Making Melodies and Memories
The National FFA Band celebrates its 75th anniversary of performing at convention.
The National FFA Band celebrates its 75th anniversary of performing at convention.
Members find a close connection between agriculture and music.
Gay Erickson, an FFA member from New York, was one of many women who paved the way for women in FFA.
Concert bands have been a fixture at the National FFA Convention since 1947, when the first official band was selected from FFA member tryouts. But that wasn’t the first band to play at the convention. An FFA band from Fredericktown, Ohio, performed in Kansas City at the fifth convention in 1933. Remarkably, two members of that band are still living – Linden Scheff (pictured above, left) and Neil Overly – and they attended a recent ceremony that recognized Fredericktown as the home of the FFA jacket. Overly, a retired farmer, turned 100 on Nov. 8. Here, he discusses his FFA experience and the [...]
FFA band drum major Clayton Thomas performs at convention, even after tragedy.
Joe LaJoye retires after 25 years as the National FFA band Director.
The 2017 National FFA Band gathered this week to share their tunes and talent at the 90th National FFA Convention & Expo.