FCS Bands

[Big Dawg]

I can't remember if a topic like this has been posted recently, but post clips of your schools marching band...as everyone knows, the band is a major part of college football. Let's give them a little shine

[Big Dawg]

Here's the Marching 100

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiO_Hyw_HMs

[JMU_MRD'03-'07]

Here's one show by the MRD's this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z5Kts4qIo0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2elwCve_uy4&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQUlvfqCZa0&mode=related&search=

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

http://www.humanjukebox.com :thumbsup:

[ucdavisaggie05]

California Aggie Marching Band-uh!
http://camb.ucdavis.edu/

Aggie Skiing Band-uh!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjN7UxE6boM

2006 Pregame Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L92hMmfFx3w

More video clips: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aggie+band-uh&search=Search

[arranger101]

I can't remember if a topic like this has been posted recently, but post clips of your schools marching band...as everyone knows, the band is a major part of college football. Let's give them a little shine

Yeah, there have been a few, but we are trying(asking) to get a band board on AGS!:rotateh:

[Tribe4SF]

Can't let a thread like this go by without saying that The Marching Royal Dukes are, year-in and year-out, the best band in all of college football.

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[HIU 93]

Can't let a thread like this go by without saying that The Marching Royal Dukes are, year-in and year-out, the best band in all of college football.

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Got to disagree with you on that...Taking away the homer vote and leaving the Force out of the discussion, my vote goes to the Marching 100.

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[Kill'em]

Can't let a thread like this go by without saying that The Marching Royal Dukes are, year-in and year-out, the best band in all of college football.

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That is a bold statement. I think Ohio St, Michigan and USC would have the edge. There are also really good bands in the lower divisions as well. Valdosta St has an outstanding band.

[NSUDemon98]

That is a bold statement. I think Ohio St, Michigan and USC would have the edge. There are also really good bands in the lower divisions as well. Valdosta St has an outstanding band.

There are also good bands in conferences that aren't exposed to SoCon or A10. Two that come to mind is the 300 member Northwestern State University "Spirit of Northwestern" and Jacksonville State University "Marching Southerners".

[arranger101]

Can't let a thread like this go by without saying that The Marching Royal Dukes are, year-in and year-out, the best band in all of college football.

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xlolx xlolx xlolx

If that helps you sleep at night! Don't get me wrong they have a good band, but "the best"...I think not! I love the corpstyle Big 10(our founding fathers), but they would have a hard time mating these boys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIMdBOzpu0


This is why we need a band board!

[Mountaineer#96]

gosh Florida A&M's uniforms are horrible looking

[arranger101]

gosh Florida A&M's uniforms are horrible looking

Why, because they are loud?xlolx

It took me awhile to get used to it too...going from green to orange! But musically, I would put them up against ANY band...even in a down year!xcoffeex

[Mountaineer#96]

sorry i was off topic and not talking about the band

[arranger101]

Got to disagree with you on that...Taking away the homer vote and leaving the Force out of the discussion, my vote goes to the Marching 100.

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Did you go to the game last year when they played this against Hampton? I just wished that it was passed out when I marched!:bawling:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7pPKO8yOfY

[arranger101]

sorry i was off topic and not talking about the band

ok...but your still right!:rotateh:

[bandl]

Where's SUJag when you need him...

We had this discussion a long while ago, more specifically comparing the better HBCU bands (Southern, SC State, etc). to the better non-HBCU bands (JMU & UMass, both Sudler Trophy winners, etc.). The HBCU bands are almost always a hell of alot more enjoyable to watch, while the non-HBCU bands almost always have a much better tonal quality. It comes down to fundamentals...it's pretty damn difficult to play a trumpet well, or any brass instrument for that matter (who cares about the woodwinds, you can't hear them anyways), when you're bobbing, weaving & dancing all over the field. That's not to say that the HBCU bands aren't musically just as talented as any other bands out there. But the tone quality is usually lacking.

[Tribe4SF]

That is a bold statement. I think Ohio St, Michigan and USC would have the edge. There are also really good bands in the lower divisions as well. Valdosta St has an outstanding band.

Yes, it is a bold statement. Also happens to be true. I've seen alot of these bands over the years, including some of the HBCU bands, and JMU is the best. No homerism involved.

