had first been heard on WEAF as early as 1923. With a mask concealing his secret identity, White found such fame on radio that when the Silvertown Orchestra played"
"drums, as it has no flautists, and comes under the command of RHQ of The Royal Logistic Corps, rather than forming a separate entity. It frequently plays with the Band of The Royal Logistic Corps, but often performs in isolation. It is famed for its ""Black Light"" display. These drummers stem from the 12 drummers placed on the Royal Waggon Train in 1803. There are reserve soldiers within the Corps of Drums of 157 Regiment RLC, based at Cardiff/Caerdydd in Wales. At the time of Waterloo, in the period of deployment to the Low Countries, the Royal Wagon Train introduced"
"Yacht, on which they wore the flash 'Royal Yacht'. The modern Royal Marines Band Service ceremonial uniform is actually based on the historic Royal Marines Dress Uniform worn from 1922 to 1939. The Royal Marines School of Music (RMSoM) was founded as the ""Royal Naval School of Music"" in 1903 at Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, where the Royal Marines Museum is now located. In 1930 it moved to Deal, Kent, a historic Royal Navy base and shipyard. Between 1940 and 1950, it moved to various locations around the country before returning to Deal. Eleven band members at the school were killed"
"War, in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains. Memorable Order of Tin Hats The Memorable Order of Tin Hats (M.O.T.H.) was founded in 1927 by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African former front-line soldiers. The ideal is to help fellow comrades in need, either financially or physically; and to remember all servicemen who have answered the ""Sunset Call"", both in war and peace time. According to the ""Dictionary of South African Biography"", one night in 1927 after he and the editor of ""The Natal Mercury"", RJ Kingston Russell, had seen a war film, Charles Evenden was persuaded to"
"Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robin Williams with the RCMH Rockettes. In 2002, she retired and joined the Rockette Alumnae Association. When Jones crossed the color barrier in 1987, she abolished a longstanding Radio City Music Hall policy against hiring African Americans for its Rockettes’ chorus line so as not to distract from its hallmark of perfectly-synchronized precision and rigid color uniformity. The rule was set-down in 1925 by Russell E. Markert when he founded the Rockettes dance company in St. Louis with its chorus line modeled on the precision dance style inspired by early 20th century dance troupes such as"
"The Rockettes The Rockettes are an American precision dance company. Founded in 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, they have performed at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York City, since 1932. Until 2015 they also had a touring company. The Rockettes were originally inspired by the Tiller Girls, a precision dance company of the United Kingdom established by John Tiller in the 1890s. Tiller sent the first troupe of Tiller Girls to perform in the United States in 1900, and eventually there were three lines of them working on Broadway. In 1922, choreographer Russell Markert saw one of these"
"Medal Winners. Green and Gold is the band's first recorded CD. It was recorded in 2007 for RDTC's 50th birthday and includes the sounds that the band has provided for fifty years. The CD contains a rare recording of the Romford Drum and Trumpet Corps playing with Roger Daltrey of The Who on his Arsenal stadium tribute song ""Highbury Highs"" Romford Drum & Trumpet Corps The Romford Drum & Trumpet Corps is a youth band in a military band style, based in the London Borough of Havering. As one of the oldest independent youth marching bands in the country, it"
"commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Marines Band Service on 4 July 1927. He was posted to the Royal Marine Depot, Deal. When the headquarters of the Band Service was transferred to Deal in 1930, Ricketts was posted to the Band of the Plymouth Division, Royal Marines, the principal band of the Royal Marines. Under Ricketts' direction, this band became world-famous, traveling to Paris and Canada. Before and during World War II they made a series of 78 RPM recordings of Alford marches, which EMI reissued on an LP in 1970, and now available on CD. It was titled ""The"
"DCI Championship in 2017, their record-extending 18th title. In 1957, Tony and Ann Odello and the Concord VFW post assumed control of the Martinettes, a defunct drum corps and drill team. They reorganized the unit as The Blue Devils, taking the name from the V.F.W.'s color (blue) and a local landmark, Mt. Diablo (devil). Initially, the group of fewer than 50 young people, performed as an all-boy drum corps with an all-girl drill team. In 1958, the Blue Devils added glockenspiels, becoming a drum and bell corps, while the girls became a separate baton twirling troupe, the Majorettes. The two"
