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During The Cavaliers’ rehearsal camp the final weekend of April, program coordinator David Starnes kept much of the corps’ program information close to the vest. At the time the corps was just mere days away from revealing its 75th anniversary programming plans to the drum corps world.
But he did make one thing abundantly clear.
“People will hear things that they’ve heard before,” he said.
Just a few dozen hours later, fans across the drum corps world were introduced to the first of many familiar references embedded within the 75th edition of the Rosemont, Illinois corps.
The Cavaliers’ 2023 program title, “Where You’ll Find Me” — announced on May 1 — provides a direct reference to lyrics from its corps song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and has pointed fans in the direction of a fitting production to honor and celebrate the corps’ 75th anniversary.
“One of the things we’re going to be doing this summer is really capitalizing on the character of the drum corps, what it means to be a Cavalier, bringing back the identity of the drum corps and reinforcing what it is that they’ve done for the activity over 75 years,” Starnes said. “It’s a story book in itself, to think about how the drum corps activity has followed The Cavaliers from their inception in 1948 to where they are in 2023.”
While Starnes alluded to the fact that many of the corps’ design plans for 2023 will harken back to moments throughout The Cavaliers’ history and evolution, he noted that those references won’t necessarily be direct cut-and-pastes.
“People will think that they’re hearing things that they’ve heard before, that might be updated and more modernized,” he said.
An introspective production alongside the celebration of a momentous anniversary, according to Starnes, provides the perfect opportunity for The Cavaliers to solidify, reimagine, and reconnect with the corps’ identity.
“The big thing that we’re trying to do this year is create an identity, and bring back the identity and the brand of the Cavaliers,” he said. “There are some things that we’re going to try that have been years since people have done, that we’re bringing back, and bringing a fresh retrospective presented in 2023.”
“Identity” as a whole, though, isn’t the only thing The Cavaliers are aiming to bring back from their iconic past.
In crafting a production that honors the many peaks and highlights of 75 years’ worth of Cavaliers history, Richard Saucedo — the brass arranger behind many of the Rosemont, Illinois corps’ highest-scoring productions, including each of its five World Championships across a seven-year span in the early 2000s — returned to the fold for the 2023 season to help bring that history to life.
“It’s very on-brand Cavaliers,” brass caption co-manager Matt Owen said. “It’s going to be extremely exciting. We’ve got Richard Saucedo back, so it’s going to be dope.”
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