Director of Bands:
Teri L. Young
Ms. Teri Young is a native of Paulding County. She graduated from Paulding County High School in 2003. While there, Teri marched with "The Pride" all four years and also served as clarinet section leader for three years. Ms. Young received her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Jacksonville State University in May 2008. While at JSU, Teri played clarinet in the Marching Southerners for four years and the saxophone for one. She also played clarinet in the top ensemble at JSU for five years and served as principal clarinetist for one semester.
Fine Arts Department Chair
Ginger Corley
Ms. Ginger Corley has been the PCHS Chorus Director since 1996 and serves as the Fine Arts Department Chair. She graduated from PCHS, where she played clarinet with “The Pride” for four years and also played baritone in the concert band for one year. Ms. Corley received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Education from Jacksonville State University, where she was a member of the Marching Southerners for four years. She also holds the Specialist of Music Education degree from Georgia State University. Ms. Corley is very excited to be working with “The Pride” this year!
Color Guard Instructor
Kelly Whitfield
Kelly Whitfield is a graduate of Paulding County High class of 1999, and has the great privilege of being a veteran of the Pride of Paulding Color Guard as well, marching 1995-1999. After graduating, Kelly worked with three bands in the surrounding area, and performed with the University of West Georgia for two seasons before taking time off to work on her degree.
Her love for marching band and especially color guard was first realized when she was ten, and saw The Pride rehearsing on the OLD, OLD practice field, previously located in front of the school. After her paradise was paved and they put up a student parking lot, she took the “tour of universities” (three Georgia universities in 7 years!) and finally earned her bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from Georgia State’s Ernest G Welch School of Art and Design, while dabbling in theater stagecraft and costume design as well. Her career as a perpetual college student has not ended; she is set to finish a master’s in Public History Spring 2010.
Her goals for this year are to help the ENTIRE band realize or remember how much fun and how much hard work band can be, and to help the guard realize their fullest creative performance potentials. Look for her at the games wearing her decked-out letterman jacket, for good old nostalgia and team spirit. Go Pride!
Her love for marching band and especially color guard was first realized when she was ten, and saw The Pride rehearsing on the OLD, OLD practice field, previously located in front of the school. After her paradise was paved and they put up a student parking lot, she took the “tour of universities” (three Georgia universities in 7 years!) and finally earned her bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from Georgia State’s Ernest G Welch School of Art and Design, while dabbling in theater stagecraft and costume design as well. Her career as a perpetual college student has not ended; she is set to finish a master’s in Public History Spring 2010.
Her goals for this year are to help the ENTIRE band realize or remember how much fun and how much hard work band can be, and to help the guard realize their fullest creative performance potentials. Look for her at the games wearing her decked-out letterman jacket, for good old nostalgia and team spirit. Go Pride!
Percussion Instructor