"pit worked from No.4 shaft were unharmed. It was in 1891 that the band signed its first professional conductor, Mr William Rimmer from Southport. Mr Rimmer was one of the all-time 'giants' of the British band movement. By the turn of the century he had transformed Wingates into an outfit amongst the finest in the land. In 1906 the band achieved the 'double' of British Open and British national Champions. This was repeated in 1907, a feat known as the 'double double' which has only once been emulated since then in the 1970s by the world famous Black Dyke Mills"
"Marines of today. Seeing action during the Second World War and in the growing crisis of the Cold War were the R.M.'s brave buglers of the new Royal Marines Band Service, even through separate from the bands themselves. The R.M.A. and R.M.L.I. buglers' dress uniforms (dark blue trousers and tunic and red collars and trouser wells) became the full dress of the corps bands and buglers, with the addition of a Wolseley pith helmet as headdress, and yellow shoulder cords and slashed cuffs to indicate their long history, heritage and lineage from 1664. By 1950, the R.N.S.o.M. became today's Royal"
"""Tipper"" Company, RCASC; 1954-1964: 2 Transport Platoons and 2 Workshop Platoons, 153 Company, 7 Column, RCASC. Westlock ""Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers"" 1947-194?: 44 Light Aid Detachment, 2nd (Reserve) Armoured Division, RCEME. Blairmore 31st Technical Squadron, RCEME had a band in 1961 under the direction of Lt. F. Beddington, Director of Music. In 1962, it was under the direction of WO2 F. Edl. Calgary The Calgary units of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) formed a band in 1932. The first public performance was on Sunday, March 12, 1933 at the Strand theatre. The original band wore a"
"hard hat. The road versions of these sweaters were reversed; white body with red trim. The 1948 jersey took this style one step further by including seven stars on each sleeve, including a star below the hornet near the cuffs. The road versions of these sweaters were reversed: white body with red trim. In 1951, the Hornets introduced a new black and gold color scheme that was familiar with the city's baseball team and football team. The color wasn't new for hockey in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Pirates wore those colors from 1925–29, before switching to black and orange in 1929–30."
"Richmond Ballet The Richmond Ballet, named the State Ballet of Virginia in 1990 by then Governor Douglas Wilder, is an education and performance institution, founded in 1957. In 1957, the Ballet Impromptu, founded by Richmond natives Robert C. Watkins Jr. and Marjorie Fay Underhill and Donna Comstock Forrest, became Richmond's first ballet company. Later, the Ballet Impromptu became the Richmond Ballet. The Richmond Ballet existed for more than twenty years as a small, civic company until 1975, when the School of Richmond Ballet was created. In 1980, Stoner Winslett became the founding artistic director. In 1984, Richmond Ballet became the"
"(source: Boltz family archives) Russell Markert, founder of the Rockettes quoted; ""I had seen the John Tiller girls in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922,"" he reminisced, ""If I ever got a chance to get a group of American girls who would be taller and have longer legs and could do really complicated tap routines and eye-high kicks, they'd knock your socks off!"" The Rockettes first kicked to life in 1925 as the ""Missouri Rockets"" and made their show business debut in St. Louis. It is known that some of the Tiller Girls and American girls who trained with Mary Read"
"show. In 1964, Cadet Wing Band Manager Taylor and Cadet Wing Drum Major Dendy implemented a training, reorganization, rebuilding and practice program for the RMC band; focussing on 15 new bandsmen. The RMC band performed at Sunday morning church parades and performed during the halftime at the Carleton University football weekend in Ottawa. The band's repertoire included ""42nd Highlanders"", ""The Siege of Delhi"" drum solo, ""We Three Kings"". During the winter term, the band performed the Tattoo Ceremony for West Point Weekend. The RMC band and the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Band performed music for the graduation parade. The"
"major (RSM). Soldiers from any trade can volunteer for service with airborne forces or as a Special Forces Communicator, a small number may undertake All Arms Commando Course for service with 3 Commando Brigade. Signallers of all trades could previously apply to join the Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team, better known as the White Helmets, however the White Helmets were disbanded at the end of 2017. Signallers may apply for commissioning, either as a Direct Entry officer undertaking the complete training package at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, or as a Late Entry officer, undertaking a short commissioning course at Sandhurst."
