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A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Bound volume, paper (excerpt)
Physical Dimensions
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8.5"x11"
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, 1937
Subject
The topic of the resource
Georgia--Fulton County
New Deal
Work Progress Administration
Schools
North Fulton High School
Blantown (col.) School
Benjamin H Neely School
Cascade School
Milton High School
Sandtown School
Campbell High School
Russell High School
Alonzo Richardson High School
Fulton High School
Red Oak School
Cedar Grove School
Description
An account of the resource
Excerpt from minutes of Fulton County Board of Education related to WPA projects.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Fulton County Board of Education
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1937
Rights
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<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No copyright </a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Paper document (excerpt) from bound volume, 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board records, Volume January 1930-December 8, 1937, 37-1019, Shelf A-1-1
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1937.brec.37-1019
Alonzo Richardson High School
Benjamin H Neely School
Blantown (col.) School
Campbell High School
Cascade School
Cedar Grove School
Fulton High School
Milton High School
North Fulton High School
Red Oak School
Russell High School
Sandtown School
Works Progress Administration
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Fulton County Board of Education Records
Subject
The topic of the resource
Fulton County Board of Education Minutes and Records Related to Board Operations
Description
An account of the resource
Originally, the board was comprised of twelve, elected members. They were E.Y. Clarke, Jesse M. Cook, R.B. Hicks, Seaborn Jones, superintendent Jethro W. Manning, E.H. Muse, P.L. Mynatt, William C. Parker, Isaac Steinheimer, Benjamin R. Walker, William A. Wilson and chairman Joseph Winship. In 1872 however, an amendment to the Laws of 1870 required board members to be appointed by county grand juries (instead of elected by militia districts), and the board was reduced to five. In 1984, the law was reversed again, resulting in seven, elected board members, with an appointed superintendent. Since 1986, this has been its structure and organization.
Board records produced in the last decade will not be posted on this web site. See fultonschools.org for recent records.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Fulton County Board of Education
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1871-2008
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Open to research. Use and reproduction is pending review by Fulton Schools Archives, unless specified as unrestricted at individual item level.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
FCS Archives Board Records Collection, Shelves A and B. Originals: bound volumes and document boxes.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper documents
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
8.5"x11" (Willingham invoices, 7.75"x8.5")
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Federal Emergency Relief Administration records of Fulton County Schools, 1935
Subject
The topic of the resource
Georgia--Fulton County
New Deal, 1933-1939
Federal Emergency Relief Administration of Georgia
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Construction contracts
Ada M. Barker
Jere A. Wells
Beehive School
Pearson School
Benjamin H Neely School
Center Hill Colored School
Fulton High School
North Fulton High School
SR Young School
Simpson Road Colored School
Willingham-Taft Lumber Company
Description
An account of the resource
Records, receipts and correspondence related to federally funded construction projects of facilities for the Fulton County Board of Education during the Great Depression.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Fulton County Board of Education
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1935
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No copyright</a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Paper documents, 8.5"x11" (7.75"x8.5", 4)
FCS Archives, Board records, Shelf B-1-5, box 28
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1935.brec.28
Ada M. Barker
Beehive School
Benjamin H Neely School
Center Hill Colored School
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Fulton High School
Jere A. Wells
New Deal
North Fulton High School
Pearson School
Public Works Administration
S.R. Young School
Schools
Simpson Road Colored School
Willingham-Tift Lumber Company
Works Progress Administration
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Superintendents
Subject
The topic of the resource
Material produced by the office of the Superintendent of Fulton County Schools
Description
An account of the resource
This collection features documents, correspondence and publications produced by the Superintendents' office.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper document
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
10.5"x7"
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Lt. Robert Ellis to Superintendent Jere A. Wells, 1943
Subject
The topic of the resource
Georgia--Fulton County
Oklahoma--Norman
Correspondence
World War II
US Navy
Teacher
Superintendent
Robert R. Ellis
Jere A. Wells
Description
An account of the resource
Superintendent of Fulton County Schools, Jere A. Wells, requested that personnel granted military leave during World War II correspond with his office while in service.
Lt. Robert Ellis was on faculty at Fulton High School when his service with the US Navy began in 1942. From the Naval Training School in Norman, Oklahoma, Ellis writes to Wells about his training.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Jere A Wells
Robert R. Ellis
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1943
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/UND/1.0/?language=en">Copyright undetermined</a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Paper document, 10.5"x7"
FCS Archives, Superintendents collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 4, Folder 2
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1943.supt.4.2.10
Fulton High School
Jere A. Wells
Robert R Ellis
superintendents
teacher
US Navy
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The Greater Atlanta Music Festival of 1939-1950:
A Showcase of Patriotism and Democracy
William E. Fry
(2021)
Marching band festivals are important and exciting events for high school band programs.
