The Hall of Fame is an honor given to those individuals who make a significant and lasting contribution to RMPA and who, in some way, have greatly influenced the association.

2008 Inductees :

Dave Marvin
Dave's highly competitive programs have set many of the "percussion theatre" standards the activity now builds upon. Dave has been the Percussion Director at Northglenn High School for the past 30 years.
Dave was the mastermind behind show concepts and visual coordination for the four time WGI World Champion the Blue Knights World Percussion Ensemble from 1999-2005.

Dave has served on the WGI board of directors and currently is the President of the Rocky Mountain Percussion Association. He served on the very first WGI Percussion Steering Committee through 2006 and has constantly been striving to develop a sound educational base for his and all indoor percussion students. Dave was instrumental in the creation of "Stampede", the first officially endorsed and sponsored drumline in the National Football League. To date, most of the teams in the NFL now have an official drumline as an additional entertainment source, thanks much to Dave's innovative efforts.

Mike Nevin
Mike Nevin, an internationally recognized percussion composer, arranger, adjudicator and clinician, has written and taught many award winning ensembles. Some of these including four-time WGI Independent World Class Champion, Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble, two-time WGI Concert Class Champion, Gateway High School and 2004 DCI Champion Concord Blue Devils.

Mike served many years on the RMPA board of directors and also spent a year as the interim Director of Percussion Studies at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

His original compositions for percussion ensemble continue to have an enormous impact on the percussion community both nationally and in the Rocky Mountain Percussion Association

2007 Inductees :

Charles Craig, Ralph Hardimon, Steve Yates and Joe Bartko
These four gentlemen started RMPA in 1991. They were concerned about the level of percussion training and performance, primarily at the high school level and formed what is now one of the nation’s premier percussion organizations of its kind, with a main focus of student motivation and educational training through the percussion activity.

Lynn and George Lindstrom
For several years, this couple contributed their hearts and time to RMPA, enhancing the organization in every way.