Besides the big school bands, the bands like the Force and Marching 100 are the most entertaining. The Force was great at the HU/UNH game, and I'm sure they were missing some folks.

[arranger101]

Where's SUJag when you need him...

We had this discussion a long while ago, more specifically comparing the better HBCU bands (Southern, SC State, etc). to the better non-HBCU bands (JMU & UMass, both Sudler Trophy winners, etc.). The HBCU bands are almost always a hell of alot more enjoyable to watch, while the non-HBCU bands almost always have a much better tonal quality. It comes down to fundamentals...it's pretty damn difficult to play a trumpet well, or any brass instrument for that matter (who cares about the woodwinds, you can't hear them anyways), when you're bobbing, weaving & dancing all over the field. That's not to say that the HBCU bands aren't musically just as talented as any other bands out there. But the tone quality is usually lacking.

Well, not agreeing or disagreeing, but let's put that theory to the test..

Sudler Trophy Winner FAMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLI9_037qsM

Not many bands can go song for song with SU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf7FWJjy6GE

[JaxSinfonian]

Can't let a thread like this go by without saying that The Marching Royal Dukes are, year-in and year-out, the best band in all of college football.

I think we'll all wind up homers in this discussion. I enjoyed the clips of the Dukes, but of course I've gotta support my Jacksonville State Marching Southerners. Ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere. (thanks to NSUDemons98 for the props!)

2006 marked the band's 50th anniversary. At the final home game, the university sponsored a reunion that drew about 1,000 alumni. Here's a video of the band's post-game performance for an audience made up mainly of those alums, the final show of this season (http://www.hutchdeloach.com/video/jsu_50_post.html).

[melloAggiesousa]

C'mon out to Davis in April for Picnic Day. The parade in the morning has featured up to 5 University bands (usual suspects are Cal, Stanford, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Humboldt State and the host Cal Aggies), and the same bands then battle starting at 2pm until midnight or later. It would rock to have Southern or Grambling State come and join in the fun, and there's been whisperings about Wisconsin showing up soon...

The Cal Aggie Marching Band is 180 strong, marches Big 10 style and always has an entertaining 4-5 song show to start the parade (mixed contemporary rock and traditional pieces).

For football games, the CAMB has a new show every week, new songs, the whole kit-n-kaboodle! And, the CAMB is VERY friendly...come and play with 'em after the game if you're the opposing teams' band. Mix socially afterwards! It's what you would expect from the school with the no. 1 Viticulture and Enology program in the world...

...and the CAMB hasn't missed a football game in, like, never. I know, I know...we could only afford to send one person to the playoff game in Fargo in 1983, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do...at least she's REALLY loud.

[nothingbutjsu]

The Marching Southerners at Jacksonville State has NO competition in D1-D2-D3-NAIA.. They simply are the best.

[NC Aggie]

Here's the Marching 100

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiO_Hyw_HMs

Yes! A band that really marches...good sound too!

[NC Aggie]

Here's one show by the MRD's this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z5Kts4qIo0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2elwCve_uy4&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQUlvfqCZa0&mode=related&search=

arghh... awful. A drumb and bugle corp with a Maynard Ferguson wannabe.

[NC Aggie]

California Aggie Marching Band-uh!
http://camb.ucdavis.edu/

Aggie Skiing Band-uh!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjN7UxE6boM

2006 Pregame Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L92hMmfFx3w

More video clips: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aggie+band-uh&search=Search


Yes, still high-stepping!

Only real bands high step....the others.....well there's the NAIA of college bands....ie., dumb and bugle corps

CAMBA 79

[NC Aggie]

That is a bold statement. I think Ohio St, Michigan and USC would have the edge. There are also really good bands in the lower divisions as well. Valdosta St has an outstanding band.


Ohio State...awesome.... because they are an all brass band....but who knows now maybe they are politically correct and admit useless instruments like clarinets.

Michigan State too....although they have DIGRESSED into some corp style marching.....HERESY!!

[jstate83]

:hurray: The Sonic Boom of the South--- JSU :thumbsup: (http://sonicboomofthesouth.com/):hurray:

[JMU-MRD-DAD]

arghh... awful. A drumb and bugle corp with a Maynard Ferguson wannabe.
The thread was to give some SHINE to the college bands....not smack. Just say you prefer your style........that's all......

