Charles D. Brooks received a Master of Arts degree in Education from Atlanta University in 1947 and was the principal of Stanton Senior High School from 1953 to 1968. Kernaa D. McFarlin was a well-known high school band leader in Florida. After graduating from Florida A&M University, was appointed to be the first official band director at Stanton Senior High in Jacksonville. McFarlin's bands amassed a total of nineteen consecutive years of superior ratings in the Florida Association of Band Directors and the Florida Bandmasters Association contests. His band was Florida's representative at the 1964 New York World's Fair, he participated in three Florida Governor Inaugural parades. In 1966, Mr. McFarlin's Stanton High School band was recognized by the ``Instrumentalist'' magazine as one of the ``highly regarded bands in the Southeast.'' At the New York World's Fair, Ty Tarby (left), Director of Florida Exhibits, hands a State of Florida bronze medal to Kernaa D. McFarlin, Stanton Senior High School band leader, and Ed Price (right), Director of Florida Exhibits, hands a medal to Charles D. Brooks, Principal of Stanton Senior High School. Above them, an exhibit sign reads "[Florida Live Porpoises [...]. Student band members are seated behind the four men. Written on back of photo: This was taken during a performance of our band at the World's Fair - 1964. Here, we (Principal & I ) are being presented the State of Florida Bronze Medallion by Ty Tarby [left] & Ed Price, Directors of Florida Exhibits. Kernaa McFarlin
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African American band directors African American school principals Marching bands Tarby, Ty Price, Ed McFarlin, Kernaa D., 1924-1997 Brooks, Charles D. (Charles Delano), 1916-1989
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