Artie
Adams is entering his 18th 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.
Adams and his wife, Sheila, have two children, Andrew and Abbey.
During
Adams' tenure as director, the varsity band 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. For the past three years, the marching Band of Braves finished 5th at the Class 4-A Overall
State Championships. In May 2009, the SJH band received national
recognition when it represented Mississippi in the National memorial
Day Parade in Washington, D.C. Additionally, for 16 consecutive years,
SJH has placed students in the internationally acclaimed Mississippi
Lion's All-State Band.
Craig Miller, originally from Cincinnati,
Ohio, is entering his sixth
season as band director at South Jones. He has lived in Mississippi for 17
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.
Miller's wife, April, is also a teacher at South Jones.
 "The only place success come before work is in the dictionary." Vince Lombardi
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