"Ms. Ayers was born and
raised in the Royal area. She graduated from St. Joseph-Ogden High
School. She married and moved to Rantoul, and now has three sons -
Kyle, Matthew and Kendall. She is once again living in the Royal
area. She graduated from Parkland in December 2008 with a degree
in Business Administration. Ms. Ayers works full-time at the University
of Illinois in the Physics Department as an Office Manager in High
Energy Physics.
Ms. Ayers has a strong musical background. She started playing clarinet
in grade school, bari and tenor sax in high school. Having married a
percussionist, she picked up a few drumming skills. She can also be
seen on rare occasions playing flute in church. Ms. Ayers is currently
the director for the adult handbell and children's chime choirs, and
sings with the adult choir at her church.
After being a part of her high school color guard for four years
(captain for two), Ms. Ayers started teaching flags in 1990 and has
taught both high school and drum corps color guards.
There are currently 18 members of the Unity Rocket Color Guard, ranging
from 8th to 12th grades. In the spring, we will hold auditions for Fall
2012 which will be open to current 7th through 11th grades."
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