Colorguard

Announcements

Accomplishments

2017-2018
Open Class Gold Medalists for WCWG Championships
Cadet Class Gold Medalists for WCWG Championships
Auxiliary Sweepstakes for Arcadia Band Review

2015-2016
Open Class Finalist for WGI World Championships
Open Class Silver Medalists for WCWG Championships
Cadet Class Gold Medalists for WCWG Championships
3rd Place in Open Class for WGI Western Championships
Auxiliary Sweepstakes for Arcadia Band Review

2014-2015
Scholastic A Bronze Medalist for WGI World Championships
2nd Place in Scholastic A for WGI Western Championships
Auxiliary Sweepstakes for Arcadia Band Review

2013-2014
2nd Place in Scholastic A for WGI Western Championships
1st place for Arcadia Band Review

Congratulations to the Varsity Guard for making Finals at WGI Color Guard World Championships in Dayton Ohio on April 9th, 2016.

Congratulations to the JV Guard for a great run at WCWG Championships on April 3rd, 2016.

Congratulations to the Frosh Guard for receiving the gold medal at WCWG Championships on April 3rd, 2016.

Student Leaders

2021-2022 Leadership Team
Captains: Stephanie Ramirez, Loanne Dixon, Michelle Slack

Staff

Rob Jett

Rob grew up outside Nashville, TN, where he went to Western Kentucky University majored in Advertising. He currently resides in San Diego, California with husband, Carlos. Rob’s marching career began with Suncoast Sound Drum & Bugle Corps (1987-1989) and Magic of Orlando Drum & Bugle Corps (1990), as well as Alliance of Miami Winterguard (1988-1990), and San Jose Raiders (1991).

Rob has served as Color Guard Caption Head for Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps (2000-2002), as well as held positions as a technician/designer/consultant for several other organizations such as The Academy and Spirit of Atlanta Drum & Bugle Corps. He served on the WGI Board of Directors for 10 year. He has also worked with several winter guard programs.

Rosie Queen

Rosie Queen (Miller) has been active in the world of pageantry since 1983.
For 16 years she served as the director at Carmel H.S. where she built the program with an incredible team from 2003-2019. Carmel H.S. has won 5 WGI World Championships, 8 consecutive IHSCGA State Championships, and 5 BOA Grand National titles under her care. The program grew from one with no winter guard program, to one with 3 color guards and 100 eager students under her direction.
Rosie has also been an instructor for the Pride of Cincinnati since 1997. She has had the pleasure of teaching wonderful performers at Center Grove H.S., Aimachi, Avon H.S., Carroll H.S., Bluecoats Indoor, and Escapade WG among many others. Rosie served as the main visual instructor and company manager for the original cast of the Emmy and Tony award winning production, “blast!” 1999-2002. She has also been involved in D.C.I. and has taught drum corps such as The Bluecoats, The Cadets of Bergen County, Cavaliers, Carolina Crown, & Madison Scouts.

“Teaching the teachers” is another passion that Rosie holds important to her. She has participated as a clinician and mentor in many educational events for WGI and BOA over the years, including creating a WGI “Fun-damentals” video & a sabre 2019 educational video series.
Rosie serves on the advisory board for WGI, has been a WGI Board of Directors member since 2010, and has been the secretary of the WGI Executive Board since 2014.

Recently, Rosie relocated from Indianapolis to Southern California with her husband Jeff and dogs London & Indy where she is teaching, designing and adjudicating. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Special Education (K-12) from Wright State University and has earned her certification in Event Management at IUPUI in Indianapolis and Tourism and Hospitality Management from Florida Atlantic University.

Francez Urmatan

Ruben Garcia

Francez Urmatan (they/them/theirs) is a LA-based dancer and choreographer and a recent San Francisco State University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in both Dance and Anthropology. They have trained and performed in Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Ballet, Horton Technique, and other modern forms of dance. They have also trained at institutions such as Mt. San Antonio College, Snowglobe Perspective, Millenium Dance Orange County, the Dance Conservatory of Pasadena, and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Francez was the former Student Dance Alliance president at SFSU from 2020-2021. They have performed with SFSU’s University Dance Theatre, as well as Mt. San Antonio College’s Fall Repertory Company. Fran’s dance experience also includes performing with SoCal collegiate dance teams, including Natural St8 and ACA. On top of performing with these groups, they have performed at events such as LA Fashion Week and SFSU’s No Tech Fest. They currently serve as the Head of Team Relations for ACA, an esteemed collegiate hip-hop dance team based in UCLA.
Fran specializes in anthropological research on dance ethnography on various cultural dance styles. Fran’s marching experience stems from being a part of both the Chino Hills High School Marching Band and the Diamond Bar Thundering Herd during their time in high school. They are excited to have the opportunity to be the movement coach of the Diamond Bar Color Guard as an alumnus of the program!

Born in Bakersfield, CA Ruben (he/him) started in the marching activity in 2007 and quickly fell in love. Ruben has participated in Frente Winter Guard (Fresno, CA) from 2013-2015 and Santa Clara Vanguard Winter Guard 2016 (San Jose, CA. WGI Silver Medalists). Ruben has taught color guard all across California, from establishing El Capitan’s High School color guard program (Merced, CA. 2013-2019) and more recently technician at Arcadia High School (Arcadia, CA. 2019-2020). When Ruben is not spinning, you can find him indoor rock climbing or at home with his partner and their two fuzzy cats.

Ava Coventry

Markella Simmons

Ava Coventry (she/her/hers) is a Diamond Bar Color Guard alumna who graduated in 2020. Ava was involved in Orchestra and Color Guard during her time at Diamond bar and was a Captain for Color Guard her senior year. She is a full time student at Cal Poly Pomona and is working towards her Bachelor’s in Communication.

Markella Simmons (she/her/hers) is a Diamond Bar High School alumna who recently graduated in 2020. During her time at Diamond Bar High School, she was a four-year member of the color guard and was captain two out of those four years. Her goal while being a coach is to share everything she knows about color guard to hopefully inspire students while encouraging them to have fun. Now, she is a full-time student at California State University, Fullerton, studying to obtain her Bachelor of Science in Child and Adolescent Development. During Markella's free time, she likes to watch Netflix, hang out with friends, and find new restaurants to try out.