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BUSY BEE BAND & HONEYBEES

founder of "Busy Bee Band & Honeybees"

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Earl W. McConnell, Sr.

(1921 - 1991)

Founder and Director

Busy Bee Band & Honeybees

of East Fairmont High School

Fairmont, West Virginia

DIRECTOR EMERITUS
1988-1991

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KNOWN FOR UNCOMPROMISING PRINCIPLES AND A DRY, WITTY HUMOR, HIS DISCIPLINE WAS THE ULTIMATE HAND WITH A VELVET TOUCH.

Tracy Constable -- Queen Bee 1972-73-74.

HIS FRIENDSHIP, DEDICATION

AND DEVOTION

TO THE BAND STUDENTS...

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"The Chief"

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...AND THE HONEYBEES, SYMBOLIZED HIS INTEGRITY AS A TEACHER.

Mary Ann Vingle & Kathy Wierbonski 1970-73.

1968 - 1972 | 1973 - 1976 | 1977 - 1980 | 1981 - 1984
1985 - 1988 | 1989 - 1992 | 1993 - 1996 | 1997 - 2000
2001 - 2004 | 2005 - 2008 | 2009 - 2012 | 2013 - 2016
Pre-1968 | 2017 - Present
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