The longtime director of the Rosemont Cavaliers, the most decorated drum and bugle corps in the nation during the last decade, has stepped down.

After leading the all-male corps to world prominence, including five world championships in the past eight years, Jeff Fiedler is hanging it up on the brink of the Cavaliers' 60th season.

"There is no good time, but then there's clearly no better time," said Fiedler, 48, on Friday. "I wanted to walk away with the corps set for this year -- especially this year, with its 60th anniversary."

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