Emerald Regime Alumni

The Emerald Regime Alumni Marching Band and Color Guard

This is the final year the Emerald Regime Alumni Marching Band will be under the direction of Mike and Cricket Rubino. If you've been thinking of marching with the alumni band in the Morgan Hill Independence day parade, it's now or never!

For more information, to see comments, photos and videos, and to sign up for the parade, please visit: http://emeraldregimealumni.com.

If you would like your pictures from the parade of the Emerald Regime or Alumni Band posted, please contact the webmaster.

A special Emerald Regime 40 Year Anniversary Party

To celebrate 40 years of Emerald Regime, we will be hosting a special dinner party on the evening of Saturday July 2nd. This party will serve as a celebration of the Emerald Regime throughout its rich history and will also serve as a huge "thank you" to Mike and Cricket Rubino for their leadership and commitment to excellence throughout the Emerald Regime's history.

Show your Emerald Regime Videos! * Share your stories w/ an Open Mic!
In addition to dinner, we will have an audio video setup at the party, and will be able to show videos from the Emerald Regime's rich past. We will also have an open Mic and will invite alumni to come up and share their own unique and entertaining Emerald Regime memories.

We will also have a video projector available at the party and will be able to show various Emerald Regime videos from its vast history. We're encouraging alumni from all decades to share any entertaining and/or inspirational Emerald Regime related videos.

Note: To share your video at the party, please upload to YouTube and send the link to emeraldregime.alumni@gmail.com - If unable to upload, send an email anyway for further help!

When:
6:30pm, Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

Where:
Guglielmo Winery
1480 East Main Avenue
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

For more information and to signup, please go to: http://www.emeraldregimealumni.com.

With regret, we have some sad news to pass on. On Monday, February 7th, 2011, Jim "Papa/Grandpa" Rubino passed away. He just celebrated his 98th birthday on Monday, January 31st. Mr. Rubino said that one of his fondest memories was cooking for the band on numerous occasions.

The Rubino family had a memorial celebration of life on Friday, March 4th at 3pm. Several alumni, family and friends attended the celebration. There was a video presentation showing the life of Papa Rubino and several people shared great stories and fond memories of him. More information can be found on the Emerald Regime Alumni Facebook page.

The Emerald Regime Alumni is on Facebook!
What is Facebook? Facebook is an online social utility that connects you with the people around you. Look up old friends, make new ones, share pictures, videos and other interests! And it's free!

Why did we created a Facebook page for the alumni? The current alumni page and directory will continue to be updated. However, because this page is static (no interaction), we decided to use Facebook as a means of better communication between alumni.

Can anyone join? Yes, but you need to create a Facebook account first. You will not be able to view the contents of the alumni page on Facebook until you have a Facebook account. It is free and easy to set up and you will be able to control and personalize your own page.

I have a Facebook account, now what? Click here and request to join the Emerald Regime Alumni Page on Facebook.

Julie Pusateri
On July 9, 2007 the Emerald Regime lost a former band member/booster parent Julie Pusateri. If you would like to leave a note or share a memory of Julie, please visit the San Jose Mercury News guest book.

Louis Miles Tolbert, Jr.
Louis Tolbert, a man of great charm and a good friend to many, lost his battle with cancer on September 29, 2006. To read more about Louis, please click here.

Mr. Marty Baum By Vernon Miyata
For those of you who may not have heard, on April 9, 2003, a trusted and dearly-beloved band director passed away, leaving a legacy which spanned over forty years. Vernon Myata has set up a permanent memorial guest book to honor J. Martin Baum at the San Jose Mercury News. A lot of nice comments and memories have been posted. Please click here to visit or sign the guest book and to add your own personal comments. Thank you very much for caring.

The Emerald Regime History Page tells the story of the this great marching band's success and achievements over the past 38 years and includes a major performance timeline.

Divided into five albums are a collection of over 200 various alumni band pictures throughout the years. New pictures have been added on 8/20/06.

Choose an Album: 1970's MBA 1976 1980's 1990's 4th of July

Pictures from recent seasons and events can be found on the Archive Page.

If you have any alumni pictures that you would like posted, please contact the Webmaster.

Emerald Regime Archive DVD
The first DVD of the Emerald Regime Archives box set is now available. This volume is entitled "The Early Years" The 1970's which has restored film from 1971 - 1979. There are candid shots, Band Reviews and Color Guard Shows from the '70's. The field shows from 1975 - 1978 are virtually in their entirety. What a great gift this would be for anyone who experienced the magic of the Live Oak Emerald Regime during the Golden age of marching bands. This DVD runs 1 hour and 23 minutes and retails for $35.00. (Also available on VHS) Click here for order information and sample video clips.

The subsequent DVD volumes are slated as "Traveling Band" (1980's), "Decade Of Change"
(1990's) and the "Emerald Regime of Today" (21st Century) release dates TBA.

Emerald Regime 31st Anniversary Video
Witness the Emerald Regime from its beginning in 1970 and throughout the first 31 years on VHS or DVD. To view clips, purchase a copy, or for more information, click on the link above.