Get to know the members of the Marching Southerners Flute Line!
Chelsea Owens- Head Section Leader
Major: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Year in college: Senior Years in Southerners: 4 Hometown: Harvest, Alabama Hobbies/Favorites: I love to read, listen to and perform music, and I love making other people smile :) I am a member of Sigma Alpha Iota and wish to pursue a career in genetic counseling! Message to Potential Members: I understand this may be a stressful and intimidating time for you, but I promise we aren't as scary as you may think! We want to see and help you succeed, so don't be afraid to make new friends! Southerners is a big family and we would love to have you here with us! If you need any help, please do not hesitate to ask! |
Makayla West- Assistant section leader
Major: Music Education
Year in College: Senior
Years in Southerners: 4
Hometown: Piedmont, Alabama
Hobbies/Favorites: Shopping, painting, and making others laugh. I have a ton of cats :)
Message to Potential Members: Being in southerners has helped me build friendships that will last a lifetime. It also inspires me everyday to be a better musician and a kinder person. Enjoy it before it's gone! :)
Year in College: Senior
Years in Southerners: 4
Hometown: Piedmont, Alabama
Hobbies/Favorites: Shopping, painting, and making others laugh. I have a ton of cats :)
Message to Potential Members: Being in southerners has helped me build friendships that will last a lifetime. It also inspires me everyday to be a better musician and a kinder person. Enjoy it before it's gone! :)
Hunter allen
Major: Music Education
Year in College: Sophomore Years in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Muscle Shoals, AL Hobbies/Favorites: Photography, watching Netflix, playing oboe, playing sudoku, and playing with my cat Message to Potential Members: Memorize the music ,and do your best. I know it's scary, but do your best and enjoy it because it will be gone before you know it. |
Jessica Bausch
Major: Elementary Education
Year in College: Sophomore Year in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Chelsea, AL Hobbies/Favorites: Reading, Netflix, Spending time with friends Message to Potential Members: Don't be scared to get out of your comfort zone. Always try your best, take constructive criticism and apply it, and remember to enjoy it all! |
Kelsey Gable
Major: Business
Year in College: Sophomore Year in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Glencoe, AL Hobbies/Favorites: Looking at cute pictures of animals Message to Potential Members: The Southerners is an amazing organization, it mixes business with play and results in endless amounts of good times with good people. |
Kendall Hanson
Major: Music (psychology minor)
Year in College: Senior
Years in Southerners: 5
Hometown: Acworth, GA
Hobbies: Enoing, painting, napping, Harry Potter, and petting good dogs. Member of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Message to Potential Members: Don't be afraid to put yourself out there and make new friends. Welcome home!
Year in College: Senior
Years in Southerners: 5
Hometown: Acworth, GA
Hobbies: Enoing, painting, napping, Harry Potter, and petting good dogs. Member of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Message to Potential Members: Don't be afraid to put yourself out there and make new friends. Welcome home!
Kamryn Herman
Major: Nursing
Year in College: Sophomore Year in Southerners: 2 Hometown: LaFayette, GA Hobbies/Favorites: I love cats, yoga, naps, and spending time with my friends! Message to Potential Members: Don't ever be afraid to jump into new things! Southerners has been humbling, exciting, and the most amazing experience of my life so far. Southerners will become your family faster than you can blink, and it's the best feeling. Get ready for endless goosebumps! |
Savannah Holbrooks
Major: Special Education
Year in College: Sophomore Year in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Albertville, AL Hobbies/Favorites: Reading, crocheting, hanging out with friends Message to Potential Members:M Being a part of the Southerners is a wonderful opportunity and it provides me with a family away from home. I would not make it through college without my new friends in the flute section and throughout the band. |
Emily Langston
Major: Music Education
Year in College: Junior
Year in Southerners: 3
Hometown: Glencoe, AL
Hobbies: Candle-making, enoing, Netflix, procastination, and watching Gordon Ramsey
Message to Potential Members: Just be yourself and the rest will follow!
Year in College: Junior
Year in Southerners: 3
Hometown: Glencoe, AL
Hobbies: Candle-making, enoing, Netflix, procastination, and watching Gordon Ramsey
Message to Potential Members: Just be yourself and the rest will follow!
Jesslyn McCullough
Major: Music Education
Year in college: Senior
Years in Southerners: 5
Hometown: Moody, AL
Hobbies/Favorites: Eating, rescuing cats I never can keep, and having an existential crisis
Southerners will change you exponentially. Talk to as much people as you can and take as many photos!!!! My biggest regret from previous years. Also, Bodiford 💙
Message to Potential Members: Enjoy every second of your time in Southerners. It's a magical thing you will keep in your hear forever. Also, Bodiford is my father.
Year in college: Senior
Years in Southerners: 5
Hometown: Moody, AL
Hobbies/Favorites: Eating, rescuing cats I never can keep, and having an existential crisis
Southerners will change you exponentially. Talk to as much people as you can and take as many photos!!!! My biggest regret from previous years. Also, Bodiford 💙
Message to Potential Members: Enjoy every second of your time in Southerners. It's a magical thing you will keep in your hear forever. Also, Bodiford is my father.
