Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps

The Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps from Hawthorne, New Jersey are one of the oldest and the most decorated summer drum and bugle corps in Drum Corps Associates. They have been crowned DCA Open Class World Champions nine times, more than any other corps, and won fifteen American Legion championships prior to the formation of DCA.

History

= DCA Championship Seasons =

1970

1972

1973

1974

1976

1984

1985

1995

Placed first at DCA finals.

2003

The 2003 season led to the Caballeros' 9th DCA World Championship and 16th American Legion National Championship. The show's music was written by Key Poulan with percussion by Gary Gill. The drill was designed by Rich Templin. Entitled El Toro Nuevo, it was divided into three separate movements: El Toro Rojo, The Prayer and El Toro Furioso. Both the first and third movements were original compositions while The Prayer was an arrangement of the award-winning song popularized by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. Notable highlights of the show included a formation of a sombrero during the soprano cadenza in the first movement and a "water drum" feature leading into the third movement. The season was a nearly undefeated one as the only loss came in East Providence, RI to the 4-time defending champions Syracuse Brigadiers by 0.3 points. A few weeks later, the Caballeros succeeded in breaking the Brigadiers historic winning streak in West Haven, CT. 2003 was also the last season under the baton of Jimmy Russo who had been drum major of the Caballeros for 33 years.

Famous Alumni

* James Russo, drum major of the Caballeros for 33 years before his retirement in 2003, and inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame in 1993.

References

External links

* [http://www.cabs.org/ Official Site]
* [http://www.cabs.org/history.asp History of the corps]
* [http://www.corpsreps.com/scores.cfm?view=scorecorps&corpsid=3&corpstype=Senior Hawthorne Caballeros historical scores]
* [http://www.corpsreps.com/corpsreps.cfm?view=corpsdet&corps=3&corpstype=Senior Hawthorne Caballeros historical repertoires]
* [http://www.dcacorps.org/ Drum Corps Associates]