Jud Barry (1971)
Greetings, Dynamos! Many of you [ahem] older kids remember Mr. Jewell Tilson, CHS band director from 1958 to 1968, who continued a proud marching band tradition brought to national attention by A. R. Casavant. I was too late to have Mr. Tilson as a band director, but my brother Kevin did, and I got to work with him years later when I moved to Kingsport, where he was continuing to do great things at Dobyns-Bennett HS.
Regrettably, Mr. Tilson died this past June. His widow Koleta has just reached out to me with the information that she has 8-10 canisters of 16mm films of CHS halftime shows from his era; according to her these are top-notch, professional productions.
I'm wondering if any of you [ahem] older kids might be interested in helping with some kind of preservation/archival project for these films. City really was top-notch in the marching band world at that time, and some of you no doubt were part of it.
If any of you are interested in this or would like me to convey a message to Koleta Tilson, please get in touch either here or at judbbarry@gmail.com
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