Shaina Mitchell
Major: Social work, minor in Spanish
Year in College: Senior Year in southerners: 4 Hometown: Ashland, AL Hobbies/Activities: I enjoy reading, trying new things, hanging out with people, doing outdoorsy stuff, watching Netflix, crafting, and musicals. I also have a dog named Harold and a cat named Karen. Message to Potential members: Talk to people. Talk to other sections. Talk to everyone. If you don't have anyone to talk to, come talk to me. |
Aaron Nottingham
Major: Music Education
Year in College: Sophomore Years in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Huntsville, AL Hobbies/favorites: Practicing and hanging out with friends Message to potential members: My opinion of Southerners changed drastically since my start at Jacksonville State University. The people who are involved in the program really do form bonds which last a lifetime and I'm glad to be a part of a program so much larger than myself. |
Savannah Perman
Major: Pre-Health Biology
Year in College: Junior Years in Southerners: 3 Hometown: Southside, AL Hobbies/favorites: Photography and Painting Message to potential members: While being a part of the southerners, I realized that the practices are long and tedious and the performances are difficult. But I also learned that it's never about what we do, it's about why we do it. The exhibitions and the halftimes, I have witnessed, really effect and move people. The long practices are forgotten when the sea of red turns at the big hit and the crowd reflects our energy. So when people ask me why I would participate in an organization that takes up so much of my time, I think about this feeling and my closest friends, and I say "why wouldn't I?" |
Madison Rawlston
. Major: Child Development
Year: Junior
Years in Southerners: 3
Hometown: Chickamauga, GA
Hobbies/Favorites: Hiking, Painting, hanging with friends, and playing with my cat shadow
Message to Potential Members: Positivity can get you further in life than a bad attitude!
Year: Junior
Years in Southerners: 3
Hometown: Chickamauga, GA
Hobbies/Favorites: Hiking, Painting, hanging with friends, and playing with my cat shadow
Message to Potential Members: Positivity can get you further in life than a bad attitude!
Ashlyn Reynolds
Major: Nursing
Year: Sophomore Years in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Marrietta, GA Hobbies/Favorites: I enjoy watching netflix, going to six flaygs, hanging out with friens, and taking naps. Message to Potential Members: Southerners has introduced me to my closet friends, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Don't be afraid to talk to new people, and get to know them becasue there's a high likelihood they will stay in your life for a long time. |
Allison Schottoefer
Major:
Year: Sophomore
Years in Southerners: 2
Hometown: Newnan, GA
Hobbies/Favorites: I love cats, video games, painting, and baking.
Message to Potential Members: Don't be afraid to be yourself and have fun!
Year: Sophomore
Years in Southerners: 2
Hometown: Newnan, GA
Hobbies/Favorites: I love cats, video games, painting, and baking.
Message to Potential Members: Don't be afraid to be yourself and have fun!
Kelsey Smith
Major: Music Education
Year in college: Junior
Years in Southerners: 3
Hometown: Blountsville, AL
Hobbies/favorites:
Message to Potential Members: Joining Southerners will be one of the best decisions you will ever make. I've never felt such a sense of family with any other organization. I have so many friends that I know will last a lifetime.
Year in college: Junior
Years in Southerners: 3
Hometown: Blountsville, AL
Hobbies/favorites:
Message to Potential Members: Joining Southerners will be one of the best decisions you will ever make. I've never felt such a sense of family with any other organization. I have so many friends that I know will last a lifetime.
Erika Sperl
Major: Psychology
Year in College: Sophomore Years in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Hobbies/Favorites: I like to paint, spend time with my friends, read, and play flute of course! Message to Potential Members: I'm really shy and anxious around new people, Southerners allowed me to be around MANY people with the same interests as me and introduced to people that really cared about me. Don't be scared about coming into the Southerners because no matter what you'll find some of the best people that you will want in your life forever! |
Reilly thompson
Major: Undecided
Year in College: Sophomore Year in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Cartersville, GA Hobbies/Favorites: Laughing at memes on twitter, watching Netflix, spending time with my friends, and playing with my cats Message to Potential Members: Joining Southerners was a little overwhelming for me at first, but very quickly became one of the best decisions I'd ever made. This band will introduce you to some of your closet friends and will give you memories that will last a lifetime! |
Keeley Tibbitts
Major: Mass Communications
Year in college: Sophomore Years in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Dallas, Georgia Hobbies: Playing ukulele, playing video games, reading and writing Message to Potential Members: Stay strong through every performance and practice. Two phrases I live by 1) keep it positive and 2) fake it till you make it |
Jacob Womack
Major: Music Education
Year in college: Sophomore Years in Southerners: 2 Hometown: Douglasville, GA Hobbies/Favorites: I enjoy reading, playing piano, and drinking so much coffee that I go into cardiac arrest. Message to Potential Members: The flute section is honestly one of the best sections and everyone is so nice! It's like one big family, and you'll always have a friend! |
Charlie the Duck
I'm the baddest duck around. 'Nuff said.