Anna Katherine Jones, Blue Radiance Color Guard Program Instructor

 

The 2023–2024 school year is Miss Jones’ second with the Riverview Band Program, working as an instructor for the Blue Radiance Color Guard Program. Miss Jones works with students year-round from fall marching season through the indoor winter guard season.

Miss Jones’ color guard career began at Auburndale High School where she was a member of the fall and indoor team all four years. During her time with Auburndale, Miss Jones and the team earned a silver and bronze medal at the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit (FFCC) Championships.

Currently in her eighth overall year of spinning, Miss Jones marches with Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps, a World Class Drum Corps International finalist group, and is member of Tampa Independent. Miss Jones earned gold in the Independent Open Class at FFCC Championships in Daytona and bronze at Winter Guard International’s World Championships in Dayton, OH with Tampa Independent, and for the 2023 FFCC season was a member of their inaugural season in Independent World Class.

Miss Jones is a student at Polk State College and plans to transfer to the University of South Florida for her bachelor’s degree in business and hospitality management.