Blue Knights 2015 Visual Marching Staff Announced

The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps is pleased to present the Visual Marching Staff for the 2015 Drum Corps International season.

NeilAdkison – Neil Adkison has been named the Visual Caption Head for the 2015 season for the Blue Knights. Neil has been involved with the drum corps activity since 1998 when he began his career as a soprano player with the Blue Devils. After marching 5 years with the Blue Devils, Neil aged out in 2002 and began teaching DCI the following summer. Neil’s drum corps teaching includes the Santa Clara Vanguard, Blue Devils B and Carolina Crown for five years, and the Madison Scouts for three years. In the Fall, Neil has worked with a number of groups ranging from California to Texas to South Carolina to Ohio. Some of these schools include Poway, San Marcos, Mt. Carmel, California High, Clayton Valley, Colleyville-Heritage, Mansfield-Legacy, LD Bell, Spartanburg, Sycamore, and Northmont high school. Neil received his BA in history with a teaching credential from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2012. He currently lives in Bellbrook, Ohio where he serves as the assistant marching band director and is a teacher at Northmont high school in Clayton, Ohio and will be joining the staff for the 2015 Rhythm X winds inaugural season.

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