Each year Gold holds an awards banquet during finals week to celebrate our season and present awards recognizing members for their performance throughout the season. This year’s awards banquet was held on Saturday, August 11, 2018, in the gymnasium of the Rhodius Park Family Center in Indianapolis, IN. We’d again like to recognize those members below who contributed to our amazing 2018 season.
Most Valuable Member
Selected by our teaching staff, these members showed themselves to be exceptionally valuable to the corps and their sections throughout the season.
- Percussion Visual: Eddie Fonseca Vargas
- Battery Music: Gabe Bustamante
- Front Ensemble: Jenny Smith
- Color Guard: Angel Benitez
- Brass Music: Doug Herron
- Brass Visual: Jennifer Logan
Most Improved Member
Selected by our teaching staff, these members showed the most improvement throughout the season.
- Percussion Visual: Ivyn Abreu
- Battery Music: Matthew Joslin
- Front Ensemble: Ivonna Olivera-Hernandez
- Color Guard Guard: Alyssa Fuller
- Brass Music: Armondo Garcia
- Brass Visual: Ava Roper
Rookie of the Year
Selected by the staff, these first year members proved themselves to be invaluable members of the corps this season.
- Brass: Adonai Mejia
- Battery: Lucas Bollenbecker
- Front Ensemble: Elizabeth Ducoing
- Guard: Katie Roberts
Esprit De Corps
Selected by the staff, this member served the corps at an exceptionally high level throughout the season.
- Duc Lam
Age Outs
We like to recognize our age outs, those members who are completing their final season in the Drum Corps activity due to reaching the maximum participation age.
- Eric Hernandez II
- Brandi Figueredo
- Tyler Pham
- Alexander Weinrich
- Ivyn Abreu
- Camilo Diaz
Volunteers of the Year
Selected by our executive director and senior administrative team, this award recognizes the volunteers who have shown an exemplary level of service and support to our program.
- Judy Gunter
- Darcy Johnson
Staff Members of the Year
Selected by our executive director, this award recognizes an outstanding member of our teaching staff.
- Sam Silverman
- Ryan Johnson
Parent of the Year
Selected by our executive director and senior administrative team, this award recognizes the parent of a member who has shown an exemplary level of service and commitment to our program.
- Kevin Valentine
Drum Majors’ Award
Selected by our Drum Majors, this award is presented to the member who has provided the most significant guidance and support to the Drum Majors throughout the season.
- Jenny Smith
Director’s Awards
Selected by our Executive Director, these award are presented to the members who best exemplify the spirit of our program in service, leadership, and willingness to educate future members.
- Rookie of the Year
- Ian Harris
- Grant Hilburn
- Section of the Year
- Color Guard
- Vet of the Year
- Christian Newman
- Valerie Acosta
Gold Leadership Award
- Nehemiah Boscia
- Tyler Pham
- Brandon Zhang
- Jennifer Voogd
- Eric Hernandez II
- Drew Babcock
- Jack Martin
