Cavaliers director Fiedler retires after 17 years
***image2***After 17 years as corps director and 35 consecutive years with the Cavaliers, Jeff Fiedler has announced his retirement from his position prior to the start of the 2008 season. Fiedler, 48, is a past chairman of the Drum Corps International board of directors and has been serving as DCI's interim chairman since last fall. After 17 years as corps director and 35 consecutive years with the Cavaliers, Jeff Fiedler has announced his retirement from his position prior to the start of the 2008 season. Fiedler, 48, is a past chairman of the Drum Corps International board of directors and has been serving as DCI's interim chairman since last fall.
Under Fiedler's tenure as director, the Cavaliers have captured all seven of their Drum Corps International World Championship titles, as well as two silver medals and three bronze. Fiedler was named to the DCI Hall of Fame in 2005.
"I have seriously considered retiring from the drum corps twice in the past five years and have delayed acting on this specific decision since the end of the 2007 season to make sure the corps is set up for success on its way into 2008", said Fiedler. "I believe this is the opportune time to make the switch to a new director with new ideas and a new vision while the corps is competitively strong, the membership highly experienced and the design team, instructional staff, board membership and volunteer base motivated and energized at their highest level in our 60-year history. I'm now looking forward to being able to spend more time with my family and exploring new avenues in my professional career."
Fiedler joined the Cavaliers as a color guard member of the cadet corps in 1973 - the organization's 25th anniversary. In 1975, he became a member of the Cavaliers' baritone section before he took on drum major responsibilities for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. Her became a member of the corps' summer visual instructional staff in 1981 and was named staff coordinator in 1982, making him an assistant to director Adolph De Grauwe. When De Grauwe retired at the end of the 1990 season, Fiedler was named corps director.
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