Since no equivalent of a Georgia Music Educator Association (GMEA) marching band Large Group
Performance Evaluation (LGPE) exists, many directors utilize marching band festival ratings as a
barometer of the success of their programs and as a motivational tool for students. The marching band
festival/competition movement began in the late 1960s and early 1970s; yet, often overlooked is the
popular Greater Atlanta Music Festival (GAMF), Georgia's first large-scale marching festival, held at
Georgia Tech's Grant Field from 1939 through 1950. This annual event filled Grant Field each year and
produced a great amount of publicity for the participating bands; however, unlike marching band
festivals that debuted two decades later, the annual GAMF events were organized strictly as patriotic
extravaganzas.
1939 GAMF
In the early spring of 1939, the GMEA 5th District Instrumental Music Festival included the
usual large ensemble and related solos and small ensembles; however, in a major departure from
established precedent, a new Saturday night marching festival, sponsored by The Atlanta Constitution,
was added as a GMEA event. The newspaper’s first announcement of the GAMF occurred as a page
one news article on Tuesday, January 24, 1939. In addition to the normal logistical information, the
article provided rules for the April 21 Band Contest as articulated by Ben L. Sisk, band director at
Commercial High School and chairman of GMEA’s 5th District band director’s committee, who was
engaged as the GAMF coordinator.
The new GAMF represented a huge public relations benefit for the cause of music education in
the Atlanta area. Writing in his weekly message in The Atlanta Constitution, Willis A. Sutton, City of
Atlanta Schools Superintendent, exclaimed, “the purpose of this great concert is to stimulate the study
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of music and the harmonious co-operative working together that is required in order to produce a good
band.”1 In a follow-up article, Clark Howell, editor and publisher of The Atlanta Constitution,
announced that the newspaper was sponsoring the marching festival at Georgia Tech’s Grant Field in an
effort to “stimulate interest in high school music and activities.”2
To help advertise the event, and to generate exposure for the bands, The Atlanta Constitution
wrote long articles about, and attached photos of, each participating band in successive days leading up
to the GAMF. Junior division bands included: Joe E. Brown Junior High (Jimmy Rutan); Murphy
Junior High (Evelyn Sisk); O'Keefe Junior High (Owen Seitz); Richardson High (Walter Sheets);
Commercial High (Ben S. Sisk); Chamblee High and Ella W. Smillie Elementary (Dr. R. C. Edwards at
both). Senior division bands included: Tech High (N. R. Beacham); Russell High (Roy Drukenmiller);
North Fulton High (W. T. Jackson); Georgia Military Academy (G. M. A., Capt. John T. Lee); Fulton
High School (Charles E. Taylor); and Boys' High School (R. J. Martin).
To assist with the management of the night marching festival, The
Atlanta Constitution enlisted over 500 school patrol students to work as
ushers, while PTA groups joined in publicity efforts.3 Mr. Graham T.
Overgard, Director of Bands at Wayne University in Detroit, Michigan,
was hired to serve as an adjudicator and guest conductor of the massed
band performance.4 After observing each band enter and parade on the
field, Overgard selected Boys' High as winners in the senior band
category with a I rating [I = Superior; II = Excellent; III = Good]. The
Russell High Band finished second with a II rating. Other senior high
1 Willis A. Sutton, “Superintendent’s Message,” The Atlanta Constitution, April 16, 1939, p. 7B.
2 Clark Howell, ed., “Thirteen Bands Will Participate in Festival Here,” The Atlanta Constitution,
April 2,1939, p. 13A.
3 _______, “P.T.A. Urged to Back Band Festival,” The Atlanta Constitution, April 14, 1939, p. 3.
4 _______, “Michigan Band Director Will Judge Contest Here,” The Atlanta Constitution, April 11,
1939, p. 1.
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division ratings were: G. M. A., II; Tech High, III; North Fulton High, III; and Fulton High Band, III.
Henry F. Reid, Jr., drum major of the University of Alabama Band, adjudicated the drum majors
and drum majorettes. Russell Ellis of Boys' High was selected the most outstanding male; Mary Helen
Hodges of Russell High won in the female category. In his recap of the GAMF activities and
competition, Lamar Q. Ball wrote, “The never-falling Mary Helen Hodges, of Russell High School,
twirled a baton with an easy facility that won her first place among the talented young majorettes, in a
competition that was baffling.”5
The GAMF closed with Overgard conducting the massed band in a performance of Semper
Fidelis (Sousa) and War March of the Tartars (Karl King). The grand finale included an impressive
fireworks display and the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner by a 1,000-voice chorus.6 The inaugural
Atlanta Constitution-sponsored GAMF was an overwhelming success for the organizers, music
participants and audience of over 25,000 in attendance at Grant Field.
