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Marie Grana Czapinski (Des Plaines, Illinois) is an expert in the field of pageantry and the only person to hold Hall of Fame membership in all three elite marching arts organizations: Winter Guard International (WGI), Drum Corps International (DCI), and Bands of America (BOA). She is a co-founder of WGI, and she played a key role in the formation and development of BOA. Czapinski was also a DCI Championship adjudicator for 25 years.
She has instructed numerous championship winter guards, drum corps, and marching bands, including several BOA Grand National Champions. She is well known for her clinic presentations, integrity, and creativity.
Czapinski is an educational clinician, consultant, adjudicator, and the Corps Manager of the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps in Rockford, Illinois.