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Announcing Our 2019 Caption Managers!

NEW LONDON, CT – 7th Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps is excited to announce its team of educators who will be leading the organization throughout the 2019 Drum Corps International Season!

“We are so excited to have this amazing team of educators in place.  They represent the absolute best of what we have to offer to 7R. Our members will continue to grow immensely from both the on and off the field experiences that these individuals bring to 7th Regiment,” said Executive Director Kevin Lowery.

Battery Manager – Christopher Lawlor

Brass Caption Manager – Jason Arnold

Color Guard Manager – Joel Dube

Front Ensemble Manager – Lindsey Hartfelder

Visual Caption Manager – Alec Smith

7th Regiment will host 7RX (a one day experience day) on November 18th and will be holding auditions for the 2018 season during the weekend of December 14-16. Click here for more details…

Rachel Rubino

Brass Caption Manager

Rachel is an educator and musician based out of central Connecticut. She is excited to return to 7th Regiment’s education team this year as brass manager, a role she previously held during the 2019 and what would have been the 2020 seasons. Prior to her time as caption manager, Rachel served as the mellophone technician.

Currently, Rachel is the director of bands at Suffield Middle School, where she directs the school’s three concert bands, the jazz band, and the occasional pep band. Before her time in Suffield, Rachel taught band at Pearson School in Winsted, CT, where she doubled the band enrollment in a single year and started the school’s first jazz band. During that time, Rachel was awarded the American School Band Directors Association Outstanding Potential Award.

During the fall marching band season, Rachel serves as the assistant band director of the Trumbull High School Marching Band. She began her time with the ensemble as a trumpet technician in 2016 and has since been with the band through a Bands of America Regional Championship win, a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day performance, and most recently, a USBands New England Group IV Open Championship win last season. Rachel has also taught the New Milford High School and The Gilbert School marching band and winter percussion programs in varying capacities.

Rachel is an active trumpet player and enjoys performing in both musical theater and orchestral settings. Her favorite shows to play include Newsies and The Wedding Singer. She marched trumpet with 7th Regiment during the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

Alec Smith

Alec Smith

Visual Designer

An Alumnus of 7th Regiment, Alec Smith is proud to return for his 8th year with the Corps.

Drawing on his experience in Connecticut theatre and education, Alec aims to provide a visual program that is both entertaining and a vehicle for performers to develop high-level visual performance skills. Alec works in collaboration with band and color guard directors to target an area of growth in their visual program. He then writes and designs technique & drill exercises, show drill, and staging that will engage students in those new and developing skills. For groups that regularly perform high intensity shows, Alec can highlight the specific skills needed to make the most of the visual design. asmith.drillanddesign@gmail.com

Alec has been working with the “home team” since 2017 and was the Drum Corps’ Visual Caption Manager & Staff Coordinator for four seasons before moving to the design team. Alec performed several seasons with 7th Regiment before aging out with The Cadets. Alec is currently the Visual Caption Head at Trumbull High School, a band director in Naugatuck, CT, and an active drill writer in the Northeast. He received his Masters in Education from the University of Bridgeport.