Role(s):
Specialties:
Affiliations:
John Turner (Mason, OH) Active in the pageantry arts since 1981 as a technician, caption head, and visual designer, John now serves as a clinician, consultant, and judge for competitions in all of the outdoor and indoor pageantry arts. His instructional experience includes units from Northern Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, notably the Pride of Cincinnati and Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps and the Pride of Cincinnati Winter Guard. He was a visual instructor/consultant for the Homestead H.S. Spartan Alliance Marching Band (Fort Wayne, IN) on their run as six-time Indiana Class A Champions.
John has provided visual adjudication for marching bands, color guards, indoor winds, and percussion competitions on regional and championship panels throughout the United States. Internationally, he has judged the Thailand World Music Championships, WGI UK Winds and Percussion Regional, and the Indonesia Drum Corps Championships.
John was Secretary/Treasurer for the Ohio Judges Association during the late 1980s into the 1990s. He was Drum Corp International’s National Judge Administrator from 1997 to 1999. Since 2003, he has served as the DCI Open Class Judge Administrator and has previously served on DCI’s Competition Steering Committee as Chair and presently as Secretary. He is also a DCI Contest Coordinator. John received DCI’s 2016 George Bonfiglio Director’s Award for Leadership, Service, and Effort.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from The University of Kentucky and is a Vice President in the Information Technology Division of Fifth Third Bancorp, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.