José Antonio Montes III is a Visual Designer originally from El Paso, TX. He currently lives in the Raleigh, North Carolina area and works multiple competitive Marching Ensembles in the State. José writes drill, designs uniforms/props, choreographs, program coordinates, runs visual clinics and judges Indoor/Outdoor competitions across the country. José has an extensive dance background with an emphasis in hip-hop. Jose marched mellophone for the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps for 3 years. He is the Executive Director of Eva Independent in Raleigh, NC. The organization has a successful Open Class WGI Winds group and is in the process of starting an A Class Winter Guard and Indoor Percussion group under the same organization name. When he isn’t immersed in the Marching Arts, José is fighting for quality time between new dinner recipes and his 3 year old boxer/pitbull puppy named Charcoal