Alumni News

Dear Donor, Thank you for your donation to The Cadets this year. As a non-profit performing arts organization that relies on in-person events, 2020 seemed almost impossible earlier this year. Yet, thanks to your generosity, we were able to not only continue to operate, but to use this year to lay a strong foundation for our organization for many, many years to come. Unlike many other corps, The Cadets have continued to hold regular rehearsals for our members throughout 2020, giving them a constant “normal” and a sense of purpose and camaraderie in a year filled with so much uncertainty [...]

We're counting down to the end of 2020 with the 34 Days of Cadets, bringing you fun facts, pivotal moments in Cadets history, and videos every day through the end of the year! Check out the content below. As we continue to prepare for our 2021 season, we invite you to make any gift you can to our 2020 Holiday Campaign, and then write a personal holiday card to a current Cadet! You can help us fill their mailboxes with good tidings this December. Give a Gift & Choose a Card [...]

With the founding of Cadets Arts & Entertainment earlier this year, the Board of Directors has worked diligently to set up safeguards and establish committees to strategically lead The Cadets into greater success in the years ahead. In the context of 2020, the formation of a Health and Wellness Committee was of utmost importance. Comprised of a group of medical experts that have up-to-the-minute information on COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and current protocols, the CAE Health and Wellness Committee meets regularly to review CDC guidelines and strategize about ways to implement them once The Cadets resume in-person [...]

This event has already occurred. Stay tuned to cadets.org/alumni for more upcoming events! All Cadets Alumni are invited to attend a holiday reunion on Sunday, December 13 from 6-8PM EST. This Sunday, join us for a fun and festive event for alumni of all generations. We invite you to wear your holiday best or your ugliest Christmas sweater, deck out your Zoom background, and maybe even make a Cadet gingerbread man. However you channel your holiday cheer, join us online for a two-hour event filled with camaraderie and memories sure to make your spirit bright. The evening will be hosted [...]

In conjunction with a recent announcement from Drum Corps International, Cadets Arts & Entertainment is pleased to announce that The Cadets will be performing in the events to be held later in the summer of 2021. “The coming season will, by necessity, be ‘different’ to say the least; but we are determined to safely create a stage like no other in order to offer performance opportunities in the summer of 2021 as a ‘bridge’ to a tour in 2022 and the celebration of DCI’s 50th anniversary season,” DCI CEO Dan Acheson said as part of the press release. The Cadets [...]

Hugh Mahon, a founding father of Drum Corps International and former Director of The Cadets, turned 80 years old on November 4, 2020. At the 2019 DCI World Championships, Hall of Fame broadcaster Steve Rondinaro sat down with Hugh Mahon, an inaugural inductee of the DCI Hall of Fame class of 1985, to talk about his days directing the Cadets in the early 1970s and his role in the founding of Drum Corps International soon after. From dci.org Members of The Cadets Leadership Team wish Happy 80th Birthday to Hugh Mahon. [...]

This week, a Cadets Alumna and 2020 Maroon & Gold Club member came forward with a challenge for her fellow Cadets supporters: She is willing to match all donations made between now the end of October, up to $5,000. In 2020, a year with no live events when we started afresh with a new non-profit organization, this is an amazing opportunity for The 2021 Cadets! Would you give what you can to help us raise $5,000? When we get the green light for some sort of tour, we want to be ready to send our Cadets off right and set [...]

The 2020 Cadets Story event is just over a week away, and we are now in the Final Push to the end of our fiscal year October 31. But this isn’t just any fiscal year, it’s actually our first year. While The Cadets has a rich, 86-year tradition of excellence, Cadets Arts & Entertainment - our new parent organization - is just five months old. Our staff and board of directors have been hard at work behind the scenes, laying a strong foundation for decades of Cadets to come. They deserve the best. But building a new business in 2020 [...]