Introducing Keith Wilbur Today we have the pleasure of hearing from Keith Wilbur, who will deliver an address on the Kingsmen Drum and Bugle Corps, entitled "How the first DCI was won...The story of the 1972 Anaheim Kingsmen." Keith describes the competitive, managerial, and touring conditions which shaped this tale of triumph and tragedy. This text has been editied from its previous form, as posted on RAMD earlier this year. Keith Wilbur began his musical career at the age of Five when his father who had a fairly extensive musical background himself, urged him to take up the accordian. At Seven he was the Wisconsin State Champion in the Seven to Eleven year age category on the accordian. Keith took an interest in the Bagpipe Chanter, Saxophone, and Clarinet before settling on brass instruments. Attending his first drum and bugle corp show at the age of six he developed a strong desire to someday become a part of the activity. In 1969 he began his Drum and Bugle Corp career with the Kings Lancers Drum and Bugle Corp which was the feeder unit for the Anaheim Kingsmen. During Mid Season 1970 he was brought up to the Anaheim Kingsmen where he marched the remainder of 1970, 1971 and 1972. The Wilbur family was fairly well known within the Anaheim Kingsmen organization as all five of them Keith, Merry, Mark, Karen, and step sister Sherry Miller, were a part of the Anaheim Kingsmen from 1969 to 1974. Keith, as well as the members of his family, still attend drum corp shows throughout the United States every season, and attend the DCI Finals each year. Mr. Wilbur left the Anaheim Kingsmen following the 1972 season to pursue other interests and is currently an Engineer for Cisco Systems.