Tri-City Winter Guard

Ben has been coaching, designing, and consulting for attention-grabbing, award-winning shows for numerous schools and independent programs for the last 15 years. His instructing experience include: Benicia, Fremont, Vanden, Archbishop Riordan, Franklin, John Swett, “…of essence”, and San Mateo. Ben’s performance experience include: Benicia High School, San Jose State University, San Jose Raiders, “…of essence” Winterguard, In Motion Performance Ensemble, and Infinitus Winterguard.

Ben's teaching style aims to build lifelong skills such as team work, self-confidence, time management, effective leadership, while inspiring students to fuel their passion for the arts.

Fou Saelee is currently the Color Guard Caption Head at Mission San Jose High School and Dublin High School. His instructor experience also includes: Troopers Drum Corps, Fairfield High School, Crystal Middle School, and Armijo High School. His experience as performer includes being a part of In Motion Performance Ensemble, the Santa Clara Vanguard Winter Guard (World) in 2011, and Blue Devils A Corps Guard Member (2009 to 2011)

Colin Apperson is the current Color Guard Director of Armijo High School (Fairfield), Inderkum High School (Sacramento), and Crystal Middle School (Suisun City). She is also an instructor for the WGI Independent World Class Winter Guard In Motion Performance Ensemble, and a color guard adjudicator with the Northern California Band Association. Colin has performed with the San Jose Raiders Winter Guard and the Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps.

Jazz Legaspi is a Bay Area native who began his color guard career in 2009 at Fremont High School. Legaspi has performed with Dynasty, Santa Clara Vanguard Winter Guard, and Blue Devils. His DCI/WGI performance career included 3 Gold Medals and 2 Silver Medals.

Residing in Milpitas, CA, Legaspi’s professional affiliations are diverse. He is a freelance costume designer, choreographer, music editor, clinician, and mentor. He has instructed at Westmont, Fremont, Amador Valley, Foothill, Oak Grove, Monta Vista, Timber Creek, Lynbrook, the Santa Clara Vanguard, and Blue Devils. Legaspi is currently Director of Color Guards at Saratoga HS and as a technician for the Blue Devils Color Guard.