Dr. Clifford M. “Ski” Winter received his MA and EdD from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Upon graduation from the University, he received the M. Ray Loree Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research, which is awarded by the Graduate School.

Ski taught high school band at Daleville HS from 1973-1976, and moved on to teach at Huffman HS from 1976-1988. During the Huffman years, the bands received 15 years of superior ratings. He received the Stanbury Outstanding Young Band Director Award for the Southeast while teaching at Huffman. He also served as ABA President during this time helping effect positive changes within the organization. Many of his band students later became successful band directors in their own right: Theo Vernon, Kim Bain, Dale Hovey, Robert Smith – to name a few.

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