🏁 Guard Evaluation Day 1, plus Hands-On Clinic

Director Information

Color Guard Eval Staff

Overall: Phil Madden & Jessica Glasgow

Hands on Clinic: Jennifer Hinshaw

CLINICIAN BIOS

Jessica (Slabaugh) Glasgow is originally from Golden, Colorado, and resides in American Fork, Utah, and Canton, Ohio. Jessica was involved in music from a young age, performing in her high school marching band and serving as drum major. She was awarded several awards for her high achievement in music, including the John Philip Sousa Award, recognizing superior musicianship and outstanding dedication.

Jessica performed with several well-known winter guards and drum corps in college while studying Music Education and playing the French horn. She spent time developing and perfecting her skills with Crossmen Drum Corps, Imbue Winter Guard, Signature Winter Guard, and Alchemy Winter Guard. Jessica was also a performing member of the Oracle Performance Ensemble, a dance company from Denver, Colorado.

Jessica’s passion extends beyond performance. Since the early 2000s, she has impacted numerous high school programs across the nation. Her leadership has garnered impressive accolades—state championships, finals appearances in WGI and BOA national events, WGI medals, BOA regional championships, and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade performances. Currently, she serves as the artistic director for several renowned high school programs including American Fork High School, Amador Valley High School, Davenport Central High School, Channelview High School, Maple Mountain High School, and many additional programs. Additionally, she holds the position as the Visual Coordinator at the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps.

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Jessica is a loving wife and mother. She cherishes spending quality time with her four wonderful children.

Phil Madden resides in Portland, Oregon and is a design architect specializing in aviation, military and educational design. Phil has been an instructor and an adjudicator for pageantry events for over thirty years. In the past he has served as the Chief Judge, World Class Administrator, General Effect and Ensemble Coordinator for WGI. He was the adjunct Chief Judge with Bands of America and also served for five years as the Visual Judging Coordinator for Drum Corps International. He is involved in teaching, planning and writing programs for college and high school marching bands, drum and bugle corps and winter guards. Phil’s pageantry resume includes initiating the winter guard program for James Logan High School as well as many winter programs that include the Seattle Cascades, Seattle Buddhist Scouts and the East Allegheny Visual Ensemble. He has also served as the Visual Coordinator for the Capital Regiment, San Jose Raiders, Valley Fever and Seattle Cascades drum corps. He holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Architecture with a minor in Studio Arts and History from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters of Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic and State University.

Jennifer House Hinshaw, born and raised in South Central Virginia, has been immersed in dance since the age of three. Childhood ballet, jazz, tap, and baton classes cultivated a love for dance that became Jennifer’s life work. In May of 2003, Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science in Dance Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has spent the last twenty years diligently working to pass on her passion for dance through creating and directing two Public High School Dance Departments (Wake Forest-Rolesville High School and Avon High School), teaching at various dance studios, and serving as a movement choreographer in the pageantry arts.

Jennifer has been a passionate participant in the color guard activity since 1995. She has always loved the organic fusion between spinning and dance. The guard community provided her with a home to perform and simultaneously gave her the space to create. She loved that in this world you come as you are (no matter your technical training, flexibility, size, ability). Everyone is provided the tools to explore, break barriers and master high level skills with strength and confidence. It is that open door feeling that she loves about the guard community and has kept her involved long after her performing years.

Over the years, it has been her honor and privilege to work alongside some incredible designers and with some outstanding performers. Jennifer has had the opportunity to create with groups such as Avon High School, Brownsburg High School, Carolina Crown, Carmel High School, Castle High School, Fishers High School, First Flight, Hebron High School, Lexis Winterguard, Madison Scouts, Phoenix, Rouse, Ronald Reagan and The Pride of Cincinnati.

Currently Jennifer works as a freelance choreographer for Hinshaw Visual Design and an Event Coordinator for Expressenz Dance Center. When she is not dancing, Jennifer resides in Danville, Indiana with her husband Richard and their three children, McKinley, Coleman, and Annalise.

Ticket Information

WGAZ is ready for the new indoor season and excited for all the events to come. To ensure students, staff, and fans are safe and can easily access events, we have partnered with GoFan to provide digital tickets and contactless payments. To buy tickets, visit our GoFan page.

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Ticket Prices:

General Admission - $12

5 and under - Free

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• Limited seats will be available
• Ticket purchases will be online or through a QR code only
• Show proof of tickets on GoFan App to receive a wristband
• No food or drink will be allowed in the gym
• WGAZ recommends fans to arrive 30 minutes before scheduled performance times
• Schedule is subject to change
• As safety is paramount to all performers, any type of flash photography is strictly prohibited. Family, friends and fans may take still photos of WGAZ events for personal use only. Small, non-professional, single frame “point & shoot” cameras are allowed into all venues. Any camera that has a detachable lens or lens that extends to four (4) or more inches is considered a “Professional Camera” and thus prohibited.
• There is no video recording permitted at any WGAZ event. Any liability associated with unauthorized recordings will rest with the individual or organization making the recording. WGAZ does not condone, nor accept any liability for, any unauthorized recording during the event.