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Band Directors Marching Band roster
This roster contains the names of all of our registered band directors, banner carriers and BDMB directors who marched in the 2022 Rose Parade. If any names are omitted or should not be on this roster, please contact us at questions@banddirectorsalute.org.
The Band Directors Marching Band, by the numbers
These statistics reflect the BDMB as they appeared in the Rose Parade on January 1, 2022
Total number of directors: 270
Total number of states represented: 47, plus Mexico
Total years of experience: 4,539
Average years music teaching experience: 16.5
Number of directors with more than 30 years experience: 46
Number of directors with less than 10 years experience: 110
Grammy Music Educator of the Year nominees (quarter finalists to finalists): 8
Teacher of the year recipients (local, district, state or national): 76
Number of students taught by our marching band directors (based on 40 new students for every year of teaching): 181,000
Number of directors marching with a relative (married couple, father/son, mother/son, grandfather/grandson etc), or their former director: 24
Director who came the farthest: Kelley Taylor—from Texas and teaches in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Second farthest: Andrew Goldie, who teaches children of military personnel in Germany
