Keith Thal

Keith Thal
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This is Keith’s second year on staff as a UCF Marching Knight photographer, but he has been supporting the program for 4 years now starting when his twin daughters Kelly and Kristina joined the MK Color Guard.

Keith marched Baritone horn while attending Parsippany Hills High School in New Jersey and for five years at the Military College of Norwich University in Vermont as a Baritone horn and Drum Major where he earned his degree in Computer Engineering. This experience included marching in the American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington D.C., and ingrained his dedication to support the Marching Arts.

Keith moved to Florida in 1996 with his beautiful wife Kathy who is credited with introducing Keith to the value of capturing life’s moments in photography. During his daughter’s High School years, photography became a passionate hobby to capture his daughters’ (and eventually all the performers) memories for both the Color Guard Marching Seasons and Winter Guard Seasons for Steinbrenner HS in Lutz, FL. He really cherishes being around all the MK performers capturing moments for them and their parents to enjoy! In addition to volunteering his time to the MK program, he keeps busy during the winter seasons taking photos of the Independent Pegasus Winter Guard teams during their performances in the FFCC and WGI circuits.