~Bobcat Band~

 

5321 Jacksboro Pike                  CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BAND                  Knoxville, TN  37918

 

           

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BOBCAT BAND

Decades of Tradition

Central High School Band ~ 1927-1999

 

The Central High School band, the oldest in Knox County, has long been a source of pride for the Fountain City community.  The school celebrated its 1906-2006 Centennial and the Bobcat Band Boosters is proud to offer a three-hour documentary video of the history of the band available as a two-disc DVD set.  The video includes photos, clippings, memorabilia, and interviews with alumni from the 1930s to the 1990s.  Over a year and a half in the making, the video history was created by David Dixon, Gresham Middle School band director and Central assistant director since 1982.

 

The Bobcat Band Boosters are accepting orders for this 2-DVD set, available for a $25 (or larger) tax-deductible donation to Bobcat Band Boosters The video is 3 hours and 23 minutes, and was professionally duplicated and packaged by Graceworks Studio.

 

Order forms are available at the Gresham Middle School office, through local music stores, or by using the following link:  Bobcat Band - Decades of Tradition

 

A preview of the DVD can be seen online from Gresham Middle School's Website -

http://www.gresham-ms.knox.k12.tn.us/chsband.html

 

 

 

Excerpts from Bobcat Band history:                   The CHS fight song, Red and Black, was composed by

                                                                                           O'Dell Willis.  It was written in the late 1930's

CHS Alma Mater     Red and Black                        soon after Mr. Willis came to Central in 1937.

(early 1970's recordings)

                                                     

 

Red and Black was rearranged in 1971 and again in the 1970's.

The version that is performed today is the late 1970's version.                                                      

 

 

For the 1961-1962 school year, Central High School Band

was led by its first female drum major.....  Beverly Towry Hundley!

 

Clarinet Player

  1929-1930  

      

1948-1949 officers modeling the new uniforms

bought in 1948.  The drum major is Colbert Petree,

long-time Northwest Middle School band director.

 

Central High Band Directors

 

1927-1929: Neil Gray and C. C. Cottrell
1929-1930: Neil Gray
1930-1935: Band was discontinued during the Depression
1935-1937: Malcolm Morrison
1937-1946: O'Dell Willis
1946-1949: Lillard Luttrell
1949-1971: O'Dell Willis (deceased, 1984)
1971-1999: Norman Woodall (deceased, 2002)
1999-2002: Greg Basham
2002-2003: Laura Borchert
2003-present: Joshua Jackson