About the Author. Mr. Stuart Rice, presently a health care representative for the Eastern Coast, became the University of Utah's undergraduate marching instructor at the age of 18. He is a veteran of over 20 seasons of marching in drum and bugle corps (membership, instruction and choreography); junior high, high school and college band (membership, instruction and choreography); professional band (membership); military (training); winterguard (instruction and choreography), and is a graduate of the USA and George Parks Drum Major Academy training programs. Rice is licensed to teach and choreograph marching in Utah Secondary Schools through a music endorsement allied with a Bachelor's Degree in Music from the University of Utah. He is a recipient of the BSA Eagle Scout Award and listed in the Marquis Who's Who In The West biographical research compilation, 1997. His formal education (1983-1996) includes courses in marching band and marching band techniques, ballet, modern dance, art aesthetics, and courses individually designed as collaborations on marching with Ronald Crosby, Resident Scenic Designer Emeritus, Pioneer Memorial Theater, Dr. Steven Roens, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition; Scott Hagen, Director, University of Utah "Ute" Marching Band. Stuart was recognized in 1982 by Senator Orrin Hatch for accomplishments in public school music, and as a "Promising Young Artist" the following year by former First Lady Nancy Reagan on behalf of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Stuart Rice's instruction in the marching arts began under John Opedisano, George Parks and the United States Army. His development continued with Tai-Chi Chuan instruction from Tim Sheehan and Jack Livingston (the latter a student of a student of the legendary Cheng Man Shing), and his own personal training now in its tenth year. He is a former student of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement/ Functional Integration, Rolfing/Structural Integration and the Alexander Technique, and is progeny of a family military heritage extending through nearly every major American campaign. Rice served as a librarian for the Juilliard School of Music, The University of Utah Band and Orchestra Libraries, and The University of Utah Marriott Library (Cataloging, Manuscripts and Stacks). He was a presenter on marching at the University of Rochester Visual and Cultural Studies Conference in 1995, and has presented the same topic at the RAMD Virtual Symposium since its inception. He presently writes for Drum Corps World Magazine, and is currently Editor of Flatland Press, library and center for the research and promotion of the marching arts. Stuart Rice was chairman and co-founder of RAMD Virtual Symposium in 1995; founder of Functional Style Marching and the Upright Method in 1989; founder of Planar Analysis in 1995 (a method of measuring drill movement in quantity, difficulty and sequence). He was recipient of Grants from Drum Corps International and IBM for Planar Analysis of the DCI World Championships, 1995 and 1996. His favorite pastimes are ignoring demands for his credentials by people who (1) have already read them somewhere else, (2) are too damn lazy to do the research themselves, (3) have none, or (4) some or all of the above.