Bill Bachman
Bill Bachman has studied percussion performance at the University of North Texas and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has played quads in the University of North Texas' indoor drumline, and in the Cadets of Bergen County Drum and Bugle Corps. Bill's awards include Drum Corps International's 1st place percussion with the Cadets at the world finals in 1994, Drum Corps International's over all runner-up in 1994 and 1995, the Percussive Arts Society's 1994 tenor individual competition runner-up, and 1st place at the Percussive Arts Society's 1996 Indoor Drumline Competition with the University of North Texas. Bill has instructed with many award winning groups including the Bluecoats, Blue Knights, Magic of Orlando, and Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps. He's the author of Row-Loff's Quad Logic, Rudimental Logic, and Bass Logic, and is a co-founder of heavyhitterpads.com."
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Tre' Balfour
At the age of four, Tre' started showing a interest in drumming. During this time, his grandfather who was a vocalist, taught him the two-stroke roll. He told Tre' as soon as the roll was played nice and even, with accuracy and speed, he would buy tre' a snare drum. After practicing the two-stroke roll for at least three years, his Grandfather kept true to his word and bought him his first real concert snare drum. In high school, Tre' turned his interest to the drum set, studying privately with Oklahoma City's most prominent percussion/drum set educators, K. Dean Walker & Paul Bowman, but after seeing his cousin who was the percussionist in a band that was signed to Capital Records, this changed everything. Hand percussion is where he found his love, but still sharing it with drum kit and marching. After college Tre' hit the local music circuit in full force. In time, Tre' became the first call percussionist in OKC. Drum Corps, After Five Jazz, Color Me Badd, All-4-One, Bennie Maupin, Michael Bolton, Disneyland's Lion King Parade and many others have had Tre' add his percussive taste and style to their recording and live shows. 1999 Tre' decided to give back to the drumming world and start teaching in the community where he resides. Shaping young minds with his philosophy of "Life Through Drumming & Drumming Through Life", the music programs have proven to be at the top of their game. Tre' endorses.. REMO DRUM HEADS & WORLD PERCUSSION, PACIFIC DRUMS, DW HARDWARE, VATER PERCUSSION, PAISTE CYMBALS, RHYTHM TECH PERCUSSION, DRUMKAT, DTS (drum tuning system) and DYNASTY DRUMS "Keep The Funk Alive!"

Chris Bauer
Marching Percussion, Dynasty Arranger Chris started in marching percussion in 1974 as a snare drummer with the North Bellmore FD Flames parade drum and bugle corps. He joined the Caballeros in 1979 as a snare drummer and became section leader in 1980. He played there until 1986 and was a percussion staff member in 1987 and 1988. His marching percussion arranging and teaching career began in 1980 with a small parade corps on Long Island known as the Lamplighters. He also arranged for the Flames from 1982-1986. He has arranged and taught many high school bands including West Babylon High School from 1981-1986, Copiague High School from 1985-1996, and Morris Hills High School from 1985-1986. All three programs produced numerous percussion awards including Best Percussion in TOB, EMBA, and USSBA championships. He was also the percussion arranger and caption head for the Sunrisers from 1994-1998 and the Caballeros from 2000-2002. Chris also plays jazz chromatic harmonica and has performed and recorded with the Harmonicats and numerous jazz artists in New York City. His harmonica career started in 1969 at the age of 9. By 13, he was playing with his father’s New York trio called “The Harmonikings” appearing in many venues in the New York City area. He is currently the Director of Engineering for the Fox News Channel in New York since 1999 and oversees all technical facilities and projects there.

Rolando Bazan
Rolando has been working with local drumlines in the Miami area since he was still in high school, in which he worked with Miami Sr. High School. Once he graduated high school he went and taught at Hialeah Miami Lakes where they won their first drum trophy for best drumline in their class and consulted at schools like G. Holmes Braddock, Hialeah High, and Miami Coral Park as well as assisting in arranging Miami Coral Park's percussion book for the 2001 season. Rolando is currently instructing at Miami Palmetto Sr. High school where he has been there since the 2000 season. On top of it all he is now currently the Battery Instructor for The South Florida Percussion Company winter drumline in Miami, FL, where he has been there since 2002.

