Mr. Jenkins is originally from Pennsylvania, where he attended college at West Chester University. After earning a bachelor's degree in music education in 1999, he was named Director of Bands at Pocomoke High School in Pocomoke, Maryland. He taught there for four years during which time he began the school's first jazz band and directed the basketball pep band during the school's two state titles. In 2003, Mr. Jenkins moved to Texas to be an assistant director at Tom Bean High School. One year later, he was promoted to head director where he stayed for two years. In 2006, he became Director of Bands at Sherman High School where he is in his 17th year with the Bearcats. Under his direction, the SHS bands have competed at the 5A Texas State Marching Contest three times, twice as a finalist. They have also advanced to the area level of the Texas Honor Band Contest.

Mr. Jenkins is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. He gives marching band and concert band clinics to groups of all levels as well as serving as a judge for numerous marching and concert band contests across the state.

He lives in Sherman, TX with his wife Kesha and daughter Callie.

Flint Weed is currently teaching his 8th year at Sherman High School in North Texas. Previous to that he taught in Tom Bean for 6 years. Flint received his bachelor’s degree in Music Education at West Texas A & M University and his master’s degree at Texas A &M University-Commerce. Before joining the education side of DCI, Flint marched Euphonium with Santa Clara Vanguard in 2002. While there he received a gold medal in the I & E solo competition as well as SCV Rookie of the Year honors. Returning to Drum Corps was a dream come true as Weed joined the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps in 2012 as a brass instructor. Flint taught brass with the Blue Knights for 3 seasons as well as 2 seasons on the visual staff with the Troopers. Mr. Weed has served in the community in All-Region Band clinics, as well as a regular band clinician and judge in the area. He currently resides in Anna, Texas with his wife Valerie, their 4-year-old daughter Breah, and their cat Britches.

Dr. Andrew Veit is a composer, performer, and sought-after clinician and adjudicator. He currently serves as the Assistant Band Director – Percussion Director at Sherman ISD and has held that position since 2020. Since starting at Sherman the percussion studio has seen improved awarded success. In 2021 Sherman Percussion won the inaugural Texas Virtual Percussion Ensemble Contest presented by PitHacks.com and first place in their division of the Plano Drumline Competition. Dr. Veit has worked as an educator in a multitude of positions for the past two decades. IN his current position he oversees the educational growth of 6th- 12th grade musicians. He also has directed Undergraduate and Graduate percussion majors at several institutions. Dr. Veit’s students have won several awards at every level including several all-region and all-state ensembles, positions in armed forces ensembles, and featured composer positions with the World Percussion Group.

Dr. Veit’s compositions are performed regularly by high school, collegiate, and professional ensembles. His works such as ’Summer Moon’ are published by C. Alan Publications.

As a performer, Dr. Veit has appeared internationally as a soloist and ensemble member of Clocks in Motion and Heartland Marimba Quartet. Currently, he performs and records with his duo the Veit/Jones Project which won the first prize in the Southern California Marimba International Artist Competition Open Duo division. Through these opportunities, Dr. Veit has appeared as a guest artist at several institutions such as the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Virginia Tech, VanderCook College, Cleveland State University, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and the Iowa Bandmasters Association,

In 2008 -09 Dr. Veit was a member of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and in 2010 a member of Rhythm X Indoor Percussion. He then went on the serve as the Front Ensemble Manager of the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps from 2011-2012. In 2022 he will join the Boston Crusaders as a member of the Audio staff.

Dr. Veit is endorsed by Innovative Percussion and MarimbaOne. He holds a DMA from the University of Iowa (2016), a MM from Texas A&M University-Commerce (2012), and a BA in Music Education from the University of Delaware (2010).