2013 Section Leaders
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2012 Section Leaders
Color Guard
 Amanda Chenowith, color guard (blades and rifles)
Hometown: Star, Idaho
Major: Wildlife Resources
Fun Fact: I am crazy about Disney Cartoons.
Favorite Thing About Band: Dancing in the stands during the games!
 Ariel Parkhurst, color guard (flags)
Hometown: Payette, Idaho
Major: Elementary Education (with Reading Endorsement) and Music Minor
Fun fact: I pretend I can sing like Whitney Houston in the shower.
Favorite Thing About Band: My favorite thing about band is getting to know everybody.
Woodwinds
 Margaret Behre, flute
Hometown: Moscow, Idaho
Major: Biology, Pre-Physical Therapy
Fun Fact: I've been Ginny Weasley for Halloween three years straight, and it has yet to get old.
Favorite Thing About Band: The Vandal Marching Band ALWAYS wins!
 Amanda Zohar, flute
Hometown: Elko, NV
Major: Applied Music and Music Theory
Fun Fact: I went to Ghana this summer!
Favorite Thing About Band: Every member of the Vandal Marching Band is excited to be a part of such an amazing group!
 Heather Schrader, clarinet
Hometown: Cheney, WA
Major: Psychology & Child Development and Family Relations
Fun Fact: My favorite color is orange and my new favorite hobby is canoeing.
Favorite Thing About Band: Meeting new people and getting everyone excited at Vandal games.
 Kimberlynn Wicks, clarinet
Hometown: Juneau, AK
Major: Sociology
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 Katelynn Inman, alto sax
Hometown: Grangeville, ID
Major: Broadcasting & Digital Media with a Music Minor
Fun Fact: I'm really, really good at Sardines (hide-and-seek-in-the-dark game)
Favorite Thing About Band: We're a huge family. Yeah, there's a lot of us, but there are connections made here that are stronger than anything else I've found on campus. No matter where you go, the marching band will have your back.
 Kara Teats, alto sax
Hometown: Kooskia, ID
Major: Music education (vocal and instrumental) with a minor in English Education
Fun Fact: I have many tattoos and love learning about other people's tattoos too!
Favorite Thing About Band:The Vandal Marching Band is THE BEST place to really show your personality and make incredible life long friends. We are more than a band, we are an extended family.
Jack Housley, tenor sax
Hometown: Boise, ID
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Fun Fact:
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 Josi McConnell-Soong, tenor sax
Hometown: Teakean, ID
Major: Early Childhood Development
Fun Fact: My true passion in life is helping others.
Favorite Thing About Band:I love meeting people I would have never met with out the VMB, and with these strangers forming a family. The Vandal Marching Band is a great support system, there is always someone willing to listen and offer advice, and more often then not, you'll walk away from rehearsal with a smile on your face.
Brass
 Nick Ness, trumpet
Hometown: Mukilteo, Washington
Major: Geography, Minoring in Math and Climate Change
Fun Fact: I hope to be the first guy to be sucked up into a tornado and live to tell the epic tale.
Favorite Thing About Band: The sense of community within the VMB makes it so enjoyable and really allows you to meet people outside your major who you wouldn't have met otherwise. Oh, and being a Trumpet!!
 Danny Schneider, trumpet
Hometown: Coeur D'Alene, ID
Major: Instrumental and Vocal Music Education
Fun Fact: I have never broken a bone.
Favorite Thing About Band :I love meeting so many new people and getting the opportunity to teach and learn with all of them!
 RJ Gassner, mellophone
Hometown: Lake Oswego, OR
Major: Instrumental Music Education, Music History & Literature, Minor in History
Fun Fact: I had never played Mellophone before college.
Favorite Thing About Band: Hearing the roar of the crowd at the end of a halftime show.
 MaryEllen Rose-Witt, mellophone
Hometown: Omak, Washington
Major: Instrumental Music Education
Fun Fact: Wonder Woman is my hero.
Favorite Thing About Band: I can try to be Wonder Woman with my mellophone.
 Brendan Burns, trombone/baritone
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Major: Trombone Performance and Instrumental Music Education
Fun Fact: In 3rd grade I was the jump rope champion of my school.
Favorite Thing About Band: Word Up!
Katherine McCormick, trombone/baritone
Hometown: Lewiston, ID
Major: Music Education
Fun Fact:
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Domingo Ganzalez, sousaphone
Hometown: Cashmere, WA
Major: Music Education
Fun Fact: Spanish is my first language. I started speaking English when I was six.
Favorite Thing About Band :Tailgating facepaint, and losing your voice at games!
 Shevin Halvorson, sousaphone
Hometown: Missoula, MT
Major: Music Education & Music Composition
Fun Fact: I also play the clarinet and am proud of it!!!
Favorite Thing About Band: Homecoming!
Percussion
 Mat Schaefer, percussion
Hometown: Great Falls, MT
Major: Finance & Applied Music (Percussion)
Fun Fact: Tiny Dancer by Elton John is one of my favorite songs
Favorite Thing About Band: Rocking in the Free world
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