Forest High School Band
Posted by Mark Welsh on November 10, 2021, 3:10 am
I was honored to be part of the Forest High School Band from 1971 to 1974. Unfortunately, my father took another job in our home state of Tennessee when I was a sophmore and we moved. Actually went to 3 more high schools after Forest (Tyner in Chattanooga, Ooltewah in Ooltewah, and graduated from Shelbyville Central in Shelbyville, Tennessee. I played trombone along with Scott Palmer, Darwin Hatch, Bill Blackwell, Ben Crowell, and Harry Myers. My final year at Forest in 1974, Lowery Brown joined our T-Bone ensemble. I didn't play in the band my senior year of high school as I was tired of moving and learning new routines every year. But my favorite was definitely Forest under the directorship of Doug Harvel. At the time we were 18 straight years of all superior at contest. Always wondered how far it got before the chain was broken. While at Forest we went to contests at Atlanta, Georgia and Enid, Oklahoma. We were invited to go to Switzerland but rural Mississippi in the early 70's was not a place of immense wealth and it was going to cost each band member $1000 to go. Seems pocket change now but not back then. Our drum majors during my time there was Ginny Lee, Kim Red, Diane O'Bannon, Lisa Lane. After I left Lori Fountain in 1977 and Lori Red in 1978 took the baton. Have been back through Forest twice since I moved, once in 1979 after I got out of Basic Training in the Air Force and once in 2013 when I took a motorcycle trip with friends through Mississippi. Stopped at True Value lumber and saw one of my old bandmates working there. Time definitely flies!! Good luck to future members of the band .... you carry a tradition upon your shoulders that is rich and has been around a long time. Mark Welsh Shelbyville, Tennessee The picture attached was in 1972 when I was 1st chair trombone at Forest Middle School under Mr Rigby. free pic hosting sites
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