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Just thought I'd go ahead and start the Troopers 2016 thread. I'm looking forward to helping at lots of camps this year since they are in Texas! For more information, go to Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps official website.

Staff lists so far from troopersdrumcorps.org:

DESIGN TEAM:

Program and Staff Coordinator: Donny Van Doren

Visual Coordinator: Michael Raiford

Brass Arranger: Robert W. Smith

Drill Designer: Noah Bellamy

Percussion Arranger and Coordinator: Paul Rennick

Color Guard Designer: TBA

Program Consultant: Mark Whitlock

EDUCATIONAL TEAM - BRASS:

Donny Van Doren (program and staff coordinator)

Tim Snyder (caption head)

Scott-Lee Atchison (high brass/ensemble specialist)

Anthony Cruddas (low brass/ensemble specialist)

Dennis Laorenza (trumpet tech)

Andy Grindle (mello tech)

Patrick Keely (brass tech)

Jeremy Basso (bari tech)

Dan Herrick (tuba tech)

Andrew Sharf (brass intern)

Marc Whitlock (brass consultant)

EDUCATIONAL TEAM - PERCUSSION:

Paul Rennick (percussion arranger/coordinator)

Lauren Teel (caption head)

Chris McWilliams (percussion consultant)

Patrick Chapman (snare tech)

Jesus Sanchez (snare tech)

Jordan Brooks (tenor tech)

Chris Livernios (front ensemble tech)

AJ Covey (front ensemble tech)

Johnny Green (bass tech)

Zeke David (bass tech)

Jason Hammond-Wood (bass tech)

EDUCATIONAL TEAM - VISUAL:

Bob Barfield (caption head)

Zack Crissman (visual tech)

Will Wells (visual tech)

James Lazaro (visual tech)

EDUCATIONAL TEAM - COLOR GUARD:

TBA*

(*I anticipate this info comes out very soon)

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I had Will Wells as a tech all three years I marched Stars. He is an amazing, gifted teacher who translates positivity incredibly well. He'll be quite the asset to the organization.

I marched with Zack Crissman two years and he teched my ageout year (doing brass and vis duties might I add). He's a no BS kind of guy. Hugely knowledgable and very talented.

The Troopers got two great pick ups in my mind.

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It's going to be an eventful offseason. More cool stuff is coming.

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Hm. No Wyoming or Colorado camps this year? That post actually just made me check to see whether or not they'd relocated. (Still based in Caspar, judging from what I see.)

The corps has it's offices and bingo hall in Casper. In my opinion, the camps reflect the desire to be consistently in a location where weather and facilities are most conducive to strong off-season work, and are relatively easy to get to (major airport nearby, for example). I don't know that for sure, but it's my educated guess. The corps does have well-established ties to Wyoming music education and marching arts.

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Troop wraps up the on-the-field visual team into a neat package with this post of their staff lineup on the corps website. Some of it is news already announced -- Bob Barfield as visual caption head -- and some of it contains new faces.

The lineup:

Barb Barfield -- Caption head

Christopher Scott Turner -- tech

Courtlon Cochran -- tech

Zack Crissman -- tech

Will Wells -- tech

James Lazaro -- tech

Jeffrey Stracke -- tech

All of them have solid resumes, though I got a kick out of Will Wells' CV: A studio drummer with a journalism degree who has done some arranging for a Lithuanian professional basketball team, and who marched five seasons on baritone and tuba with Bluecoats.

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though I got a kick out of Will Wells' CV: A studio drummer with a journalism degree who has done some arranging for a Lithuanian professional basketball team, and who marched five seasons on baritone and tuba with Bluecoats.

All true. A fantastic guy to boot. Infectious personality.

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Troop wraps up the on-the-field visual team into a neat package with this post of their staff lineup on the corps website. Some of it is news already announced -- Bob Barfield as visual caption head -- and some of it contains new faces.

The lineup:

Barb Barfield -- Caption head

Christopher Scott Turner -- tech

Courtlon Cochran -- tech

Zack Crissman -- tech

Will Wells -- tech

James Lazaro -- tech

Jeffrey Stracke -- tech

All of them have solid resumes, though I got a kick out of Will Wells' CV: A studio drummer with a journalism degree who has done some arranging for a Lithuanian professional basketball team, and who marched five seasons on baritone and tuba with Bluecoats.

Dabar i konkurencijos, DCI yra malonu pristatyti, is Vilnius, Lietuva, Vilnius Baltijos riteriu!!! (Now entering the field of competition, DCI is proud to present, from Vilnius, Lithuania, the Vilnius Baltic Knights!!!)

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