As we first told you yesterday, former long-time Ocean Springs Band Director Joe Cacibauda passed away at the age of 70 from lung cancer.
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- - as we first told you yesterday,- former long time ocean springs- high school band director, joe- cacibauda - pronounced catchabauda- passed away at the age of 70- from lung cancer.
- today, news 25's gabby cox went- to ocean springs to see how he- is- being remembered.
- - nats of mr. joe talking - joe cacibauda, or better known- as mr. joe, was the band- director of - ocean springs high school from- 1984 to 2015.
- - - - he was not just a beloved - musician and teacher, but a - mentor to so- many.
- mohamad schuman, director of- bands: "the thing that i gained most from mr. - joe, other than his musicianshi- because it was superb, but it - was a fact that i - always had so much respect for- him because it was evident that- - - - his students loved him..... and- as a teacher, that is what i- want to emulate."
After his farewell concert for- his retirement in - 2015, the band hall was - dedicated and named in his- honor.- kevin shira, the assistant- - - - director of bands, student- taught with mr. joe.- kevin shira: "if he had a bad day, i never saw it.
He did a - really good job of always...if - rehearsal didn't go as well, he- hid it from the kids.
Everythin- was always positive.
He - was strict and he ran a very- tight ship and the kids - respected that and worked hard- to- - - - show him that."
Gabby cox: "and although the current band students at ocean- springs high- - - - school were not able to - experience mr. joe's leadership- in person, his legacy - continues to live on through hi- memory here."
Patricia grigsby: "you see videos of the final concert or- the final this....and with mr.- joe,- there will never be a final.
He- will live on in everybody's - heart."
Nats amazing grace from band- - - - in ocean springs gabby cox news- 25-
Joe Cacibauda was Band Director at Ocean Springs High School for 31 years.
