Bill Hayes was first affiliated with the Sal MacKenzie Post corps. Like many other drum corps veterans in the northeast, he played with and instructed both Hawthorne Caballeros and New York Skyliners at various times during his drum corps career. He also developed outstanding brass sections for Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights, St. Catharine’s of Sienna Queensmen, and Florida Vanguard of Miami. He also judged marching and maneuvering, horns and music for several judging associations. While playing for the Caballeros, he was widely admired and recognized for his soprano solo in “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.”
*Deceased
