Moe
Latour
Bleu
Raeders
1972
In 1949, Moe Latour joined the New Orleans, Louisiana V.F.W. Cadets at the age
of eleven playing soprano and marching until he aged out at the age of twenty-one.
Following his age-out year, Moe went on to teach many of the drum and bugle
corps in the New Orleans area. o In 1972, the start of Drum Corps International,
Moe was the Director of the Bleu Raeders Drum and Bugle Corps. That year, under
his direction, Bleu Raeders made Finals at their very first Drum Corps International
Championship, a feat only Star of Indiana has replicated as a first-year corps.
From 1974 through 1982, Moe was involved with the Blue Stars as tour manager,
assistant director, then later as executive director. He also spent 1983 and
1984 with the Phantom Regiment as tour manager, again "writing the book" on
touring. Moe then moved on to become the Assistant Director of the newly formed
Star of Indiana from 1985 to 1987. In 1988 Moe joined and still tours with
The Cadets taking care of the details and allowing others not to sweat the
small stuff, making all look better in the process.
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