1955: Corbin Yarwood
1956: George O’Connor
1957: Bill Tietgen
1958: Robert Jendras, Ron Marquenski
1959: Dennis McCurdy
1960: Tom Radke
1961: Chuck Christensen
1962: Arthur Alt
1963: Sal Compagna
1964: Steve Carlin
1965: Richard Gordon
1966: Tom Chabalowski
1967: Dave Davis,
Bob Walters
1968: Mike Parker
1969: Kirkland Burke
1970: Paul Redmond
1971: Tony Muscarello
1972: Paul Rigby
1973: Dave Bell
, Dave Farner
1974: Richard Dvorak
1975: John Huy
1976: Chris Pelzl
1977: James Yarnell
1978: Tom Blair
1979: Greg Orwoll,
John Anderson
1980: Cory Grindle
1981: Greg Grubb
1982: Tim McLaughlin
1983: Ron Kruse
1984: Denny Lewis
1985: Adam Piceno
1986: Rusty Wright
1987: Larry Martin
1988: Matt Henry
1989: Cliffton Taylor
1990: Robert Cathey, John Paul DesGagnes
1991: Tony Brown
1992: Heath Lawless
1993: Jason Harvey
1994: Jimmy Schultz
1995: Yuji Maeshiro
1996: Hiroyuki Takaesu
1997: Scott Thompson
1998: Kevin Lowery
1999: Brandon Barrometti
2000: Patrick Erwin
2001: Tim Newman
2002: Chris Lugo
2003: Ivan De La Cruz
2004: Kevin Shannon
2005: Justin Heinekamp
2006: Jed Maus
2007: Alex Entin
2008: Taylor Townsend
2009: Adam Green,
Jeremy Burciaga
2010: Isaac Cisneros
2011: Max Atkinson
2012: Austin Baker
2013: Nicholas Puckett
2014: Cameron Figueroa
2015: Quentin Okiyama
2016: Shane Choi
2017: Shane Barnes
2018: Garrett Sullivan
2019: Tyler Gandee
2020: CANCELLED SEASON
2021:
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Cavaliers of the Year
Cavaliers of the Year
1964: Dennis McCurdy
1965: Bill Glass
1966: Dan Heeres
1967: Curt Johnson
1968: Ron Herman
1969: Frank Mikowski
1970: Jim Roussel
1971: Dave Davis
1972: Bob Jackson
1973: Kent Scott
1974: Wayne Bandelin
1975: Dave Bell
1976: Larry Zakosek
1977: Chris Hartowicz
1978: Jim Gengler,
Ken Jackson
1979: Ralph Poznanski
1980: Jeff Fielder
1981: Cory Grindle
1982: Richard Shepard
1983: Paul Seal
1984: Marty Jacobson
1985: Mark Baker
1986: Rob Thomas
1987: Norman Dziedzic
1988: Bill Wiggins
1989: Scott Seal
1990: John Timmins
1991: Craig Peters
1992: Robert Wis
1993: Dan Hough
1994: Mike Tarr
1995: Dustin Winson
1996: Blair Miller
1997: Ron Rowe
1998: Pete Weber
1999: Jeff White
2000: Gustavo Jacobo
2001: Ellis Hampton
2002: Brandon Barrometti
2003: Ian Horste
2004: Kevin Hakes
2005: Aaron Brizuela
2006: Joe Hobbs
2007: Kevin Gates
2008: Kevin Gates
2009: Brandon Givens
2010: Ben Ash
2011: Jordan Yi
2012: Andrew Rhebergen
2013: Ethan Marcus
2014: Nick Hansberry
2015: Chad Thompson
2016: Austin Baker
2017: Tommy Heidebrecht
2018: Hunter Dorman
2019: Jacob Armstrong
2020: CANCELLED SEASON
2021:
1956-59: Tom “Scotty” Wild
1960-62: Ernie Grossman
1963: Ed Dell
1964-65: Bill Glass
1966: Sal Campagna
1967: Steve Carlin
1967-68: Kurt Bloom
1969-72: Bob Jackson
1973-75: Wayne Bandelin
1976-77: Wally Meissner
1977: Chris Hartowicz
1978-79: Pete Van Dorpe
1980: Tracy Freeman
1981-82: Rich Shepard
1983-84: Marty Jacobson
1985-86: Jeff Wroblewski
1987: Nick Charles
1988-89: Shannon Drew
1990: Michael Gaines
1991: Brent Smith
1992: Todd Humphrey
1993: Bart Woodley
1994: Jeff Brown
1995-96: Kenny Frisbee
1997: Warren Rickert
1998: Nathan Smith
1999: Jeff Danbom
2000: Gustavo Jacobo
2001: Brian Greer
2002: Dave Simpson
2003: Ryan Bronner
2004: Jose “Pepe” Ochoa
