MILES THRELKELD - Miles Threlkeld received his Bachelors of Music Education from Morehead State University, and his Masters of Music Education from Eastern Kentucky University. He spent eleven years as an instrumental music teacher in the Boyle County (Ky), and Fayette County (Ky), School Districts. He has been adjudicating for twenty two years and has judged contests and festivals in twenty states and provinces. Miles has been involved in the drum corps activity as a marching member, instructor, caption head, program coordinator, and judge for 25 years. He has been associated with groups that have made Drum Corps International Finals eleven times. He is a former member of the Bridgemen of Bayonne, NJ and the Pride of Cincinnati.

BRYAN CRISP - Bryan Crisp has toured the extensively as a soloist and educator. As a member of Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band and a previous member of Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass, Bryan has had the opportunity to perform as a featured soloist in concert halls in over 38 states. Mr. Crisp is currently Principal Trumpet of the Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra and performs regularly with multiple orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, Dayton Philharmonic and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.

Bryan has performed with many touring Broadway Series’ as well as performing with many acclaimed artists including Michael W. Smith, Mannheim Steamroller, Three Irish Tenors and the Temptations. As a music educator, Mr. Crisp is currently the Instructor of Trumpet at Mount St. Joseph University and is Founder and Artistic Director of Tri-State Ensembles. Bryan is an active adjudicator for marching and concert band competitions throughout the country and is a member of the Artist Faculty and an Adjudicator with the National Trumpet Competition and International Trumpet Guild.

DON DEEMS - Don Deems has taught English at Norwood High School in Cincinnati since 1992. He holds a BA in Speech Communication from Miami University and an MEd in Secondary Education from Wright State University.

Performance experience includes the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps and the Pride of Cincinnati Winter Guard. Teaching experience includes the Bluecoats and numerous high school bands and guards throughout the region including Fairborn and Carroll High Schools in and the state champion Grant County band in Kentucky.

He has been a member of the Tri State Judges Association since 1990 serving as chief judge for the past ten years. He has judged state band championships in Indiana, Michigan, Colorado, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arizona, and Kentucky, has judged for WGI and DCA, and has been a judge for Drum Corps International since 2000.

MICHAEL PINKSTON - Michael has worked with many different high schools in the Kentucky/Ohio/West tristate area. After his experience with The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in 2010, he have been privileged to work with many successful programs such as the 2011 Bands of America Class A National Champions, Beechwood High School from Ft. Mitchel, KY, and the Tournament of Bands Class A Championships participant, Hurricane High School from Hurricane, WV.

Michael has been on the design staff as drill designer for; Lawrence County in Louisa, KY (2011 and 2012), Tygarts Valley High School, WV (2014-15), Rowan County High School, KY (2014) and Hurricane High School, WV (2013-15). Starting in 2015, Michael will also be the drill designer for the Mount Saint Joseph University drumline in Cincinnati, OH. In the summer of 2014, Michael was a student in the inaugural class of the Marching Roundtable Judges Academy and was mentored in adjudication by Dr. Joe Allison.

KEVIN MILES - Kevin Miles has been an active adjudicator for the past twenty years. Kevin has been an active music/percussion judge for Drum Corps International, Drum Corps Midwest, and Drum Corps East. He has been an independent adjudicator for ISSMA, Oklahoma Bandmasters Association, Michigan Competing Band Association, South Carolina Music Association, and Kansas Bandmasters Association’s to name a few. Kevin is also active in the Indoor Percussion activity, judging for Winter Guard International, Indiana Percussion Association, Gulf Coast Color Guard & Percussion, Rocky Mountain Percussion Association, Louisiana Percussion Association, Tri-State Judges Association, and the Atlantic Indoor Association. As a performer, Kevin regularly performs with: The South Bend Symphony, Anderson Symphony, and Whiting Park Festival Orchestra. Kevin has performed with numerous ensembles and individuals including Manheim Steamroller, Count Basie Orchestra, and Dave Brubeck.

BRANDON SPIDEL - Brandon is a Junior High Band Director in Fishers, IN. He has been teaching high school and middle school band since 1998. A graduate of East Noble High School in Kendallville, IN, he received his Bachelor's Degree from Indiana State University where he served as the principal euphonium player in the ISU Wind Ensemble for four years.

