Monday, November 30, 2009

Season XI

After a successful return in Season X, The Wolves Drum & Bugle Corps will once again be competing in FMA's World Class during Season XI.
Last season, The Wolves finished in 37th, and out of Finals. But the Guard and Percussion continued their runs of success and The Corps visual program saw a new level of success that was previously unattained.

The Corps will be presenting a 5 Movement Show entitled, "Path to Love".
Movement I - Uncertainty
Movement II - Discovery
Movement III - Intensity(Drum Feature)
Movement IV - Ingenuity
Movement V - Happy

The entire Staff from Season X will be rejoining The Wolves D&BC for Season XI.

The Staff:
Corps Director-T.J. Woolfolk
Percussion Caption(Battery)-Eric Jones
Percussion Tech(Battery)-Jason Smith(Snare Tech), Yuri Palao(Quad Tech), Chris Peterson(Bass Tech)
Percussion Caption(Front Ensemble)-Erin Castle
Percussion Tech(Front Ensemble)-Andrew Johnson, Crystal West
Guard Caption-Kate Richards
Guard Tech(s)-Andrea Wilson, Brittany Williams, Michael Moore
Brass Caption-Jeremy Jones
Brass Tech(s)-Andrew Fletcher, Katie Williams
Visual Caption-Alex Mitchell
Visual Coordinator-Tyler Anderson, Alyssa Fredrickson
Visual Tech(s)-Jeff Young(Brass), Alana Garow(Guard), Trevor Wright(Percussion)

Eric Jones-Eric has been with The Wolves since their inception at the start of FMA Season I. Eric was first employed as the Co-Battery Arranger(along with former Battery Caption,Jeff Williams) and Snare Technician until Season III when Jeff left The Corps. He has since been the Head Percussion Caption, acting also as Snare Technician, Battery Caption and Battery Arranger. He is also the Battery Caption for Wolfs Percussion Theatre, the Indoor Ensemble associated with Wolves Enterprises.

Jason Smith-Jason is a former member of The Wolves and Wolfs Percussion Theatre. He was the Battery Section Leader for season's I and II when the Percussion section had tremendous success. He is the acting Snare Technician for The Wolves and Wolfs Percussion Theatre.

Yuri Palao-Yuri, a former Drum Captain for the award winning Wolves D&BC, as well as a former member of Wolfs Percussion Theatre, joined Corps Percussion Staff as Acting Quad Technician in Season X.

Chris Peterson-Chris is a former member of Wolfs Percussion Theatre, where he acted as Bass Section Leader for Seasons I-V. After taking a break from the activity he has joined the staff as the acting Bass Technician in Season X.

Erin Castle-Erin has been with The Wolves D&BC since it's inception at the start of FMA Season I. She has been the Front Ensemble Caption as well as Front Ensemble Arranger. She is also the Front Ensemble Caption for Wolfs Percussion Theatre.

Andrew Jonhson-Andrew is a former member of The Wolves. He acted as Front Ensemble Captain during Seasons III-V. In Season X he joined The Wolves Percussion Staff as Front Ensemble Technician.

Crystal West-Crystal West is a former member of Wolfs Percussion Theatre. She acted as Front Ensemble Captain during Season's II-VI. She was also a member of The Wolves Front Ensemble during Season's V and VI. She joined The Wolves Percussion Staff as Front Ensemble Technician in Season X.

Kate Richards-Kate has been with The Wolves since their inception in Season I. She has been in charge of our stellar Guard which has won numerous Gold Medals including several times winning the overall Guard First Place Trophy at the end of the season. We are very proud to have her continued support with the Corps and with the newest member of The Wolves Enterprises, Angelus Winter Guard where she is acting Co-Caption Head.

Andrea Wilson-Andrea is a former member of our award winning Color Guard. She acted as Guard Captain in Season II and Guard Lieutenant in Season I. She joined the Staff after her age-out season and has since been helping assist Kate with keeping the Guard's performance level at the incredibly high standard it has been placed at. Andrea is also one of the Ensemble Technicians for Angelus Winter Guard.

Brittany Williams-Brittany joined the Guard Staff in Season II and has since been helping Kate with writing the Work for our amazing Guard. Brittany is also Ensemble Caption for Angelus Winter Guard, and acts as the main writer for the Guards Equipment Work.

Michael Moore-Michael is a former member of The Wolves Guard. He was Acting Guard Captain from Season III till season V. He joined the staff for Season X after taking a season off to finish college.

Jeremy Jones-Jeremy has been working with The Wolves since Season III. After aging out as the lead Drum Major in Season II, Jeremy joined the Brass Staff, replacing Jeremy Fletcher. Jeremy is Currently acting as Brass Caption, and Brass Arranger for The Wolves. He also acts as High Brass Technician.

Andrew Fletcher-Andrew has been on Brass Staff for The Wolves since its inception. He has been acting Low Brass Technician and Co-Brass Arranger.

Katie Williams-After aging out as Low Brass Captain in Season I, Katie joined The Wolves Brass Staff. She has been acting as Low Brass Technician.

Alex Mitchell-Alex originally joined The Wolves in Season I as a member of the Color Guard Staff where she enjoyed several seasons of success alongside the rest of our stellar Color Guard staff. In Season X Alex rejoined the staff as Overall Visual Caption.

Tyler Anderson-Tyler, who rejoined the staff in Season X as Visual Coordinator, is the main Drill Arranger and the mastermind behind the Body Visual's that the Corps executes.

Alyssa Fredrickson-Alyssa joined the staff after aging out in Season IV as The Wolves Drum Major. She is a member of the Ensemble Visual Staff and Co-Visual Coordinator with Tyler Anderson.

Jeff Young-Jeff is a former member of The Wolves. He aged-out after Season IV as Acting High Brass Captain. He has since joined the Visual Staff as Brass Visual Technician.

Alana Garow-Alana is a former member of The Wolves. She aged-out after Season VI as Guard Captain, after Acting as Guard Lieutenant in Season IV and Guard Captain in Season's V and VI. She has joined the Visual Staff as Color Guard Visual caption.

Trevor Wright-Trevor is a former member of Wolfs Percussion Theatre and was previously on staff as WPT's Visual Caption. In Season X he joined The Wolves Visual Staff as Percussion Visual Technician.

After an impressive return to competition last season, The Wolves look poised to finally break into the elite 12 this season.


T.J. Woolfolk
Corps Director
The Wolves Drum and Bugle Corps

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