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This page provides fascinating facts
and trivia about the JTHS bands and JT band alumni.
Please
E-mail your trivia factoids about the JTHS bands or JT band alumni to
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In 1913 A. R.
McAllister was a shop teacher in the Joliet Township High School.
That year the Board of Education assigned him to the position of Band
Director of the High School Band.
We all know the history of the High School Band after A. R. McAllister
assumed the reign.
They won many national championships, and he was one of the founding fathers
of the Illinois School Band Association and also one of its past presidents
(source:
http://www.igsma.org/Pages/joliet_grade_school_band.htm)
One of
Joliet's nicknames is the "City of Champions."
This nickname stems from the numerous state and national titles
won by the Joliet Township High School and
grade school bands over several decades
(source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois)
The
Joliet Township High School Band won
state championships in 1924, 1925,
and 1926, and the
National High School Band Contest
three years in a row, 1926-1928
(source: "Murals
: the great walls of Joliet, By Jeff Huebner")
The JT West band has had six directors:
Arthur D. Katterjohn, 1964-1967
Dean H. Sayles, 1967-1990
I. V. Foster, 1990-1992
Ted Lega, 1992-1993
Kevin T. Carroll, 1993-2014
Eric Wellman, 2014-present
(source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_West_High_School)
The JT Central band has had only four directors:
A. R. McAllister, 1912-1944
Bruce H. Houseknecht, 1945-1969
Ted Lega, 1969-2002
Mike Fiske, 2002-present
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