2005: Andrew Acheson
2006-07: Mark Laydon, Brady Sanders
2008: Brandon Givens, William Martin
2009: Brandon Givens, Ben Ash
2010: Ben Ash
2011: Lynel Curd, Maurice Wright
2012-13: Ethan Marcus, Geddy Pontiff
2014: Sam Carlberg
2015: Jacob Ottinger
2016-17: Tony Aviles, Andrew Seebaran
2018: Noah Bowers, Hunter Cade McDaniel
2019: Seth Sharpe, David Delikat
2020: David Delikat
2021-22: Will Snow
Ross Anzalone
Frank Arsenault
Virginia Balcerak
Craig Bales
Eric Beastrom
David Bertman
Stan Boduch
Dr. Brenda Brak
Steve Brubaker
Pam Cabanski
James B. Campbell
Michael Cesario
Dennis Doud
Rosanne Duewerth
Maurice Fiedler
Sue Fiers
June Gengler
Dave Hack
Kathy Hartig
Gayle Horst
Carl Johnson, Sr.
Jim Jones
Rheinhold Keller
Scott Koter
Sylvia Luettke
Conrad Maryanski
Dorothy Maryanski
Millie McGee
Michael McIntosh
John Noonan
Fred Peters
Judy Peters
Lenny Piekarski
Don Poznanski
Harry Raimondi
Tim Salzman
Dawn Schultz
Louise Bardos Snyder
Bradley A. Stephens
Donald E. Stephens
Helen Turner
Dr. Michael Vaughn
Mary Waldukat
Jan Warren
Rich Wawrzniak, Sr.
Debbie Wiles-Isoda
Bill Wiggins
Sue Wiggins
Jan Zebrowski
Patricia Zebrowski
Pete Zebrowski
Bruno Zuccala
1948 Boy Scout Troop #111 founded as a drum and bugle corps by Don Warren.
1949 Adopted the name “The Cavaliers”.
1950 Entered the field for first competition.
1951 Donned green, black, and white uniforms. Won first contest at Cedar Rapids, Iowa with the Grenadiers, Norwood Park Imperials and the Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts (soon to be the Madison Scouts).
1957 Corps wins first VFW National Championship
1961 UNDEFEATED SEASON (21 consecutive wins).
1964 Corps wins World Open, performed for the U.S. Congress.
1967 Cavalier hall destroyed by fire on July 25th. Cavaliers win both VFW and American Legion National Championships
1971 Total show concept introduced. “The Circus Show”
1973 25th anniversary. Corps moves to Park Ridge, IL.
1981 Cavaliers move to Rosemont, IL.
1983 Winter Guard wins WGI for the third consecutive year.
1990 Corps wins first DCI regional in corps history at Whitewater. Corps wins U.S. Open.
1992 Corps wins first DCI World Championship.
1995 Corps wins DCI World Championship.
1998 50th Anniversary. Corps wins first Spirit of Disney Award for Innovation.
2000 Corps ties for DCI World Championship.
2001 Corps wins DCI World Championship.
2002 Corps wins DCI World Championship, record score of 99.15. UNDEFEATED SEASON. Three-peat Championship.
2003 Corps wins Spirit of Disney Award for Innovation.
2004 Corps wins DCI World Championship
2006 Corps wins DCI World Championship. First time to win both Championship and Spirit of Disney Award for Innovation in the same season.
2008 Corps celebrates 60th Anniversary.
2009 Adolph DeGrauwe elected President of the Board of Directors when founder, Don Warren, steps down.
2012 Corps places 8th at DCI World Finals, lowest since 1984.
2015 Chris Lugo selected as first-ever Cavaliers Executive Director.
2019 Don Warren passes over the rainbow. Monte Mast selected as Cavaliers Executive Director.
2021 New non-profit name - The Cavaliers Arts, Performance & Education (CAPE). Organization celebrates 40 years with the Village of Rosemont!
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