[skinny_uncle]

The Marching Salukis are a little off the wall. Their "uniforms" consist of tails and hombergs. I can find audio clips but video seems to be rare. They often play at Rams or Bears games and once played the first instumental version of the National Anthem in a MLB playoff game at Busch stadium. Here is a brief video clip and a couple of audios.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HAez8T-kQs

http://www.siuc.edu/media/Audio/GoSouthernGo.mp3

http://www.siuc.edu/media/Audio/SaluteToAmerica.mp3

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Where's SUJag when you need him...

We had this discussion a long while ago, more specifically comparing the better HBCU bands (Southern, SC State, etc). to the better non-HBCU bands (JMU & UMass, both Sudler Trophy winners, etc.). The HBCU bands are almost always a hell of alot more enjoyable to watch, while the non-HBCU bands almost always have a much better tonal quality. It comes down to fundamentals....
Wynton Marcelis marched for SU. Members of the Gap band marched for SU.

[NC Aggie]

The thread was to give some SHINE to the college bands....not smack. Just say you prefer your style........that's all......


OK.....compare and contrast.....maybe someone got a chuckle out of it.

[FUspirit]

If you was to ask who was the best back in the 80s and early 90s I would have most definatly said FURMAN PALADIN REGIMENT---Reason? two words (four words)... Jay Bocock...Jenson Publications. FU was the premier feature band on all Jenson Albums and if you ever hear one you would know why.
Now if you ask that question today I would have to give my props to JACKSONVILLE STATE---Reason? two words...Tubas...Balance.

My favorite dance style band is South Carolina State. Oh and by the way... unless you are a dance band, high steppin sucks.

[Kill'em]

If you was to ask who was the best back in the 80s and early 90s I would have most definatly said FURMAN PALADIN REGIMENT---Reason? two words (four words)... Jay Bocock...Jenson Publications. FU was the premier feature band on all Jenson Albums and if you ever hear one you would know why.
Now if you ask that question today I would have to give my props to JACKSONVILLE STATE---Reason? two words...Tubas...Balance.

My favorite dance style band is South Carolina State. Oh and by the way... unless you are a dance band, high steppin sucks.
Obviously, you've never watched a drum-and-bugle corps perform. They do it right.

[HIU 93]

Wynton Marcelis marched for SU. Members of the Gap band marched for SU.

Actually, that was Branford. However, your point is absolutely correct.

[FUspirit]

Actualy Kill em, I not only have seen drum corps march, I marched in two of them. I marched in Spirit (90-91) and Crown (93 Div II Champs). And the qoute you highlighted expresses my disdain for bands that continue to march High Step style. The only bands that should still be doing that are the HBCU or dance bands. Also Bocook writes the music for the Cadets and other corps.

[NC Aggie]

Actualy Kill em, I not only have seen drum corps march, I marched in two of them. I marched in Spirit (90-91) and Crown (93 Div II Champs). And the qoute you highlighted expresses my disdain for bands that continue to march High Step style. The only bands that should still be doing that are the HBCU or dance bands. Also Bocook writes the music for the Cadets and other corps.


All high schools seemed to have gone to dumb and bugle corps. Easier to do and easier to play. Unfortunately, a bunch of weird music comes with it, and how exciting is it to walk in a snake line, or an amorphous blob? Not to mention pajama uniforms and a bunch of flag girls, perscussion that cannot move, etc.

If you have ever seen the flying wedge of Cal burst out of the tunnel, or any other high stepping college marching band to pre-game you know what I mean. How do you do march corps style playing the fight song for Pete's sake unless your fight song in Malagania sp?

I think a lot of high school kids now no nothing about high stepping (non corp style) that they know no difference. That is unfortunate in my opinion. By the way high step in not necessarily shuck and jive....although that is much more entertaining and exciting than corps.

[Kill'em]

All high schools seemed to have gone to dumb and bugle corps. Easier to do and easier to play. Unfortunately, a bunch of weird music comes with it, and how exciting is it to walk in a snake line, or an amorphous blob? Not to mention pajama uniforms and a bunch of flag girls, perscussion that cannot move, etc.

