Conaway: We are Warriors, every one
“It’s the city, man,” the band’s leader, Ollie Liddell, answered when asked where that joy comes from, “the soul.”
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“It’s the city, man,” the band’s leader, Ollie Liddell, answered when asked where that joy comes from, “the soul.”
The Central High jazz band did it. They defeated bands from across the country — and around the world — to win the Essentially Ellington contest in New York. And, yes, there were many tears.
After a stellar performance run in New York, The Central High School jazz band came home with a first-place win.
Ollie Liddell, the director of bands at Central High, wasn’t sure how his jazz band would get to the Essentially Ellington contest at Lincoln Center. Then Memphians came through for him.
The Central High jazz band continued to blaze through New York, advancing to the finals of the Essentially Ellington contest. Said Ollie Liddell, the band’s director: “We play with the spirt of the city, man.”
Hundreds of high school jazz bands audition from all over the world to be invited to the Essentially Ellington contest in May. Only 30 bands make it — and guess where one of them is from.
A teenager is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting another student at Central High School on Monday, Nov. 18.Related story:
Memphis police officers found a male victim in a parking lot behind Central High and transported him to Regional One Health in critical condition.
Central High School and Whitehaven High School went toe-to-toe at the Whitehaven Classic Saturday night with Whitehaven winning the season opener for both teams, 40-13.
The Tennessee Education Association and five state educators including two affiliated with MSCS filed a lawsuit against the 2021 ‘prohibited concepts’ law, banning certain discussion surrounding race and gender in public and charter schools.
More than a dozen members of Central High’s class of 1959 chronicle their up-close and personal views of the historic events of their generation.
Jazz Month at Crosstown Arts includes more than 40 jazz musicians and band performances, many of which are free.
Memphis schools compete in the track events at Spring Fling Day 3. Here’s a look.
Team of teens from Memphis neighborhoods counter “pay-to-play” youth sports machine with Play Where You Stay.
SCS teachers are preparing to be joined in their classrooms by students for the first time in nearly a year.
Lifelong best friends Zach Waters and Chris O'Conner are the same age and went to the same schools, but remember gradually discovering that one of them had to live more cautiously for a reason that confounded them.
Chris O'Conner learned at a young age that he and his best friend couldn't play with the same toys. One that looked like a knife "could cost little black boys their life."
A student with disabilities was left alone in a second-story classroom during a fire drill, and punished for using a cellphone to call her mother and the fire department, federal lawsuit alleges.
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