Brandon Fink
Brandon
Fink is a native Oklahoman and began his color guard training at Putnam
City North High School in Oklahoma City, Okla. He continued to expand his
passion for performance with Sarajevo Winter Guard of Siloam Springs, Ark. in
2004 and Insignia Winter Guard of Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas from 2005 to 2007. In
2008, Brandon choreographed and performed for WGI Independent A Class Finalist
Eclectix Winter Guard of Oklahoma City, Okla. He also choreographed and
performed for 2009 WGI Independent A Class Finalist Central Independent of
Edmond, Okla. Brandon was a member of the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps from
2005 to 2008. Most recently, he has worked with various programs throughout the
St. Louis area and has taken on the role of Artistic Director for La Voûte
Performance Ensemble. This will be his 2nd season with the Cavaliers Drum
& Bugle Corps Visual Staff.
In
2011, Brandon received his B.F.A. in Dance Performance from the University of
Central Oklahoma. His pre-professional experience includes R.A.C.E. Dance
Company and UCO Kaleidoscope Dance Company. Upon graduation, Brandon attended
the American Dance Festival School where he was selected for the 2011
Past/Forward Gala to perform Twyla Tharp’s “Sweet Fields.” In 2012, he was
selected for the River North Dance Chicago Summer Apprenticeship Program under
the direction of Frank Chavez. Brandon was a company member with the Modern
American Dance Company from 2011 to 2016, The Muny in Fiddler On The Roof
(2016), Variety Theatre in Wizard Of Oz in 2017 and The Little Mermaid in 2018,
Opera Theatre of St. Louis in Orfeo and Euridice in 2018 and with the Bach
Society of St. Louis in Bach In Motion in 2019. He is also an active member of
the Actors’ Equity Association and The American Guild of Musical Artists.
Brandon’s
choreography has been presented at the Big Muddy Dance Company, the University
of Missouri at St. Louis, The University of Central Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic
University, the American College Dance Festival, the Oklahoma Contemporary
Dance Festival, the St. Louis Arts Alliance, the American Dance Troupe, The Big
Muddy Convergence Trainee Program and MADCO.
You
can find him on Instagram @finkbrandonc
Sam Wallace
Sam has been a part of the color guard community as a performer, spintern, and instructor for the past eight years. She has spent 6 of those performing with the Spintronix Indoor Guard, and the last three as the instructor for Rock Bridge High School color guard. He has been a Spintern for several years in our program and this is their first year as a full Spinstructor!
You can find them on Instagram @leighace1313
Greg Burrell
Greg joined the Spintronix camp
staff in 2019, but has been a performer and then choreographer with the South
Shore Drill Team in Chicago basically all his life. With performances in
parades, winter guard competitions, and then students under his command, Greg
has excelled in all areas of the color guard world.
You can find him on Instagram
@gb_cool
Allie Davison
This year is Allie’s third camp as a staff member at Spintronix. He has been teaching band and colorguard since 2012. He is currently teaching at Palm harbor University High school and has also spent some time teaching at Countryside High School. Along with this experience he has also spent time making technique videos and occasional guest appearances on the Spintronix YouTube channel. Allie is a fresh graduate of USF with his degree in Music Education.
Allie has been one of the most consistent parts of the education team at Heat Wave Drum and Bugle Corps. Since joining the guard staff in 2016 Allie has been able to see their growth from the beginnings of the drum corps. Allie’s experience working with a wide variety of groups throughout his teaching career is a strong asset that makes him an important part in both the design and education teams. Allie is a well rounded educator and I am thankful that he has chosen to be a part of our staff once again for the 2020 camp.
You can find him on Instagram @princeallie94
Brittany Roberts
Brittany Roberts started her Colorguard journey at Marion Junior High in Marion, AR in 1999, she performed with her High School Colorguard from 2000-2004. In 2004 Brittany marched her first year of drum and bugle corps with Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps, which she did through 2006. In 2007 she began co-instructing at Fayette Academy in Tennessee; here she taught fall and winter of 2007, 2008, and 2011. Cordova High School in Cordova, TN is where she spent the majority of her color guard teaching career, 2009-2015; Brittany took a year off to focus on her first-born Jaden. January of 2017, she began co-instructing fall and winter guard at Houston High School in Germantown, Tn, has been the head coach since 2018 , she was also blessed with her second born, Charlotte during this time, and is currently the head coach there today. Through the years Mrs. Roberts has written choreography at Collierville High School and Marion High School.
