New York, NY United States
Founded: 2000
Year | Position | Score | Theme/Songs |
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2000 | 316 | 68.700 | A Weekend in New York City - White Rabbit * A Touch of Beauty * Santana * A Mighty Fortress |
2001 | 310 | 74.550 | Sketches of the City - Nights In White Satin * Cadillac of the Skies (from Empire of the Sun) * A Mis Abuelos * A Mighty Fortress |
2002 | 309 | 77.900 | Incantation and Dance * Cadillac of the Skies (from Empire of the Sun) * Platt Opus * Nights In White Satin |
2003 | 306 | 80.750 | Cenotaph * Fanfare for a New Era * Lento (from Dance Movements) * Platt Opus |
2005 | 312 | 70.425 | Tapestry - Homage: Three Tapestries |
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The Cadets of New York City was formed in 2000 as a new corps for a new millennium, the result of a merger between the Cadets of Brooklyn and the Kips Bay Knight Club of the Bronx.
The corps director was George Hicks Sr. and sponsors included the Bronx Borough, President Aldolfo Carrion Jr., the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the City Parks Foundation, the Music for Youth Foundation, the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights, the New York City Safe Horizons Program and the Lion's Club of Crown Heights. The two corps merged to preserve their performing arts programs and to continue their shared sense of mission to offer young people the highest levels of music education and artistic expression using the vehicle of a “Division III” competitive drum and bugle corps.
In their inaugural year, the corps competed at the 2000 Garden State Open (GSO), placing 13th in the prelims, finished 16th at the DCI preliminaries and 4th at the Garden State Circuit (GSC) championships. In 2001, the Cadets of New York City expanded their touring travels, qualifying to a 4th place finish in the GSO finals, along with 8th and 9th place rankings at the North American Open (NAO) and Canadian Open prelims respectively before finishing 10th at the 2001 DCI prelims. The season was capped with a 2nd place finish at the GSC championships.
The cornerstone of the Cadets' success was their leadership, vision and enthusiasm of Harold Wright (Operations Director), Veronica Brown (Operations Director), Jose Velazquez (Operations Director), Al Gilford (Assistant Director) and Charles Jordan (Assistant Director).
Another busy season was in store for the NYC unit in 2003 where they once again made the GSO finals, placing 6th with stops at the preliminaries of the Canadian Open (9th), the Coast Guard Open (10th) and the NAO (17th), concluding with a 9th place finish at the DCI championships’ prelims. The following year was their most successful season, placing 3rd in the finals of both the “Division III” GSO and Jacksonville regionals, culminating with a 5th place finish at the 2003 DCI championships, a mere ½ a tenth of a point from qualifying for the finals. In 2004, the corps competed early in the season but was unable to complete the year and in 2005, they returned to full strength at the DCI “Division III” championships, placing 12th.
They disbanded in 2006.
http://cadets_nyc.tripod.com/history.htm; Paul Legault (DCX)
Highest Score 84.900
Final show in DCX Archives August 13, 2000 Garden State Circuit Championship Haledon NJ placed 4 with a score of 84.900
Highest Score 76.050
Final show in DCX Archives August 18, 2001 Garden State Circuit Championships Easton PA placed 2 with a score of 75.000
Highest Score 77.900
Final show in DCX Archives August 5, 2002 World Championships - Division II & III Preliminaries Madison WI placed 9 with a score of 77.900
Highest Score 81.250
Final show in DCX Archives August 7, 2003 DCI Championships - Div II/III Semifinals Orlando FL placed 3 with a score of 81.250
Highest Score 57.250
Final show in DCX Archives July 18, 2004 The 2004 Jersey Surf Invitational Pennsville NJ
Highest Score 70.425
Final show in DCX Archives August 9, 2005 DCI World Championships - II/III Prelims Brockton MA placed 12 with a score of 70.425
Member Name | Section | Years Involved |
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Acosta, Alby | Drum Major | 2003 to 2005 |
Barnes, Aaron | Bassline | 2001 to 2002 |
Bermudez, Jessica | Colorguard | 2004 |
Bermudez, Jessica | Color Guard | 2004 |
chavis, kaleem | percussion | 2003 to 2005 |
Falcon, Eddy | Trumpet | 2001 to 2004 |
Hernandez, Norberto | Soprano | 2003 |
Kelly, Darick | snareline | 2000 to 2002 |
Liriano, Jean | Trumpet | 2001 to 2004 |
Maldonado, Jose | Baritone | 2003 |
martinez, jaime | contra line | 1994 to 1996 |
smith, ahmed | Baritone | 2000 |
steif, carly | mellophone | 2004 |
Thompson, Antonio | Trumpet | 2000 to 2002 |
Thompson, Antonio | Asst Corps Director | 2004 |
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