Colt Cadets

Dubuque, IA United States
Founded: 1967

Active Junior
Open Class

Year	Position	Score	Theme/Songs
1988	324	37.500	(Repertoire not available)
1989	323	38.900	(Repertoire not available)
1992	324	48.600	(Repertoire not available)
1995			Simple Songs from Your Childhood - Simple Gifts * I'm a Little Teapot * Tisket-a-Tasket * Chopsticks * Pentatonic Nightmare * Brahms' Lullaby
1996			Americana Celebration - Shall We Gather at the River * Yankee Doodle * Suite of Old American Songs
1997			Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Golden Ticket (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * Oompa Loompa (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * Wondrous Boat Ride (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * I Want It Now (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * Candy Man (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
1998			Bon Voyage (from Anything Goes) * Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) * Limbo Rock * Island in the Sun * Jamaica Farewell * Hot, Hot, Hot
1999			Hooked On The Weather Channel - Here Comes the Sun * Let The Sunshine In (from Hair) * Let it Snow * Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head * Singin' in the Rain (from Singin' in the Rain) * Stormy Weather Medley * Blue Skies (from Alexander's Ragtime Band) * You are My Sunshine
2000			Trapped in the Time Machine - 2001: A Space Odyssey * Loco-Motion * Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two) * Pedestrian's Folly * Cruisin' * Magic Carpet Ride
2001			A Sailor's Life For Me * Tame the Savage Sea * The Pirate's Tale * Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) * Anchors Aweigh
2002			Make His Praise Glorious * A Mighty Fortress * I'll Give You Peace * Away in the Darkness * Amen * Reprise
2003			OzFest - Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) * I'm a Mean Ole Lion (from The Wiz) * Slide Some Oil to Me (from The Wiz) * Ease on Down the Road (from The Wiz) * If You Believe (from The Wiz)
2004			Snoop Dog - Linus and Lucy (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) * Snoopy's Song (from Snoopy, the Musical) * Dime A Dozen (from Snoopy, the Musical) * Snoopy vs. The Red Baron * The World According to Snoopy (from Snoopy, the Musical) * It's the Reprise, Charlie Brown (from Snoopy, the Musical)
2005			Arcade! - Insert Coin * The Puzzle * The Chase * The Triumph
2006	211	66.375	Criminal Mischief - Dragnet * Secret Agent Man * James Bond Theme * Call Me, Beep Me! (The Kim Possible Song) * Carmen Sandiego * Charlie's Angels Theme * Live and Let Die
2007			Sold Out! - Carry on Wayward Son * Point of Know Return * Lights * Synchronicity I * All The Small Things * Ants Marching
2008	219	76.125	New American Signatures - America * American Tune * Song for America
2009	214	78.100	Lullabye & Good Nightmare - Theme (from Big Top Pee Wee) * The Place Where Dreams Come True (from Field of Dreams) * Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt Suite #1)
2010	211	82.300	Sorcerer's Revenge - Music of Andew Boysen, Jr * The Sorcerer's Apprentice * Night on Bald Mountain * For Good (from The Wicked)
2011	37	54.300	NOTORIOUS - Overture (from Anne of the Indies) * Overture (from Mutiny on the Bounty) * Billy the Kid * Finale (from The Godfather) * The Immigrant (from The Godfather II) * Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (mvt. 4 Allegro non troppo)
2012	33	57.950	Alive! - Escape From Chronopolis * Theme from Van Helsing * Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13, * Façade (from Jekyll and Hyde)
2013	32	63.100	Red - La Habanera (from Carmen) * The Heart is a Lonely Hunter * Happy Ending (from The Red Pony) * Red in the Air
2014	32	63.150	Crazed - Goin' Out Of My Head * Overture (from Dancer In The dark) * Equus * Crazy * LoveCrazed
2015	35	57.150	Fire & Ice - The Inferno (from The Divine Comedy) * Firebird Suite * Cuban Fire * Ice Dance (from Edward Scissorhands) * Russian Christmas Music
2016	37	57.650	Journey Within - Joy * Symphony No. 9 in D minor * Smile from 'Modern Times' * Ode to Joy from Symphony No 9
2017	38	60.925	The River's Edge - Earth Dance * Flight of the Piasa * Quad City Stomp * Vltava (Die Moldau)
2018	38	61.800	Moderne - Un Bel Di (from Madame Butterfly) * Symphony No. 7, 2nd Mvmt. * Young and Beautiful * Bad Romance * The Hut of Baba Yaga * The Great Gates of Kiev
2019	33	64.425	Of a Feather - Blackbird * Don't Stop Me Now * On Eagles Wings * The Raven
2020			Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021			"Together/Apart" - Afro American Symphony #4 * Pray For Me * At Last - * Come Back Around
2022	35	65.225	To The Stars - Rewrite the Stars (from The Greatest Showman) * Rocket Man * Enterprising Young Men (from Star Trek)
2023	30	68.550	Classical Innovations - Moonlight Sonata * Golden Hour * Until The Scar
2024	29	70.500	The Woods - Peter and the Wolf * No One Is Alone (From * What Big Teeth You Have * The Path Between the Mountains
2025			. - (Repertoire not available)

Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

The Colt Cadets is an Open Class junior field competition corps based in Dubuque, Iowa. They serve as the feeder corps to The Colts.

In the Fall of 1966, the Colts, then known as the Legionnaires formed the Legionnaires B Drum and Bugle Corps. Sonia Hickson was the first director of the Cadets, assisted by members of the "A" corps. When the Legionnaires changed their name to the Colt .45, and then dropped the .45 in 1976, the Legionnaires B became the Colt .45 Cadets and then the Colt Cadets, although they have sometime been called "Colts, Too."

Even though the Colts have been a field competition corps since the year before the Colts Cadets was founded, the younger corps performed only in parades and stand-still exhibitions for many years. During the 1980s the Colt Cadets began entering competitions, appearing at shows in the Cadet Corps International, Illinois-All American Drum Corps Association, and Drum Corps Midwest circuits. The Cadets attended their first Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championships at Kansas City in 1988, but after going in 1988, '89, and '92, the corps did not return until 2006.

Under former director Vicki MacFarlane, the Colt Cadets grew in size and competence from a "cute little kiddy corps" to a legitimate Open Class organization. While attending DCI for ten straight years through 2017, the Colt Cadets were finalists in the DCI Open Class World Championships in Michigan City, Indiana in 2010–15.

The 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The corps returned to the field for the noncompetitive 2021 season.

[A History of Drum & Bugle Corps, 2002; Drum Corps World, 6/6/03, p.6; Drum Corps International; Colts Youth Organization]

Members (8)

Member Name	Section	Years Involved
Belanger, Carrie	Color Guard	1999 to 2003
Crocker, Greg	Horn/Marching Staff	2000
Johnson, Jim	Director	1996 to 1997
Martin, Zayda	Brass	2021 to 2022
Pecora, Sean	Brass	2001 to 2002
Waggoner, Rachael	guard	1998 to 2000
Wilga, Alex	Soprano	2002
Wolff, Erin	Colorguard	1996 to 1999