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On A Water Break

On a Water Break Podcast

On A Water Break is a weekly podcast for everyone in the marching arts.If you’re talking about it at rehearsal, on the bus ride home, or during a water break — we’re probably planning to talk about it on an upcoming episode.This show is built for performers, instructors, designers, adjudicators, and marching arts enthusiasts who want to stay connected to what’s happening across the activity — without the fluff or the filter.Each week, our rotating panel of experienced hosts dives into: Marching arts

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01:10:41

WGI 2027 Waitlists, BOA Color Guard Judging & WGI...

On A Water Break ·

2026/10/02

WGI 2027: waitlists already? Color guard registration is already putting championship capacity in the spotlight. Whitney Stone, Jeremy Denzer, Sadie Wallace, Trish O’Shea and Garrett Lippie break down the early WGI waitlists, WGI percussion changes, European drum corps, whether BOA should judge color guard separately, and more. Garrett’s 60 Second Tech Block is all about why practice doesn’t make perfect — Practice Makes Permanent.CHAPTERS00:00 WGI 2027 Color Guard Tea02:02 Welcome + Recent OAWB

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01:00:11

Nimitz Band Shirt Pulled, SoundSport 2027 & Color...

On A Water Break ·

2026/09/25

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

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00:54:13

Hawkeye Band Honors Derek Phillips, HBCU Band Fight &...

On A Water Break ·

2026/09/19

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.Joey Montes III, Jeremy Denzer and Courtney Coffey check in on the fall marching season, then break down the Hawkeye Marching Band’s tribute to Derek Phillips and what it means for marching-band heat safety; Penn State’s Blue Band and Morgan State’s Magnificent Marching Machine bringing Hamilton to MetLife Stadium; the NCCU Sound Machine altercation with North Carolina A&T staff over “breaking ranks”; and DCI’s record 1,000-student INpact + BANDtastic

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00:56:04

WGI Jobs & Judging, JD Shaw Retires, Marching Band...

On A Water Break ·

2026/09/12

WGI Jobs, JD Shaw Retires & Marching Band Recruiting | OAWB S4EP36Haley Harrington welcomes new OAWB team members Garrett Lippie and Devin Rossey for WGI opportunities, DCI offseason changes, marching band and color guard recruiting, JD Shaw’s Phantom Regiment retirement and Garrett’s 60 Second Tech Block on staying engaged through every hold. The panel also remembers Hawkeye Marching Band member Derek Phillips and asks why students still struggle to find a clear path into marching

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00:58:28

A Salute to Dolly Parton: Tennessee Roots & Marching...

On A Water Break ·

2026/09/06

On A Water Break celebrates the life and legacy of Dolly Parton through her Tennessee roots, her connection to music education, and an unexpected part of her story: the marching arts. Ricardo Robinson-Shinall, Jeremy Denzer and Alicia Sharp are joined by Bri Eskenazi, Assistant Band Director with the Sevier County High School Band, Dolly Parton’s alma mater. Bri shares what Dolly’s legacy still means inside the school and Sevier County community, stories that have been passed down through

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00:15:34

Quiet Spin Anchor System Fixes Rattling Color Guard...

On A Water Break ·

2026/09/02

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.That rattling weight inside your color guard flagpole? Bob from SouthEnd Precision 3D decided there had to be a better solution. In this OAWB Quick Sip, Trish O’Shea and Nicole Younger talk with Bob about the Quiet Spin Anchor System, a flexible 3D-printed insert designed to center a standard carriage-bolt weight inside a flagpole and eliminate the metal-on-metal

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00:01:43

Start Here: On A Water Break | Marching Arts Podcast...

On A Water Break ·

2026/09/01

On A Water Break is your all-access pass to the marching arts — on the field, in the stands, and behind the scenes.Join directors, instructors, performers, designers, judges, alumni, and fans for weekly conversations about marching band, DCI drum corps, WGI, color guard, indoor percussion, baton twirling, parades, education, design, and the stories shaping the activity.Expect marching arts news, interviews, 32 Count Life Stories, 60 Second Tech Block, Water We Doing?!, Gush & Go, Quick Sips,

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01:06:01

Wanda Conway on George Zingali, Color Guard History,...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/28

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.Color guard educator, choreographer and adjudicator Wanda Conway joins Whitney Stone, Sadie Wallace and Jeremy Svoboda / Drum Corps Today for a conversation connecting decades of color guard history to the activity today.Wanda shares stories from growing up near George Zingali, Quasar and the 27th Lancers to teaching the Cavaliers as a teenager, working with the Cadets, teaching marching band in Indonesia, judging across the country and her current work with

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01:09:35

Phantom Regiment Alumni Corps: 70 Years, Full-Circle...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/27

What happens when Phantom Regiment alumni step back onto the field for the corps’ 70th anniversary? Ricardo Robinson-Shinall talks with Jamison Williams, Dr. Taylor Clements, Nikki Brose and Megan Mbengue about returning to drum corps after years away, what their bodies remembered, how the rehearsal culture felt different as adults, and the emotional payoff of performing at DCI World Championship Semifinals in Lucas Oil Stadium. The group also gets into Water We Doing?!, Gush & Go, electronics,

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00:56:12

Marching Band Isn’t a Sport? Technique, Band Camp &...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/21

