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Don't know if this is of interest to anyone but it was fun putting this list together the last three weeks. Amazing that it only took that long.

Enjoy!

1949 Snareline

John Bardos

Sal Ferrera

Frank Koch

Ken Kramer

1950 Snareline

John Bardos

Sal Ferrera

Frank Koch

Ken Kramer

1951 Snareline

John Bardos

Sal Ferrera

Frank Koch

Ken Kramer

1952 Snareline

John Bardos

Sal Ferrera

Frank Koch

Ken Kramer

1953 Snareline

Sal Ferrera

Jim Jacobs

Ken Kramer

Ray Schaeffer

Ron Chesney

John Bardos

Tom Kasten

???

1954 Snareline

Jim Jacobs

Ken Kramer

Tom Kasten

1955 Snareline

Tom Kasten

Bruce Tietgan

Larry McCormick

1956 Snareline

Larry McCormick

Tom Kasten

Bruce Tietgan

George O'Connor

1957 Snareline

Tom Kasten

Ron Marcquenski

George O'Connor

Bob Timko

Frank Pesch

1958 Snareline

Tom Kasten

Ron Marcquenski

Bob Timko

Frank Pesch

1959 Snareline

Ben Mical

Bob Timko

Ron Marcquenski

Tom Kasten

Frank Pesch

Michael Onesto

1960 Snareline

Ben Mical

Frank Pesch

Ron Marcquenski

Michael Onesto

1961 Snareline

Mitch Markovich

Ben Mical

Ron Marcquenski

Michael Onesto

1962 Snareline

Mitch Markovich

Greg Pacer

Curt Johnson

Bill Karlovsky

1963 Snareline

Curt Johnson

Greg Pacer

Bill Karlovsky

Mitch Markovich

1964 Snareline

Curt Johnson

Greg Pacer

Bill Karlovsky

Chuck Johnson

Mike Lorenz

1965 Snareline

Greg Pacer

Curt Johnson

Bill Karlovsky

Chuck Johnson

1966 Snareline

Curt Johnson

Mike Lorenz

Bill Karlovsky

Ron Herrmann

1967 Snareline

Ron Herrmann

Curt Johnson

Greg Pacer

Mike Lorenz

1968 Snareline

Ron Herrmann

Mike Parker

Greg Pacer

Jim Roussell

Cornell Patrick

Don Hachmeister

1969 Snareline

Jim Roussell

Mike Parker

Don Hachmeister

Bill Sweeney

1970 Snareline

Jim Roussell

Mike Parker

Don Hachmeister

Bill Sweeney

Don McWhorter

Jim Bennett

1971 Snareline

Don Kolenda

Don McWhorter

Mike Parker

Pat Jones

1972 Snareline

Paul Milano

Don Kolenda

Don McWhorter

Paul Leo

Jim Zebrowski

Pat Jones

Paul Swoverland

Gary Moore

1973 Snareline

Paul Milano

Paul Leo

Jim Zebrowski

Ralph Poznanski

Don Curry

1974 Snareline

Paul Milano

Don McWhorter

Ralph Poznanski

Ted Berg

Bob Shreffler

Paul Leo

1975 Snareline

Bob Shreffler

Paul Leo

Ralph Poznanski

Joe Balzer

Steve Baux

Dave Flynn

Pat Jones

1976 Snareline

Ralph Poznanski

Tom Kelly

Paul Leo

Steve Sadowski

Bob Shreffler

Joe Balzer

Dave Flynn

Bill Morgan

1977 Snareline

Dave Flynn

Mike Neer

Ralph Poznanski

Donn Sands

Tom Kelly

Reuben Robusky

Dave Maley

Walt Limeheinrich

1978 Snareline

Dave Flynn

Mike Neer

Ralph Poznanski

Art Brand

Tom Blair

Dave Dombeck

Dean Buxton

Angus McLeod

1979 Snareline

Dave Flynn

Ralph Poznanski

Tom Blair

Dave Dombeck

Greg Tuley

Dean Buxton

Don Avery

Bill Sweeney

William Fleming

Mark Baker

Greg Rinehart

1980 Snareline

Dave Flynn

Mike Neer

Tom Blair

Tim Jefferson

Dean Buxton

Terri DeJong

Mark Baker

Greg Rinehart

Mike Pratt

William Fleming

1981 Snareline

Mark Baker

Matt O'Brien

Kevin Smith

Bret Kuhn

Terry De Jong

Marvin Jackson

Ron Low

Mike Pratt

Tony D'Martino

Mark Metzgus

1982 Snareline

Marvin Jackson

Jim Huntley

Michael Pratt

Wayne Bovenshen

Mark Baker

Mark Metzcus

Kevin Smith

Terry DeJong

1983 Snareline

Jeff Adriano

Mike Pratt

Lloyd Puckitt

Todd Gary

Mark Baker

Tom Schaffer

Kevin Smith

David DePriest

1984 Snareline

Gerry Koenemann

Kevin Smith

David Beard

Denny Lewis

Andy Swisher

Mark Baker

Erik Johnson

Lloyd Puckitt

1985 Snareline

Todd Gary

Eric Johnson

Lloyd Puckitt

Mark Baker

Steve Fialkowski

Jeff Zimmerman

Andy Swisher

Kevin Smith

David DePriest

1986 Snareline

Larry Byington

Steven Fialkowski

Blair Kuhn

Denny Lewis

Ron Lambert

Andrew Swisher

Jeff Zimmerman

Kevin Przewodek

1987 Snareline

Kevin Przewodek

