 Marty had also acted as percussion instructor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and twice judged the national finals of the Marching Bands of America contest, and the Percussive Arts Society National Marching Forum.A former member of New Jersey’s Blessed Sacrament’s Golden Knights (he aged out in 1967) and of Hawthorne Caballeros in 1968, Marty served as percussion instructor for the Stardusters (Arabi, Louisiana) in 1971, the Bleu Raeders (Metairie, Louisiana) from 1972 to 1973, and the Black Knights (Belleville, Illinois) from 1973 to 1975.During his tenure as percussion instructor and arranger with the Phantom Regiment (Rockford, Illinois), the corps placed in the top ten nationally for 14 years at Drum Corps International finals competition in Denver, Philadelphia, Birmingham, Montreal, Miami, Madison, Kansas City, Buffalo and Dallas.