The new band director at Southside Middle School is Melanie C. Perry.
Perry is a native of Jack, Alabama and graduated from Zion Chapel High School. She attended Troy University and, after earning her bachelor’s degree in music education, spent another couple of years as a graduate teaching assistant with the Troy University “Sound of the South” band program.
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