1940 GAMF
The 1939 GAMF occurred as a program organized by the GMEA 5th District Band Division;
but, because of the size and complexity of the GAMF, The Atlanta Constitution management decided
that the 1940 GAMF and all future presentations would be stand-alone, not GMEA, events. As a result,
the 1940 GAMF was held in late spring on Saturday, May 4 at Grant Field and corresponded with the
conclusion of National Youth Week. The GAMF was organized to be the largest ever such outdoor
music event in the Southeast. Warren T. Jackson, band director at North Fulton High School and chief
organizer of the GAMF, hired Mr. Graham T. Overgard again to serve as an adjudicator and guest
conductor of the massed band. As was the case in 1939, participating bands received widespread
publicity through numerous The Atlanta Constitution articles and individual band features during the
month of April. The publicity usually included a band photo, a detailed roster of the band members, and
5 Lamar Q. Ball, ”Musicians Display Form of Veterans,” The Atlanta Constitution, April 22, 1939, p. 1.
6_______. “Patriotic Fireworks Display Will Climax Band Festival,” The Atlanta Constitution, April
20, 1939, p. 1.
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general information concerning the band. Band performances included those from Bass Junior High
(A. H. Richardson); Boys' High (R. T. Martin); Joe Brown Junior High (Jimmy Rutan); Chamblee High
(Dr. R. J. Edwards); Commercial High (Ben Logan Sisk); Fulton High (Charles E. Taylor) combined
with West Fulton High; North
Fulton High (W. T. Jackson and G.
J. Geisler); Georgia Military
Academy (G. M. A.; Capt. John
Lee); Murphy Junior High (Evelyn
Sisk); O'Keefe Junior High (Owen
Seitz); Russell High (Roy
Drukenmiller); Tech High (R. K.
1940 GAMF Organizers: first row, left to right, Hoyt
Griffin and Roy Drukenmiller, of Russell High, and Owen
Seitz, of O’Keefe Junior High; second row, left to right,
Captain John Lee, of G. M. A., Ben Logan Sisk, of
Commercial High; and G. J. Giesler, of North Fulton
High; and back row, left to right, E. D. Allain, of Decatur
Boys’ High, C. E. Taylor, of Fulton High, and Warren T.
Jackson, of North Fulton High.
Hamilton); West End Elementary (Roy Lee);
Tucker High (Rudy Westbrook); Smillie
Elementary; and, Decatur Boys' High (E. D.
Allain).
Several changes and additions made for the 1940 GAMF produced a more generic music
festival. Marching band performances were no longer adjudicated on a competition basis, but rather
with an exhibition format; however, the male and female drum major competition contest remained.
Also, the GAMF included the addition of a group of over 600 elementary school folk dancers and a
massed chorus of over 3,000, a large percentage of whom had started rehearsals organized by Anne
Grace O'Callaghan at Russell High as part of the GMEA 5th District Music Festival held earlier in
March. Choral selections included Sweet and Low (Barnaby) and God of Our Fathers (Warren).
Henry Reid from the University of Alabama Band returned again in 1940 to adjudicate the male
and female drum majors. The difficult task he faced was described in The Atlanta Constitution:
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“…folks…sat spell-bound while high-stepping drum majors and higher stepping drum
majorettes led prancing bands up and down and back again in whirling convolutions that
dazzled the eye. They sat goggle-eyed while these same strutting bandleaders twirled the silver
sticks that are the badge of their high calling in a contest the like of which has never been seen
here.
Henry Reid called a halt and handed the ’winners’ palms to Miss Johnnie Pair of Russell
High, and high-stepping Joe Lee of G. M. A. They deserved to win. They did everything with
the silvery baton but tie it in a knot and eat it like a pretzel.”7
A 1,000-piece massed band, comprised of the participating groups, concluded the festival with a
performance of God Bless America (Irving Berlin). An audience of over 30,000 attended the event at
Georgia Tech’s Grant Field. W. A. Alexander, Tech's football coach who was in attendance, commented
that the event “was one of the biggest and best behaved crowds we've ever had in Grant Field.”8
1941 GAMF
The first and second
annual GAMFs were huge
successes; however, the 1941
version held again at Georgia
Tech’s Grant Field on Friday
night, May 16 promised to be
even bigger. Boy Scouts troops
made their first on-field appearance as part of
1941 GAMF Organizers, seated L-R: E. D. Allain, J. W. Wiggins.
H. L. Haynie, Warren Jackson, Charles Bradley, R. Owen Seitz; the
Standing L-R: J. S. Rutan, H. T. Griffin, Ben Sisk, Capt. John Lee,
Dr. R. C Edwards, Arlie Richardson, and Fred Stoughton.
1941 GAMF, as did ROTC marching units
from North Fulton High, Boys’ High, Tech High,
G. M. A. and Russell High.9 More bands, including the Spalding County High School Band from as far
7 Harold Martin, “G.M.A., Russell High Winners in Band Contest,” The Atlanta Constitution, May
5,1940, p. 1.
8
Lee Fuhrman, “Festival Praise Rewards Toil of Many Hands,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 5, 1940,
p. 16.
9 Frank Drake, “Festival Crowd to See Fulton’s Crack ROTC,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 4, 1941,
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away as Griffin, Georgia, were added to the parade line-up. Folk dancing on the field and an audience
participation special effect - the lighting of lanterns with the stadium lights off - were held over from
the previous year. Numerous bands and units enjoyed valuable publicity through daily The Atlanta
Constitution features in the days leading up to the GAMF. Participating groups included the following:
Bass Junior High (Arlie H. Richardson); Joe Brown Junior High (J. S. Rutan); Boys' High (R. J.