His teaching experience as a band director has included Clay City Jr./Sr. High School, Owen Valley High School, and Fishers Junior High School. He was also a member of the 1996 Phantom Regiment. Brandon works with several band programs in the state of Indiana and is also very active in the winter guard circuit as an adjudicator.

Brandon was a member of the Central State Judges Association from 2008 – 2011. In 2015, he will be judging with Bands of America. He is also a current member of the Mid East Judges Association and the Tri State Judge’s Association.

LEE GIBSON - Lee Gibson has been an active designer, instructor and judge in the marching arts for many years. His work crosses the country and can be seen annually at DCI, BOA, WGI as well as numerous state and local events. Lee works as a designer for Dance Sophisticates and serves on the executive board for the Indiana High School Color Guard Association.

JOSHUA ELLIS - Josh Ellis is a requested judge and clinician for marching and concert bands across the Midwest. He is currently the band director at Avon Intermediate School East, which is a feeder for the storied Avon High School Band Program. As a part of Avon Schools, he is an assistant with Avon High School’s Marching Black and Gold (3-Time Bands of America Grand National Champion and 11-time Indiana State Champion). Before his time at Avon, his percussion groups in Goshen were a Gold medalist in WGI Concert open and a Silver medalist in World Class. His bands regularly receive Gold ratings at contests and his clarinet students are regularly selected to Indiana All-State Bands. Mr. Ellis specializes in woodwinds and as a clarinet player has performed as a featured soloist on several concerts around the greater Indianapolis area. He is a graduate of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

TIM HART - Tim has designed for, consulted with, and taught color guards in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana since 1984 and has been judging color guard and visual captions for high school marching bands since 1987. In addition to being an adjudicator for the TriState Marching Arts and Team Pageantry, he is also a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, Northern Kentucky University, and the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Hart has worked in education since 1989. He currently teaches English at Hilliard Bradley High School in Hilliard, OH.

SANDRA BERTELLE - Sandy began her pageantry experience as a colorguard member in her high school band. She went on to receive a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. in Theater from USC, in Los Angeles. She trained with some of the top dance, vocal, and acting teachers in Los Angeles, as well as the renowned John Housmann from the Juilliard School in New York. She has directed and acted in theatrical productions both in the United States and at Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She also guest starred in several prime time television series. She continues her involvement in pageantry by judging for Drum Corps International, Fall Marching Bands and winterguards around the nation, as well as consulting and instructing for local winterguards.

STACEY WASSON MOORE - Stacey Moore is a National Board Certified educator in Winchester, KY. She has received degrees in Environmental Education, Elementary Education, and Instructional Leadership from Eastern Kentucky University. Beginning her pageantry experience performing with the George Rogers Clark Marching Band and later, Star of Indiana's "Brass Theater," she has since instructed and consulted with many fine programs.

Stacey was a technician with Phantom Regiment's guard in 2004, and the Color Guard Caption Head for Spirit of Atlanta in 2005-06. She has directed several championship guard programs in Kentucky including Paul Laurence Dunbar and Adair County. She is now a visual program consultant with the 5A Kentucky State Champion Madison Central Marching Band, and serves as an adjudicator in the TriState Marching Arts Circuit and with the Kentucky Music Educators Association.

JIM JONES - Jim Jones is in his Seventeenth year as a music educator. The past 3 years he has served as Director of Bands at Bedford North Lawrence High School in Bedford, Indiana. Mr. Jones held the same position for twelve years at Heritage Hills High School in Lincoln City, Indiana and North Harrison High School in Ramsey, Indiana. Mr. Jones is a native of Yorktown, Indiana and received his bachelor’s degree from Ball State University and Masters from Walden University.

Under Mr. Jones’s direction his ensembles at the Jr. High and High School levels have consistently received gold ratings at ISSMA band festivals and his marching bands have been an ISSMA state finalist, Indiana State Fair finalist and Mid-States Marching finalist.

