Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts. Marching band season is fully underway, winter guard planning is starting, and this week Chris Rutt, Dalton Stout, Cynthia Bernard, Jeremy Svoboda and guest Monica Drohan tackle the Nimitz High School marching band shirt pulled by Aldine ISD, heat concerns at the Sullivan Marching Band Festival, Indiana’s 2027 Teacher of the Year Jason Witzigreuter, SoundSport 2027 registration and more. In this episode: Nimitz High School’s marching band shirt is pulled after complaints about its imagery Nine people are treated for heat-related concerns at the Sullivan Marching Band Festival Homestead band director Jason Witzigreuter is named Indiana’s 2027 Teacher of the Year SoundSport opens registration for the 2027 season Monica Drohan shares her 32 Count Life Story Cynthia Bernard breaks down count sheets, tempo, contrasting tape and rifle vs. saber technique Water We Doing?! takes on field entrances, soundtrack selection, asking for help, weather plans, breathing and conditioning Panel: Christopher E. Rutt — @wildhornbrass1 Dalton Stout — @SaltyDalti Cynthia Bernard — @cynthiabern Jeremy Svoboda / Drum Corps Today — @drumcorpstoday Guest: Monica Drohan / Evoke Performance Collective — @evoke_pc Chapters: 01:34 Nimitz High School Band Shirt Pulled 06:14 Sullivan Marching Festival Heat Emergency 10:12 Indiana Teacher of the Year 11:49 SoundSport 2027 18:34 32 Count Life Story 22:19 60 Second Tech Block 33:32 Water We Doing?! 49:43 Gush & Go 59:02 Closing Rehearsal Presented by Guard Closet. Uniforms, flags, costumes, consignment and design services for the marching arts. GuardCloset.com | @guardcloset Find On A Water Break: https://www.onawaterbreak.com/ | Listen Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/onawaterbreak | YouTube: @OnAWaterBreak | Instagram, Facebook & TikTok: @onawaterbreak | Be a guest: onawaterbreakpodcast@gmail.com