Martin); Commercial High (Ben L. Sisk); Decatur Boys' High (Eldon D. Allain); Fulton High (E. H.
Moldenhauer); G. M. A. (Capt. John T. Lee); Murphy Junior High (Evelyn Sisk); North Fulton High
(Warren T. Jackson); O'Keefe Junior High (Owen Seitz); Richardson High (Capt. John T. Lee); Russell
High (Roy Drukenmiller); Smillie Elementary (Charles Bradley); Hoke Smith Junior High (Lowery
Haynie); Tech High (R. K. Hamilton); West Fulton High (J. W. Wiggins); Spalding County High
(Charles White); and West End Elementary (Fred Stoughton).
The guest conductor for the
1941 Massed Festival Band was
John J. Heney, the Stetson
University (Florida) Band Director
and a former member of the Sousa
Band. Under his baton, over 1,000
massed band members performed
There’s Something About a Soldier,
Washington Post March, and Stars
Winning Drum Majors – Left to right are Laura Woodall, Commercial
High, first place girls’ division; Joe Lee, Georgia Military Academy, first
place boys’ division; Mildred Carroll, Russell High, second place; Frank
Ward, Boys’ High, second place; and John J. Heney, adjudicator.
and Stripes Forever, the last of
which was accompanied by
fireworks.
Grant Field’s maximum capacity of 30,000 was reached before the start of the GAMF and
p. 6A.
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thousands were turned away, which prompted a page one The Atlanta Constitution apology the next
day.10 Winners of the drum major competition were Laura Woodall, of Commercial High, and Mildred
Carroll, of Russell High in the female division, and Joe Lee, of G. M. A., as well as Frank Ward, of
Boys' High, in the male division. Marching on the field that night was C. Warren Little, a flute player in
Evelyn Sisk's Murphy Junior High Band, just back from the National Music Festival in Richmond,
Virginia, where he earned the only I-plus rating in the entire flute division.11 Little went on to become
internationally known in his long-time role as first flute with the Atlanta Symphony.
1942 GAMF
Since its inception in 1939, the GAMF
generally reflected a sense of patriotic flair and
pageantry. Events of the previous years were always
well attended; but, with America’s entry into World
War II just six months earlier, the 4th Annual GAMF at
Grant Field drew a record number of over 45,000
spectators. Dorothy Lamour, famed Hollywood actress,
who was in Atlanta to help with the Georgia War
Savings Bond pledge campaign, was featured on the
Yoder Arrives in Atlanta – from left to right, Paul
Yoder, Arlie H. Richardson, Festival Chair, and
Lee Rogers, Atlanta Constitution City Editor
1942 GAMF program and utilized her appearance to
help sell bonds.
In addition to the normal GAMF line-up of activities and performances, the audience saw a
100-member flag corps, the first such group ever organized in Georgia. Virginia Page Nutt, nationally
noted instructor from Chicago, trained the unit. Her husband, H. E. Nutt, head of Chicago's Vandercook
10 Clark Howell, ed., “The Constitution Apologizes,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 17, 1941, p. 1.
11 Frank Drake, “Warren Little Wins High Rating at Richmond,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 13,
1941, p. 8.
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School of Music, was originally engaged to be the GAMF guest adjudicator and conductor; however,
Paul Yoder, the famed band director and arranger also from Chicago, ultimately served in that capacity.
Nineteen bands participated in the event and entered the field in the following order: Bass
Junior High (Arlie Richardson); Joe Brown Junior High (J. S. Rutan); Boys' High (R. J. Martin);
Chamblee High (Dr. R. C. Edwards); Canton High (William O. Sneed); Hoke Smith Junior High
(Lowrey Haynie) ; Commercial High (Ben Logan Sisk); Murphy Junior High (F. M. Boyd); North
Fulton High (Robert Lowrance); Decatur Boys' High (E. D. Allain); Richardson High (Capt. John T.
Lee); G. M. A. (Capt. John T. Lee); Smillie/Clark Howell/Spring Street combined Elementary (Charles
Bradley); Spalding County High (Charles White); Russell High (Hoyt Griffin); West End Elementary
School (Roy M. Lee); West Fulton High (J. W. Wiggins); and, Tech High (Robert K. Hamilton). Each
band performed a short individual field presentation and finished with a massed band performance
directed by Paul Yoder. The massed band musical selections included: El Capitan March (Sousa), Any
Bonds Today (Irving Berlin/arr. Yoder), and the Star-Spangled Banner. The final 30 minutes of the
show, including the massed band selections and Dorothy Lamour's appearance, were broadcast live
over numerous radio stations in Georgia and Florida. Winners of the Drum Major competition were
Frank Ward, Boys' High, and Buddy Head, G. M. A; Drum Majorette winners were Laura Woodall,
Commercial High, and Ruth Lewis, Russell High.
