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SOUTH JONES BAND OF BRAVES Directors: Artie Adams and Craig Miller LINK TO SJ BAND WEB SITE: http://sites.google.com/site/southjonesband (Link created by Andrew Adams)
CONGRATULATIONS TO ARTIE ADAMS

South Jones High School Band Director Artie Adams has been named the “2009 Most Outstanding Bandmaster for the State of Mississippi.” This tremendous honor was voted on, and presented to him by his peers on December 11, 2009, at the annual Band Directors’ Convention held in Tupelo.

Achievements
Artie Adams is entering his 17th year as director of bands at South Jones High School. Adams attended JCJC where he was drum captain for the Maroon Typhoon marching band. he earned his bachelor's and master's of education degrees at the University of Southern Mississippi. Adams was the 1993 A. E. McLain Outstanding Young Band Director for Mississippi and the 1999 Outstanding Director for the District Five Band Director's Association. He has served on three Mississippi Lion's All-State Band staffs as percussion director for the 2007 International Lions Parade Champions. Adams has been a Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year for Jones County, a Jones County AEE Award of Excellence in Education teacher, Who's Who Among American Teachers, STAR Teacher for South Jones and 2006-2007 SJH Teacher of the Year. Adams has served two terms as president of the Southeast Mississippi Band Director's Association. Under the direction of Artie Adams, the South Jones High School Band has built a reputation as one of the most outstanding performing groups in the state of Mississippi. For the past 16 years, South Jones has consistently received superior ratings and won first place awards in marching, concert and sight-reading at festivals and contests in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. South Jones has finished in the top five finals in the Mississippi Marching Band Championships in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Also, South Jones was chosen to represent the state of Mississippi in the 2009 National memorial Day parade in Washington, D.C. South Jones has consistently placed numerous students in All-Star and All-State Bands during the past 16 years. South Jones Band students have performed in Boston, San Diego, New York, Chicago, Denver, San Diego, Indianapolis, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Rome, and Vienna, Austria. Artie often serves as an adjudicator and clinician for band contests and clinics around the state of Mississippi. Away from school activities, he is a member of the Hattiesburg City Band, and he is an active member of his church choir. In his leisure time, Artie enjoys running in 5K races and riding his motorcycle. Artie and his wife, Sheila, have two children, Andrew and Abbey, who play the baritone and trombone respectively. Craig Miller, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, is entering his fifth season as band director at South Jones. He has lived in Mississippi for 16 years. Miller earned a bachelor of music education from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and has taught instrumental music for 16 years. In 1998 Miller was recognized as the North Forrest High School Teacher of the Year and the Forrest County School District Teacher of the Year. Also in 1998, he was selected as North Forrest's STAR Teacher. Miller was named the AEE Award of Excellence recipient for South Jones Middle School in 2007. Since 1996, Miller has served as secretary of the Southeast Mississippi Band Directors' Association. He plays in the French horn section of the Hattiesburg City Band and sings tenor in the Heritage Methodist Church choir. In his spare time, he enjoys riding his motorcycle. Miller's wife, April, is also a teacher at South Jones.


			DRUM MAJORS: Andrew Sanderson Ashton Robertson

			COLOR GUARD: Row 1: Courtney Stewart, Savannah Boswell, Alden Swindle, Alana Cupit, Leslie Porter, and Juanita Gordon Row 2: Ambreanna Bridges, Whitney Smith, Ginger Holifield, Courtney Collins, Lacey Schrader, Ashley Smith, and Bobbie Jackson Row 3: Kelli Robertson, Hannah Butler, Melissa Laird, Kressida Rice, Lori Ellzey, Amber Long, and Brooklyn Mills

			CLARINETS: Floor: Samantha Garner and Emily Jones Row 1: Kristi Holifield, Holly Lyndall, Rebecca Adams, Melody Gatlin, Heather Chittenden, and Courtney Creel Row 2: Jessica Carvo, Brianna Evans, Abby Johnston, Kelly Ingram, Peyton Roney, Anna Beth Bryant, and Jenna Blackwell Row 3: Taylor Johnston, Dominique Moffett, Jessica Davis, Krissy Green, Paris Leggett, and Hannah Hodges

			FLUTES: Row 1: Samantha Windham, Sarah Bush, Brandi Boleware, Savanna Parish, Katie Wilson, and Robin Wynn Row 2: Jessie Sullivan, Bethany Smith, Summer Holbrook, Sarah Shannon, Terra Welborn, Selina Dixon, and Hannah Carvo

			PERCUSSION: Row 1: Haley Biglane, Hannah Beech, Nick Hall, Lexus Peppers, Madeline Welch, and Kellie Herrington Row 2: Hunter Carpenter, Kalyb Sims, Jake Davis, Kiran Singh, Savannah Jordan, Ellen Hwang, and Maia McCollum Row 3: John Babbidge, Xavier Carpenter, Keviin Ford, DyQuon Wheeler, Jordan James, Arrin Adams, and Cole McLain

			SAXOPHONES: Row 1: Corby Guy, Victoria McKenzie, Lindsay James, and Althea Johnson Row 2: Carrie Welborn, Maddie Walters, Mandy McCool, Arielle Baugh, and Trace Johnson

			TROMBONES and BARITONES: Row 1: Jeremiah Stevens and Clint Tisdale Row 2: Landon James, Cayden Hill, and Abbey Adams Row 3: Rease Patrick, Brandon Pitts, Andrew Watson, and Justin Jones Not pictured: Coby Robertson

			TRUMPETS: Row 1: Allen Boleware, Katlyn Malone, Felicitas Adolf, and Chelsea Walters Row 2: Michael Clark, Caleb Gilbeau, Brittney Lack, Dianna Godwin, Jessica Rice, and Kayla Pitts Row 3: Emilee Carvo, Daniel Sullivan, Ty Walters, Kevin Grayson, Erin Brady, and Zane Stewart

			TUBAS and MELLOPHONES: Row 1: Josie Pitts, Ryan Crowe, Corey Wade, and Paige Pritchard Row 2: Logan Colbert, Alex Tisdale, Adam Jordan, Broderick Drakeford, Tyler Everett, and Josh Walker

			SENIORS: Row 1: Samantha Garner, Courtney Stewart, Ambreanna Bridges, Melissa Laird, Lori Ellzey, Kelli Robertson, Amber Long, Heather Chittenden Row 2: Terra Welborn, Josie Pitts, Krissy Green, Jessica Davis, Jessica Carvo, Ashton Robertson, Summer Holbrook, Melody Gatlin, Lindsay James, and Sarah Shannon Row 3: Paris Leggett, Josh Walker, Zane Stewart, John Babbidge, Rease Patrick, Jordan James, Arrin Adams, Justin Jones, Ryan Crowe, and Emily Jones

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