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Andrew F. Poor, DME (Suwanee, GA), is Director of Bands at South Forsyth Middle School in Cumming, Georgia. Poor received his DME and MM in Trumpet Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He also holds the BME with high honors from the University of Florida. Poor is a member of Phi Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, ASCAP, NAfME, National Band Association, and GMEA. Poor has been the recipient of numerous honors, notably, the 2016 Forsyth County System-Wide Teacher of the Year, as well as the NBA Citation of Excellence on nine occasions. Over his 34-year career, his ensembles have given numerous invitational performances, including the 17th International Cultural Festival in Tottori, Japan, SEUS Honor Band Clinic, University of Georgia MidFest, GMEA In-Service Conference, University of Alabama Middle School Honor Band, National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall, CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Conference, Music for All Affiliate Southeastern Regional Concert Festival, and the Music for All National Festival. Poor frequently serves as a consultant, adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor, with presentations at The Midwest Clinic, Ohio Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, Florida Music Educators Association Professional Learning Conference, and nine times at the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. He has served as an adjudicator for numerous state associations in the marching and concert areas, including Drum Corps International, Bands of America, SCBDA, OBA, GMEA, FMBC, MTSBOA, and ETSBOA. With a career spanning four decades in the drum corps activity, he has been a performer, adjudicator, instructor, caption head, and a designer for multiple drum and bugle corps, including Music City, Spirit of Atlanta, Phantom Regiment, and the Blue Stars.