Recapping the events in the Sunday edition of The Atlanta Constitution, Paul Warwick wrote:
“Patriotism was in the air – and in the hearts and minds of all – last night at the
spectacular fourth annual Greater Atlanta Music Festival. An exuberant multitude – 45,000
strong – cheered and applauded the whole stupendous show, vast pageantry so well meshed and
well oiled that its very harmony was in itself a thing of beauty.”12
1943-1947 GAMF
From May 1939 through May 1942, the Atlanta Constitution-sponsored GAMFs were popular
12
Paul Warwick, “Patriotism in Air As Stupendous Show Moves in Harmony,” The Atlanta Constitution,
May 10, 1942, p. 2B.
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showcases that garnered valuable publicity for numerous Atlanta-area bands; however, the GAMF
came to an end at the height of the war years due to lack of resources, security concerns and
government imposed large group meeting prohibitions [In an effort to conserve resources, Joseph B.
Eastman, U. S. Defense Transportation Director, issued a directive in June 1942 urging the
postponement of all state and county fairs, along with non-essential conventions, meetings, and group
tours].13 Additionally, Mr. Frank Drake, the city reporter who facilitated The Atlanta Constitution’s
GAMF sponsorship over the years, was drafted into military duty in early 1943 and was no longer
available to lead the GAMF effort.
While the GAMF event dissolved, bands remained committed to their traditional roles
providing entertainment at football games, in-school ceremonies, ROTC inspections, weekly chapel
assembly musical interludes, monthly evening PTA programs, and regular annual evening concerts.
Indeed, with the outbreak of World War II, the Atlanta area bands actually broadened their missions to
include fostering support for, and promoting interest in, causes designed to win the war. For example,
high school bands promoted patriotism and aided Victory events through frequent performances at War
Bond drives, Red Cross parade appearances and other patriotic gatherings. With an end of the war, an
attempt was made to resume the GAMF in the spring of 1947, but the festival was postponed because
of major renovations to the Georgia Tech field.
1948 GAMF
The GAMF was revived and presented on May 15, 1948 with radio station WCON serving as
co-sponsor, along with the traditional sponsor, The Atlanta Constitution. WCON's “Brother Bill”
Hickok offered program preliminaries by singing and playing records, while Bob Jenkins (director,
O’Keefe High) performed selections on the marimba accompanied by Mrs. Ben Sisk. A Marine Corps
Color Guard, along with over 1,300 elementary school students waving flags, stood on the field as Dr.
13
Clark Howell, ed., “ODT Urges that all Fairs Be Deferred,” The Atlanta Constitution, June 19, 1942,
p. 25.
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Ira Jarrell, superintendent of the City of Atlanta Schools, offered the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Next, the Roosevelt High Band and a 100-member female dance drill team from Fulton High School
concluded the program preliminaries with a field performance of synchronized moves and dances to
boogie woogie music.
Parade Marshall Ben Sisk (director,
Roosevelt High) directed 11 bands separately onto
the field for exhibition in the following order: West
End Elementary (Roy M. Lee), Fulton High (Don
Robinson), Russell High (Robert B. Waggoner),
O'Keefe High (Bob Jenkins), Hoke Smith High
(George Lazanas), Murphy High (J. S. Rutan),
Decatur High (Cottie Clark), G. M. A. (Capt. Paul
Koenig), Bass High (H. Lowrey Haynie), Joe E.
Brown High (Robert D. Chenowth), and Henry
Grady High (R. Owen Seitz). Afterward, guest
Russell High Majorettes – from left to right, Patsy
Phillips, Jerry Long, Joyce Wing, and Anna Malone
conductor Col. Carlton K. Butler, director of the
University of Alabama Band, led 35,000 audience
members in a group singing of Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Home on the Range, and America.
Next, the Hollywood trio of Mr. and Mrs. Pat O'Brian and Jane Wyatt, in town to visit children's
hospitals, were introduced and offered a few words to the audience. Then, the audience participated
again in a special effect by lighting matches in a blacked-out stadium. Following that, winners were
named from the baton-twirling contest involving about 100 majorettes. First place went to Peggy Heath
of O'Keefe High; Loraine Alden, also of O'Keefe High, won second; Carolyn Hammond, of Murphy
High, placed third. The GAMF ended with Col. Butler directing the massed band in three selections,
the final of which was the Star-Spangled Banner.
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1949 GAMF
The 1949 edition of the GAMF was held on Saturday, May 14, with Ben Sisk and Owen Seitz
as organizers of the band portion. The popularity and quality of the GAMF had grown over the years,
prompting a The Atlanta Constitution writer to state, “The GAMF in past years has been highly
successful and popular with Atlantans and out-of-towners and is a ‘must’ on everyone’s entertainment
calendar.” 14 The 1949 edition was no different; a capacity crowd filled the stands at Grant Field and
watched as the bands performed in exhibition in the following order: West End Elementary (Roy M.
