NELLIE DI DOMENICO (“Aunt Nell”)

Class of 1984

QUARTERMISTRESS / SEAMSTRESS

Cadet Years: Quartermistress/Seamstress (late 1950’s through the mid-1980’s)

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HER CADET STORY:

“Aunt Nell” started as a Quartermistress during the late 1950’s.  She assisted her sister, Connie Kardash, who was also a Quartermistress while her son Bill Kardash marched in the Corps.  Aunt Nell’s talent was that of a seamstress, but her love of the Corps and the love of that famous maroon and gold uniform were a blessing to the organization as Aunt Nell kept the Corps uniforms in impeccable shape.  She continued to be the primary Quartermistress for the boys uniforms through the mid-1980’s. 

 

Aunt Nell traveled with the Corps, and even slept on cots in the same gym as the members.  And God forbid if a Corps member did anything to dirty the uniform, you had to answer to Aunt Nell . . .

 

The members even had a song that was sung in her honor on the bus . . . “Wait Til the Sun shines, Nellie”.