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Manny Ramirez

@tapsxramx22

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Highest Overall Finish in Blue Stars History: ✅
Highest Perc Placement in Corps History: ✅
Job Finished?: ✅

I am so grateful for my two summers at the Blue Stars. The relationships, experiences, lessons, opportunities and memories are uniquely mine and I wouldn’t change them for anything.

Two staffs, two battery’s, I’ll be grateful for each and everyone of you forever. Thank you for becoming my family and favorite people I’ve ever been around.

To the Blue Stars organization, thank you for believing in me and never giving up on me, even when I was ready to give up on myself.

To my friends and family who have supported me through every audition, rehearsal, show day, buy stop, tuition payment and so on, thank you for always believing that I was worth all your support and sacrifice.

10 years of my life culminated at DCI finals last Saturday. I’ve never loved anything as much as I did this activity, and I’m grateful that it’s finally time to age-out and say goodbye. This is the easiest goodbye I’ve ever had to deal with. Not because I don’t love it anymore, but because I gave every bit of myself for as long as I could that I have nothing left to give.

Thank you Blue Stars, FCO 💙🌟

📸: @jacksnapsband | @taylorh.media taken in Lucas Oil Stadium by @tapsxramx22

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Hello Friends, I'm excited to announce I will be offering in-person snare drum lessons as well as online video submission feedback! The marching arts have been a central part of my life for nearly a decade now and I'd love to share my experience and knowledge with drummers in the central valley. My experience includes both DCI and WGI groups at both the Independent Open as well as Independent World level (Golden Empire, BCDL, Red Wave, and Blue Stars). I've also had the privilege of teaching Matilda Torres High School (Madera, Ca), and more recently Buchanan High School (Clovis, Ca)!

If you or a student is interested, reach out via DM and I'd love to set something up! Thanks for reading this far, much love my friends! taken in Fresno State University by @tapsxramx22

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a year ago

Planning our escape and kidnapping my boy!🤭 taken in Houston, Texas by @tapsxramx22

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3 months ago

Spring Training 2026: ✅

Having a hell of a time with this crew. Time for tour! Can’t wait to show yall what we’ve been up to.

FCO 💙🌟 taken in Upper Iowa University by @tapsxramx22

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4 months ago

“Your hardest days are someone else’s dreams”

Just trying to be present. One last time.

FCO 💙🌟🌹

Slide 7 PC: @akannonphoto by @tapsxramx22

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4 months ago

Hello friends and family, I am starting this fundraiser to pay my tuition for my final summer with the Blue Stars! I earned an opportunity to march my age out and live the dream one last time for the 2026 season of DCI.

With this opportunity comes a $6000+ price tag. If you would be willing and able to support me in covering this cost it would mean the world. Any contribution whether it be financial, through sharing my post, or even words of encouragement would help me greatly.

Marching has been a part of my life since I was 11 years old and a decade later it has given me everything in life from lessons, my relationships, and most recently the privilege to be an educator and build up the next generation of performers in the Central Valley. Thank you for reading this far, and I hope to have your support! Link on my story!

FCO 💙🌟🌹 taken in Fresno, California by @tapsxramx22

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6 months ago

*Age Out Season*

My last shot at living the dream. I’ve worked for opportunities like this since I was 11 years old. A whole decade later it’s time to close out this chapter.

Thank you to everyone who’s supported me up to this point. Family, friends, educators and so on.

FCO 🌹 taken in La Crosse, Wisconsin by @tapsxramx22

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9 months ago

• Blue Stars 2025 •

I’m so proud to call the Blue Stars my home. I spent the summer surrounded by the most inspiring people I’ve ever met. It was a pleasure to get to work with everyone every single day up until finals.

I also can’t help but feel an overwhelming gratitude towards the staff that pushed me beyond my limit every single day. It was a collection of performers and educators that I had idolized most of my marching career and having the opportunity to learn from them everyday was such a blessing.

FCO 💙⭐️🌹

See y’all next summer 🫰🏾 taken in La Crosse, Wisconsin by @tapsxramx22

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a year ago

• RWI ‘25 •

Moved here three years ago for school, and when I was ready to call it quits with this activity and focus on school, this staff welcomed me into a new home and made me realize how much left I had to accomplish. Now I’m getting ready to march over the summer for the first time since I was 17 and it wouldn’t have been possible without the time, memories, and lessons I experienced here at Red Wave. I feel so much pride signing my name to this organization knowing that I left my own little mark on something much bigger than myself.

Thank you to the staff for pushing me farther than I thought I could go, and helping me fall in love with this activity again.

Thank you to the members here for becoming my family and constantly making my time here worth it.

Thank you Red Wave. ❤️ 🌊 taken in Dayton, Ohio by @tapsxramx22

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2 years ago

• Koyos Big Day Out •

Took our little guy out for a walk and showed him the coolest spot in Fresno taken in Fresno, California by @tapsxramx22

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2 years ago

* Blue Stars 2025 *

A Huge accomplishment for me. I put in a ton of work prepping for this audition and it all ended up being worth it. All the real work awaits however, and I couldn’t be more glad that I get to march with some of my closest friends.

Special thank you to Bryan, Wyatt, Cole, Nathan, and Matt for keeping me motivated and hungry throughout the audition progress.

If you’d like to support me this Summer, I’ll be launching a gofundme to help me cover the costs of marching this summer.

Thanks homies. ❤️🙏 taken in La Crosse, Wisconsin by @tapsxramx22

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2 years ago

~me~n~mine~ taken in Where We've Been by @tapsxramx22

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2 years ago