1.   And Stephens says band directors continue to push instruments sold exclusively by Alto Tatum.

2.   And who better to make that recommendation, he says, than a band director?

3.   As it turns out, the committee did not reprimand the band director.

4.   Band director Ron Chapman winced playfully.

5.   Band president David Adkins invited the new band director to join his wife and kids at a Cracker Barrel restaurant.

6.   Benjamin Sands, band director at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington, knows that situation.

7.   Both bands gathered at midfield under the direction of La Grange band director Ed Lowes and played America the Beautiful.

8.   A plan by the band director to dedicate a concert to him was scaled back by the school district.

9.   According to Ian MacGregor, assistant superintendent of Defiance City Schools, students without enough money could receive the needed supplies from the band director.

10.   ACOG will distribute nomination forms to band directors in January.