BUCCANEERS ANNOUNCE 2015 DESIGNERS & CAPTION HEADS A Outstanding Veteran Team Returns to Balance in Blue (Reading, PA – September 18, 2014) – The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps today announced the team of designers and caption heads that will lead the creative and instructional program for the 2015 edition of the corps. The team is comprised entirely of seasoned Buccaneers staff members, all of whom are either returning to their 2014 roles or being elevated to their new roles. MARK LORTZ returns to his role as Brass Arranger, and PAUL CULLEN returns to his role as Brass Caption Head. JOHNNY TRUJILLO returns to his roles as Battery Arranger and Percussion Caption Head, and MIKE LALLI returns as Front Ensemble Coordinator and is also elevated to the role of Front Ensemble Arranger. SHANNON HALL and NICK TAVARES will assume full-time responsibility for the Buccaneers’ color guard program as Co-Color Guard Designers and Caption Heads. CHRISTOPHER VITALE is elevated to the role of Visual Caption Head. We humbly and graciously thank Buccaneers Hall of Fame member STEVE VINCENT and HANK MANFRA for their many years of exceptional service to the Buccaneers and wish them well as life’s endeavors pull them away from their roles with the corps. Vincent spent the past twelve years on the color guard staff, the last six as designer and caption head, and Manfra was a visual staff member since 2005, the past five seasons as visual supervisor and caption head. “This is an exceptional team of designers and instructors,” said Buccaneers Staff Coordinator Christopher Feist. “These professionals have a proven track record of working well together as a team towards our common educational and performance goals. It’s particularly gratifying that even as we bid a fond farewell to Steve and Hank, we are able to promote from within several highly talented and successful designers and teachers. With this team in place, our members will be taught by, and perform a program designed by, some of the very best the drum corps activity has to offer. To say we’re excited is an understatement!” Stay tuned for further announcements about the Buccaneers’ 2015 educational team and biographical information about the extraordinary men and women who will comprise it. Plans are well underway for the corps’ 2015 season, and the corps is seeking members in all sections to comprise the 58th edition of the Balance in Blue. The Buccaneers’ season will kick off with Membership Day 2015 on Sunday, November 30, 2014, at Twin Valley High School, in Elverson, PA. Registration begins at 11 a.m., with the program starting at Noon. Founded in 1957, the mission of the Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps is to provide men and women of all ages a unique and enriching educational experience in the performing arts in which they develop as individuals and as performers. The Buccaneers were founding members of Drum Corps Associates and won the first-ever DCA World Championships in 1965 and won twelve additional titles since. For more information, visit readingbuccaneers.org
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:32:05 +0000
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