Spirit of New Jersey Announces

[OldBones]

The Spirit of Newark New Jersey are pleased to announce Izzy Delgado as their Visual Designer and Matt Mingle as the Caption Head for their Visual Program.

Izzy Delgado has been involved as a visual designer, instructor, and adjudicator for several years. He spent his marching days in the horn lines of both the Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps and the Bushwackers Drum and Bugle Corps. Upon aging out from the Raiders in 2000, he joined their visual staff in 2001 and went on to become the visual caption head in 2003 and 2004.

Currently Izzy is the program coordinator and visual designer for both the Sayreville HS Marching Band and Winter Guard, who have each won a circuit championship during his tenure. He has served as drill designer and visual caption head for the NY Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps, and was the drill designer for the Vision Elite Drum and Bugle Corps. Izzy has also designed drill for several high school marching bands in New Jersey.

Izzy is currently on the design staff for the Fusion Color Guard. He also serves on the Mid Atlantic Indoor Network Task Force and is a Visual Adjudicator for the US Scholastic Band Association.

Matt Mingle is a graduate of the University of Delaware where he earned his B.A. in History Education. He currently teaches Social Studies at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, NJ while pursuing a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of Scranton. Matt has taught and designed for a number of bands (most recently Park Ridge, Ridge and Bridgewater-Raritan High Schools) and drum corps (Jersey Surf, Phoenix) in the central and northern New Jersey areas and has served as a visual adjudicator for the United States Scholastic Band Association since 2004. He resides in Hillsborough, New Jersey.

We are very excited to have Izzy and Matt on staff and we look forward to a successful collaboration with them here at the Spirit of Newark/New Jersey.