Larry Byington

Denny Lewis

Scott Kretzer

Ron Lambert

Mark Hendricks

Brian Morgan

1988 Snareline

Scott Amman

Doug Rosen

Mark Hendricks

Denny Lewis

Scott Kretzer

Rusty Wright

James Steffan

Brian Morgan

1989 Snareline

Scott Amman

Scott Paperniak

Scott Burgess

Bill Gleason

Scott Kretzer

James Steffan

Glen Kotche

Jeff Ausdemore

Matt Thompson

1990 Snareline

Greg Towery

Doug Rosener

Sean Shacklett

Scott Paperniak

Scott Kretzer

Bill Gleason

Ian Shepherd

Byron Toups

Rick Stoutner

1991 Snareline

Mark Lighthiser

Mark Casey

Scott Burgess

Billy Haymes

Ian Shepherd

Sean Shacklett

Greg Towery

Doug Johns

John Willmarth

1992 Snareline

Mitch Waldrep

Heath Lawless

Mark Lighthiser

Scott Papierniak

Mark Casey

Doug Johns

John Willmarth

Mike Robertson

Dana Slabaugh

1993 Snareline

Dave Schmidt

Dana Slabaugh

Scott McCoy

Sean Shacklett

Mark Casey

Mitch Waldrep

Mark Lighthiser

Chad Kohler

Dan DeSena

1994 Snareline

Dan DeSena

Dana Slabaugh

John Willmarth

Mitch Waldrep

Scott McCoy

Todd Sommer

Chad Kohler

1995 Snareline

Scott Schoeffel

Naoki Ishikawa

Adam Gray

Dana Slabaugh

John Willmarth

Scott McCoy

Todd Sommer

Greg Wortman

Mac Purdy

1996 Snareline

Kevin Gier

Kurt Kretzer

Naoki Ishikawa

Greg Wortman

Scott McCoy

Todd Sommer

Mac Purdy

Ellis Hampton

David Dickey

1997 Snareline

Greg Wortman

Ellis Hampton

Kurt Kretzer

David Dickey

Mark Hunter

Jason Parker

Joe Shuker

Joe Steeb

Matt Maloney

1998 Snareline

Mark Hunter

Cory Ponder

Kevin Gier

Kurt Kretzer

Joe Steeb

Ellis Hampton

Joe Shuker

Jason Parker

Billy Spicer

1999 Snareline

Kevin Grubbs

Trevor Roberts

Mark Hunter

Ellis Hampton

Joe Shuker

Billy Spicer

James Sullivan

2000 Snareline

Jason Pena

Trevor Roberts

Mark Hunter

Kurt Kretzer

Ellis Hampton

Joe Shuker

Billy Spicer

John Lane

Jacob Summers

2001 Snareline

Andres Aya

John Angelis

Ben Hall

Scott Idle

Max Mullinix

John Parsons

Jason Pena

Joe Shuker

Nick Thomas

2002 Snareline

Derek Weber

Kimio Narita

Max Mullinix

Ben Hall

Nick Thomas

Jason Pena

John Parsons

Andres Aya

Huei-Yuan Pan

John Potter

2003 Snareline

John Allnutt

Derek Weber

Mike Thomas

John Parsons

Nick Thomas

Jason Pena

Andres Aya

Huei-Yuan Pan

John Potter

Devon Winegar

2004 Snareline

Chad Wells

Andrew Markworth

John Allnutt

Derek Weber

Ben Hall

Devon Winegar

Kiyotaka Sekine

Joe Hobbs

Nathan Calhoun

2005 Snareline

Nathan Sundberg

Todd Miller

Jon Sharp

Kiotaka Sekene

Joe Hobbs

Felix Torres

Brian Archinal

Tom Schurr

2006 Snareline

Nathan Sundberg

Kyle Stahl

John Allnutt

Joe Hobbs

Jason Carney

Tom Schurr

Todd Miller

Brian Archinal

2007 Snareline

Ted Leith

Zach Samuel

Adam Weincken

Jason Carney

Alex Entin

Dave Polk

Erik Lutters

Steve Daily

2008 Snareline

Thomas Holman

Steve Daily

Adam Weincken

Jason Carney

Dave Polk

Ted Leith

Dan Twifford

2008 CAC888 60th Anniversary Corps)Snareline

Mike Neer

Don Avery

Joe Balzer

Matt O'Brien

Don McWhorter

Scott Amman

Don Kolenda

Scott McCoy

Skip Swoverland

Lloyd Puckitt

Mike Lorenz

Jeff Zimmerman

Paul Milano

Dave DePriest

Gary Moore

Paul Leo

2009 Snareline

Josh Boychuck

Patrick Chapman

Kevin Jankowski

J.P. Gagaza

Thomas Holman

Spencer Murray

Bobby Hoyt

Zach Farina

2010 Snareline

Travis Newman

Zach Farina

Dan Schack

Bobby Hoyt

J.P. Gagaza

Isaac Cisneros

Mark Nalley

Kris Marsh

Nic Owen

2011 Snareline

Jesse Backes

Franco Perez

Peter Repp

Isaac Cisneros

Mike Royer

Travis Newman

Mark Nalley

Nick Owen

Daniel Schack

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Don't know if this is of interest to anyone but it was fun putting this list together the last three weeks. Amazing that it only took that long.

Enjoy!

Some big lines for the 60s and 70s. I don't remember the corps having 8 in 72. I remember Blue Rock and Kingsmen. Fun to look at though. The longest I saw anyone on that list was 5 years is that correct?

