Meet the WCHS Band Staff
Craig Everett - Director of Bands
Mr. Everett has been band director at West Carteret High School since January, 1995. He is currently in his twenty-sixth year of teaching. He is a past president of the Eastern District Bandmasters Association and also serves as the North Carolina All-State Honors Band Chairman. In 1997, Mr. Everett was awarded the Award of Excellence by the North Carolina State Bandmaster's Association, and in 1999 he was inducted into the American School Band Directors Association. He also received the Edith Stahl Kraft Outstanding Teacher Award for Carteret County Schools in 1999. In December 2000, Mr. Everett adjudicated the Fiesta Bowl National Band Championships in Tempe, Arizona and also continues to judge extensively in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia in both concert band festivals and marching band competitions. He is a two-time Time Warner Star Teacher winner in 2003 and 2005.
Mr. Wright graduated from East Carolina University with an undergraduate degree in Music Education. He received his Masters of Music in percussion performance at Northwestern University. Mr. Wright is also an alumnus of Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps from Charlotte, NC. He is currently in his sixth year as a full time teacher at West Carteret High School. Under Mr. Wright's direction, the drum line and percussion ensemble are active in various Percussive Arts Society and Winter Guard International events both regionally and nationally. He serves as head marching band director and teaches the two school jazz ensembles. In his spare time he books for and performs with his Latin steel drum band, Panyélo. Mr. Wright is an Innovative Percussion educator and endorses all of their products.
Goober has a longer relationship with the West Carteret band program than any other staff member or director. His tenure with the Marching Patriots began more than 15 years ago. During this time he has built the colorguard program into a consistent award winner. His colorguard teaching background spans over twenty years. He also instructed the Rocky Mount Senior High marching band, winning three national championships at Bands of America in the early 1980's. He is currently the Student Activities Coordinator and Media Center Assistant at West Carteret High School.
Dave graduated from East Carolina University in December of 1998. His studio saxophone instructors were Peter Mills and Jeff Bair. While at East Carolina Dave was a member of the ECU Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Scott Carter from 1996 until graduation. While attending ECU, Dave was involved in numerous ensembles including concert band, marching band, jazz band, wind ensemble sax quartet, and university pep band. After Graduation, Dave enrolled into Graduate School at East Carolina University. Currently, he is pursuing a masters in Instrumental Conducting with Dr. Scott Carter. Dave is currently the band director at Newport Middle School, a feeder school to West. Under his direction the band program has received consistent superior ratings at the North Carolina State Concert Band Festival since the schools inception. He is an active clinician in North Carolina. His overwhelming enthusiasm for instrumental music education makes him an irreplaceable facet of the West Carteret High School Band Program.