Jud Spena offers a book, Echoes in the Valley. The book's 228 pages with over 250 pictures, give readers a loving, in depth look at a half-century of the drum and bugle corps activity in Watkins Glen and Schuyler County in rural Upstate New York. It chronicles the development of this unique activity from its beginning in the early 1930's, with a dozen or so Boy Scouts, to its pinnacle in the late 1970's, as the 'corps' grew to well over one hundred members, crisscrossed the county in a caravan of school buses and became state and national champions. Further it paints a picture of a small community proud to support it young people in their musical endeavors. The history comes alive with personal anecdotes and reflections throughout. It's a fascinating book for a drum corps fan and/or a fan of local history. Bid now for the drum corps' most comprehensive single volume history!