Tony McCrackin: director of Marketing & media

Tony McCrackin is a freelance photographer based out of Indianapolis, primarily working for FloMarching, Performing Arts Photography by Bateman, and BD Entertainment, as well as shooting weddings and portraiture. He graduated from Central Michigan University in 2019 with a BS in Music, and aged out as a tuba player for the Boston Crusaders in 2017. 

Tony was on the media team for the Madison Scouts 2018-2020, and has been on the media team for 317 Performing Arts since fall 2019. Tony is a strong advocate for media in the marching arts as a whole, working and volunteering as a photographer as well as helping moderate a discord community of over 200 marching arts content creators and marketing professionals at all levels of the activity and across the country. 

nora thompson : social media manager

Nora is a visual technician. Originally from the Springfield, Missouri area, she has a lifetime of experience in the performance arts, including dance, gymnastics, cheerleading, taekwondo and color guard.

Nora has over 10 years of marching experience including color guard with the Pride Marching Band at Missouri State University (2017), The Pride of Missouri State Winter Guard (WGI I0 2018) and Veritas (2020-2022).

Nora has taught at many schools in the marching arts, most recently including Fishers HS, Zionsville HS, and Veritas.

Nora has a passion for teaching dance and movement as she loves to share her knowledge and joy of performing.

Christina Stevens : Marketing & Media Consultant

Christina Stevens is a social media marketing and brand manager from the Nashville, TN area. She is a recent graduate of the University of Tennessee where she studied Public Relations, Business Administration and Entrepreneurship. Currently, Christina resides in downtown Indianapolis where she works for Music for All as Marketing Intern.

Christina has been a part of the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps media team as Social Media Coordinator since 2021 and now serves as team lead. She has worked with a number of marching arts organizations such as Music for All/Bands of America, Winter Guard International and SouthCoast Music & Design, providing social media strategy and content creation across 8 platforms. As a former band kid, Christina enjoys spending her time around the marching arts as much as she can.