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Keep The Music Playing Gala! November 16, 2025!
Photo Courtesy of the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama; photograph by Michael Thomason
Our History
Our History
The Excelsior Band has had a diverse and exciting history. We are working to bring this history together as a collection to be made available to viewed the public and the citizens of our Port City. This photo of the Excelsior Band (circa 1988) demonstrates the varied and impressive history of fantastic musicians who have been members of the band as well as the musicianship involved in the band's continuation as an institution in the City of Mobile.
A History in Photographs, Artifacts and Musical Performance
A History in Photographs, Artifacts and Musical Performance
The Excelsior Marching Brass Band
The Excelsior Marching Brass Band
circa 1940
circa 1940
Photo Credit: Unavailable
The Excelsior Marching Brass Band at Alabama Folklife Festival in Montgomery , Alabama
The Excelsior Marching Brass Band at Alabama Folklife Festival in Montgomery , Alabama
Photo by Mark Gooch
"Here Comes The Excelsior Band!" A Newspaper Article from 1983,
from the Excelsior Band Preservation Archives.
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"Here Comes The Excelsior Band!" A Newspaper Article from 1983,
from the Excelsior Band Preservation Archives.
We welcome your archival photographs, newspaper articles and other historical documents to grow this collection. Visit the "Remembering Our History" section below to connect with the opportunity to add to the archive.
The James Seals Collection
The James Seals Collection
James Seals Collection
James Seals Collection
James M. Seals, Jr., was a long serving member and former Director of the Excelsior Band. He was a band director in the Mobile County Public School System and at Bishop State Community College, and President of the Down the Bay Community Organization. The James M. Seals, Jr. Park and Community Center in the Down the Bay community are named in his honor.
He provided an oral and photographic history of the Excelsior Band to the University of South Alabama. We thank our friends in the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library for their kind assistance in partnership for information about this collection. You may visit or contact the team at the McCall Library by selecting either of the links below.
James Seals, Jr. former Director of the Excelsior Band
Photo Courtesy of USA McCall Library
The James Seales Collection is housed with our partner at the University of South Alabama in the The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library located in the USA Marx Library. Learn more about the collection and the McCall Archives here.
Remembering Our History
Remembering Our History
Donation of Artifacts is welcomed! Please contact us here to provide information about your potential donation to the Excelsior Band Preservation Collection.
Contact Us for more information. Email: excelsiorband1883@gmail.com
Phone: 251-666-2963 or 251-377-2735.
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