Kiwanis Kavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps

The Kiwanis Kavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps were a World Class drum and bugle corps based in Miami, Florida (previously twin cities of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario). This corps was Canada's only World Class drum corps until it moved its headquarters to Miami after the 2006 season. The Kiwanis Kavaliers have appeared in both Division I and Division II (now Open Class) competition throughout its history.

Kiwanis Kavaliers

Location	Kitchener—Waterloo Miami, FL
Division	World Class
Founded	1971
Folded	2006

The highest championship finish by the corps was fourteenth place in 1996 and 1997.[1]

The corps merged with several other Canadian drum corps over the years. However, the corps finally folded in 2008 after two years of inactivity.

History

Formerly headed by Doug Darwin, Russ McKechnie and John Cameron, the corps was founded in the fall of 1971 by Jack Turner as a member of Drum Corps International. At one point, Jack considered calling it "The Apple Corps," but didn't due in part to sponsorship by the local Kiwanis Club.

For the first 30 years of their existence, the Kiwanis Kavaliers enjoyed many years as a Canadian-based drum and bugle corps, achieving various levels of success. The focus during the first ten years of the corps were parades and the local competition circuit in Southern Ontario under the Ontario Drum Corps Association (ODCA). along with about 30 other local drum corps. They were generally considered a "Cadet" or "C" class corps at this time. There were occasional trips to the U.S. during this time, including a trip to Disney World for the American Bicentennial in 1976.

In the winter of 1987 St. Andrews Drum and Bugle Corps of Cambridge, ON, merged with the Kavaliers. As a result, 1987 was the first year the corps made DCI A Class finals. 1987 through 1991 was spent getting established as an A class perennial contender.

In 1994 and 1995 the corps played increasingly sophisticated music composed by Pat Metheny. Another merger happened in 1995 which pushed the corps further: The Ventures Drum and Bugle Corps from the same hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo, ON had folded and their existing membership folded into the Kiwanis Kavaliers. With their help, in 1995 the corps finished 2nd in Div II with a score of 95.6, just 0.8 behind first place. And, the corps also won top brass and top percussion caption awards. It was at this time that the director, Doug Darwin, decided that the corps should go to Division I rather than rest on its laurels in Div II. The corps enjoyed competitive success through the late 1990s, but by the year 2000 membership was starting to diminish.

Following a trip to Europe in 2001, there was increasing concern inside of the organization about membership numbers, causing Doug Darwin and Tampa Bay Thunder director Jim Newman to increase collaboration between the two groups. During 2002-2003, there were staggered camps held both in Florida and Waterloo, but during the years 2004-2005 all camps were held in Florida.

In 2006, the corps announced that it would not tour during the summer 2006 season due to a sudden change in administration and staffing. In late 2006, the new corps administration announced their petition to return to a full Drum Corps International Tour. However, on January 25, 2007, the administration announced that they would remain inactive, and a large portion of the Corps' equipment was stolen in Miami, Florida, the following month. The corps continued in an inactive state through 2008 before finally folding.

Show Summary (1977-2006)

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"Pale green background indicates DCI semifinalist.

Year	Theme	Repertoire	Score	Placement
1977		Make Me Smile by James Pankow / Caravan by Juan Tizol / Fanfare for the Common Man & Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland
1981		Caravan by Juan Tizol / I Don't Know How to Love Him (from Jesus Christ Superstar) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
1982		You're Not Alone / Slow Motion / Puttin' on the Ritz by Irving Berlin / I Write The Songs by Bruce Johnson	25.55	16th Class A
1983		Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona / Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock / Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel / Beatles Medley by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
1984		Bop 'til You Drop by Rick Springfield / All Night Long (All Night) by Lionel Richie
1986		(Repertoire not available)	64.10	12th Class A-60
1987		Pictures of Spain by Larry Kerchner / Toccata by Keith Emerson & Greg Lake / Foo's Blues / Suncats	71.60	6th Class A
1988		Pictures of Spain by Larry Kerchner / Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona / La Virgen de la Macarena by Bernardino Bautista Monterde / Fungus Amungus	58.70	30th
1989		Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona / Dindi by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveria, & Ray Gilbert / Heart of Darkness / Samba de Ralenze	83.10	5th Class A
1990		Eleanor Rigby, Norwegian Wood, Gold Slumbers, You Never Give Me Your Money, & The End all by John Lennon & Paul McCartney	59.40	32nd
1991	A Tribute to The Beatles	Yesterday, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Michelle, Eleanor Rigby, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Fool on the Hill, & Golden Slumbers all by John Lennon & Paul McCartney	79.50	9th Class A
1992	Music of Danny Elfman	Selections from Batman, Selections from The Simpsons, Selections from Beetlejuice, & Edward Scissorhands all by Danny Elfman	65.40	27th
1993		Concerto in F by George Gershwin / Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, & DuBose Heyward	83.70	9th Div. II
1994	Music of Pat Metheny	The First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / In Her Family by Pat Metheny / Third Wind by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays	90.30	4th Div. II
1995	A Tribute to Pat Metheny	The First Circle by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays / Have You Heard, See the World, In Her Family, & Finding and Believing by Pat Metheny / Minuano (Six Eight) by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays	69.60	21st
1996	West Side Story	Cool, Somewhere, Something's Coming, Scherzo, Mambo, & Tonight (all from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein	79.20	14th
1997	Evita	Requiem for Evita, Buenos Aires, A New Argentina, And The Money Kept Rolling, You Must Love Me, & Don't Cry For Me Argentina (all from Evita) by Andrew Lloyd Webber	82.70	14th
1998	An American in Paris - George Gershwin	An American in Paris by George Gershwin	78.50	16th
1999	Variations in Jazz	Baroque Samba by Darmon August Meader / Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers / The Sultan Fainted by New York Voices	76.30	19th
2000	Love in the Time of War	Saigon Overture, Movie in My Mind, Sun and Moon, Morning of the Dragon, Bui Doi, & The Fall of Saigon (all from Miss Saigon) by Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg	71.20	20th
2001	Manhattan	Times Square, Lonely Town, The Great Lover, & New York, New York (all from On the Town) by Leonard Bernstein	72.50	23rd
2002	Hall of Justice	G-Force by Trevor Rabin / Spider-Man by Danny Elfman / Flash Gordon by Brian May / Jonny Quest Theme by Hoyt S. Curtin / Selections from Batman by Danny Elfman	75.90	20th
2003	All You Need is Love: The Music of The Beatles	Hey Jude, Eleanor Rigby, The Long and Winding Road, Michelle, Norwegian Wood, Octopus's Garden, Oh! Darling, & The End all by John Lennon & Paul McCartney	78.75	20th
2004	Tonight	Tonight, Cool, I Have A Love, & America (all from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein	75.35	22nd
2005	Mission Accomplished	The Glory Days (from The Incredibles) by Michael Giacchino / Secret Agent Man by P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri / Pink Panther by Henry Mancini / Betrayal (from Mission Impossible) by Danny Elfman / Mission Accomplished by Jason Logue	68.60	24th
2006	3: Music by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer	Toccata & Trilogy by Keith Emerson & Greg Lake

Corps nicknames

• Kavies
• Kiwanis
• Kiwi-Kavs

Corps motto

We Are One

References

1. http://www.dcxmuseum.org/index.cfm?view=corpslist&Corpsid=47
2. "Kiwanis Kavaliers/Repertoire". DCX: The Drum Corps Xperience. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

External links

• Kiwanis Kavaliers Alumni homepage
• Kiwanis Kavaliers homepage
• Kiwanis Kavaliers repertoires at Corpsreps