Warrior Magazine June 2020

Langley named Director of Bands

A familiar face will lead the East Central Community College Wall O’ Sound band program next year as Zach Langley takes over as director of bands for the retiring Ed Girling who has led the program for the past five years. Langley most recently served as the assistant band director at East Central and also taught music education courses. Prior to his appointment at ECCC, he served seven years at Northeast Jones High School, three years as assistant director of bands and the last four years as director of bands. He earlier served two years as band director at Nettleton High School. Langley is a graduate of Booneville High School and attended Northeast Mississippi Community College where he was a member of the NEMCC Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, and the Concert Choir.

He received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Mississippi and was a member of the University of

professor. Langley was nominated and served on the board of directors for the Southeast Mississippi Band Directors Association from 2016 to 2019. Under his direction, the Northeast Jones “Tiger Pride” Marching band represented the state of Mississippi by marching in the 2017 National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. He is the recipient of the 2016-17 Northeast Jones High School Teacher of the Year award. He is a member of the National Band Association, Southeast Mississippi Band Directors Association, Trombone Association, and the Mississippi Bandmasters Association. He currently serves in the orchestra at First Baptist Church in Laurel. He and his wife, Lindsey, have three children, Abbey, Nate, and Olivia.

Mississippi Wind Ensemble and the “Pride of the South” Marching Band. While at Ole Miss, he was a member of the Mississippians Jazz Band. Langley received a Master’s in Music Education from William Carey University, where he served as the adjunct trombone

Tadlock, Skipper recognized as 2020 HEADWAE honorees •

Sophomore Emilee Tadlock of Forest and biology instructor Curt Skipper of Decatur, who also serves as Chair of the Science Division, represented East Central Community College at the 33rd annual Higher Education Appreciation Day: Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE) program held in March at the State Capitol in Jackson. The annual HEADWAE

well as Valedictorian and ACT scholarships. Skipper has served as a full time instructor at the college since 2006. Prior to that, he was an adjunct instructor at East Mississippi Community College and a graduate assistant at the University of West Alabama in Livingston. He received his bachelor’s degree in secondary education at Mississippi State University and his master of arts in teaching from the University of West Alabama. He has completed additional coursework at the University of Southern Mississippi.

observance was established by the Mississippi Legislature to honor academically talented students and faculty members from each of the 36 public and private member institutions of the Mississippi Association of Colleges. A pre-nursing major, Tadlock is a President’s List Scholar and an honor graduate of East Rankin Academy. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society, Sigma Sigma Mu Tau, and EC Students for Life. She was the recipient of the Dr. Edwin Miller Medical Services Award during and also received an ECCC Foundation Scholarship, as Tadlock

Skipper

He was selected a Lamplighter in 2008, competed the Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy in 2009, was previously selected HEADWAE Instructor of the Year in 2010, and was selected a graduate member of Golden Key International Honor Society at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2014.

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