Mansfield Summit 2024 Design Team and Staff

Casey Snead - Program Coordinator and Drill Designer

Casey Snead has been sharing his passion for the marching arts for the past 15 years working with many locally and nationally competitive programs. Casey loves to combine the artistry found in WGI with marching band. He is a drill writer, program coordinator, and choreographer as well as the owner of Artistic Motion, a marching arts company.

He had the opportunity to march as a color guard member of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in 2008 and has been a multi-year veteran of Black Gold IW, both as performer and staff member.

Besides pageantry, Casey loves fitness, working on multimedia projects, online gaming, and spending time with his wife Kelly, son Grey, and pet huskies Ava and Kenna.

Cristobal Garcia - Wind Arrangements

Cris Garcia is the Associate Director of Bands for Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. Mr. Garcia is a south Texas native where he graduated from Alice High School. He received his Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. While at UNT, Mr. Garcia studied French horn under William Scharnberg and participated in the UNT Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Brass Band, Horn Choir, and the Green Brigade under the direction of Dennis Fisher, Nicholas Williams, Brian Bowman, and Eugene Corporon.  He was also a member of the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps from Toledo, Ohio.

Doug Bush - Battery Arranger

Doug Bush received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas in music education and is an international clinician, adjudicator, educator, performer, and composer. As a performer, Bush has worked with Grammy-nominated artists Poovalur Sriji, Horacio Hernandez, and Ignacio Berroa. As a composer, Bush has written solos, ensembles, and method index including the bestselling index for snare drum, Super Hands, Master Hands, and Opening Statement. Bush has been commissioned for original works performed for the TMEA Invited Percussion Ensemble, PASIC Invited Percussion Ensemble (High School), and Midwest Invited Percussion Ensemble concerts. Together with his wife, Patricia Islas they have written, arranged, and taught for numerous award-winning high school band programs including champions of the Thunder in the Hills Drumline Contest, HEB Drumline Contest, Plano Drumline Contest, North Texas Drumline Contest, Lewisville Drumline Contest, Lone Star Drumline Contest, PASIC Drumline Contest, and Texas State and BOA marching band champions. They have also served as percussion teachers and arrangers for World and Open Class Drum and Bugle corps. Doug Bush proudly endorses Mapex/Majestic Percussion, Pro-Mark Sticks and Mallets, Remo Drum Heads, SABIAN Cymbals, Beetle Percussion, and Lot Riot Apparel.

Geoff Schoffel - Sound Design

Geoff Schoeffel is an audio engineer, designer, and educator from Sarasota, Florida. He graduated from the Blackbird Academy with an emphasis in Studio Engineering. Currently, Geoff is a Sound Designer, Consultant, and Recording Engineer for distinguished music programs across the country.

As a performer, Geoff had the pleasure of being a part of the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps front ensemble ('13-'15) and Infinity Percussion ('13,'15).

As an educator, Geoff has been a part of the audio team at Carolina Crown, the Marines DBC, Music City Mystique, and numerous other high school bands, indoor groups, and drum corps. Currently, Geoff is on staff with the Blue Devils.

Geoff currently lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Alexandra. While not on the road, he loves all things tech, coffee, and travel.

 

2024 Jaguar Marching Band Techs

Kenneth Thompson - Visual and Music Tech

Director of Bands - TA Howard Middle School

Bio and pic coming soon!

Liam Gompf - Visual and Music Tech

Associate Director of Bands - TA Howard Middle School

Bio and pic coming soon!

Jayden Thomas - Visual and Music Tech

Assistant Director of Bands - TA Howard Middle School

Bio and pic coming soon!

Iyaan Jaffer - Visual and Music Tech

Summit High School class of 2022, UTA Music Education

Bio and pic coming soon!

Trinity Cuellar - Visual Tech

Summit High School class of 2022

Bio and pic coming soon!

Jayton Skari - Visual and Music Tech

Martin High School class of 2023, SFA Music Education

Bio and pic coming soon!

Reagan Hall - Percussion Tech

Percussion Director - North Mesquite High School

Bio and pic coming soon!

Christian "Nancy" Kane - Battery Tech

John Horn High School class of 2020

Bio and pic coming soon!