Co-Lin Blue Wave Band and Colette Alumni Chapter Held its annual Meeting on Homecoming in the Thames Center - 2:00 pm.
The organization’s president, Jessica Breazeale, welcomed alumni and guests and gave a chapter update. Angela Smith-Wilkinson, chapter secretary and Co-Lin faculty, reviewed minutes.
Breazeale presented the chapter’s annual awards. Receipts were:
2024 Stanley Stewart Outstanding Young Alumni award goes to Allison Dann. Dann is a 2012 graduate of Co-Lin, where she was a trumpet player in the Blue Wave Show Band.
After Co-Lin, Dann received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Mississippi University for Women and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in human resources. She is currently enrolled in Mississippi State University's community college leadership program.
She currently serves as the coordinator of housing and student life at Co-Lin. She is a Cub Scout den leader for Family Pack 1248, assists with the Overbrook Festival and helps with several fundraisers held at Magnolia Blues BBQ.
2024 Band & Colette Hall of Fame inductee is Buddy Gibbons. Gibbons is a 1990 graduate of Co-Lin, where he was a member of the Blue Wave Show Band, the Sojourners and the choir. After Co-Lin, he received a Bachelor of Science in social science from the University of Alabama.
With over 250,000 placements on network television, Gibbons is a highly respected and sought-after musician. His work has garnered him endorsement deals with a variety of musical instrument, professional audio and consumer products manufacturers and his social media presence appears on NextBigSound.com as a "viral" content provider.
Gibbons has recently composed music for networks such as CBS, NBC, Fox Sports, Animal Planet, Hulu and Netflix. He was also commissioned by the Los Angeles Dodgers to create the team theme song and stadium intro music for all Dodgers home games, television broadcasts, and web presence. For the past several years, Buddy has been hosting a high level internet show called "The Groove Diner" in which he interviews some of the most successful and famous musicians and actors in Los Angeles.
He and his wife, Natalie Gibbons, have one child named Walker.
The honorees were presented a plaque at the following Alumni Awards Reception in the Thames Center at 3:15. After the reception, attendees participated in tailgating activities for pre-game fun.
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