Spinstuctor:
Brittany and Jackie met at Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps during the 2005 season. Jackie invited Brittany to teach at Spintronix’s second weekend camp in 2010. She loved it so much that she continued to come out every year through 2017. Unfortunately, after 2017 she has not been able to teach camp due to starting a family and attending Arkansas State University to study Early Childhood Education. Though these are trying times for us all, she expressed her excitement to be able to teach the Intermediate rifle class during the Spintronix Virtual camp this year. Brittany plans on being a part of the Spintronix family for life.
You can find her on Instagram @mzroberts511
Haakon Burntvedt
Haakon returns for his ninth year as a Spintronix camp staff member! He was a performer with the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps for six years, and during that time won the DCI Independent & Ensemble gold medal for his color guard solo performance. He has also been a cast and staff member of Orlando Visual winter guard and staff at Pegasus winter guard, in addition to his work as a performer at both Universal Studios and Disney World in Orlando.
You can find him on Instagram
@haakonb87
Robert Jordan
Robert
Jordan is an instructor and performer from Southern California that has
traveled around the world spreading his passion for colorguard. Robert has
marched with The Blue Devils, RCC Marching Tigers, Gold, and Fantasia
Winterguard. He works with multiple World, Open, and A Class groups each season
on top of doing clinics, giving private lessons, and teaching others in the
community how to campaign effectively and market themselves properly on social
media. He strives to not only make colorguard a household word, but to help the
outside world understand the possibilities that are available within the modern
day marching arts community.
You can
find him on Instagram @thatguywhospins
Anna Carter
Anna has been on staff at Spintronix for 9 years as a teambuilding/leadership director, technician, instructor, choreographer, and Assistant Director. She is also the one behind the camera/computer to produce our vlogs for Youtube. She has taught Teambuilding, Leadership, Dance and Flag at several of our weekend and summer camps over the last 9 years. By day, Anna works with special education students at a local elementary school. Whenever she is not spinning or at work, Anna enjoys traveling, photography/videography, being out in nature, and volunteering as a youth leader at her church. Fun Fact: Anna is the person who first taught Jackie how to spin a flag! It is amazing to see what has come of that.
You can find her on Instagram @annamcarter
Angie Mayhue
Angie has marched DCI
for five years, aging out as a member of the Boston Crusaders color guard, and
then was a staff member of the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps after that. She
has also spent four years as a cast member of the world champion Pride of
Cincinnati winter guard. She has amassed a large social media following for her
color guard skills and plans to one day become an actress. She loves color
guard because it’s an opportunity to be creative and have fun.
You can find her on
Instagram @angie_mayhue
Jackie Brown
Jackie has been
involved in color guard and the marching arts since 2001 as a performer,
instructor, and judge. She is most well known for her instructional video
series on YouTube titled "#HowToColorGuard" and as a freelance color
guard choreographer & technician across the country. Her most notable
performance resume includes membership in the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps
world class color guard, and dancing in the Ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic
games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an instructor, she has coached a large
number of high school and independent teams of varying size and location across
the western hemisphere, including Legends Drum and Bugle Corps, Spintronix
Indoor Guard, and the Brazilian Vanguard. She has been judging color guard and
winter guard across the central United States since 2010, a volunteer staff
member for the Macy's Great American Marching Band since 2009, and executive
director of Spintronix Color Guard, a company providing color guard educational
services, since 2008.
You can find her on
Instagram @spintronixguard
Ama Adams
Ama began her color guard career as a band helper in middle school, then worked her way up to become the captain of her high school color guard. She spent two years performing with the Spintronix Indoor Guard before going on to college and competing in WGI as a member of Andesine winter guard from University of Central Missouri. She later returned to her hometown to teach the color guard at her alma mater and become a Spintern for several years at Spintronix, where she had already been creating instructional videos for their social media for some time. This is her first time teaching a live class online and she is very excited to bring you all some fun content!
You
can find her on Instagram @ama_marie97
