Dr. Peter J. LaRue Peter J. LaRue was raised on a farm in south central Ohio and received his undergraduate education at the Capital University Conservatory of Music (1979). His master's (1980) and doctoral (1986) degrees are from the University of Illinois, where he specialized in the study of instrumental music education, bands and the trombone. His teachers and mentors have included Paul Young, Richard Suddendorf, Robert Gray, Charles Leonhard and E. Wayne Pressley. Dr. LaRue serves as Director of the Tiger Bands and Coordinator of Music Education at Georgetown College. Starting in 1994 and continuing through 2009, LaRue also served as Director of Summer Programs and Camps [SP&C] at Georgetown College overseeing the growth, development and daily management of this extensive unit. Starting in 2010, he became the Executive Director for SP&C. Prior to his move to Kentucky in 1993, he served for seven years as Director of Bands at Mars Hill College in western North Carolina. Previous to this appointment, he was Director of Music for the Bloom Carroll local school district in central Ohio, where he directed the award winning “Marching Bulldog” band for four years. In the past, he has also served as low brass specialist with the Cavalier and Blue Knight Drum and Bugle Corps. In addition to his duties at Georgetown College, since 1994 LaRue has served as the Music Director and Conductor of the Central Kentucky Concert Band in Lexington, Kentucky. He has adjudicated marching and concert band festivals in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Nevada, and serves as clinician/conductor throughout the southeast. In 2005, LaRue received the prestigious Cawthorne Excellence in Teaching Award – the highest honor Georgetown College may bestow upon a faculty member. Previously he had been promoted to the rank of Full Professor [2003], received the Rollie Graves Technology Award [2000] and was honored with the John Walker Manning Distinguished Mentor and Teacher Award [1998]. From 2002-2004, LaRue served on the Board of Directors for KMEA [Kentucky Music Educators Association] and chaired the Public Relations and Advocacy Committee. In the past he has also served as both “Coordinator” of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Band [1997-1999] and “Co-Coordinator” [2001, 2003 & 2007] that performs each year at the KMEA In-Service Conference in Louisville. In 1998, LaRue was also made an honorary “Kentucky Colonel” by Governor Paul Patton. LaRue is an active author, being frequently published in state and regional periodicals and was honored in 2001 as he was selected to be a contributing author to the MENC text “Spotlight on Teaching Band”. Additionally, he has played trombone with several regional orchestras across the south, and from 1987-95 was a member of the Appalachian Brass Quintet with whom he performed regularly at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. LaRue continues to be an active performer on his beloved trombone across the Commonwealth and is currently a member of the Kentucky Ballet Theater Orchestra and the Bluegrass Brass Trio. LaRue served as the Faculty Advisor [High Pi] for the Georgetown College chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha for seven years and was named the Outstanding Fraternity Advisor in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. He currently serves as the Academic Advisor for the Brotherhood. International study/performance trips have taken him abroad twice, where he has performed in both Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Les Anderson Leslie S. Anderson was Director of Bands at Lafayette from June of 1967 until June of 1973. A Lafayette graduate, he was drum major along with Bob Grissom in the class of 1963 when Lafayette was on double sessions and the band half-time show featured the band entering from both end zones at the same time. Mr. Anderson graduated from the University of Louisville in January of 1967 and returned to Lafayette as Mr. Hall's assistant. During Mr. Anderson's tenure at Lafayette the fife corps as part of the Grenadier Band and the Jazz band dances were begun and the band continued annual spring trips with competitions in concert, jazz, and marching bands from Virginia Beach, Va. to Orlando Florida to Rock Falls, Illinois. Mr. Anderson started the sound off __"Where are you from?" "Lafayette Band, Pride of the Bluegrass, Sir". Mr. Anderson's also met and married his wife Cathy in 1970 while at Lafayette. His fondest memories are of the people who were a part of the Lafayette Band; the singing the band did; and the accomplishments of band members since their graduation from Lafayette. Mr. Anderson left teaching for one year and ventured into the business world. He couldn't stand being out of teaching and returned as Band Director at Tates Creek High School from 1974 until 1986. During that time he developed them into "Kentucky's Musical Ambassadors" with the flag corp dressed in authentic thoroughbred horse racing jockey silks. As State Band Chairman in the KMEA, he developed and began the concept of two all-state concert bands. He then taught for four years in elementary school while he worked his way into school administration. From 1991 to 1998 he was the Principal at Russell Elementary School where he and his staff developed an inner city school into a magnet school, entitled M.I.A.M.I. (Magnet for Integrated Arts through the Multiple Intelligences), built heavily around the use of all the arts. This school has been recognized by Harvard University and through an Association of Curriculum Development book as one of three elementary exemplary schools in the country for their use of the Multiple Intelligences. Since "retirement" after 31.5 years in the Fayette County Public Schools Mr. Anderson has been working half time as a Professional Staffing Assistant/Best Practices Coach currently at Julius Marks Elementary; is a part-time Clinical Practice Supervisor for students teachers from Asbury College; sings with the Lexington Singers and is the President of that organization; and is the assistant conductor of the Central Kentucky Concert Band;