The Lumberjack Band Alumni Association exists to give former members of the SFA Band a way to support the band of their alma mater. LBAA has provided scholarships for several students throughout the years. In the past few years, LBAA has provided the first meal to band students who have arrived to the campus early for summer band practice.

Membership in the Lumberjack Band Alumni Association is extended to anyone who has been a member of the SFA Band Program. There are two levels of membership:

Member: $25.00 Life Member: $100.00

The Current Officers are:

President:	Jim Jones, Director of Bands, Carthage High School
Vice-President:	Lynn Cooper, Director of Bands, Carthage Middle School
Secretary:	Sue (Smith) Bugg, Assistant Director of Bands, R. E. Lee HS (Tyler)
Treasurer:	Mary Beth (Fitch) Hagood, English Teacher, Nacogdoches HS

Executive Committee:

Jon Kelly, Cleveland Jerry Hanzsen, Carthage Sammy Almany, Nacogdoches Mary (Romberg) Adams, Nacogdoches

2003 Golf Tournament

In 2002, with a great deal of work by Randy Dawson and Glenn Wells, in partnership with the SFA Alumni Association, the first golf tournament was held. It was designed to raise funds for band scholarships. The 2003 golf tournament proved once again that alumni can be counted on to raise money for the band program while having a lot of fun!

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The SFA Alumni Association awards these endowed scholarships to band students each year:

J. T. Cox Memorial Scholarship. Named for the first Director of Bands at SFA and awarded to an outstanding member of the band program.

Charles Lee Hill Scholarship. Charles Lee Hill, who passed away in 2002 was a member of J. T. Cox's Lumberjack Band.

Mel Montgomery Scholarship. Named for the Director of Bands at SFA 1968-1986, and awarded to an outstanding member of the Lumberjack Marching Band.

Mary Osborne Ray Scholarship. Named for a former Drum Major of the Lumberjack Band, this award goes to an SFA Drum Major.

Bridges-McKinney Scholarship. Named for Joan Griffin Bridges, Pat Griffin Bridges and Linda Bridges McKinney, this award goes to an outstanding Twirl-O-Jack.

Jimmie Hudgins Scholarship. Named for the Director of Bands at SFA 1954-63. Mr. Hudgins created the distinctive name of the "Twirl-O-Jacks." This scholarship goes to an outstanding TOJ.

Paul Stroud Memorial Scholarship. One of the first two people to receive a music degree at SFA, Paul Stroud was well known in East Texas as a music educator. He was the first inductee into the SFA Band Director's Hall of Fame in 1979. When this scholarship fund receives enough donation to reach endowment level, it will go to an outstanding member of the SFA Band Program.

Though the LBAA does not yet have its own web site, for the time being you can send messages to the organization through the SFA Band Office at: Lumberjackband@sfasu.edu

If you send a message to us through that address, be sure you mention you are an alumnus, as we use that address for prospective students, too.

All members of the Lumberjack Band: we need your help! Students attending college need financial support, and this organization can help current members only if you join!

School of Music
Stephen F. Austin State University
Box 13043, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3043
Phone: 936-468-4602 | Fax: 936-468-5810
Dr. Ron Anderson, Chair
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