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I have been involved in Drum & Bugle Corps since 1964. My interest in the OLA fire stems from the fact that three of the students who parished in the fire were members of the Chicago Royal-Airs Drum & Bugle Corps. Over the years, the Corps never forgot Roger Alan Ramlow, Frances Guzaldo and Valerie Ann Thoma, the three members who lost their young lives in the fire. The Chicago Royal-Airs went on to win three National Championships but due to financial difficulties, the Corps disbanded in 1968. In 2002 the Royal-Airs reunited and performed several times over the summer of 2002 (average age - 55!). The first official act that the Royal-Airs performed was to gather at Queen of Heaven Cemetery on December 1, 2001 to pay tribute to our three fallen members.
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