"as the Sudbury Mining and Technical School Trumpet Band. Gravelle's associate and successor, George Netzke, not only continued what had been begun in 1952, but in 1954, he added the military discipline he had learned as a member of the Canadian Militia, converting the band into a drum and bugle corps. In 1958, the name of the unit was changed to the Blue Saints, in complement to the school's football team, the Blue Devils. For many years, the Blue Saints performed and competed exclusively within Canada, as a Class B, Class C, or Cadet Class corps. In 1990, the corps"
"Washington Redskins Cheerleaders The Washington Redskins Cheerleaders were second only to the Pittsburgh Steelers in professional NFL cheerleaders (1961; the Rooneys eliminated them shortly afterwards), but continue to be the longest running professional National Football League cheerleading organization. Originally called the Redskinettes, they have cheered for the Washington Redskins since September 1962. The first director of Redskinettes was Grace Hutton. Initially, they performed in Native American-themed (though not authentic) costumes, but subsequently changed to outfits similar to other NFL cheerleading organizations by 1970. In addition to touring with the football team, they have performed around the world. In 1982, they"
"helmet. The U.S. Army used the basic Brodie-patterned M1917 helmet until 1942 with some modifications, which included a totally new liner and canvas chin strap. It was finally superseded by the M1 Helmet in 1942 and passed down to civil defence. The helmet was the inspiration for the name of the Memorable Order of Tin Hats (or the MOTH), a brotherhood of ex-front-line soldiers founded in 1927 by Charles Evenden. In May 2014, the UK's Health and Safety Executive, in consultation with the Imperial War Museum, advised that World War I-era helmets were not safe to handle, owing to the"
"military music, that of Principal Director of Music, of the Royal Military School of Music, at Kneller Hall, Twickenham. The four DoMs were: David McBain, Basil Brown, George Evans and Frank Renton. Originally the only headdress worn by when mounted, was the blue forage cap. As a marching band, all RA bands wore the busby. In 1894 a new style black sable busby was introduced (the earlier busby having once replaced the shako from c. 1850 until the end of the 1860s) with a scarlet bag on the right, and a brass grenade on the left, which held a red"
"the British premiere of ""Rhapsody in Blue"" at the hotel in 1925, simultaneously broadcast by the BBC. The hotel's dance bands of the inter-war years, the Savoy Orpheans and the Savoy Havana Band, were described as ""probably the best-known bands in Europe"" and broadcast regularly from the hotel. In 2013, the hotel reintroduced its dinner dances, with resident dance band Alex Mendham & His Orchestra playing music from the 1920s and '30s. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Rupert D'Oyly Carte engaged Richard Collet to run the cabaret at the Savoy, which opened in April 1929. Lena Horne and others made their British"
"Rhythm Heritage Rhythm Heritage was a 1970s American disco-funk band, best known for their 1976 US #1 single ""Theme from ""S.W.A.T."""". It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in February 1976. They also recorded theme music for several other ABC television shows, including ""Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow,"" also from 1976, from ""Baretta"" (sung by Sammy Davis Jr.). Rhythm Heritage was formed in 1975 by producer Steve Barri and session keyboardist Michael Omartian, and included bassist Scott Edwards and drummer Ed Greene. Other musicians who played"
"the wearer's front, then at the side). A year later, a wider version, with a central stripe in blue was introduced to the RA Mounted Band, and later into the RA bands in Dover, Plymouth, and Portsmouth. In 1920, it was finally introduced into the RA Band at Woolwich. A more recent girdle design, still to be seen worn by some of the musicians in the 1980s, featured brass clasp-fastenings, adorned with the RA musicians' lyre. White leather gloves with clay-piping were uniquely worn in the Mounted Band (those worn in the other bands were of white brushed cotton). The"