Lee), Fulton High (Don Robinson), Hoke Smith High (James Sedlack), Roosevelt High (Ben Sisk),
Murphy High (J. S. Rutan), O’Keefe High (Robert Jenkins), Grady High (Owen Seitz), Decatur High
Cottie Clark), Bass High (Lowery Haynie), G. M. A. (Capt. Paul Koenig), Russell High (Harold
Alenius), and Hapeville High (Merwin T. Crisman).
The festival highlight involved a square
dance routine by numerous square dance clubs
in the Atlanta area. Ray Smith, a famous
“caller” from Dallas, Texas, led the square
dance. Approximately 1,800 area students
representing 35 City of Atlanta elementary
schools, dressed in red, white, or blue, were
also involved in the program by forming a
Ben L. Sisk, Program Director of the 1949
GAMF and Director of the Roosevelt High
School Band with Band Captain Clayton Pitman,
left, and Alternate Band Captain Bobby Bullard.
large, human flag. Col. Carlton K. Butler, adjudicator
and director of the massed band the year before,
returned again in 1949 to adjudicate and led the massed band and audience in a community sing.
Massed band selections included: Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean; My Country ‘Tis of Thee; Dixie;
and God Bless America.
14
Ed., “Select Best Drum Majorette,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 1, 1949, p. C-1.
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Drum Majorette competition winners were: Peggy Heath, of O'Keefe High; Charlotte Bailey, of
O'Keefe High; and, Lorene Mauldin of Campbell High. Graham Jackson, a popular Atlanta-based
African-American organist of national renown, provided music prior to the start of the GAMF.
Following the event, The Atlanta Constitution's Celestine Sibley offered favorable comments in a
review entitled, Music Festival Delights 35,000 With Its Variety.15
1950 GAMF
The 7th Annual GAMF was held on Saturday, May 13. In a major departure from previous
years when the event was held at Georgia Tech’s Grant Field, GAMF organizers sought to better
accommodate the overflow crowds by producing the event in three separate locations: Grady and
Cheney Stadiums for the white students, and Herndon Stadium for the African-American students, who
prior to this time were not invited to participate because of racial segregation.
Frances Wallace provided preliminary
music at Grady Stadium, while Bob Barr of Jordan
High School in Columbus, Georgia adjudicated the
groups and organized the following into a massed
band: West Fulton High (George Enloe), O’Keefe
High, Murphy High (James Rutan), Bass High
1950 GAMF Adjudicators – from left to right, Robert
M. Barr, John T. Lee, and George D. Adams.
Lowrey Haynie), Grady High (H. Owen Seitz) and
G. M. A. (Paul Koenig). Wannie Heston performed
incidental music played prior to the program at Cheney Stadium; Capt. John T. Lee of Columbus High
in Columbus, Georgia handled the adjudication and massed band duties involving the following bands:
West End Elementary (Roy M. Lee), Fulton High, Russell High (Harold Alenuis), College Park High
(Harold Scott), Hapeville High (M. T. Crisman), Roosevelt High (Ben Sisk), Smith High (James
15
Celestine Sibley, “Music Festival Delights 35,000 With Its Variety,” The Atlanta Constitution, May
15, 1949, p. 1.
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Sedlack), and Brown High (E. D. Allain). Activities at Herndon Stadium began with Graham Jackson's
incidental music. George D. Adams, Director of Band Activities at Fort Valley State College, Fort
Valley, Georgia, handled the adjudication and massed band duties for the following bands: B. T.
Washington High (Earl A. Starling), Howard High (Kenneth Days), and Ballard-Hudson High (Eddie
Weston) of Macon.
A total of over 40,000 spectators attended the GAMF and showed their overwhelming approval.
A review in The Atlanta Constitution the next day stated: “It was a wonderful, glorious occasion and
the great heart of Atlanta showed its enthusiasm in deafening applause as the events were run off.”16
In a letter to the editor of The Atlanta Constitution, Bazoline E. Usher, Supervisor of Atlanta
Colored Schools, wrote:
“In behalf of the teachers, pupils and parents in the Negro schools of the city, I wish to
express very great appreciation for including our children in the Seventh Great Atlanta Music
Festival, and for the courtesies shown us through publicity and personal contacts with your
employees. Every one had a lifetime thrill and they all want to write a letter of thanks. I am sure
you will be receiving many letters of appreciation, but the principals of our schools have asked
that a letter be sent from this office expressing thanks ‘to all of you from all of us.’ “17
In an end-of-year report for the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education, H. J. Landers,
Chairman for the Board’s Athletics, Physical Education and Military Committee, reported the GAMF
“is becoming the ‘high point’ in the elementary rhythmic program…and created a needed incentive” for
the 4,500 (Atlanta Public Schools) elementary and high school students who participated.18 Frank
Drake, The Atlanta Constitution Promotions Manager who organized each GAMF since its inception,
was pleased with the results of the most recent GAMF, claiming: “Spectators at all three stadiums were
touched and thrilled…Seven years of festivals, I’ve enjoyed every one. And pretty soon we’ll start
Ed. “40,000 Thrill to Music at Gay Festival,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 14, 1950, p. 1.