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Some big lines for the 60s and 70s. I don't remember the corps having 8 in 72. I remember Blue Rock and Kingsmen. Fun to look at though. The longest I saw anyone on that list was 5 years is that correct?

6 years for Curt Johnson.....7 years for Mark Baker.

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Some big lines for the 60s and 70s. I don't remember the corps having 8 in 72. I remember Blue Rock and Kingsmen. Fun to look at though. The longest I saw anyone on that list was 5 years is that correct?

We had eight snares for the first six shows. Very clean for early season. Unfortunately the tenor line was relatively weak so we moved two snares to the double tenor line. It worked . . .

We took 5th in drums at DCI (if I recall correctly) and won drums at VFW (though the "big corps" weren't there). The tenor line had only one or two tics.

What is most amazing about all that is the fact that we had NO INSTRUCTORS that year! Our only instructor left for personal family reasons in February. Jim Middleton came in for a couple weeks to write two drum solos that we later rewrote. Bill Sweeney helped out the last two weeks to help clean a bit.

Oldest snare drummer was 18 and we still pulled off a very rewarding year.

The next year, 1973, was more of the same. Virtually no instructors the entire winter/summer.

Things finally got headed back in the right direction in 1974 when we got a full staff.

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6 years for Curt Johnson.....7 years for Mark Baker.

Actually there were three guys who marched 7 years each (Tom Kasten - 50s, Ralph Poznanski - 70s, Mark Baker - 70s & 80s).

There were also about ten guys who marched 5 or 6 years, including some in the 90s.

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Actually there were three guys who marched 7 years each (Tom Kasten - 50s, Ralph Poznanski - 70s, Mark Baker - 70s & 80s).

There were also about ten guys who marched 5 or 6 years, including some in the 90s.

Paul - a remarkable legacy of Cavalier history. I have attempted to do the same for 27th. However, I am naming every drummer in every section that marched either VFW or DCI prelims, and our history is shorter, from 1968 to 1986 and the alumni corps in 1994 and 1995. I used the "prelims" as my benchmark - because every corps seems to have members that had to leave for a variety of reasons. I've had great luck thus far - but still need a few more names.

The names above that marched 7 years each - it would never happen in todays world unless a kid lived locally - which I am sure they all did.

The closest is Andrew Odello, of Blue Devils fame. There are photos of him wearing his corps jacket that shows the dates of every year he has marched in the organization going back to 1993. Such loyalty deserves recognition beyond words !!!

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Good luck with your 27th Lancers project. It is fun connecting with some of the folks as you do your research.

As for our seven-year snare drummers . . . that's just the number of years they marched snare. Some were in the corps for a couple years prior to that.

The longest marching Cavalier in our history (9 years) is Paul Leo (1968 - 1976). He was a tenor for four years and a snare for five years. Still one of my best friends who I see at least weekly . . . 43 years after we met at practice!

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Paul,

Thanks for sharing the list. It was interesting seeing Larry McCormick's name on the list in '55 and '56. I didn't know that Sal Ferrera played snare (early '50s). If I recall, wasn't he the principle brass arranger for the Cavaliers in the 60s?

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