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J. EDWARD SHEALY - Director of Bands

J. Edward Shealy is currently in his 31st year as Director of Bands at West Ashley High School.  He is a graduate of Newberry High School in Newberry, SC where he was a student of Lorraine Paris.  He earned his BA Degree in Music Education from Newberry College and has worked on his masters at the Citadel and Charleston Southern University.
 
Mr. Shealy was recognized as Middleton High School's "Teacher of the Year" in 1992 and 1998.  In addition to his teaching responsibilities at West Ashley High School, Mr. Shealy is also Fine Arts Department Chairman.  His professional affiliations include Phi Beta Mu, Music Educators National Conference, National Band Association, American School Band Director's Association, South Carolina Band Directors' Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and is a past President of the Charleston County Band Directors' Association.  Mr. Shealy served as Lower State Middle School Concert Festival Chairman for ten years and is the Associate Director and Visual Coordinator for the Spirit of America National Honor Band.  Mr. Shealy is currently the Winter Ensemble Chairman for the South Carolina Band Director's Association.


 
KEVIN C. LAKIN - Associate Director of Bands

Mr. Lakin is a native of Goose Creek, SC and attended Goose Creek High School.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Charleston Southern University in 2004 where he studied tuba with Mr. Craig Sutherland of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.  Mr. Lakin is the President of the Charleston County Band Director's Association and the High School Concert Festival Chairman for Charleston.  He is a Charter Member and Past President of the Lambda beta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, a member of the South Carolina Band Director's Association & the Music Educator's National Conference.  Mr. Lakin marched tuba for the Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps from Rockford, Illinois from 2001-2003.

Mr. Lakin resides in Goose Creek with his new wife Anna and his Basset Hound Reggie.


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SONNYBET AGBAYANI - St. Andrews M.S. / Color Guard Instructor

Bio coming soon.


 
 
 
DANIEL PACH - Percussion Instructor

 
 







West Ashley High School Bands
Charleston County School District
West Ashley High School
4060 West Wildcat Boulevard
Charleston, SC 29414


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