Bazoline E. Usher, “Letter to the Editor,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 19, 1950. P. 20.
18
Ed., H. J. Landers, quoted in: “School Physical Training Programs to Expand,” The Atlanta
Constitution, June 14, 1950, p. 25.
16
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groundwork for the eighth.”19
Even though Frank Drake spoke of planning for the future 1951 GAMF, his words concerning
the recently completed GAMF referred to what ultimately would be the last of The Atlanta
Constitution-sponsored music festivals. Having attracted over 40,000 spectators and over 6,000
students, the 1950 GAMF was a huge success based on any evaluation metric; yet, The Atlanta
Constitution declined to sponsor any future GAMF events.
The obvious question, then is, why? Why did the management of The Atlanta Constitution
discontinue sponsoring a popular annual attraction that was a showcase venue for thousands of students
and reflected positively on the newspaper? Lack of interest certainly was not an issue, nor apparently
was there any waning of school administrative support. Research did not reveal answers to The Atlanta
Constitution’s abrupt sponsorship cancellation; therefore, citing other reasons would be speculation at
this point.
Post-GAMF
While the name of the GAMF implied participation from a large geographic area in and around
metropolitan Atlanta, the festival was mostly an Atlanta Public Schools event, with some involvement
from Fulton County Schools. This reality, along with the realization of the educational benefit of the
festival, convinced Atlanta Public Schools officials to continue the festival in 1951, but as an Atlanta
Schools affair only. This Atlanta Schools Festival was held on Saturday, May 19, and incorporated the
traditional band exhibitions, large group dancing and the three-stadium format utilized in 1950 (Grady
and Cheney for white schools; Herndon for African-American schools). Atlanta Public Schools
returned to Georgia Tech’s Grant Field for a final festival on Saturday, May 3, 1952. Thirteen Atlanta
high schools and 60 elementary schools participated in the event, thus ending a 13-year marching band
showcase that went by the name Greater Atlanta Music Festival.
19
Ed., “Manager Happy: Smiles At Success of Festival,” The Atlanta Constitution, May 15, 1950, p. 2.
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Legacy
Music is a manifestation of its time and place and serves as a mirror reflecting the culture in
which it was created. Quite often we can examine the music of a particular era to understand a region’s
historical, social, political, and even religious environment.
The Greater Atlanta Music Festival was a product of its time and place in Atlanta immediately
before, during and after World War II and offers a glimpse into the climate in which the event took
place. While not advertised as an overtly patriotic affair, the GAMF nonetheless reflected the patriotic
fervor that existed in Atlanta and across the nation at the time. From the flag displays, the music
repertoire, to even the choice of military band uniforms, patriotism and pride in the armed forces filled
the air at a typical GAMF. Celestine Sibley, commenting in The Atlanta Constitution concerning the
1950 GAMF, summed up this sentiment perfectly with the headline, “Spirit of America Shines Clearly
In Spectacle of Music Festival.”20
No study of the GAMF would be complete without acknowledging a sad legacy of the event,
namely the societal segregation that was commonplace at the time. No African-American bands were
admitted to the GAMF until 1950, the last year of the event. Even then the GAMF was not fully
integrated, for the African-American high school bands were relegated to a separate stadium in a
historically African-American section of Atlanta.
In conclusion, several themes are remarkable and appear consistently throughout the years
chronicled here. First, The Atlanta Constitution-sponsored GAMFs were popular showcases that
garnered valuable publicity and increased prestige for numerous Atlanta-area bands. Secondly, the
festival provided self-improvement opportunities and intrinsic rewards for the students. For example,
Mr. Paul West, superintendent of Fulton County Schools and a strong supporter of the GAMF,
recognized the importance and popularity of the GAMF, stating:
20
Celestine Sibley, “Spirit of America Shines Clearly In Spectacle of Music Festival,” The Atlanta
Constitution, May 12, 1950, 1.
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“The appeal of music is one of the greatest contributing factors to the culture of our
civilization. This wholesome type of entertainment has a very stimulating effect upon our youth
and adults in providing them worthwhile activity.”21
William A. Sutton, City of Atlanta Schools Superintendent, spoke of inculcating unity when he
stated that the GAMF “stimulated the harmonious co-operative working together that is required to
produce a good band.”22 The collaborative effort expressed in the GAMF massed band finale
performances helped students experience a sense of unity among bands across Atlanta.
Lastly, the GAMF offered a venue for bands to foster patriotism and a sense of democracy
during a period of time when patriotism and popularity of the military ran high. Patriotic band
performances at events such as the GAMF and civic celebrations brought much value to the lives of the
band members and the community, making their respective schools and the metro Atlanta area better
places to live during a dark and difficult time.
Dr. William E. Fry, Russell High Band ’71, retired as a band and orchestra director in 2011
after 36 years of teaching. Currently, he holds a part-time music position at Point University in West
Point, GA and is the artistic director of the Columbus (GA) Community Orchestra.
21
22
Ed. “May 14 Music Festival Gets West Salute,” The Atlanta Constitution, April 14, 1949, p. 34.
