DCA Update November 13th

Support Clubs:

On 8 Nov, the West Point Glee Club traveled to Yankee Stadium to perform the National Anthem and halftime show with the USMA Band and the UCONN Band at the Army-UCONN football game
Nearly 70 members of the club, under the direction of Constance Chase, presented the Anthem and a collection of patriotic selections in support of Veteran’s Day and the Army Team’s victory over UCONN
On 9 Nov, the West Point Glee Club traveled to MetLife Stadium with the West Point Band where they played a key role in the NY Jets celebration of Veteran’s Day
With the band, nearly 70 members of the Glee Club performed at halftime in front of more than 78,00 fans
On 10 Nov, 18 Cadets from the Glee Club traveled to Madison Square Garden in NYC where they performed the National Anthem at the NY Knicks-ATL Hawk’s NBA Game
As a part of Military Appreciation Night, the club joined members of all military services in various roles on the court at Madison Square Garden and extended USMA’s outreach to NYC
Nearly 20.000 fans were in attendance for the game

Parachute:

On 8 Nov, the West Point Parachute Team had their first demonstration jump into Yankee Stadium for the Army-UCONN football game
Typically to jump into a stadium, a jumper must have a pro-rating, which has minimum re-quirements of 500 jumps, 10 declared accuracy jumps, as well as smoke, flag, and night jumps
Yankee Stadium, however, has even stricter requirements, with a minimum of 1000 jumps to perform the demonstration
This year the coaching staff ,who have the necessary requirements, performed the demon-stration to prepare the cadets for jumping into Yankee Stadium in following years
Coach Tom Falzon was using a camera during the jump that was displayed on the jumbotron and allowed the fans to see the jumpers exit
The team OIC, LTC MacCalman, also used the camera to pump up the crowd as he was preparing to exit
Coach Falzone led in the stack, followed by LTC MacCalman and CPT Krupski who flew in the American Flag
The jumpers flew in right over the jumbotron and each landed right on target
On 9 Nov, the West Point Parachute Team and the 2nd Aviation Detachment performed a demonstration jump in Milford, CT in support of the city’s 375th anniversary Veterans Day celebration
Mayor Ben Blake presented the team captain, CDT Fuller, the key to the city
CDT Fuller gave an impressive speech to the audience thanking the older veterans for their service to our country and “inspiring us” to do the same
After the parachute demonstration, the ca-dets participated in the parade

Pipes and Drums:

On 11 Nov, the West Point Pipes & Drums supported the NYC Veterans Day Parade
The NYC Veterans Day Parade had over 25,000 participants and over 500,000 attendants
The Parade was televised on Fox5 and is viewable on the internet worldwide
The band marched as part of the Corps of Cadets in the first division and performed along the parade route
Periodically along the route members of the band performed solos to entertain the crowd and also accompanied a solo dance performance by CDT Alexis Martinez
The band also performed in front of the reviewing stand for the Grand Marshall, former NY Police Chief Raymond Kelly, and for members and dignitaries from the military and government

Skeet and Trap:

On 7-9 Nov, the cadet Skeet and Trap team traveled to the DC area to compete in the two day ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championship
The cadets were just behind 2nd place by about 10 points out of a possible 1000, however, they were 60 points ahead of Navy
Cadet Carolee Schwarzer beat out Clemson and George Mason to place first in women’s trap with a score of 92
Cadet Mitchell Koellner and Cadet Gio Pezze placed 2nd and 3rd place, respectfully, in men’s trap with scores of 97

Korean-American Relations Seminar:

The West Point Korean-American Relations Seminar Cadets made a trip to NYC to meet with human activist, Mr. Adrian Hong
Mr. Hong is a senior TED fel-low and the co-founder of a NGO called LiNK (Liberty in North Korean)
The KARS Cadets spoke with Mr. Hong about the conditions of life in North Korea

Equestrian Club:

On 1-2 Nov, the West Point Equestrian Team traveled to the Centenary College Equestrian Center in New Jersey and had the privilege of hosting an English Equestrian show for the first time this year
Our team did a wonderful job riding this weekend, and both of the shows were a success!
Cadets Holly Rodeo, Alex Moore, Laivan Greene, Vanda Niemi, Caroline Harris, Danielle Diulus and Shawna Moore placed 1st in their respective classes (novice flat, intermediate western and walk/jog western)
Cadets Dillon Curtis, Danielle Diulus and Vanda Niemi placed 2nd in their respective classes (intermediate jumping and open class reining and walk/jog)
Cadet Dillon Curtis also placed 3rd in the open class of reining and Cadet Lena Cruzval placed 3rd in walk jog/lope
The team competed against Centenary, Bard, Marist, Drew, William Paterson, SUNY New Paltz, Sarah Law-rence, Stevens Institute of Technology, Rutgers, Kutztown, Villanova, Temple, University of Delaware, Washing-ton College and Vassar
The team won two out of three shows and finished 6th in the other show
So far this year the team has a total of three wins, one second place and two 6th places, out of six competitions

Sailing:

On 8-9 Nov, the Army Sailing team competed in the Hap Moore Team Race at the US Coast Guard Academy
This was Army Sailing’s first team race regatta, which involves a different set of rules and strategy from traditional fleet racing formats
Team racing is a 3-on-3, head to head racing format where the team with the best combined finishes wins the race
Despite the new format and shifty conditions on the water, Army Sailing repre-sented well against some of the East Coast’s prominent sailing schools
Some of the teams that competed were Harvard, Boston College and George-town

Pistol:

On 7-8 Nov, the Pistol Team traveled to Colorado Springs, CO to compete in a collegiate pis-tol match at the Olympic Training Center
The teams competing included: Ohio State University, North Dakota State, Texas A&M, and Utah
Army came in second place with a score of 1601
Army was first in the aggregate score for the two women’s events with a score of 2671