Our first tune will be "Free" with a few other touches of the legendary band Chicago thrown in. Come out and see what a marching band of 200+ can do with a rare up tempo tune from this phenomenal group. 

Yep, you know what's coming next. These one hit wonders put out one of the greatest funk hits of all time when "Play That Funky Music White Boy" was released. Watch us put our groove to the test as we do this tune in an "anything your section can do ours can do better" style! It's time to get down!!

Arguably one of the greatest trumpet players of time, Bill Chase. Hear us pay him tribute in our final tune, "Open Up Wide" and "Get It On".

Tired of the same old cadences off the field? Yeah, we are too. Get up and dance with us as we groove with the Commodores funk tune, "Brick House".

Do you get credit...well of course!

MUS 110-01: This can be taken to fulfill one (1) hour of your Leisure and Fitness requirement.

MUS 173-01: Freshman/Sophomore level elective or music major requirement fulfillment

MUS 373-01: Junior/Senior level elective or music major requirement fulfillment.

Bill Locklear is a 1973 graduate of Jacksonville (AL) State University. He has been a composer and musical arranger for over thirty years. He has written music for marching bands, concert bands and jazz ensembles for over 350 high schools, colleges and professional bands all over the United States. In 1996 he composed and arranged numerous pieces for the Atlanta Olympic Band. Some of his college clients have included the Universities of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, Southwestern Louisiana, and West Georgia. Formerly associated with Hal Leonard Publications, Milwaukee, WI., he is currently with Arrangers Publishing Company, Nashville, TN. Additionally, at the request of the city of Atlanta, he arranged music for the Atlanta Braves Homecoming party following the 1992 World Series.

Bill Locklear
Arranger for The Pride of the Mountains

Mr. Locklear has served as an adjudicator and clinician for over twenty-five years throughout the southern and eastern United States. He also performed as a professional bassist for twenty-five years, performing with and for such entertainers as Bob Hope, Rich Little, Carol Channing, Kate Smith, Kay Starr and jazz musicians Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Joe Jones and Slide Hampton.

He is a member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,) National Band Association, Music Educators National Conference, Georgia Music Educators Association and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Here are the contacts for Mr. Locklear:
Website - www.marchingbandmusic.com
Email     - mail@marchingbandmusic.com

Still need some more information?

Send us an email at bandinfo@prideofthemountains.com
Call the Band Office at 828-227-2259 or the Music Department Office at 828-227-7242