About Visions

Jordan Habel

When I was a drum major, I took the role very seriously. I always had to be a role model because I was told there was always someone watching.

I invented an unrealistic, crushing expectation for myself and went through depression that I felt I should keep to myself. After all, I was a Drum Major. Didn’t I have to be perfect? These misguided thoughts were conceived in the isolation that often comes with leadership.

As you think of preparing your most talented, high achieving, and special high school students, just molding effective drum majors neglects the bigger and more important picture - nurturing the well being and guiding the trajectory of incredible young people. For your students, this discovery and support takes time.

What if the role of “drum major” had less to do with leading your marching bands and instead was meant to train and send out visionaries and world-changers? Visionaries who can attribute the start of their leadership journey to your band. Wouldn’t this development be better accomplished over an entire year of community and mentorship?

The time we have to teach our students is short - and this time also happens to be one of the most formative in their lives. Visions was born from a desire to keep leaders out of the isolation I felt, but it exists to constantly push them to see their present situations as opportunities to cast vision for their future.

We are not training drum majors. We are training Visionaries. Will you join me?