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We are excited to welcome back Cody Hudnall to the Black Gold Organization!  Cody Hudnall is a native East Texan, and lives in Nacogdoches Texas.
He is currently a senior at Stephen F. Austin State University studying Dance Education. He has taken many dance classes, but his most memorable time was spent in New York dancing under professional ballet instructors and at landmark studios such as Alvin Ailey, Steps on Broadway, and many more. His performance career has involved being a member of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, Black Gold World, and many ballets such as performing Prince Phillip in The Sleeping Beauty. He is currently on staff with many color guard programs across Texas. Cody is excited to join the Staff at Black Gold and looks forward to a great season! We are excited to welcome Austin Houghton to the Black Gold Organization Design Staff! Austin Houghton, born in Baton Rouge Louisiana, is currently based out of Houston, Texas where he teaches throughout the area. After spending two years as Director of Nimitz High School, he is now serving his first year as the Color Guard Director at Stratford High School in Memorial City while choreographing, designing, and teaching for other programs such as Spring Woods High School, Kingwood Park High School, Spring High School, Heights High School, and Dawson High School. Austin has also been on staff for Spirit Independent from the University of Houston. Austin is also serving his 4th season as the movement coordinator and choreographer for the Spring High School marching band.
His performance experience started at his alma mater, Spring High School, where he played saxophone in the band program for four years, receiving numerous acknowledgments and awards including invitations to the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, two years in the TMEA All State Band, and Junior Wind Division champions at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. He's also competed at numerous BOA Regionals and BOA Grand National Championships in 2011 with the marching band at Spring. He started becoming involved in color guard his first year out of high school with the University of Houston's Independent Winterguard, Spirit Independent, and marched two seasons with them in 2016 and 2017. He also marched the Santa Clara Vanguard Color Guard in the summer of 2017 and received the George Zingali Award for High Color Guard. He is very excited to be apart of the Black Gold Staff and can’t wait to see what this season has in store. Meet the Members of the Black Gold World Winterguard! Ashton Howerton - New Member Joshua Suarez "Grandpa" - 3 Year Member Kelsie Ross - 3 Year Member Lee Wynn - 3 Year Member Drew Plott - 7 Year Member Fran Klepin - 3 Year Member  Attention Fans! Have a question about Black Gold that you want to ask? Want to know more about the 2019 productions? Go to blackgoldwinterguard.com, scroll down a little bit on the Home Page, and fill out the questionnaire portion. We look forward to answering your questions! Meet the Members of the Black Gold Open Winterguard! Rance Mason - New Member Merrielle Reasoner - New Member Jordan Marbry - New Member Kara Matheny - New Member Kelsey Estes - New Member Gage Robinson - New Member  Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and stay up to date on all our Gold Pass videos!  We are excited to welcome Jason Ciesla to the Black Gold Organization Design Staff!  Jason Alexander is an active choreographer and designer in the pageantry arts. Jason has been involved since early 2006 in Orlando FL, where he worked with numerous programs including Lake Howell high school and Winter Park high school. Jason has also been one of the key components at Park Vista high school from 2013-2016, writing choreography for the color guard and marching band. He currently teaches at West Broward High School, training students and writing choreography for all winter programs (A and World) as well as the 4A state champion marching band.
Jason’s drum corps experience includes being a performing member of the Boston Crusaders (2007) and Carolina Crown (2008-2009). After aging out with the Carolina Crown in 2009 with a Silver Medal, Jason has taught at the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps (2010-2012) and The Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and bugle Corps (2013-2016). Jason has also spent many years performing in several winter guard programs such as, The Knights World in 2007, Northeast Independent 2008 (WGI World Class Bronze medalist), 09, 10, and Braddock Independent World 2012 and 2013. Jason also performed in Taiwan, December of 2015 with The Santa Clara Vanguard during their international tour. To Jason, color guard is not just a hobby, it is his life. Color guard has introduced him to amazing people, which have formed into amazing friendships. It taught him responsibility, self-confidence, and created unforgettable experiences and with that, he is beyond grateful. This will be Jason's first year with the Black Gold Organization and we are so excited to have him with us! We are excited to welcome Tanner Jones to the Black Gold Organization Design Staff!  Tanner Jones resides in Coatesville, PA. He has been around the activity since birth and began performing at a young age. His winter guard experience began at Archbishop Wood High School and continued onto The Black Watch in 2012-2015 and Pennsauken Independent. His drum corps experience began in 2011 with the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps, and continued with the 2012 DCA World Champions, The Reading Buccaneers. Tanner then expanded his experience to the west coast where he marched both the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps and the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps.
His teaching and choreography opportunities have include Archbishop Wood High School, Archbishop Ryan High School, Coatesville High School, Steel Spirit of Coatesville, Main Line Independent, Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken Independent, Americas High School, The Light Winterguard, and Downingtown West High School. This past summer Tanner was the Color Guard Caption Head for New Jersey’s newest DCI Corps, Encorps. He is currently Color Guard Director at Unionville High School and is on the design team for The Black Watch this winter. This will be Tanner's first year with the Black Gold Organization and we are very happy to have him on board. Meet the Members of the Black Gold World Winterguard! Jena Elfer - New Member Tyler Maroney - 2 Year Member Raul Alfonso - New Member Sarah Pichardo - New Member Nathan Ascano - 3 Year Member Evan Murr - 3 Year Member  Meet the Members of the Black Gold Open Winterguard! Macenszie Simmons - 3 Year Member Aaron Inmon - 2 Year Member Kristen Bohanan - 3 Year Member Troy Strawhacker - 2 Year Member Carson Samuels - 2 Year Member Jessica Yaeger - 2 Year Member  |
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February 2019
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