Michael Mitchell:  

Life Shane Mitchell, Class of 1993 Bryan Station High School Lexington, KY After graduating high school, I attended the University of Kentucky where I majored in Music Education with an emphasis in saxophone. While there, I enlisted in the 100th Division US Army Reserve Band in 1994. More importantly, I met my wife, Kelly, in the Reserve Band. Kelly is a Mason, Ohio native and a pretty fine percussionist. I graduated UK in December of 1998. We married in May of 1999. At the same time, I returned to Bryan Station High School to be the Assistant Band Director under Shawn Parrish. Shawn and I had some great years together at Bryan Station. We increased the number of participants in the program, and the students earned distinguished ratings in marching band competitions and concert band festivals. Some of our highlights were marching at the 1999 Liberty Bowl with BB King, and also marching at Disney World in 2002. During my time at Bryan Station, Kelly and I also increased our family size. Noah Emmett came into our lives in April 2001, and Madeline Holly joined us very shortly after that in May 2002. As anyone can imagine, it has been absolutely wonderful. I love being the family man! In July 2003, I was offered the Band Director position at LaRue County High School in Hodgenville, KY. Hodgenville is about 10 minutes southeast of Elizabethtown, 45 minutes south of Louisville, or 90 minutes from Lexington. Kelly, the kids, and I were ready for a change. Mostly, this move allowed Kelly the opportunity to stay at home with our children, and offered me the opportunity to be in charge of my own program. Since being with the Larue County Band of Hawks, we have had some exciting times. Along with the help of the Assistant Band Director, Matthew Baucum, we have had some major highlights. Some of those include: Fall 2003 - 16th Place State Semi-finals, Class AA Spring 2004 - Distinguished Rating at concert festi...Expand for more