Noah Belamy
Mr. Bellamy has spent the last ten years as an in demand performer, arranger, and educator. He has arranged music that has been performed by Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Grammy Award Winner Bob Belden, Grammy Award Nominee Fred Hersch, and Grammy Award Nominee Conrad Herwig. University Big Bands from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Florida have also performed his works. In 2004, The New York All-State Honor Jazz Ensemble performed his arrangement of 'Rapture' with guest artist Conrad Herwig. As a performer Mr. Bellamy has performed with Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame members The Four Tops, The Temptations, Frankie Valli, Lou Rawls, and The O.J.'s. He has performed with jazz greats such as The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Slide Hampton, Curtis Fuller, Phil Woods, Amhad Jamal, Conrad Herwig, Chris Potter, Dennis DiBlasio, John Fedchock, and many more. He has worked as a featured performer and soloist for Carnival Cruise Lines and in 2004 completed a 90 day, 70 city tour of North America with the highly acclaimed 'String of Pearls Orchestra'. Mr. Bellamy's education includes special studies in music theory, history and improvisation at the Internationally Acclaimed University of North Texas. In 1999, Mr. Bellamy received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University where he studied with jazz legend David Baker, and in 2003 he received his Masters in Music from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. In 2000, Mr. Bellamy was chosen as one of three finalists to take part in the new jazz program at The Juilliard School of Music. Mr. Bellamy currently teaches Jazz Band, Concert Band, Orchestra, Marching Band, and Music Theory at Miami Beach Senior High School. He is also the director of the award winning Miami Beach Senior High School Winter Drumline. He is currently a member of the Florida Music Educators Association, The Florida Bandmasters Association, the Florida Orchestra Association and serves as the Dade County Representative for the South Florida Winter Guard Association.

Justin Belcher
Percussion has been a huge part of Justin Belcher's life for over fifteen years, during which time he has played in various scholastic, collegiate, DCI, and WGI marching and symphonic ensembles. Justin currently arranges for the Ledford Indoor Percussion Ensemble directed by Lenny Keesee. Before joining LIPE, Justin served as the battery caption head for the WGI PIO Virginia Helmsmen from 2005-2007, and has extensive experience teaching and writing for numerous scholastic programs throughout WV, VA, NC, and TX. Justin is a member of the Vic Firth Education Team as a marching percussion specialist. After graduating from Virginia Tech with a degree in computer science and a masters in human-computer interaction Justin moved to Durham, NC, where he works for SAS Institute as an interaction designer. When he's not working Justin performs with the Raleigh Civic Symphony, Raleigh Chamber Orchestra, and Triangle Brass Band in Raleigh, NC.

Greg Bimm
Greg Bimm has been director of bands at Marian Catholic High School since 1977. Under his direction, the Marian Band has grown from 70 to over 280 members, has earned over 600 awards and honors, and has become one of the premier high school band programs in the United States. Marian’s Marching Band is undefeated in its class in Illinois State competition since 1980 and has been named Bands of America Summer National Champion five consecutive years and Bands of America Grand National Champion in 1985, 1987, 1988,1989, 1994, 1997, and 2000 (The only band ever to win more than three times). The marching band was the Illinois representative to the 2001 U.S. Presidential Inaugural parade. Mr. Bimm has received four National Band Association Citations of Excellence and one NBA Certificate of Merit, was named the 1983 national winner of the ASBDA Stanbury award for young band directors. In 1994, Bimm was elected to membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. A native of Peru, Illinois, Mr. Bimm holds degrees from Illinois State and Western Illinois Universities. His professional affiliations include ABA, ASBDA, IMEA, MENC, NCBA, NBA, Phi Beta Mu, and Phi Mu Alpha. He is a current member and past chairman of the Bands of America Advisory Board, has served on the Illinois High School Association Music Advisory Committee and has served as Band Division chairman.

Edwin Bogert
Brass Arranger, Clinician Staff coordinator of Jubal D&B corps Dordrecht, Holland. Brass arranger for several D&B corps/bands (e.g. Jubal, Wolper Lowen). Performed with Madison Scouts '94 through '97, with Jubal since '84

Carlos Botello
Carlos Botello began his DCI marching career with Lone Star Drum and Bugle Corps in 1995-1997 marching snare all three years. In 1999 he was an age out of Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps, placing 4th at DCI Midwest I&E, 3rd at DCI I&E, 3rd at the Percussive Arts Society College snare drum individual’s competition. In 2000, he also played snare in the Blue Knights WGI World Class Champion Percussion Ensemble, and took 2nd place at the Percussive Arts Society College snare drum individual’s competition. Botello has marched and studied with percussion instructors Mickey Hartzog, John Wooton, Allan Murray, Brian Stevens, Doug Rosener, and Curtis Pierre. Botello holds a B.A. in Music Education from New Mexico Highlands University and teaches High School band in the Dallas area. He has instructed and arranged for many groups including Lake Wood High School Winter Drumline in 2000(Percussion Staff); Manzano High School Marching Band & Winter Drumline in 2003-2004(Arranger/Caption Head); 2005 Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps(Percussion Staff), 2006 Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps(Percussion Staff). Botello is currently starting his second season as the Percussion Caption Head/Arranger for Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps in San Antonio, Texas, and is endorsed by Promark drum sticks.

