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Last week, Cara Warntz, a legacy member of The Cadets Pit since 2019, got creative and ended up raising $1,000 for the corps. It started last summer, when The Cadets were on the road. The 2019 CPit had custom jerseys made to commemorate the season with 19 and their name on the back. Time went on, and drum corps went virtual for 2020. Cara wore her CPit jersey in an online performance, and several CPit Alumni saw it, loved it, and wished they had them when they marched. Cara took their wishes to heart. She and 2019 Alumnus Jacob Ahn [...]

On Saturday, October 17, The Cadets Hall of Fame Committee hosted the Induction Ceremony for the Class of 2020. The evening began an hour earlier with an open social gathering on Zoom in which Cadets Alumni and supporters were invited to reconnect and reminisce. A livestream then began at 8 p.m. on all The Cadets’ streaming channels in which Hall of Fame Committee members honored the four deserving inductees: Cindi DeVivo, Marie DiDomenico, John Molloy and Andy Warntz. Each of these names represents an important facet of our organization. They exemplify The Cadets and the many qualities and roles that [...]

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Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 17! The 2020 Cadets Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be a virtual event this year, and everyone is invited to attend. The festivities will begin at 7 p.m. EDT on Zoom (link forthcoming) with an open Cadets social gathering. Join in to see some familiar faces, reconnect with old friends and make new connections in The Cadets family of alumni and supporters. Then, at 8 p.m., we will move to a live webinar setting in which members of The Cadets Hall of Fame Committee will make a special presentation, culminating [...]

This fall, embrace the spooky spirit of the season and join The Cadets in our first Virtual Halloween Parade! With social distancing still in place, October 31 may look a bit different this year. As part of our fall fundraiser, we want to bring fans and alumni from all over the marching arts together in a fun online event. Here’s How It Works: Now through October 27, you can submit a photo of yourself or your family dressed up to “march” in our Virtual Halloween Parade. On the afternoon of October 31, The Cadets will share a video of the [...]

The Final Push – it’s a Cadets trademark. As we wow audiences with clean drill, great music and intricate guard work, we know something they don’t – If you think this is great, just wait for the last 45 seconds. When The Cadets are the most exhausted, we find it within ourselves to increase the momentum. We kick up the tempo to 200+ beats per minute. Feet, flags and tubas fly around the field as drill shapes weave a dazzling final effect. The we halt, and even the final note crescendos to the release. The Cadets leave it all on [...]

While The Cadets are known for their constant pursuit of excellence on the field, now more than ever, we are striving to apply that same uncompromising spirit to every facet of our organization. During the summer of 2020, the Cadets Arts & Entertainment Board of Directors established several committees to ensure strategic, responsible leadership for The Cadets Drum Corps and the non-profit organization as a whole. Among those, the Equality & Inclusion Committee has already proven to be an invaluable source of mindfulness, insight and progress, providing a strong organizational foundation in some of the most important and sensitive areas [...]

In response to the plea bargain and sentencing that was passed down yesterday, Sept. 24, in the Lehigh County, Pa. Courthouse, Cadets Arts & Entertainment would like to express our continued support for all of the victims involved in the criminal investigation. Their acts of selflessness and strength deserve our full respect, admiration and gratitude. We can only hope that the victims are also able to find some closure so that they can begin to move forward and heal. It is for this same reason that Cadets Arts & Entertainment was formed in April of this year – to move [...]