{"id":29340,"date":"2025-01-01T12:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/?post_type=hall-of-fame&#038;p=29340"},"modified":"2025-01-01T12:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T12:55:06","slug":"bill_harty","status":"publish","type":"hall-of-fame","link":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/hall-of-fame\/bill_harty\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Harty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29340\" class=\"elementor elementor-29340\" data-elementor-post-type=\"hall-of-fame\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c9f78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9c9f78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ec6e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0ec6e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After stepping up to take the reins of the suburban Chicago Guardsmen Drum and Bugle Corps during an unstable time in the organization\u2019s history, Bill Harty quickly transformed the corps into a DCI World Championship Finalist.<\/p><p>As the corps\u2019 drum major from 1967 to 1974, Harty became an instant figurehead of the organization.<\/p><p>\u201cAs our leader, he established a unique style as a showman, carrying himself with dignity and pride, developing the unique \u2018Guardsmen Carriage;\u2019 shoulders back and chin up,\u201d Harty\u2019s sister and former Guardsmen staff member Celeste Jackson explained. \u201cHe established the style the Guardsmen would always be remembered for.\u201d<\/p><p>Specializing in color guards as an instructor and choreographer, Harty is also credited with many firsts related to the use of thematic props and equipment in drum corps productions. Often cited is the \u201cguard house\u201d that accompanied the \u201ctoy soldier\u201d theme that was a trademark of the Guardsmen in the late 1970s and early \u201880s and the infamous color guard \u201clay-down-toss.\u201d<\/p><p>As he took on more and more responsibility with the drum corps and its highly successful winter color guard program, through it all, Harty strived to put the experience of the performing students first at all times as he worked to recruit, teach, and mentor a whole new generation of corps members.<\/p><p>\u201cBill was devoted to the young marching members who crossed his path, frequently utilizing his personal resources to house, feed and transport members in need,\u201d said DCI Hall of Fame member Tim Salzman who is a former brass arranger and instructor of the Guardsmen. \u201cHis selfless devotion to the advancement of the Guardsmen during that organization\u2019s most challenged times was a hallmark of his altruistic devotion to young people.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cHe had the patience to work with me and with so many individuals to bring out the best in young men and women,\u201d former Guardsmen member Dale Warren said. \u201cBill helped hundreds discover their talents, abilities and work ethic through drum corps. 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