Our Directors
Tom Finigan
Tom Finigan
is the Director of Bands
for the Colleton County High School
Band of Blue
and
coordinator of the
Instrumental Music Program for the Colleton County Schools. He is a native of
Walterboro, SC and is in his twentieth year with the Colleton County Band
Program. Mr. Finigan has been associated with The Band of Blue either as a
student, staff member or director since 1976. He holds the Bachelor of
Music Education degree from the University of South Carolina and the Master of
Education degree in school administration and supervision from the Citadel.
During Mr. Finigan's tenure as Director of
Middle School Bands, The Walterboro Junior Band and The Colleton County
Junior Band received the Outstanding Performance Award from the South
Carolina Band Directors Association 16 years consecutively and a total of 18
times out of 19 years. The Junior Band, under his direction, performed
at the 1992 Middle School Association Convention and at the 1993 South
Carolina Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. Under Mr.
Finigan, hundreds of students have received numerous excellent and superior
ratings and region and all-state chairs at various SCBDA sponsored
events.
His professional affiliations
include Music Educators National Conference, National Band Association, Phi
Beta Mu Honorary Band Masters Fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, Kappa Delta
Epsilon, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, South Carolina Music Educators Association
and the South Carolina Band Directors Association. Mr. Finigan
is Past President of the South Carolina Band Directors Association.
Mr. Finigan served on the SCBDA Board for the past 14 years. He also
served as the SCBDA State Marching Committee Chairman for eight years and is
currently the Adjudication Chairman. He is also active as an adjudicator
and visual designer, having written for many fine area bands. Mr. Finigan
is married to the former Lorraine Cauley of Columbia. They have two sons,
Thomas, 11, is in the sixth grade, and William, 5, is in kindergarten. Mr. Manigo has
taught at Westside High School in Augusta, GA; Beaufort High School; R.W.
Groves High School in Savannah, GA; Manning High School; Greenwood High
School; and most recently at Wade Hampton High School in Hampton, SC.
His
professional affiliations include Music Educators National Conference,
South Carolina Music Educators Association, South Carolina Band Directors
Association, Georgia Music Educator's Association, Georgia Band Directors
Association, South Carolina Drum and Bugle Corps Association, South Carolina
Educators Association and the National Educators Association. Under Mr.
Manigo's baton, hundreds of students have received numerous excellent and
superior ratings and region and all-state chairs at various SCBDA sponsored
events. Mr. Manigo has won the SCBDA 3A Lower State Marching Band
Championship three times. Mr. Manigo has won the SCBDA Outstanding
Performance Award 9 times at the High School level and three times at the
Middle School level. Mr. Manigo
lives in Port Royal, SC with his wife, Latonya and their three children,
Jaquel, Ciji, Bernadette. Greg Hall
Ervin Manigo
E.L. Manigo,
is the Associate Director
of Bands for the Colleton County High School Band of Blue and Director of
the Colleton County Junior Band and Middle School Bands. Mr. Manigo is a
native of Colleton County and grew up in Walterboro, SC. He is in his
twenty-third year of teaching. Mr. Manigo is a 1980 graduate of Walterboro
High School and earned his BME in Instrumental Music Education from Winthrop
University. Mr. Manigo is currently working on his master's degree in
Secondary Education Administration.
Mr. Manigo was teacher of the year in 1996 at Manning High School; in 1999
at Greenwood High School and in 2002 in Hampton School District One. He has
served on the SCBDA Marching Committee for several years.
Greg Hall,
is a 2000 graduate of Furman University and a
1996 graduate of Berea High School. He served as Director of Bands at
Travelers Rest High school for the past five years. He has studied music
under the direction of Dr. Leslie Hicken, Dr. John Beckford, John Parks, and
Dr. Gary Robinson. Some of Mr. Hall’s accomplishments and achievements are:
Drum Major of the Paladin Regiment (Furman University), Undergraduate Staff
for the Paladin Regiment Percussion, Principal Percussionist—Furman
University Wind Ensemble, Principal Percussionist—Furman University
Symphonic Band, Principal Percussionist—Furman Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Hall
also performed with the Furman Jazz Band, Percussion Ensembles, and various
small ensembles while at Furman. In his senior year in high school, Mr. Hall
was awarded the South Carolina Music Educators Association Memorial
Scholarship, which is the highest award to be received by a South Carolina
high school musician.
Mr. Hall has performed as a percussionist with and for many organizations
across the state and the southeast region, including the Greenville Symphony
Orchestra, Spartanburg Philharmonic, churches, bands, and also as the
owner/operator of “Caribbean Steel” a one man steel pan band. He has served
on band staffs for Furman University’s Paladin Regiment, under the direction
of Mr. Jay Bocook, and for high schools and middle schools around the
southeast region including Greer High School, Easley High School, and
Roswell High School in Georgia. He has served as an adjudicator for music
events around the Southeast as well. His professional affiliations include
National Music Educators National Conference and the Percussive Arts
Society. He is currently pursuing National Board Certification in Music.
Another large part of his life has been spent
serving his country in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. He was a
Sergeant in the Ammunition Company, 4th Supply Battalion, 4th Force Service
Support Group out of Greenville, SC. In 2003, Mr. Hall was deployed to
Kuwait to serve in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Among his
military awards are two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, Global War
on Terrorism Service Medal, and eight Meritorious Masts.
Nick
Infinger
Nick Infinger
serves as an Assistant Director
of the Colleton County High
School Band of Blue.
He is a native of Harleyville, SC and is in his second year with the Colleton
County Band Program. He holds the bachelor of Music Education degree from
the University of South Carolina. He is a member of
Music Educators National Conference,
South Carolina Music Educators Association,
The International Trumpet Guild, and the South Carolina Band Directors
Association.
Mr. Infinger has taught in the midlands area at both Spring Valley High
School and Gilbert High School. During his time at USC, he was a featured
soloist with the marching band and performed in various ensembles. He has
also performed for President George W. Bush and the past three South
Carolina Governors.
In addition to teaching beginning and middle school band at Forest Circle
Middle School, Mr. Infinger also keeps a private music studio, teaching
young trumpet players. He enjoys golf and is an avid outdoorsman who loves
to hunt and fish.
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