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Freddy Martin

Inducted in 2006

The Spirit of Atlanta was founded in 1976, almost single-handedly under the vision and determination of Freddy Martin.

From finding a local television station to sponsor the start-up of the corps, to building the staff and membership, Martin did it all.

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And with the start of Spirit and their signature southern swing sound, he was the catalyst for an explosion of drum corps activity in the South in the late 70s and 80s.

Martin served as Spirit's director from the corps' founding through the 1993 season.

A noted band director in the Atlanta suburbs, Martin brought a love of music and especially for the education process to the corps. No one may have experienced that better than Freddy's son, Christopher, who spent many summers on the road with his dad from the time he was a pre-schooler.

"He could never stop teaching, sharing, inspiring.

His passion for music has inspired so many in and out of the drum corps world