Jim has served as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician for various band festivals. Four times he has been named to the Who’s Who of American High School Teachers and received the Extra Mile Award given by the North Spencer School Corporation. Jim holds professional memberships in IBA, IMEA, MENC, IJEA and has served two terms on the ISSMA State Board..

Currently he serves on Indiana Music Educators Association Honor Band Committee, and a board member for the Indiana Band Masters Association and a third term for the ISSMA State Board. Jim is married to Heather and they have 2 sons Seth, and Caleb.

BILL KLOPP - Bill has been involved in the marching arts for the past 28 years. His performance experiences include high school marching bands, WGI Percussion world finalist appearances, collegiate marching bands, and Drum Corp International touring experience. As an educator, Bill has been the director of state finalist marching bands, WGI Scholastic-A world finalists percussion units, and a percussion instructor and arranger at the university level. He has also twice perfomed in Tom Hannum's mobile percussion seminar. Bill resides in Northern Kentucky with his family. He is passionate about music education and the use of music in schools and communities.

JEFF GENTRY – Jeff is from Greenwood, IN and is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music. He participated in numerous ensembles while at IU, and also marched with the Phantom Regiment, Star of Indiana, and the Garfield Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps. Since 1985, he has worked as a visual designer for such programs as Avon HS-IN, Center Grove HS-IN, Franklin Central HS-IN, Germantown HS-MS, Hilliard Darby HS-OH, Bloomington HS-IL, Irmo HS- SC, Plainfield HS-IN, Tate HS-FL, Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps-WY, and Florida International University-FL. His visual designs have been awarded 6 consecutive World Class, 5 Open Class, 1 A Class and 1 AA Class Indiana Percussion Association (IPA) State Championships. This is a unique distinction as he is the only designer to have had groups win all four of IPA's movement classes and he has had at least one IPA Champion for 8 consecutive years. On the International stage he designed for back to back WGI Scholastic World Class Champions in 2005 & 2006. His marching band designs have accumulated multiple State titles and have been consistent Indiana State Finalists. Jeff has actively judged in the visual arts since 1986. Judging assignments have taken him to California, Florida, Hawaii and numerous other states. In 2015 he became a visual judge for Winter Guard International. He’s been married to Carrie Gentry for 14 years and they have an 8-year old son named Sebastian, two dogs and 3 goldfish. JOHN COOK – John received his bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Ball State University and then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and performed with the Quantico Marine Band and the “Commandants Own” — the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps in Washington, DC. Following his tour he became a graduate assistant at the University of . A year later, Mr. Cook became Assistant Director at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, and then served four years as Director of Bands at Maconaquah School Corporation in Bunker Hill, Indiana. From there he moved to northwest Indiana for five years as Director of Bands at Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana.

Prior to joining Hamilton Southeastern High School, Mr. Cook returned to Indianapolis and Lawrence North High School, where he was Associate Director of Bands for eight years. Mr. Cook also holds a Master of Arts degree in Education and Music from the University of Indianapolis, as well as a Master of Science degree in Education Administration from Butler University. Mr. Cook has been awarded Teacher of the Year and Honored Educator six times. His bands have been consistent gold medal recipients in Concert, Jazz, Marching, and Color Guard, as well as recognized as finalists on the state and national levels. While director at Lake Central, his band appeared on The Today Show in a feature about the importance of the Arts in public education. Mr. Cook lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Alice, and their daughter, Addison. JAY WEBB – Jay has been the Director of Bands at Avon High School since 1993. During that time, the Avon Band has consistently been at the forefront of the scholastic pageantry activity. Avon is recognized as one of the premier band programs in the Midwest. All aspects of the Band program strive to achieve at the highest national levels with participation in Winterguard International, Bands of America, and Indiana State School Music Association events. Jay brings a variety of experiences ranging with performances with the Bridgemen Drum and Bugle Corps from Bayonne, to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis (B.M.E. 1991). He has memberships that include Pi Kappa Lambda, Indiana Bandmasters Association, Indiana Music Educators Association, and was the founding member of Indiana Percussion Association. Webb was inducted into the WGI Hall of Fame in in 2008. Currently, he serves on the Percussion Task Force for Winterguard International and as an adjudicator for Drum Corps International and Music for All.