From the Cavaliers Web site: Jim Casella has been named the Cavaliers' new percussion arranger and caption coordinator. Casella is well-known in the drum corps activity, most recently as the percussion arranger for Santa Clara Vanguard from 1996 through 2004. He joins the Cavaliers following the recent retirement of longtime percussion arranger and caption head Bret Kuhn. "We're excited to welcome Jim to the Cavaliers design team, and are looking forward to adding his ideas, approach to field percussion and compositional skills to our 2006 program," said Jeff Fiedler, the Cavaliers corps director. Program coordinator Scott Koter added, "Jim's work is innovative and musical, and we look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration.