ELIZABETHTON â The Elizabethton City Board of Education has begun the process of replacing a legend.
In Thursdayâs monthly meeting, the board unanimously approved the creation of a summer band coordinator position. The purpose of that position is to begin the process for the next band director to prepare to take over Elizabethton High Schoolâs Betsy Band when Perry Elliott retires as band director at the end of June.
Director of Schools Richard VanHuss explained the coordinator position to the board. âWe are all very sad that Mr. Elliott is in the process of retiring at the end of this school year. My goodness, we can all stand up here and talk for days about what Mr. Elliott has done for the band program, the school, as well as the community. He is going to be very, very hard to replace, there is no question about that.â