THE AUTHOR. In 1983 Stuart E. Rice accepted a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music, where he attended in 1983. He later earned a Bachelor of Music Degree with emphasis in secondary instrumental education. Rice has been invited to address conferences at the University of Rochester, New York (1995) and University of California, Davis (1998) on the subject of marching. A member of the 1983 DCI World Championship "Best Brass Ensemble," Stuart was also an Editorial writer for Drum Corps World, 1996-1998. He served as Editor of the electronic newsletter "Stuart Rice On Marching,"circulating 1997 to 1999. Rice instructed and choreographed marching at several levels from 1984-1997 and is a former Director of Bands at elementary, junior high, and high school levels. His marching band was perhaps the first to march a complete halftime show without using drill charts or drawings.