| Auxillary |
Ron Maier |
| Ron Maier has been involved in Marching Band, Drum Corps, and Winter Guard since 1974. A native of Bremerton, Washington, he was a member of the Titans Drum and Bugle Corps, the Seattle Imperials, the Madison Scouts, and the State Street Review. He has designed for and taught many groups across the United States and Canada, including the Phantom Regiment of Rockford, Illinois, the Marauders of Longview, Washington, Les Eclipses of Montreal, Quebec, and numerous high school bands and Winter Guards. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from the University of Washington. Currently Mr. Maier is Director of Bands at Finn Hill Junior High School in the Lake Washington School District. He is also the Judges Coordinator for the Northwest Pagentry Association. |
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| Marching Effect Ensemble |
Ken Sakota |
| Kenneth Sakoda has been a marching adjudicator since 1983. He has experience in many types of events, from marching band and drum and bugle corps, to drill teams and colorguard. As a program designer and instructor, Mr. Sakoda has numerous titles to he credit. Among these are first place rankings in the Washington State High School Marching Band contest and the Northwest Pageantry Association Grand Championships. His own experience as a performer on the field began in 1960 and continued for ten years. |
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| Marching Effect Individual |
Rick Bassham |
| Rick Bassham attended the University of Washington. Over the past twenty years, he has been a marching instructor for several marching bands, drum corps and colorguards in Washington State as well as groups in British Columbia and Hawaii. Mr. Bassham has judged throughout the Northwest as a member of the Northwest Pageantry Judges Association. He has also been a clinician and judge for the Oregon Dance and Drill Association and for Winter Guard International. Mr. Bassham currently resides in Sumner, Washington where he operates a small business. |
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| Music Effect Ensemble |
John Owen |
| John P. Owen was born in Yakima, Washington, and was raised in Naches, Washington. He was a member of the United States Army Band and stationed in the United States and Europe from 1964 to 1968. Mr. Owen is currently an active performer and teacher. He conducts the Columbia Basin College Symphony Orchestra, Harmonie Columbia, a wind chamber ensemble, and is active as a chamber musician playing horn with the Columbia Brass Quintet, and the Mid-Columbia Symphony Orchestra. He is completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Oregon specializing in conducting and music education. His 30-year teaching experience includes K-6 general music, 6-12 band, orchestra, jazz ensemble, marching band, and music theory. In addition, Mr. Owen has four years of college teaching experience, and is very active in research. |
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| Music Effect Individual |
Mark Lane |
| Mark Lane is currently in his 25th year of teaching and is currently at Heritage High School in the Evergreen School District in Vancouver, Washington. Prior to his position at Heritage, he was Director of Bands at Kennewick High School in Kennewick, Washington and Hermiston High School in Hermiston, Oregon. A native of Spokane, Washington, he received his BA from Eastern Washington University in 1979 and his MA from the University of Oregon in 1988.
Mr. Lane was the Educator of the Year in 1991 for the Hermiston Public Schools and again in 1999 for the Kennewick Public Schools. The National Band Association awarded Mr. Lane Citations of Excellence in 1999 and 2001. In 2001 he was awarded the Tri-City Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Education. Also in 2001, he was given the Sudler Order of Merit of the John Phillip Sousa Foundation and inducted into the BANDWORLD Legion of Honor. Mark?s groups have performed at the Oregon State Music Educators Conference, the Washington Music Educators Conference, the MENC All-Northwest Conference, and the Western International Band Clinic. In addition, his groups performed at the 1994 and 2001 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parades and the 1999 and 2001 Bands of America National Concert Band Festival.
Mark is a member of the Music Educators National Conference and the National Band Association. He has been very involved in the Oregon and Washington State Music Associations and has served in many capacities. Currently, Mark is the Band Curriculum Officer for the Washington Music Educators Association. In addition, Mark regularly serves as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the area. |
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| Music General Effect |
Leroy Anderson |
| Larry Anderson is the former director of bands at North Central High
School in Spokane, Moses Lake High School most recently at Sandy High School in Sandy, Oregon. He has served as an adjudicator and clinician of Marching and Symphonic Bands in the Northwest for thirty years. |
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| Percussion |
Gary Gimmestad |
| Gary Gimmestad has been involved in the marching band/drum corps activity for over 30 years, as a member, instructor, arranger and adjudicator. Most recently, Mr. Gimmestad was Percussion Caption Head for the Imperials Music and Youth Organization, Auburn High School, and Ferndale High School. Mr. Gimmestad has judged marching band contests throughout the Northwest including the Washington State Championships on several occasions. Mr. Gimmestad is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and has served two terms as President of the Northwest Pageantry Association. |
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| Visual Effect |
John Fisher |
| John Fisher has performed with several drum and bugle corps including the Westshoremen, 27th Lancers, and the Madison Scouts. He has been on staff with the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps in Casper, Wyoming and several bands and drum and bugle corps on the east coast. He is a member of the National Judges Association, the Northwest Pageantry Association and the Oregon Dance and Drill Coaches Association. |
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