2020 Indiana 100: Cook Group still blazing own trail 9 years after founder’s death

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One thought on “2020 Indiana 100: Cook Group still blazing own trail 9 years after founder’s death

  1. Bill Cook gave much more than he took. That is what made him a great man and a great success. He sponsored the drum and bugle corps named Star of Indiana for high school boys and girls of high school age investing over one million of his own dollars in the cause. He hired top talent to train and lead them as they traveled the country and won national awards for their performances many of which he personally attended. Our son was one of the members of Star of Indiana and we traveled for a short time with them while they practiced in the daytime, preformed in the evening, packed up and traveled to the next stop overnight in their buses and trucks. We met Bill Cook at one of the Star performance events in New Jersey on the nationwide tour. We had traveled with the corps for 3 days on a grueling schedule. We mentioned that we had to get back home soon and his reply was “You can take my personal jet back tonight and I will stay over here with the corps and have the jet pick me up tomorrow morning”. He was that kind of a man. Others first, himself second.

    Laurence B.

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