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Ron Hardin (Kamuela, HI) serves as the Regional Sales Manager of Stanbury Uniforms. Hardin resides on the Big Island of Hawaii and spends about half the year on the mainland for Stanbury, working with programs and adjudicating.
Hardin has designed hundreds of shows for bands, drum lines, winter guards, and drum corps, and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the world. He has also served as a visual judge for Winter Guard International. He has produced several instructional videos and has appeared in WGI’s “Meet the Judge” and “Top Secrets” series. Ron has led instructional sessions in Japan, Philippines, Thailand, and the Netherlands.
Hardin’s experience in the drum corps activity is extensive, spanning over twenty years. As a performer, he spent the 1991 and 1992 seasons with the Star of Indiana. Upon the completion of his performing career, Ron joined the Blue Devils as a member of their visual staff. After eight seasons, he then spent five years as the Visual Caption Head of the Santa Clara Vanguard, and four years as Visual Caption Head of the Canton Bluecoats before his last stop as Visual Caption Head of the World Champion Carolina Crown, where he led the caption from 2012 to 2018.
In addition to instructing, Hardin has designed visual programs for several drum corps and mentored staff at many others. Ron has served as an instructor representative on the DCI Instructors’ Task Force, Rules & Systems Task Force, the DCI Medical Project Advisory Board, and WGI Percussion Advisory Board.
Hardin also served as the head director of bands at three schools during his 22-year career, in California and Nebraska. He was also the founder and past conductor of the Diablo Wind Symphony and the Principal Conductor of the Omaha Symphonic Winds.