Band



Department Head: Glen Buckalew


Click HERE for the Sounds of the South Band Camp Application.

The Admiral Band has won many awards over the years including: National Champion, National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C., All-Superior ratings at the Smokey Mountain Music Festival and All-Superior ratings in concert, sight-reading, and marching at the MHSAA State Band Contest for the past 13 years. The band has performed on 2 separate occasion for the President of the United States as well as for many local dignitaries.

The Admiral Band is under the direction of: Glen Buckalew, who oversees the entire instrumental music program for the Gulfport School District, Joe Evans who works with the visual aspects of the Admiral Band as well as overseeing the percussion section and conducting the Admiral Concert Band, Connie Sprinkell at Bayou View Middle School, Mark Bryant who works with the Admiral Marching Band as well as Bayou View Middle School band students, and Soni Buckalew who oversees the Admiral Band Flag Corps and Admiral Band Flute Section.