The Drum Corps International (DCI) group, The Cavaliers,will be housed on the Kennedale High School campus this week as the group prepares for a summer competition at the University of North Texas. The announcement was made by Erol Oktay, KHS Director of Bands, last week. {{more}}
The all-male drum corps will be arriving on Wednesday, July 15 and be staying in the rear portion of the high school until Thursday, using the three gyms and several classrooms.
The Cavaliers, who are one of the top Drum Corps in the world, will be hosting a workshop for the Kennedale
High School Wildcat Band while here.
The Cavaliers are known for their showmanship and flair
?We are excited about hosting this event, said Oktay. ?Our kids get the chance to play music standing next to the drum corps members in a rehearsal setting.Oktay added, ?this will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for our kids and a memory they will not soon forget.?
The Cavaliers’ outdoor practices will be free and open to the public according to Oktay. He does not have their practice schedule yet but expects that the main rehearsals will be at the Wildcat Stadium Wednesday afternoon and evening.
More about the Cavaliers
The Cavaliers were founded in 1948, as the drum and bugle corps for Boy Scout Troop 111 in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. Their growing reputation as one of the best of Chicago’s neighborhood drum corps soon led the boys in the troop to reorganize themselves as a standalone operation, borrowing their name and logo from a brand of then-popular cigarettes, and choosing their colors of green, black, and white – a name, logo, and color scheme that have part of the corps history ever since.
The Cavaliers winning their first national championship at the 1957 VFW convention, breaking the stranglehold of East Coast drum corps and establishing the Midwest as the epicenter for championship drum corps for the next decade. The Cavaliers went on to be National Champions seven more times between 1959 and 1969, a decade where they became known far and wide as “The Green Machine.”
The Cavaliers won their first DCI Championship in 1992, a feat they repeated in 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006. Using a combination of strong visual presentation, powerful musical arrangements, and aggressive color guard, The Cavaliers are one of the most easily recognized drum corps in the activity today.Read more at The Cavaliers
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