Once again, my uncle Bruce and I joined forces in his West Salem compound to pay tribute to a great drum corps, this time the Cavaliers. We didn’t have a specific format to our show choices, choosing to simply pick shows throughout the Green Machine’s history that we enjoy and remember fondly.
1980
This was my first choice for two reasons: The return of the Santa Esmeralda Suite from the previous season, which I consider a hot show opener but, more importantly, the first use of the step over move as the corps finished the show with Softly As I Leave You. The Cavies would bring back the step over move over the next couple seasons and once more in 2023 for their 75th anniversary.

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