Sage Bonner : cymbal staff

Sage Bonner is an Indy native who provides casting and production support to local, regional, and international film projects. She also works in sport event management in the greater Indianapolis area.

She started her performing arts career at Pike High School where she marched her fall seasons on trumpet and her winter seasons on cymbals. She also led the Marching Hundred Cymbal Line during her four years attending Indiana University. Sage graduated from IU in 2019 with a BA in Cinema Studies and Production as well as obtaining 3 minors in international cinema, media psychology, and media persuasion.

Sage started her Independent World Class career with Legacy Indoor Percussion (2016-2018) and aged out with Veritas' inaugural show "Monster" in 2019. In addition to teaching the Veritas Cymbal Line, she has also taught fall and winter cymbal lines at Plainfield High School.

Natalie Ballew : cymbal staff

Natalie Ballew has been an active member of the marching arts community for over a decade. She spent 10 years as a performer on a variety of instruments including trumpet at Pioneer Drum & Bugle Corps in 2018 and INOV8 Winter Percussion from 2019-2022 on cymbals. After diving into the percussion world for WGI, she changed her schooling and ultimately graduated with a musical performing arts degree from Indiana University Kokomo with a focus on percussion.

Natalie has been an educator in music since the summer of 2019. She has taught a multitude of high schools in Indiana, providing instruction in visual, woodwinds, and writing choreography. She was part of the staff team that brought together Music City Drum Corps’ first cymbal line in 2022 and continued on with them for the 2023 season. She spent the 2023 winter with the Audio Theater cymbal line in Tennessee. Natalie is very excited to be with Veritas this season!