| Location | Hawthorne, New Jersey |
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| Division | Open Class |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Director | James J. Costello Jr. |
| Championship Titles | DCA: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1995, 2003 |
| Uniform | White satin shirts with wide collar, red cummerbund and drop sash, black pants with red kickpleats, black shoes, and black sombrero |
The Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps from Hawthorne, New Jersey are one of the oldest and the most decorated summer drum and bugle corps in Drum Corps Associates. They have been crowned DCA Open Class World Champions nine times and won fifteen American Legion championships prior to the formation of DCA.
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Won at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA Selections included: Malaguena
Placed first at DCA finals.
The 2003 season led to the Caballeros' 9th DCA World Championship and 16th American Legion National Championship. The show's music was written by Key Poulan with percussion by Gary Gill. The drill was designed by Rich Templin. Entitled El Toro Nuevo, it was divided into three separate movements: El Toro Rojo, The Prayer and El Toro Furioso. Both the first and third movements were original compositions while The Prayer was an arrangement of the award-winning song popularized by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. Notable highlights of the show included a formation of a sombrero during the soprano cadenza in the first movement and a "water drum" feature leading into the third movement. The season was a nearly undefeated one as the only loss came in East Providence, RI to the 4-time defending champions Syracuse Brigadiers by 0.3 points. A few weeks later, the Caballeros succeeded in breaking the Brigadiers historic winning streak in West Haven, CT. 2003 was also the last season under the baton of Jimmy Russo who had been drum major of the Caballeros for 33 years.
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