APRIL GILLIGAN-MARTINEZ

Class of 2004

CADET / INSTRUCTOR / MENTOR

Cadet Years: Guard/Flag (1981-1988)

Guard Instructor/Caption Head/Consultant (1989-2023)

(a time span of about 20 assorted years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

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HER CADET STORY:

April Gilligan-Martinez is a well-respected educator and designer from Florida whose  experience includes directing Braddock Independent and Stoneman Douglas for decades as well as a two-decade tenure with The Cadets as a designer and caption head/Guard Coordinator.

 

April began her teaching years with The Cadets as a guard instructor along with Greg Lagola, Michael Cesario and Peggy Twiggs in 1989.  April recalls, "We started to use characterization to tell the story of "Les Miserables."  Marc Sylvester and I wanted to tell a story.  We won color guard for the first time that year."  The Cadets, of course, have been second to none ever since.