Friday, July 2, 2010

FMA2010 - Season 1 Section Leaders

Presenting the Season I Section Leaders for Wolfs Percussion Theatre

Section Leaders:
Battery Captain- Jay Lewis(A)
Pit Captain- Katie Moore
Snare Captain- Kale Young
Tenor Captain- Ashton Harris
Bass Captain-Jay Lewis(A)



We only have one Age-Out this season:
-Jay Lewis, who has been the Section Leader for the Bass Line and is now Battery Captain, joined WPT in season X. He has since shown a vast amount of growth and leadership ability. We are very happy to have him representing the battery, and the organization, this season and wish him the best in the future.

FMA2010 - Season 1

After 12 seasons competing in The Open Class of FMA, The Wolves Musical and Visual Arts has decided to move all of our active ensembles to FMA2010. Alex Yoder, director of the previous FMA decided to expand the circuit and expand how things were done. So now we start a new circuit, which means a completely clean slate.

The Ensemble will be presenting a 4 Movement Show entitled, "Groove" which features music made specifically for the ensemble by our extremely talented staff.

The entire WPT Staff has agreed to work with us as we move from FMA to FMA2010.

The Staff:
Caption Head - T.J. Woolfolk
Battery Caption - Cliff Hill
Battery Arranger - Jeff Williams
Battery Technician(s) - Trey Pierce(snare), Jason Smith(Snare), Andrew Anderson(Tenors), Yuri Palao(Tenors), Chris Peterson(Bass), Hawk Williams(Bass), Katie Young(Bass)
Front Ensemble Caption - Asia Vasquez
Front Ensemble Arranger - Erin Castle
Front Ensemble Technician(s) - Crystal West, Alex Jones
Music Caption - Bradley Richardson
Visual Caption - Trevor Wright
Visual Coordinator(s) - Jeff Young, Alex Mitchell

Cliff Hill - Cliff joined The WPT Staff in Season III after Eric Hammond left the ensemble to work with The Elite IPE(An Indoor Ensemble, owned by Chosen One Productions, that competes in PIW). He replaced Eric as the Battery Caption and has held the position ever since.

Jeff Williams - Jeff, a former member of The Wolves(D&BC) Percussion Staff where he was Acting Percussion Caption and Head Battery Caption, joined the WPT staff in Season X. He is the Battery Arranger for WPT as well as the Co-Battery Caption.

Trey Pierce - Trey rejoins the WPT Staff, again as Acting Snare Technician. Trey has been the WPT Snare Technician since its inception in Season I.

Jason Smith - Jason is a former member of The Wolves Drum and Bugle Corps and Wolfs Percussion Theatre. He was the Battery Section Leader at The Wolves for seasons I and II when the Percussion section had tremendous success. He is a Snare Technician for WPT and is also Acting Snare Technician for The Wolves.

Andrew Anderson - Andrew joined the WPT staff in Season III as Acting Tenor Technician after his older brother, Derrick, moved on to work as Percussion Caption for The Titans D&BC. He has held the position since, and done an excellent job making the WPT Quad Line one of the best in FMA's PIO.

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

Chris Peterson - Chris is a former member of WPT, where he acted as Bass Captain for Seasons I-IV. After taking a break from the activity he joined the staff as the Acting Bass Technician in Season X. He is also Bass Technician for The Wolves D&BC.

Hawk Williams - Hawk is a former member of WPT. He Acted as Bass Captain in Season V for WPT and was also a member of The Wolves Bassline in Season's IV and V. He joined the WPT staff as a Bass Technician in Season X.

Katie Young - Katie is a former member of WPT. She was Acting Bass Captain in Season VI and joined the WPT staff as a Bass Technician in Season X.

Asia Vasquez - Asia has been with WPT since its inception, acting as Front Ensemble Caption. She has also worked with The Elite IPE as Acting Front Ensemble Technician.

Erin Castle - Erin has been with The Wolves D&BC since its inception at the start of FMA Season I. She has been the Front Ensemble Caption as well as Front Ensemble Arranger. In Season X she joined us, Acting as Front Ensemble Arranger and also as Co-Front Ensemble Caption for WPT.

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 Drum Corps Front Ensemble during Season's V and VI. She joined The WPT Staff as Front Ensemble Technician in Season X. She is also on Percussion Staff for The Wolves D&BC.

Alex Jones - Alex, a former member of WPT, joined the WPT Staff in Season X. He acted as Battery Captain in Seasons IV-VI. He was a member of the Front Ensemble during season's II and III. He is on the staff as a Front Ensemble technician.

Bradley Richardson - Brad has been with WPT since its inception. He has been Acting as Ensemble Music Caption, and has also worked with The Titans D&BC as Percussion Arranger for the Front Ensemble.

Trevor Wright - Trevor joined the WPT Staff in Season III after aging out after Season II. He replaced Tyler Anderson as Acting Visual Caption. He will once again be Acting Visual Caption for WPT, as well as a Visual Technician for The Wolves D&BC.

Jeff Young - Jeff is a former member of The Wolves D&BC. He aged-out after Season IV as Acting High Brass Captain. He has since joined The Wolves Visual Staff as Brass Visual Technician. He also joined The WPT Staff in Season X as a Visual Coordinator.

Alex Mitchell - Alex originally joined The Wolves D&BC in Season I as a member of the Color Guard Staff. For Season X she moved to The Wolves Visual Staff as Co-Visual Coordinator with Tyler Anderson. In Season X She also joined the WPT Staff as Co-Visual Coordinator with Jeff Young.


During the days of FMA, Wolfs Percussion Theatre was one of our most successful ensembles and we hope that will continue as we transition over to FMA2010.


T.J. Woolfolk
Caption Head
Wolfs Percussion Theatre