If you have ever seen the flying wedge of Cal burst out of the tunnel, or any other high stepping college marching band to pre-game you know what I mean. How do you do march corps style playing the fight song for Pete's sake unless your fight song in Malagania sp?

I think a lot of high school kids now no nothing about high stepping (non corp style) that they know no difference. That is unfortunate in my opinion. By the way high step in not necessarily shuck and jive....although that is much more entertaining and exciting than corps.
You need to watch my daughter's band perform. Trust me, there is nothing easy about it.

[JaxSinfonian]

All high schools seemed to have gone to dumb and bugle corps. Easier to do and easier to play. Unfortunately, a bunch of weird music comes with it, and how exciting is it to walk in a snake line, or an amorphous blob? Not to mention pajama uniforms and a bunch of flag girls, perscussion that cannot move, etc.

Huh?

NC Aggie, you obviously live in some alternate universe where reality is far different than what we're accustomed to over here. You're welcome to have your favorite style, but I recommend you stay away from disparaging others'. You seem to have a habit of mistaking your opinions and impressions for fact.

Instead of telling us why you think everyone else's band sucks, how about telling us what you like about yours? Just a suggestion.

[FUspirit]

NC Aggie--If high steppin is so difficult then why have the BEST marching units in the world abandoned it (i.e. Drum Corp). If you think the corps in DCI and many of the bands that copy them are taking the easy way out then you try to join the Cavaliers (of Rosemont Ill.) and see how long you last in the hot sun going 150 plus beats per minute. The drill today is so much more intricate and difficult than it ever was with the Military Style High Steppers of the past.

[bobcatfan06]

http://www.txstate.edu/bobcatband/marching_band.html

"The Pride of the Hill Country"'s website is listed above. I don't know if there are any videos on there, but I'll try to find some.

[CoastalFan2005]

http://www.coastal.edu/spirit/ is where you can find The Spirit of the Chanticleer Marching Band. We're only as old as our football team, but we've made some great strides in 4 years. :nod:

[Applete]

Appstate Drumline............if only our newly ordered drums would ever show up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9og7OA97lM&mode=related&search=

[Kill'em]

Huh?

NC Aggie, you obviously live in some alternate universe where reality is far different than what we're accustomed to over here. You're welcome to have your favorite style, but I recommend you stay away from disparaging others'. You seem to have a habit of mistaking your opinions and impressions for fact.

Instead of telling us why you think everyone else's band sucks, how about telling us what you like about yours? Just a suggestion.
Agreed. There is a reason why those types of bands (the high-steppin', dance bands) rarely compete. They will get blown off the field. Bands, like my daughter's, work long hours to, not only wow the crowd at halftime but blow bands away at competition. They are precision marchers and terrific musicians. I understand that the dance bands work extremely hard but to say conventional bands have it easier shows is ignorant.

Sorry. I know this thread is about I-AA bands, but I had to say something. I am very proud of the South Effingham High School Marching Band.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Agreed. There is a reason why those types of bands (the high-steppin', dance bands) rarely compete. They will get blown off the field. Bands, like my daughter's, work long hours to, not only wow the crowd at halftime but blow bands away at competition. They are precision marchers and terrific musicians. I understand that the dance bands work extremely hard but to say conventional bands have it easier shows is ignorant.

Sorry. I know this thread is about I-AA bands, but I had to say something. I am very proud of the South Effingham High School Marching Band.No other band in this country works as hard as the SU JUKEBOX.


http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/video/8e5ed2b1-59a5-4b87-a9a8-29d516d64f99.htm

[NC Aggie]

Huh?

NC Aggie, you obviously live in some alternate universe where reality is far different than what we're accustomed to over here. You're welcome to have your favorite style, but I recommend you stay away from disparaging others'. You seem to have a habit of mistaking your opinions and impressions for fact.

Instead of telling us why you think everyone else's band sucks, how about telling us what you like about yours? Just a suggestion.


8 to 5 marching
orthoganal (quick) turns that enhance color flashes of uniform
fight songs
only carting onto the field things that you can march with and play
glockenspiels
quick snap of hats off
spats


trouble is....most kids nowadays will never know......

