Former longtime Denison HS director named Director of Bands at SOSU

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Posted: 10:19 AM Jul 29, 2008
Last Updated: 10:19 AM Jul 29, 2008

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DURANT, Okla. -- Mike Raleigh is the new Director of Bands at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and will be an instructor in the Department of Fine Arts.

"This was an opportunity I couldn¹t pass up," said Raleigh, who played
trumpet in college and sat in with circus and rodeo bands that came through Louisiana State University (his alma mater).

"Now I will be able to teach band directors to be band directors."

Raleigh has more than 30 years of experience as a band director. From
1979-2004, he was coordinator of instrumental music and high school band director in Denison, Texas. While at Denison, Raleigh increased the number of students in the band program from 66 to 240.

Also during Raleigh¹s tenure, the Denison marching and symphonic bands earned numerous First-Division ratings in contests and performed at such events at Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York City, the Orange Bowl Parade in Miami, Florida, and the Cotton Bowl Parade in Dallas, Texas.

Raleigh was a high school band director 12 years in Louisiana and recently served as part-time instructor at Southeastern.

Raleigh and wife, Mary Lillian, have two daughters. Stacy is a second-grade teacher at Denison's Golden Rule Elementary School and Shannon is the comptroller for the Choctaw Nation. They have two grandchildren, Tyson and Cadi.

Raleigh will handle marching and symphonic bands at Southeastern in his first full-time university job.

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Posted by: Theresa Location: Denison on Aug 4, 2008 at 02:34 PM
It's been 20 years since I saw the inside of the DHS Band Hall. However, all the wonderful memories are forever imbedded in my heart. Dr. Raleigh is one of those teachers that truly made a difference and impacted the lives of so many students. His talent will be an asset for SOSU.

Posted by: Anonymous Location: Denison on Aug 4, 2008 at 10:39 AM
congrats!! He was my band director at DHS he made the band an experiance I will never forget. Good Luck with your new job.

Posted by: Anonymous on Jul 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM
awww he was such a good director at the high school, but i hope he's happy with his new job