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Jackson State Band to perform at Under Armour Senior Bowl

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:07 +0000

Jackson State Band to perform at Under Armour Senior Bowl
MOBILE, Ala. — Fans attending next month’s Under Armour Senior Bowl will be treated to the sights and sounds of one of the most sought after show bands in the nation. Jackson State University’s "Sonic Boom of the South" will perform at the 61st annual event, game officials have announced. The [...]

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Southern University Says Its Not Liable For Hazing Injuries Bandmember Suffered Read

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:07 +0000

Southern University Says Its Not Liable For Hazing Injuries Bandmember Suffered Read
Baton Rouge, LA (AHN) - According to court documents Southern University contends it is not liable for injuries a marching band member suffered in 2008 during a hazing incident. The school says he received his injuries off campus and with his consent.

The school also says Marcus Heath signed a contract stating he would not take [...]

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Thornton, beloved band director

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:07 +0000

Thornton, beloved band director
By JENALIA MORENO Houston Chronicle | Obituary Section
For more than two decades, Willowridge High School band director Ronald Thornton led his students both inside and outside the classroom.
Thornton, 60, died Friday evening at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital. More than 100 relatives and former band students were at the hospital at the time [...]

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Director of Bands, Ronald Thornton Sr. Passes

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:06 +0000

Director of Bands, Ronald Thornton Sr. Passes
On the morning of Friday December 4th, came shocking news from the Houston Marching band community, Mr. Ronald Thornton Sr., Director of Bands at Willowridge High School was found unconcious in his home by his Wife. After spending the remainder of his life in The ICU at Methodist Hospital in Sugarland. Mr. Thornton passed away [...]

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Band Director Celebrates Longevity- Sky Arnold

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:06 +0000

Band Director Celebrates Longevity- Sky Arnold
There are two things newcomers notice about the Aristocrat of Bands. The body movement and the high knee lift of its band members. A style, director Edward Graves wouldn’t change for anything. "I wouldn’t dare. When you find something that works why change it," said Graves. [...]

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NCCU Sound Machine selected to perform at the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:06 +0000

NCCU Sound Machine selected to perform at the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade

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Honda Announces Participants for it’s 2010 Battle of The Bands

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:06 +0000

Honda Announces Participants for it’s 2010 Battle of The Bands
Three months ago, 45 marching bands from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) began the journey down the “Road to the Honda,” all competing for a spot in the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase.
Out of 45 competing marching bands from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), [...]

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SU band hazing victim sues school

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:05 +0000

SU band hazing victim sues school
Southern University marching band hazing victim Marcus Heath of Georgia and his mother, Marilyn, are suing the college for liability in last year’s off-campus initiation event.
Heath and two other freshman band mates were struck repeatedly with 2-by-4-inch boards during initiation in an off-campus East Baton Rouge Parish residence prior to last year’s Bayou Classic football [...]

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Documentary ties bands to presidential election

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:05 +0000

Documentary ties bands to presidential election
Documentary about marching bands opens film festival at University of Virginia
By Rob Hedelt
Fredricksburg.com | Source

–Monica Anderson and Stanley Edmonds go to different universities in Virginia. But at the opening of this past weekend’s 22nd annual Virginia Film Festival, a unique documentary on their schools’ bands and last year’s presidential election brought the Fredericksburg-area [...]

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NCCU Sound Machine to sound off in 2011 Rose Parade

MarchingSport — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:33:03 +0000

NCCU Sound Machine to sound off in 2011 Rose Parade
By Neil Offen (The Sun-Herald)
DURHAM — When Roy Ector, drum major with the N.C. Central University marching band, got the news, he called his mom.
“We weren’t supposed to tell anybody at first, but I had to tell her,” Ector said. “Now she’s telling me, she’s going to go to California, too.”
That’s because Ector and the [...]

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