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Our Histories

We have created these history pages to show all of you where we came from; our roots, per se.
Each group of photos shows a different path to the same place - the New Monopoly.
We hope you enjoy this little slice of our history.

The original cast in 80's outfits. (1999)
Shot 1 - Scott Witt, Katie Royall, Brandy Walker, Justin Lewis
Shot 2 - Cliff Darrow, Scott Witt, Brandy Walker, Dave Vergawagon, Katie Royall, Justin Lewis

The first formal promo shot of the New Monopoly - early 2000.
(Back) Scott Witt - Vocal, John Aversa - Bass, Cliff Darrow - Drums
(Front) Dave Vergawagen - Guitar, Brandy Walker - Vocal, Justin Lewis - Keys, Sax and Vocal

A promo pic for "club" work - all in leather - mid 2000.
(Back) Scott Reiber - Guitar, Justin Lewis, John Aversa, Scott Witt, Cliff Darrow.
Front - Brandy Walker

Annapolis Formal

Annapolis Formal Bohagers 12/8/01 - Sharon's First Night

These photos were taken late 2001 after the addition of our horn section, Patrick and Craig. This addition brought the band to 7 pieces and completed the band's transition from a basic 6 piece rhythm group Leading up to this shift, Cliff, original drummer and former partner with Scott and Justin, had left the group to join a local reggae act. Chris joined us upon Cliff's departure and has been providing a solid backbone ever since. Also around this time, Justin took over bass guitar duties from original bass player, John. It was decided at this time that we would add a regular horn section to the group - Craig had performed with us as a trombone add-in on some prior engagements and was brought on full-time. Shortly after, Patrick was added on trumpet and vocals A few months later, Sharon joined us, bringing her versatility to the group We also made major changes to our support staff and systems, added a much improved light-show, promoted Bill to front-of-house sound engineer (from his previous stage manager position), and added additional costuming for our show material.

The band including Bill (kneeling), our sound engineer. This picture was taken the day of our second DVD shoot (Jan 2002.)
Bill was an original member of the group, along with Scott and Justin.

Mid-2002
Glen D., Chris D.'s brother, had just joined the group in replacement of guitarist Scottie R.

Late 2003
Doug Lewis had joined the group to become our eighth piece.

A fun formal shot, March 2004, with our then-current line-up
(L-R) Doug, Patrick, Sharon, Craig, Scott R, Mary, Chris, and Justin

Scott W., original member, just had his second child, Alex, and decided it was time to leave the music business for family reasons.
Mary M. joined us full-time in late March to replace Scott.
Scott R. rejoined us after 2 years, having been replaced in the iterim by guitarist/vocalist Glen D.

In late 2006, Mary M. was replaced with Jessica D. to form the current line-up, seen below in Nov 2006.

Our current line up

(Top L-R) Scott R, Patrick, Doug, Craig, Chris
(Seated L-R) Justin, Sharon, Jessica

**Visit our each of our individual member's history page.**
Sharon	Chris	Craig	Scott R.	Patrick
vocals, keys, percussion	drums, vocals	trombone, vocals	guitar, keys, vocals	trumpet, keys, vocals
	Doug	Justin	Jessica
	vocals, guitar, bass, M.C.	bass, sax, keys, vocals	vocals, keys, woodwinds

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