The Arkansas School Band & Orchestra Association was first organized in 1930 as the Arkansas Band Association. All records from 1930 through 1935 were in the hands of Lee Wallick and lost in a school fire in Monticello.
In 1935 the name was changed to ASBOA since some school orchestra programs were being instituted at the time.
NOTE: Much of this information is taken from a Master's Thesis at Northwestern University, written by Mrs. Betty Peck, a native of Sheridan and daughter of John Henry Williams, former band director at Sheridan High School.
If the band department at your school has any records from
the band movement during the 1930-1935 period contact the ASBOA
Office.
During this six year period several personalities within ASBOA
were
so aggressive that meetings continually got out of control.
Mr. J.A. Day was persuaded to preside at all meetings as our chief
Executive Officer. He ran the meetings with a firm grip which
gave us at least a modicum of decorum. He was very knowledgeable,
understanding, very amiable, and a fine school administrator.
I was a "young kid on the block" and was amazed at his
leadership.
Raymond Brandon
| YEAR | NAME | SCHOOL/CITY |
| 1930-31 | ? | |
| 1931-32 | ? | |
| 1932-33 | ? | |
| 1933-34 | ? | |
| 1934-35 | ? | |
| 1935-36 | J. A. Day, Superintendent | Fort Smith |
| 1936-37 | J. A. Day, Superintendent | Fort Smith |
| 1937-38 | J. A. Day, Superintendent | Fort Smith |
| 1938-39 | J. A. Day, Superintendent | Fort Smith |
| 1939-40 | J. A. Day, Superintendent | Fort Smith |
| 1940-41 | J. A. Day, Superintendent | Fort Smith |
| 1941-42 | Addison Wall | Fort Smith High School |
| 1942-43 | L. E. Crumpler | Camden High School |
| 1943-44 | Lee Wallick | Monticello High School |
| 1944-45 | Lee Wallick | Monticello High School |
| 1945-46 | R. B. Watson | Pine Bluff High School |
| 1946-47 | L. E. Crumpler | Camden High School |
| 1947-48 | Lee Wallick | Monticello High School |
| 1948-49 | R. B. Watson | Pine Bluff High School |
| 1949-50 | J. Raymond Brandon | Texarkana High School |
| 1950-51 | Alonzo F. Lape | Little Rock High School |
| 1951-52 | William E. Lass | Searcy High School |
| 1952-53 | John Y. Harding | Hot Springs High School |
| 1953-54 | R. W. Willis | Lake Village High School |
| 1954-55 | Penn Tucker | Benton High School |
| 1955-56 | C. A. Hartley | Magnolia High School |
| 1956-57 | Herbert Cagle | El Dorado High School |
| 1957-58 | Phil Vance | West Memphis |
| 1958-59 | Ralph Atkinson | Texarkana High School |
| 1959-60 | Tommy Kinser | Stuttgart High School |
| 1960-61 | John Henley III | Forrest City High School |
| 1961-62 | Dix Stallings | El Dorado High School |
| 1962-63 | Bill Shaver III | Northside Fort Smith High School |
| 1963-64 | John Barbarotto | Newport High School |
| 1964-65 | Robert Casey | Crossett High School |
| 1965-66 | C. Bonner Ruff | Camden High School |
| 1966-67 | Virgil Spurlin | Hot Springs High School |
| 1967-68 | H. L. Shepherd | Russellville High School |
| 1968-69 | Lamar Cole | Wynne High School |
| 1969-70 | Russell Langston | Conway High School |
| 1970-71 | Irby Martin | McGehee High School |
| 1971-72 | Eddie Epperson | Van Buren High School |
| 1972-73 | Stan Cate | Southside Fort Smith High School |
| 1973-74 | Al Poston | Jonesboro High School |
| 1974-75 | Ron Allen | Camden High School |
| 1975-76 | Danny Lowe | Arkadelphia High School |
| 1976-77 | Robert Nelson | Mountain Home High School |
| 1977-78 | Ernie Simpson | Manila High School |
| 1978-79 | Ron Bryant | Ole Main NLR High School |
| 1979-80 | Paul Gray | Mena High School |
| 1980-81 | Ramey Herren | Ozark High School |
| 1981-82 | Franklin Washburn | McClellan High School |
| 1982-83 | Don Jones | Blytheville High School |
| 1983-84 | Pat Ellison | Springdale High School |
| 1984-85 | Prissy Buchanan | Chaffin Fort Smith Junior High |
| 1985-86 | Bill Tucker | Dumas High School |
| 1986-87 | Mike Croom | Northeast NLR High School |
| 1987-88 | Julia Reynolds | Russellville High School |
| 1988-89 | Julian Herring | Lake Hamilton High School |
| 1989-90 | Richard Peer | Southside Fort Smith High School |
| 1990-91 | Claude Smith | Searcy High School |
| 1991-92 | Tommy Runnels | Forrest City High School |
| 1992-93 | Rick Richardson | Lakeside Hot Springs High School |
| 1993-94 | Gary Barton | Jonesboro High School |
| 1994-95 | Steve Warner | West Memphis High School |
| 1995-96 | John Combs | Southwest Springdale Junior High |
| 1996-97 | Bankie Holley | Monticello High School |
| 1997-98 | Mike Jones | Van Buren High School |
| 1998-99 | Lee Clark | Jacksonville Junior High School |
| 1999-2000 | Tim Cunningham | Conway High School |
| 2000-01 | David Leonard | Annie Camp Jonesboro Junior High |
| 2001-02 | Mark Tenney | Cabot High School |
| 2002-03 | Bill Maxwell | Mountain Home Junior High |
| 2003-04 | Karen Dismuke | North Pulaski High School |
| 2004-05 | Travis Beard | Russellville |
| 2005-06 | Dale Marlow | Rogers High School |
| 2006-2007 | Trey Reely | Paragould High School |
| 2007-2008 | John Webb | Benton High School |