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.On this episode of On A Water Break, Jeremy Denzer welcomes Courtney Coffey to the team! Courtney shares her 32 Count Life Story before joining Jeremy and Bill “Woody” Woodward for conversations about the biggest topics happening throughout the marching arts.Courtney shares her journey from Honolulu, Hawaii, to James Madison University, teaching, choreography, and creating Simply Color Guard.In this episode: Is marching band a sport? Why technique and

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00:50:42

Punk Rock Irving on Leaving Color Guard, Becoming a...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/20

Punk Rock Irving Lopez is back on On A Water Break.Jackie Brown and Scott Ruiz sit down with Irving for a conversation about leaving color guard, finding himself outside of the activity, becoming a dad, and returning to the marching arts with a new perspective.Irving shares his 32 Count Life Story, from growing up in Los Angeles and discovering performance at an early age to joining color guard at 11, marching Diamante, Santa Clara Vanguard, Blue Devils, and Fantasia, becoming one of the first major

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01:12:48

DCI 2026 Finals: Bluecoats' Undefeated Title, Spirit...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/16

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.Bluecoats finish an undefeated season as the 2026 DCI World Champions, Spirit of Atlanta returns to Finals for the first time since 2013, Carolina Crown wins the Jim Ott Award, and Rita Moreno returns to the DCI broadcast 46 years after her original appearance.Ashlee Amos is joined by Bobbey Biddle and Haley Harrington to recap championship weekend, including Blue

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00:29:40

DCI Finances: Jeff Gill on Drum Corps Costs, Dues &...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/12

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.DCI Finances: Jeff Gill on Drum Corps Costs, Dues & Sustainability | Quick SipCan drum corps keep increasing spending without making the activity less sustainable or less accessible?Trish O’Shea and Ricardo Robinson-Shinall sit down with Jeff Gill, former Cavaliers board member and treasurer, to discuss his “Follow the Money” analysis of publicly available Form

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00:53:53

DCI 2026 Finals Week: Bluecoats’ Allentown Record,...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/08

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.DCI 2026 Finals Week is here. Chris Rutt, Whitney Stone and Jeremy Svoboda from Drum Corps Today break down the final stretch of the drum corps season after DCI East, including Bluecoats tying the Allentown stadium record, the fight for Saturday night, Open Class in Dayton and Phantom Regiment’s 70th Anniversary Alumni Corps.The episode also moves beyond scores:

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00:53:04

FloMarching Camera Angles, College Marching Bands &...

On A Water Break ·

2026/08/01

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.FloMarching camera angles, college marching bands, DCI drum corps and Santa Clara Vanguard’s jump-rope choreography are on the sidelines this week.Whitney Stone, Ricardo Robinson-Shinall and Sadie Wallace discuss how drum corps broadcasts can better capture the moments designers intend audiences to see. Producer Jeremy Williams joins the conversation with a

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01:17:41

Fusion Winter Guard Pauses After WGI Championship,...

On A Water Break ·

2026/07/27

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.Marching band heat safety, Fusion Winter Guard’s pause after winning the 2026 WGI Independent World Championship, and the future of regional DCI Open Class drum corps lead this week’s On A Water Break.Joey Montes III is joined by Nicole Younger, Ricardo Robinson-Shinall, Jeremy Denzer and Haley Harrington to discuss Fusion’s decision to pause beginning with the 2027 season, Boise Gems’ inaugural Open Class campaign, mandatory Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature

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01:37:14

Marching Arts News: ICE Detention, DCI Debate & Baton...

On A Water Break ·

2026/07/17

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.This week, Ashlee Amos leads Woody Woodward, Bobbey Biddle, Haley and guest educator Kim through the marching band, color guard, drum corps and baton twirling conversations everyone is having at rehearsal.The panel discusses the detention of a color guard director by ICE at Boston Logan International Airport after she traveled to attend a Noah Kahan concert. The

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00:52:22

Greg Case on the Blue Devils Bus Fire, DCI Leadership...

On A Water Break ·

2026/07/10

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.Blue Devils transportation team member Greg Case gives a firsthand account of the 2026 bus fire, how everyone got to safety, what members lost, and how the Loveland community helped the corps keep moving. Trish O’Shea, Nicole Younger, and Jeremy Williams also cover Brad Furlano’s appointment as DCI’s next CEO, Denise Bonfiglio becoming WGI Color Guard Chief Judge, and the marching bands that found new stages after America 250 parades were canceled by extreme

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00:56:11

Drum Corps History, DCI Ticket Prices & 2026 Tour...

On A Water Break ·

2026/07/04

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.Color guard, winter guard, marching band, drum corps, DCI 2026, and WGI are all on deck this week. Whitney Stone is joined by Sadie Wallace, Jeremy Svoboda from Drum Corps Today, and special guest P.A. Kelly / Patti Ann Rego for a Water Break Weekly episode connecting old-school drum corps history to the 2026 season.P.A. shares stories from the Bronx, Blessed

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00:51:39

Blue Devils Bus Fire, WGI 2027 Calendar, DCI Houston...

On A Water Break ·

2026/06/28

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.Color guard, winter guard, and marching band news are moving fast as DCI 2026 gets rolling and WGI 2027 starts coming into view. Nicole Younger hosts Stephen McCarrick and Jeremy Svoboda for a Water Break Weekly episode covering Walnut Hills High School marching band rehearsal access, the Blue Devils travel incident, DCI Houston’s move to Katy ISD’s Legacy Stadium, and the newly released WGI 2027 Color Guard, Percussion, and Winds regional calendars.In this

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