mello5099 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 The Bushwackers are delighted to announce that Scott Marshman will expand his role and become Visual Coordinator for the Bushwackers. The corps is also delighted to announce that John Vega and Rich Kim have been named co-caption heads of the Bushwacker Colorguard. 2009 will be the 16th season that Scott Marshman has spent with the Bushwackers since he first became a Bushwacker during the Bushwackers’ first year of existence in 1982. As a marcher, instructor, writer, and caption head, Scott’s list of admirers grew along with his skills and talents. If you marched with him or for him, you wanted to do it again and again. With Scott’s leadership, writing, and his loyal following, the Bushwackers Colorguard earned the title of Best Color Guard in DCA in 2006 and 2007. In addition to the Bushwackers, Scott Marshman’s marching credits include the legendary Conquest Winter Guard, Spirit of Atlanta, and Royal Brigade among others. Scott has also done amazing writing and teaching with several marching bands, drum corps, and winter guards (most notably the Alter Ego Winter Guard), but the Harrison native whose father was a member of our sponsoring American Legion Post has been a Bushwacker for most of his life and certainly bleeds Bushwacker “magenta and blue”. As visual coordinator, the “big picture” skills that helped Scott build champion color guards will have even more of an impact on the entire corps than in the past. In order to help make that happen, two long-time Bushwacker writers and instructors, John Vega and Rich Kim, will be taking on the roles of color guard co-caption heads. This will be the 8th year with the Bushwackers organization for co-caption head John Vega. John began marching with the Bushwackers in 1997 in the colorguard and returned in 2003 to be one of the guard designers. Since his return in 2003 the guard has consistently placed among the top in their class, most recently being awarded 2006-2007 DCA Best Colorguard and 2008 Best Showmanship Awards. John Vega started his marching career with Alter Ego Winterguard of West New York, NJ competing in the Independent A Class where the group earned their very first WGI Bronze Medal in 1998 following a move up to the Independent Open Class. After 5 successful seasons with Alter Ego, he spent the next 6 years performing with three of the most successful Independent World Guards in the country: Emerald Marquis of Wakefield, MA; St. Ann's of Neponset, MA; And Blessed Sacrament World Guard of Cambridge MA, winning another bronze medal with St. Ann's in 2002 and two more bronze medals with Blessed Sacrament in 2005 and 2007 where he also served as one the guard captains. John's teaching career has led him to teach various high school bands and indoor colorguards in NJ, and he now serves as the Show Coordinator/Designer for Alter Ego's Independent A guard. Co-caption head Rich Kim will be spending his 5th year teaching and writing for the Bushwackers Colorguard. Rich attended The Boston Conservatory for dance and theatre and later received his BFA in Visual Art from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University with a double major in painting and sculpture. He continued his education at Massachusetts College of Art where he received his MSAE in Art Education. Currently, Rich is a high school art teacher at Walpole, Massachusetts and is the director of the King Philip HS Colorguard and the WHS Dance Company. Rich’s performing credits include St. Ann’s World and Blessed Sacrament World Guards, and Rich’s teaching credits include King Philip, Blessed Sacrament World, Sacred Heart World, several high schools, and of course: the Bushwackers. As always, please visit http://www.bushwackers.org for more information about the Bushwackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMCK Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Incredible news! This will certainly help solidify and unify the corps' visual effort. Very cool move by the corps. Congrats to Scott, John, and Rich! The Bushwackers are a better corps for having you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellochick Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Woohoo! Welcome back Scott, John and Richie. Love you all and am very excited to see what you have in store for the 2009 Bushwackers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjude1202 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Congratulations Scott!!!! This is awesome news.... Best Wishes in 09. ...Judy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh1109 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Thanks so much - I am looking forward to another great season with the Bushwackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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