Today we will be addressed by Mrs. Christina Mavroudis on the topic of: "Lest We Forget: A Comparative History of DCI and America." Christina Mavroudis is an Administrative Assistant at Sony Computer Entertainment America, a resident of San Jose, California and a mother of a talented thirteen year-old daughter and three year veteran of the San Jose Raiders Colorguard. She received her Associate Arts Degree Magna Cum Laud from DeAnza College, and is currently Staff Writer/Photographer for Drum Corps World, Drum Corps News and Pageantry Press magazines. Mavroudis has marched with several bands and drum and bugle corps including the 1981 Blue Devils, serves as Booster Parent to others, and is Director of Public Relations for the Spirit of Sunnyvale '96. She has received several writing, service, and costuming awards, is a contributor to several newspapers and magazines, and has served as a Producer, Assistant Director and Costumer of numerous school productions in the Bay area. Mavroudis is founded newsletters "Data Entries," "Inside Star Trek" (for Paramount) and "Quantum Quarterly," for Quantum Leap, a television show for which she was recently recognized as being instrumental in saving by organizing an international writing campaign. Her Chairmanship of Dean Stockwell's Hollywood Walk of Fame Committee won him a star in the famed sidewalk. Please welcome the address of Mr. Christina Mavroudis.