Additional Staff
Jade Henigman, Color Guard Director
Jade Henigman serves as the color guard director for the Shawnee High School "Pride of the Pack"Marching Band. Mrs. Henigman is a 2004 Graduate of New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels, Texas. She received her bachelor's in science education from Northeastern State University in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Mrs. Henigman has had the privilege of teaching color guard programs throughout Oklahoma including the cities of: Berryhill, Pryor, Stillwater, and currently Shawnee. Mrs. Henigman teaches physical science class at Shawnee High School and also serves as the "Green Pack" garden club sponsor for Shawnee High School. She currently lives in Shawnee with her husband Ryan, and her two children Jude and Aurora.
Wayne Bovenschen, Percussion Arranger
Wayne Bovenschen is in his 29th year serving as Associate Professor of Percussion at Oklahoma State University. In this capacity, he directs the Concert Percussion Ensemble, Marching Percussion Ensemble, studio lessons, percussion techniques class, and is sponsor of the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. Prior to 2015, he also served as Assistant director of bands for 28 years where he was the Assistant Director of the Cowboy Marching Band and directed the OSU Spirit Bands at Men's and Women's basketball games. A graduate of Michigan State University, Mr. Bovenschen holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music in Applied Percussion. As an educator, Mr. Bovenschen has ten years experience working with secondary school students through work with various drum & bugle corps throughout the nation including Northern Aurora, Phantom Regiment, Suncoast Sound and Black Gold. For six years he served as staff/program coordinator for Northern Aurora and Black Gold. He has also been assisting high school bands and percussion programs around the nation since 1982. As an arranger, Mr. Bovenschen has written over 400 percussion scores for high school and college marching bands and drum & bugle corps across the country. He has also written full band arrangements and drill for college bands in Oklahoma and Texas and has been published by Drop6 Media and Arrangers Publishing, Inc. Mr. Bovenschen's prior university teaching experience includes band teaching assistant and percussion instructor for the Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band and percussion instructor for Lansing Community College. He has performed with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and the Cavaliers and Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps. Mr. Bovenschen is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, serving as a former member of the International Percussion Ensemble Committee and twice as president of the Oklahoma Chapter. He is also a member of the CBDNA, MENC, International Association of Rudimental Percussionists, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and serves as a clinician for Ludwig Percussion, Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets and Remo Drum Heads.