derbydawg Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Here's the full announcement from Spirit's FB page on the 2015 Staff (I highlighted the names): Spirit of Atlanta Drum & Bugle Corps is proud to announce its leadership and caption heads for the upcoming 2015 competitive season. J.W. Koester returns to the helm for his 2nd year as Director of the organization with Chris Williams returning for his 2nd year as the Assistant Corps Director and a member of the design/instructional teams. Tom Andrews returns as Program Coordinator with the new additions of Will Pitts as Brass Arranger, Andrew Solomonson as Drill Designer, and DCI legend Myron Rosander as Visual Consultant. Joining this year’s leadership are newly named caption heads Michael Zerbini- Visual, Jen Barton- Colorguard, Jason Rinehart- Brass, and returning to the Percussion caption are Ben Pyles, for his 2nd year, along with 2nd year front ensemble coordinator Greg Tsalikis who will assume arranging duties as well. This fantastic leadership ensemble brings great things to Spirit of Atlanta 2015 and we are very much looking forward to the summer ahead! Bios for all will become available on Spiritdrumcorps.org within the week! Yeah, this is the list I saw about two weeks ago. Disappointed. Super disappointed. Top doesn't change at all, so why would we expect much different than last season? Like a lot of corps these days, these lists are published and people think "Oh, okay, some of those folks have had some experience in the top twelve and I actually recognize a few names. I guess the corps will kick some ###." This list actually pales greatly compared to some corps that placed several spots below Spirit. Its all part of the act. How much will these people actually be around? How much input will they have on the show? With those same five names at the top of the organization, unless they did some serious soul searching and realize they sucked at their jobs last season, perhaps at a drum corps record breaking level of suck, and change everything about what they did to that corps, it just doesn't look good for Spirit. Edited November 11, 2014 by derbydawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacrificialclown Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 See... I see Will Pitts and I wonder if I'll be disappointed if there's not a stabbing at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 At one point, someone is going to pair someone with somebody else and it's going to be a wonderful unexpected surprise. Everyone in DCI started somewhere. People with tremendous reputations have been brought in with limited results. Newcomers have been brought in and incredible things have happened. I wish Spirit the best for the upcoming season! One more thing - yeah Myron!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 See... I see Will Pitts and I wonder if I'll be disappointed if there's not a stabbing at some point. I hope you are NOT thinking that he as arranger will be laying down on the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I hope you are NOT thinking that he as arranger will be laying down on the job.. Of course not! He'll bring all the enthusiasm of a bleeding heart fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumbargleeful Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Drew Solomonson...his humble personality. lol right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumbargleeful Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 See... I see Will Pitts and I wonder if I'll be disappointed if there's not a stabbing at some point. Given that Will isn't usually one to toot his own horn, I take it you don't realize he's wildly more successful as a wind arranger than he was as a conductor? Not saying he's a bad stick waver, but this guy has been the secret recipe in several crazy good BOA groups for a while now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcivet1012 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Here's the full announcement from Spirit's FB page on the 2015 Staff (I highlighted the names): Spirit of Atlanta Drum & Bugle Corps is proud to announce its leadership and caption heads for the upcoming 2015 competitive season. J.W. Koester returns to the helm for his 2nd year as Director of the organization with Chris Williams returning for his 2nd year as the Assistant Corps Director and a member of the design/instructional teams. Tom Andrews returns as Program Coordinator with the new additions of Will Pitts as Brass Arranger, Andrew Solomonson as Drill Designer, and DCI legend Myron Rosander as Visual Consultant. Joining this year’s leadership are newly named caption heads Michael Zerbini- Visual, Jen Barton- Colorguard, Jason Rinehart- Brass, and returning to the Percussion caption are Ben Pyles, for his 2nd year, along with 2nd year front ensemble coordinator Greg Tsalikis who will assume arranging duties as well. This fantastic leadership ensemble brings great things to Spirit of Atlanta 2015 and we are very much looking forward to the summer ahead! Bios for all will become available on Spiritdrumcorps.org within the week! Yeah, this is the list I saw about two weeks ago. Disappointed. Super disappointed. Top doesn't change at all, so why would we expect much different than last season? Like a lot of corps these days, these lists are published and people think "Oh, okay, some of those folks have had some experience in the top twelve and I actually recognize a few names. I guess the corps will kick some ###." This list actually pales greatly compared to some corps that placed several spots below Spirit. Its all part of the act. How much will these people actually be around? How much input will they have on the show? With those same five names at the top of the organization, unless they did some serious soul searching and realize they sucked at their jobs last season, perhaps at a drum corps record breaking level of suck, and change everything about what they did to that corps, it just doesn't look good for Spirit. Wow, based on this, "derbydawg", you must've been around Spirit a lot this past summer to know that the staff members returning are responsible for anything bad that happened. Otherwise, do tell how you are privy to such information?! Unless you were there you don't know who did what. How about you hold off on your wildly ridiculous comments about anyone's "level of suck" until the corps actually gets an audition camp in. Good grief people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Given that Will isn't usually one to toot his own horn, I take it you don't realize he's wildly more successful as a wind arranger than he was as a conductor? Not saying he's a bad stick waver, but this guy has been the secret recipe in several crazy good BOA groups for a while now. Arranging for band and arranging for drum corps....not the same. Plenty of great "band" guys have tried and failed at the drum corps thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumbargleeful Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Arranging for band and arranging for drum corps....not the same. Plenty of great "band" guys have tried and failed at the drum corps thing. While this is true, it has nothing to do with my thesis. His ability to take a stabbing from the podium HAS EVEN LESS to do with his potential success. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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