Kiwanis Kavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
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The Kiwanis Kavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps is a Division I drum and bugle corps now based in Miami, Florida (Previously Kitchener, Ontario). Formerly headed by Doug Darwin, the corps was founded in the fall of 1971, and is a member of Drum Corps International. The corps was Canada's only Division I drum corps until it moved its headquarters to Miami after the 2006 season. The Kiwanis Kavaliers have appeared in both Division I and Division II competition throughout its history but have been Division 1 since the 1980s. The corps merged with the Tampa Bay Thunder Drum and Bugle Corps in 2002 acquiring a full member corps for the first time in two decades while it had previously held lower membership numbers than other corps, mostly from Florida. The corps also toured Europe in 2001, representing Drum Corps International in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
The highest championship finish by the corps has been fourteenth place in 1996 and 1997. In 2006, the corps announced that it would not tour during the summer 2006 season due to a sudden change in administration and staffing. In late 2006, the new corps administration announced their petition to return to a full Drum Corps International Tour.