Willis A. Sutton, “Superintendent’s Message,” The Atlanta Constitution, April 16, 1939, p. 7B.
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"The Greater Atlanta Music Festival of 1939-1950: A Showcase of Patriotism and Democracy"
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Fry, a 1971 graduate of Russell High School, is researching and documenting the histories of three South Fulton County Bands: Russell High School, Hapeville High School, and headland High School. In 2011, Fry retired after 36 years of service to music education and is writing these histories as his first retirement project.
After his graduation from Russell, where he was a band student of Dr. William Prescott, Fry graduated from Columbus State University (GA) in 1975 and received the Masters of Music Education from Georgia State University in 1981. He obtained the Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conduction from the University of North Carolina/Greensboro in 1991.
Prior to his 2011 retirement from a music position with the Muscogee County School District (Columbus, GA), Fry held band director positions at Columbus State University and Susquehanna University (PA). From 1975 to 1987, Fry was coordinator of all instrumental music activities at Redan High School, Stone Mountain, Georgia, and held an assistant conductor position with the Yaarab (Atlanta) Shrine Band.
Fry has appeared as a feature conductor at the Georgia Music Educators State Convention, Florida State University “Tri-State” Conductors Symposium, CBDNA/NBA Southeastern Regional, and the Carolina Conductors Symposium. He has authored several articles on conducting and is a noted authority on the band music of Don Gillis.
Fry has three grown children and resides with his wife, Anne, in Columbus, Georgia, where he has been conductor of the Columbus Community Orchestra since 1999 to present. He is also a saxophonist with “DNR,” an all-doctor rock band that plays volunteer benefit performances throughout the Columbus area. Additionally, Fry currently holds a part-time music position at Point University, West Point, GA.
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Kathleen Mitchell papers, 1882-1939
Subject
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Kathleen Mitchell (1870-1955)
Description
An account of the resource
Kathleen Mitchell was born in Athens, Ga. on June 1, 1870. As a youth, she attended Madame Sosnowski School in Athens. After graduating at age 17, she began teaching at Whitehall, Ga. While attending the state normal school in Athens, Mitchell worked as a supply teacher for the city school system.
After graduating from normal school, Mitchell took Teacher's Aid courses at Columbia University, New York University, Chicago University and the University of Georgia.
In 1897, Mitchell moved to Atlanta with her family to Atlanta, where she began a forty-five year career with the Fulton County School system. She served as principal at Virginia Avenue School in College Park, until 1915 when she was named Primary Supervisor for the entire district, a position she held until she retired in 1939.
Mitchell was instrumental in establishing Parent-Teacher Associations in Fulton County, as well as assisting in curriculum and text transitions.
Creator
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Kathleen Mitchell
Publisher
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Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Rights
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Rights for reproduction vary and are expressed at item level
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Scrapbook, paper and photographs
Physical Dimensions
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11"x14"
Dublin Core
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Title
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Scrapbook, Kathleen Mitchell, 1939
Part 2
Subject
The topic of the resource
Georgia--Fulton County
Scrapbooks
Teacher educators
Kathleen Mitchell
Description
An account of the resource
This scrapbook was presented to Kathleen Mitchell from the various employees of the district at the time of her retirement.
Mitchell (1870-1940) served in the Fulton County School System for forty-two years . Born in Athens, she attended the State Normal School and began her career with Fulton County in 1897. Mitchell was influential in bringing Progressive Era curriculum to Fulton County, having studied Education at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. In her role as Primary Supervisor, she promoted manual training and beautification of school grounds as part of learning, as well as emphasized the role of education in communities. She was also instrumental in promoting the Georgia Teachers’ Association, the Fulton County P.T.A. and the Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Childhood Education – an organization that would later bear her name.
Creator
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Kathleen Mitchell
Publisher
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Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1939
Rights
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<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No restrictions</a>
Format
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Scrapbook, 11"x14"
FCS Archives, Personnel Collection, Shelf B-3-4, Box 7
Identifier
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1939.pers.7
Source
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<a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/141">Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/381">Part 3</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/382">Part 4</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/383">Part 5</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/384">Part 6</a>
Church Street School
College Street School
Colonial Hills School
Eastern School
Fulton High School
Hammond School
Hapeville High School
Harris Street School
Hemphill School
Kathleen Mitchell
Lena Cox School
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Bound volume
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
8"x11"
Dublin Core
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Title
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Fulton Forum, 1927
Subject
The topic of the resource
Georgia--Fulton County
Yearbooks
Fulton High School
Description
An account of the resource
Fulton High School, once located in downtown Atlanta, was established as the first high school in the Fulton County School System in 1915. Its first annual was published in the 1920s.
Creator
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Fulton High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Publisher
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Fulton County Schools Archives
Date
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1927
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">No restrictions</a>
Format
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Bound volume, 8"x11"
FCS Archives FCSS Schools, Shelf F-1-2 Box 1.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1927.fflh.1.y.1
Fulton High School
Schools
students
teachers
yearbook