"the Royal Air Force. After the end of the war, in the early 1920s, he worked at several jobs, including as a bus driver, before setting up his own orchestra, the London Savannah Band, in 1924. At first a conventional dance band, the London Savannah Band gradually tended towards music hall/vaudeville entertainment, introducing visual and verbal humour in between songs. Famous musicians who played in Billy Cotton's band during the 1920s and 1930s included Arthur Rosebery, Syd Lipton and Nat Gonella. The band was also noted for their African American trombonist and tap dancer, Ellis Jackson. Their signature tune was"
"Memorable Order of Tin Hats The Memorable Order of Tin Hats (M.O.T.H.) was founded in 1927 by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African former front-line soldiers. The ideal is to help fellow comrades in need, either financially or physically; and to remember all servicemen who have answered the ""Sunset Call"", both in war and peace time. According to the ""Dictionary of South African Biography"", one night in 1927 after he and the editor of ""The Natal Mercury"", RJ Kingston Russell, had seen a war film, Charles Evenden was persuaded to draw a cartoon on 'remembrance'. According to the"
"The initial concept of the Magneto R was introduced by RHS student Tyler Thurn in the Spring of 2003 when he proposed to redesign the football helmets under new coach Terry Cistone. Cistone and Thurn modified the R slightly and the Magneto R was used on the helmet in the Fall of 2003. Over the next 5 years, the district unofficially adopted it as the Official R—the Revere “R”. At the Homecoming football game, instead of the marching band playing the Alma Mater, the marching band joins the Symphonic Choir to sing the alma mater. Band and choir alumni who"
"Tiller Girls' tradition of high-kicking precision dancing. Russell Markert, founder of The Rockettes, reminisced: ""I had seen the Tiller girls in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922. If I ever got a chance to get a group of American girls who would be taller and have longer legs and could do really complicated tap routines and eye-high kicks, they'd knock your socks off!"" The Rockettes first came to life in 1925 as the ""Missouri Rockets"" and made their show business debut in St. Louis, the realisation of a long-time dream of their creator, Russell Markert. Some of the Tiller Girls and"
"RMC pipes and drums were equipped for the first time with: most of their highland kit. They began wearing the Mackenzie tartan but continued to wear the pillbox hat. The feather bonnet came in 1970. The Pipes and Drums competed for the first time in 1971; RMC came in 3rd at the Niagara Wine and Grape Festival Band Competition. 4860 John de Chastelain, RMC Commandant 1977-80, joined in playing the pipes when the Band performed at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and at USMA in West Point. When RMC Pipes and Drums played on Parliament Hill in"
"Rights, Marcella Maxwell, opined that the Rockettes were not fully reflecting the richness of New York City’s diverse racial and ethnic populations, but underlined that no discrimination complaints had been filed against the company for its longstanding policy. Radio City Music Hall countered the criticism, stating that the lack of diversity was based on the infrequency and rarity of Rockettes' job openings, and that when auditions were advertised, they specifically placed ads in black, Hispanic, and Asian publications to encourage minority dancers to audition. Jones’ national debut with the RCMH Rockettes was on Sunday, January 31, 1988 during the National"
"WMML WMML (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Glens Falls, New York, United States, the station serves the Glens Falls area. Established in 1959 as WSET, the station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting, through licensee 6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc., and features programming from Fox Sports Radio. What is now WMML began operations in 1959 as WSET, programming a middle of the road format; for a time, the station studios were located in the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. In 1965, WSET changed its call letters to WBZA; the new call letters arose"