Chairman

Adolph DeGrauwe started his drum corps career marching with the Ardennes Drum and Bugle Corps in Chicago at the age of 11. He then joined The Cavaliers in 1955 and aged out of the Corps in 1962. In 1971, Don Warren asked Adolph to return to the organization as the director of The Cavaliers Cadets and served in this capacity until becoming the director of The Cavaliers in 1979.

Vice-President

Barbara Bolender has been a member of the CAPE Board of Directors since 2019 and has served on the Governance and Ethics & Compliance Committees. After being in high school and college marching band, her passion for the activity and friendships with Cavalier friends led her to become a valued member of our board. 

Treasurer

Geoff Thursby began his Cavalier association as an 11-year-old member of Cavalier Cadets in 1974 playing soprano bugler.  An interest in piano and getting braces changes his aspirations to orchestra bells and he graduated to The Cavaliers in 1977 through 1981. Geoff was a member of the front ensemble for the 2008 CAC888 Anniversary Corps.  Geoff is the founder and presiding president of the Cavaliers Investment Club, and over the years has also been involved in the corps’ fitness programs during the winter camps. Geoff joined the CAPE Board of Directors in 2019 and is a member of the Finance Committee.