STAFF 2024 | Eagle Regiment

Fall Staff 2024

Mr. Broadbent is a graduate of Western Connecticut State University. Prior to coming to Stoneman Douglas in 2019, Mr. Broadbent taught music at Samuel Staples Elementary School in Easton, Connecticut and was the Director of Color Guards at Flanagan High School. has been a part of 3 DCI World Championship titles. In addition to Mr. Broadbent’s numerous Drum Corps teaching experiences he has worked with many High Schools as well as Winter Guards including the 2001 Independent World Silver Medalist St. Ann’s Color Guard from Massachusetts and the Southern Knights from Brighton, England.

Mr. Broadbent has been the Director of Color Guards at Flanagan High School since 2001. Since then, Flanagan has received the Scholastic Open Bronze medal in 2003, State Color Guard Champions in 2004 & 2006 as well as WGI Scholastic World Class Finalist since 2004. They are the South Florida Winter Guard Association Champions for the last 17 consecutive years, longer then any other school in South Florida history. In 2008 & 2012, Flanagan was named the WGI Scholastic World Champions, 2013 & 2015 Scholastic World Silver Medalist and in 2009 and 2011 the WGI Scholastic World Bronze Medalist. Flanagan was also the 2012 recipient of the WGI Scholastic World “Fans Favorite” Award. Mr. Broadbent has served on the South Florida Winter Guard Association Board and WGI Board of Directors for over a decade. In June of 2019 Mr. Broadbent became the Director of Color Guards for Stoneman Douglas HS and a year later accepted a full time teaching position at the school as the Digital Media educator. In 2013 Mr. Broadbent was inducted into the South Florida Winter Guard Association Hall of Fame and served as the SFWGA Judging Administrator from 2017-2021.

Mr. Broadbent currently resides in Coral Springs, Fl where he is the primary designer for DE VISUAL DESIGNS. In his spare time he enjoys time with his family, daughter and two puppies.

Dean M. Broadbent

Director of Color Guards

Evan Zubkovs

Color Guard Caption Head

Steve Rivero

Visual Caption Head

$James "Jed " Davis A native of Charlotte, NC received his BA in Music Education from Limestone College in Gaffney, SC. where his principle teacher was Dr. J David Morris and Dr. Robert Welch. He then served as band director at Hartsel Middle School in Concord, NC. from 1986-88. An alumnus of The Kilts Drum and Bugle Corps from Racine, Wisconsin and The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps from Philadelphia, Pa. Jed has been on the instructional staff and\or has served as an arranger for multiple world class drum and bugle corps including, Suncoast Sound, Tampa, Fl. Florida Wave, Pembroke Pines, Fl. Colts, Dubuque, Iowa Magic of Orlando Spirit,Jacksonville, Al Troopers, Casper Wy. Teal Sound, Jacksonville,Fl. In 1997 he was the music arranger/instructor for The Alliance of Miami Colorguard, who that year presented a groundbreaking show featuring the performers playing percussion instruments in addition to and sometimes in conjunction with their normal equipment and dance responsibilities. The guard went on to a fourth place finish in Independent World Class at the WGI World Championships held in Phoenix, Az. From 1985-2005 Mr Davis served as percussion caption head and arranger at Central Cabarrus HS in Concord, NC. During his tenure the band was a three time BOA Grand National finalist, BOA Mid South Regional champion, and was the winner of the 1988 BOA Grand National Championships “Frank Arsenault Memorial High Percussion Award” The band was also an eleven time finalist at the BOA Atlanta Regional. Mr Davis was the percussion director at Cooper City High School in Cooper City Fl. from 1991-2017 and has held that position at NUMEROUS schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties as well as at schools in North and South Carolina. During his time at Cooper City his indoor percussion ensembles were the WGI South Florida Regional Open Class Champions four times and became the first group of this type from South Florida to achieve finalist status at the WGI World Championships held in Dayton, Ohio. In 2009 the Cooper City Percussion Ensemble performed as a featured ensemble at the Music For All National Concert Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. Currently, he is the percussion caption head and arranger at West Boca Raton HIgh School where his Concert Open Class ensemble was undefeated SFWGA circuit champions and South Florida WGI Regional Open Class Champions from 2013-2016. They were the 2017 FFCC Concert Open Class silver medalists and FFCC Concert Open Class bronze medalists in 2018. He has served as the drumline instructor for the University of Miami "Band of the Hour" and has been a clinician for the University of New Mexico "Marching Lobos Band” in Albuquerque,NM. Mr Davis has performed with numerous South Florida ensembles including The Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, The Greater Miami Opera, and the Boca Pops, He has also served as the Assistant Principal Percussionist in the Asheville Symphony Orchestra in Asheville, N.C. He was a founding member of The New Percussion Group of Miami a percussion quartet specializing in contemporary percussion literature, performing in venues such as The Colony Theatre, Miami, Fl The Hollywood Arts and Culture Center, Hollywood, Fl. and Bailey Hall on the campus of Broward College where they were the featured ensemble at the Percussive Arts Society Florida State Convention,having been selected to present the world premiere of composition contest winner, Brian Benscoter’s work “Salty Fish Flesh “ In 2001 he attended and completed the inaugural East Coast Facilitators Playshop, a five day intensive workshop held outside of Baltimore, Maryland by drum circle facilitation pioneer and legend Arthur Hull. He later attended a five day seminar on corporate event facilitation held in Santa Cruz, Ca. taught by Hull and corporate trainer Jim Boneau. Through his facilitation company, HeartBeat RhythmCircles, he has facilitated for a wide range of clients, in diverse setting, from faculty teambuilding events at high schools, middle schools and elementary schools, to parties, Bar Mitzvas, weddings, and graduation celebrations, and has recently been featured at the DONA International Summit held at the W Hotel in Ft Lauderdale, Fl. and has been a keynote presenter multiple times for the Memorial Healthcare Systems Nurses Clinical Ladder Symposium with approximately two hundred and fifty participants. HeartBeat RhythmCircles has, and does provide services, for free, to Relay for Life, Kids in Distress, and other selected charities as part of their community outreach. From February 2021- April 2021 Jed hosted the first Music Educators Percussion Forum A virtual twelve week course designed to be a comprehensive guide for instrumental music teachers who would like to strengthen their knowledge of the instruments of the percussion family and their associated pedagogues. The first annual event hosted participants from throughout the US and from as far away as Shanghai, China.$