ROSIE Queen

Rosie Queen (Miller) has been active in the world of pageantry since 1983.

For 16 years she served as the director at Carmel H.S. where she built the program with an incredible team from 2003-2019. Carmel H.S. has won 5 WGI World Championships, 8 consecutive IHSCGA State Championships, and 5 BOA Grand National titles under her care. The program grew from one with no winter guard program, to one with 3 color guards and 100 eager students under her direction.

Rosie has also been an instructor for the Pride of Cincinnati since 1997. She has had the pleasure of teaching wonderful performers at Center Grove H.S., Aimachi, Avon H.S., Carroll H.S., Bluecoats Indoor, and Escapade WG among many others. Rosie served as the main visual instructor and company manager for the original cast of the Emmy and Tony award winning production, “blast!” 1999-2002. She has also been involved in D.C.I. and has taught drum corps such as The Bluecoats, The Cadets of Bergen County, Cavaliers, Carolina Crown, & Madison Scouts.

“Teaching the teachers” is another passion that Rosie holds important to her. She has participated as a clinician and mentor in many educational events for WGI and BOA over the years, including creating a WGI “Fun-damentals” video & a sabre 2019 educational video series.

Rosie serves on the advisory board for WGI, has been a WGI Board of Directors member since 2010, and has been the secretary of the WGI Executive Board since 2014.

Recently, Rosie relocated from Indianapolis to Southern California with her husband Jeff and dogs London & Indy where she is teaching, designing and adjudicating. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Special Education (K-12) from Wright State University and has earned her certification in Event Management at IUPUI in Indianapolis and Tourism and Hospitality Management from Florida Atlantic University.