Two memorials for Jerry Seawright, founder and longtime director of the Blue Devils who died on May 16.
The first memorial will be held Wednesday, June 2 at 2 p.m. at the Lake Wildwood Clubhouse (in the Cedar Room), Penn Valley, CA 95946.
This memorial is for the family and close friends of Jerry’s, including friends from the Lake Wildwood Community.
For further info for the Lake Wildwood Memorial please contact Jim and Marge Hoerber at 530.432.3729.
A memorial to celebrate the life of Jerry Seawright will be held on Saturday, June 5 at 4 p.m. at Blue Devil Hall, 4065 Nelson Ave., Concord, CA 94520. For more information about this memorial e-mail [email protected] or call Gail Schultz, 925.689.2918 x 3007.
We will be displaying pictures and stories. If you would like to send pictures or stories, please email to [email protected].
Cards and remembrances can be sent to Gwen Seawright, 19297 Chaparral Circle, Penn Valley, CA 95946.
The family has requested in lieu of flowers, donations can be made toThe Blue Devils 4065 Nelson Ave., Concord, CA 94520.
The Blue Devils put together a multimedia tribute to founder Jerry Seawright, who died on May 16. The tribute includes a video featuring Seawright, as well as photos and a message forum.
Seawright founded the Blue Devils in 1970 and set the tone for the professionalism and excellence for the organization that has since been its trademark. He has positively influenced thousands of lives worldwide, within and outside the drum corps community. Our thoughts and prayer go out to Gwen and the Seawright family.
The Mandarins have performed in past seasons for the Sacramento Kings. This Wednesday’s game is the crucial game 7, where the winner will meet the Los Angeles Lakers for the Western Conference Finals. If the Kings advance, the Mandarins will continue to entertain the hometown crowd of 17,317 while the starting lineups are announced.
Chris DaPrato, percussion instructor, said, “It is very difficult to hear anything due to the crowd noise. However, it’s very exciting to be performing in such a charged atmosphere!”
Caption Head Les Wong explained, “The Kings organization likes working with us because we are very flexible and can make changes on the fly. If the staging or percussion beats aren’t exactly what they are looking for, we can quickly change it to something that meets their needs. That flexibility, and the professionalism of our organization, has resulted in them asking us back to perform on numerous occasions.”
This is documented by Wendy Fresques, the Kings’ director of event presentation, who said, “Everything is going just fantastic! Your group is so wonderful to work with and very talented! I couldn’t be happier – they are more professional than most professionals I’ve worked with.”