Robert Brannock
Robert Brannock holds a Masters degree in Percussion Performance and Conducting from the University of North Texas and a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Ball State University. While at UNT, he served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the percussion department, teaching undergraduate percussion studies. His performance experiences range from marching band and drum corps to concert and world percussion. He has appeared as a guest artist, clinician, and conductor in Japan, Illinois, Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Floridia, and Texas. An active educator, Mr. Brannock has held the position Assistant Director and Director of Bands and Percussion Coordinator at high schools in Indiana and Texas. Currently, he serves as a Percussion Specialist at Prosper ISD and Percussion Caption Head for Frontier Drum and Bugle Corps in Texas. Under his direction, his ensembles have had the honor of performing with such artists as Ney Rosauro, Steve Houghton, Michael Burritt, Gregg Bissonette, Paul Wertico, Liam Teague and Arthur Lipner, among others. His ensembles have seen success in both marching and concert percussion, including the 2000 Indiana Percussion Association State Champion Lake Central Drumline and 2002 IPA runner-up Lake Effect concert percussion ensemble. His ensembles have also earned WGI Regional Championship titles and numerous High Percussion awards. Concert and marching bands under his direction have consistent Superior ratings and Awards of Distinction to their credit in Texas and Indiana, including appearnaces at the Indiana State Marching Band Finals, Bands of America Regionals and Grand Nationals and top honors at various national music festivals. His percussion students have gone on to win auditions with regional orchestras, Texas and Indiana All-Region and All-State Bands, the Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment, Southwind, Blue Knights, Carolina Crown, and Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps, various WGI Independent World groups, as well as being accepted on scholarship to university undergraduate and graduate music programs throughout the country. Mr. Brannock has been an active wind and percussion adjudicator, composer and arranger, member of the Board of Directors for the Indiana Percussion Association and a design consultant for the Zildjian Essential Series line of mallets. He is published with Row-Loff Productions and is an endorser/artist for Innovative Percussion and Dynasty USA. He holds professional memberships in the Percussive Arts Society, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, the College Music Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, Golden Key and Kappa Delta Pi.

Phil Brown
Phil Brown is percussion caption head for the Kidsgrove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, Staffordshire, England. His relationship with the corps started back in 1993 when he first arranged for and taught the corps while he was still marching with the Madison Scouts in the USA. After his age out in 2004 he stayed on in America for a further two years as tenor tech for the Capital Sound Drum & Bugle, Madison, Wisconsin whilst also teaching and arranging for the Senators Drum & Bugle Corps back in England. In 1997 Phil returned to Kidsgrove Scouts as percussion arranger, instructor and took on a major role in show selection and design. He has played a huge part in the many exciting productions that the corps has put on the field throughout the years. He also has excellent experience and talent in writing and teaching the battery and has taught and arranged for many Drum & Bugle Corps around the world including the US, Japan, UK and Holland. Phil has also been responsible for forging the new partnership with Dynasty over the last year. Phil marched with the Madison Scouts, Madison WI (92, 93 94), Sunrisers, Birmingham, England (87, 88, 89, 91) and started his career with the Leek Commodore Cadets as a member of the horn line when he was only knee high.

Keith Bryson
Marching experience includes Lemoore High School marching band, Fresno state marching band, and Valley Independent Percussion. I am still hoping to march a drum corp before i age out and march a world class indepdendent winterline. I Currently instruct the battery at El Diamante High School. I attend West Hills Community College in Lemoore, CA and plan on transfering to Fresno State University to major in Music: Percussion performence and maybe minor in composition. Would like to give a big thanks to all my former band and percussion instructors for making me the player that i am today: John Ecker, Mike Porter, Anthony Sidney, David Glyde, Shawn Glyde, Eddie Montoya, Adam Caudell, and Alex Herra.