• Converted Marching Band Director with experience at the high school, college, and professional level - Tuba player with the National Symphony (Wolf Trap, Washington, D.C.), member of the University of Michigan marching band, show designer for the University of Hawaii Rainbow Marching Band, band director at Castle High School (Kaneohe, HI), and West High School (Salt Lake City, UT), and started out as a tuba player under J. Zuill Bailey at Woodbridge Senior High (Woodbridge, VA),

• Graduate of Northern Michigan University under the infamous Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser with Graduate Degrees and work from Eastern Michigan University, University of Michigan, University of Hawaii, and University of Utah

• Founder of Urban Expressions Independent A Winter Guard and West High School's Scholastic A Winter Guard Unit

Contact Susan - uexwg@hotmail.com

• Sumer Addy, Choreographer - A graduate of the Modern Dance Department of the University of Utah with a BFA, Sumer hails from Michigan where she has done extensive choreography work with the circuit there. Her background included DCI having marched in '99 with Santa Clara Vanguard and in '94 & '95 with Glassmen. Her hobby of winter guard has taken her many places to teach (Ohio, Indiana, Wyoming, Utah, and Michigan) and for the past few years, she has concentrated her talents on Show Design with several guards in Michigan.

• Cory Oliver, Technician - Currently a member of the DCI Blue Devils, Cory has taught and co-directed at Utah's IA Insprye. He choreographed at Bear Rver and Skyview High School's Fall marching programs this past year. He also has worked with Riverton and American Fork High Schools and American Leadership Academy's winter programs.

• Sara Raymond, Technician - Currently the director of Riverton High School's color guard programs and an age-out of the DCI Blue Knights, she is a student at the University of Utah majoring in Sports Management and Oral Communications with a dual minor in Business and Coaching, Sara has been marching since she was in sixth grade. A long-time winter guard member, she brings us a fresh perspective. She has also choreographed and taught at American Fork, Grantsville, and Bingham High School.