What life skills are learned through winter marching arts activities?
Confidence. The guidance and experience they receive allows them to really discover who they are and what they can do. I’ve had a lot of students enter RCC’s program as children and leave as confident young adults. What outside motivation inspires you as a designer? Inspiration for creativity can come from anything. Some of my favorite moments within shows I’ve designed have been based on personal moments in my life, as well as favorite movies, books, and poems. To give an example, RCC’s 2007 production was based on first time memories. The inspiration for this show came to me while on a teaching trip to Japan. I was in my hotel room watching the move “The Outsiders” (in Japanese), and the concept of “staying gold” in the movie hit me in a unique way. Later that night I expressed to the drumline that drumming should be fun. I asked them if they remembered playing drums for the first time, and all of them smiled. The rest of that day they played with such enthusiasm. It was amazing! Tha
