This week, we're highlighting more powerhouse women in the marching arts as part of our Women’s History Month series.

This episode features hosts:🎤 Nicole Younger 🎤 Whitney Stone 🎤 Kim Webb 🎤 Haley Harrington 🎤 Roxy Lazar

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS EPISODE:

💬 Candid sideline chats, from surprise slaps in rehearsal to spring break shenanigans. 🌟 Guest introductions and our signature “32 Count Life Stories” with Roxy, Haley, and Kim—featuring their experiences as performers, educators, and leaders. 🎙️ Real talk about being women in marching arts, breaking barriers, and mentoring the next generation.

📰 Marching Arts News & Reflections

• Honoring the legacies of Doug Young (Sebastian St. Jacques) and Ramon Ruiz

• A discussion on hazing at Southern University

• DCI’s new “I Marched” alumni initiative

• WGI and UDB’s pilot program: Beam Music

• Performance safety, mental health, and community remembrance

⚙️ 60 Second Tech Block – Whitney drops rapid-fire knowledge on ensemble etiquette: show up, go full out, and don’t whisper during rehearsal!

🤔 Water We Doing?! – Rants and reflections on marching arts trends, like:

• Not watching performance videos with students

• Directors neglecting the color guard

• Is “marching” disappearing from marching band?

• Skipping technique blocks? What are we doing?!

💖 Gush and Go – Celebrating wins and joy across the activity:

• Vox A-Guard heads to WGI for the first time

• Kim’s band earns superior ratings and heads to state

• A Cincinnati art show raising money for DCA champ Cincinnati Tradition

• Nicole shares love for a junior guard with 50+ members

🏫 FEATURED PROGRAMS & ORGANIZATIONS

• Vox Artium – @voxartium

• The Academy Drum & Bugle Corps – arizonaacademy.org

• Cincinnati Tradition – cincinnatitradition.org

• Russell County HS – russellcoschools.com

• Greene County Tech HS – gctsd.k12.ar.us

• WGI Sport of the Arts – wgi.org

• Drum Corps International – dci.org

• Ultimate Drill Book – ultimatedrillbook.com

• FloMarching – flomarching.com

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