{"id":524,"date":"2017-08-17T05:14:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T05:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/?p=524"},"modified":"2017-08-17T05:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T05:14:40","slug":"2017-gold-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldyoutharts.org\/drumcorps\/2017-gold-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Gold Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, August 11, we gathered the Corps together to celebrate our season and present awards recognizing members for their performance throughout the season. Below are this years recipients.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">2017 Gold Awards<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Most Valuable Member<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em>Selected by our teaching staff, these members showed themselves to be exceptionally valuable to the corps and their sections throughout the season.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Percussion Visual:<\/strong> Polly Dimmock<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Battery Music:<\/strong> Gabriel Bustamante<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Front Ensemble Music:<\/strong> Narrelle Stewart<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Guard: <\/span><\/strong>Meredith Faivre<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Brass Music: <\/span><\/strong>Gunnar Dahlstrom<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Brass Visual:<\/strong> T<span class=\"s2\">yler Johnson<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Most Improved Member<\/h3>\n<p><em>Selected by our teaching staff, these members showed the most improvement throughout the season.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Percussion Visual:<\/strong> Nathan Anthony<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Battery Music:<\/strong> Matthew Joslin<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Front Ensemble Music:<\/strong> Ashlynn Willis<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Guard:<\/strong> Heli Trejo<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Brass Music:<\/strong> Sarah Medina<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Brass Visual:<\/strong> Nahtia Loya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Most Hardworking Member<\/h3>\n<p><em>Selected by the member leadership, this member served the corps at an exceptionally high level throughout the season.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Nicklaus Chau<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Rookie of the Year<\/h3>\n<p><em>Selected by the member leadership, these first year members proved themselves to be invaluable members of the corps this season.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Front Ensemble:<\/strong> Jerred Clardy<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Brass:<\/strong> Chris Suggs<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Color Guard:<\/strong> Martin Villegas<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><strong>Battery:<\/strong> Brian Salvador<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Age Outs<\/h3>\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Tyler Johnson<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Gunnar Dahlstrom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">National Tour Volunteer Certificate of Appreciation<\/h3>\n<p><em>We would like to recognize and thank the parents and friends who helped us out on the road during out national tour this year.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Sonya Hernandez<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Judith Crespo<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Edward Alob<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Denise Dawson<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Phillip Dawson<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Nick Villanueva<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Anita Villanueva<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Eric Hernandez<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Josie Garcia<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Xochitl Garcia<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Taffy Hui<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Josephine Robinson<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">John Robinson<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Kristin Faivre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Staff Member of the Year<\/h3>\n<p><em>Selected by our executive director, this award recognizes an outstanding member of our teaching staff.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Bill Fritz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Volunteer of the Year<\/h3>\n<p><em>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.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Ted Meyer<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Ray Gardner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Parent of the Year<\/h3>\n<p><em>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.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Darcy Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Drum Major&#8217;s Award<\/h3>\n<p><em>Selected by our Drum Major, this award is presented to the member who has provided the most significant guidance and support to the Drum Major throughout the season.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Sofia Vaides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">Director&#8217;s Award<\/h3>\n<p><em>Selected by our Executive Director, this award is presented to the members who best exemplify the spirit of our program in service, leadership, and willingness to educate future members.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">Tyler Johnson<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Gunnar Dahlstrom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, August 11, we gathered the Corps together to celebrate our season and present awards recognizing members for 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