BTW my kid plays in a "marching band" actually corps style. Do I support him....yes. Do I like the way his band marches....no. They have xylophones they roll onto the field for pete sake. And a string bass hooked up to an amplifier.

There are reasons why classics are called classics.......

[NC Aggie]

Agreed. There is a reason why those types of bands (the high-steppin', dance bands) rarely compete. They will get blown off the field. Bands, like my daughter's, work long hours to, not only wow the crowd at halftime but blow bands away at competition. They are precision marchers and terrific musicians. I understand that the dance bands work extremely hard but to say conventional bands have it easier shows is ignorant.

Sorry. I know this thread is about I-AA bands, but I had to say something. I am very proud of the South Effingham High School Marching Band.

What's a dance band?

Is this correct
Dance band = HBUC band
Traditional band = drumb and bugle corp?

...a tradional band would really be a traditional marching band prior to corps style....so I would categorize

Marching band
1a traditional
1b. tradional with razzmataz (HBUC)
2. Corps style

[Russ B]

NC Aggie--If high steppin is so difficult then why have the BEST marching units in the world abandoned it (i.e. Drum Corp).

1) smoothness: it's much easier to play well when you are glide-stepping.
2) practicality: it's very hard to do modern corps-style drill while high-stepping.
3) combination: doing said 150bpm drill while high-stepping is going to kill your players, kill your sound, and look stupid. :D

That said, I've seen the D&B corps use high-stepping very effectively as a visual, but generally in military-style block drill situations and not at high tempos. The ones I've seen have been the ankle-to-knee style step rather than the Big-10 style kick step, though.

Personally, I prefer the high-stepping college bands. I think they have more variety--within the marching style, as well as musically. :cool:

[NC Aggie]

NC Aggie--If high steppin is so difficult then why have the BEST marching units in the world abandoned it (i.e. Drum Corp). If you think the corps in DCI and many of the bands that copy them are taking the easy way out then you try to join the Cavaliers (of Rosemont Ill.) and see how long you last in the hot sun going 150 plus beats per minute. The drill today is so much more intricate and difficult than it ever was with the Military Style High Steppers of the past.


Ohio State University hasn't abandoned it. Can you seen them playing "fight the team down the field" doing corps style marching.....don't think so. Check out their audio video.....there is a reason they call themselves the "best damn band in the land"

Also, I don't know why everybody talks about high school bands on this topic.

[NC Aggie]

8 to 5 marching
orthoganal (quick) turns that enhance color flashes of uniform
fight songs
only carting onto the field things that you can march with and play
glockenspiels
quick snap of hats off
spats


trouble is....most kids nowadays will never know......

BTW my kid plays in a "marching band" actually corps style. Do I support him....yes. Do I like the way his band marches....no. They have xylophones they roll onto the field for pete sake. And a string bass hooked up to an amplifier.

There are reasons why classics are called classics.......

oh yah, I forgot...

-snappy arm swing.

[bandl]

Wynton Marcelis marched for SU. Members of the Gap band marched for SU.
You mean Branford. Although Wynton was no slouch either...he went to Julliard when he was 17 or 18!! :eek:

I've seen them both perform live several times....and all I can say is holy crap, they are amazing musicians.

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

While following UNH this season I was able to see some very good bands.

Northwestern, Deleware, UMass, Hampton...All very good

At Northwestern and Deleware it was Highschool band day. Kind of cool.

U Maine was better then I expected, not up with those other 4 but still good.

Looking forward to JMU next season. I've never seen them.

[OL FU]

If you was to ask who was the best back in the 80s and early 90s I would have most definatly said FURMAN PALADIN REGIMENT---Reason? two words (four words)... Jay Bocock...Jenson Publications. FU was the premier feature band on all Jenson Albums and if you ever hear one you would know why.
Now if you ask that question today I would have to give my props to JACKSONVILLE STATE---Reason? two words...Tubas...Balance.

My favorite dance style band is South Carolina State. Oh and by the way... unless you are a dance band, high steppin sucks.

yes the Furman bands of the 80's were something special:nod:

[Kill'em]

I gotta give credit to Georgia Southern's band. It's been a great transformation from the mid-80's to today. They represent the school well. :nod:

[crunifan]

I must say, the JMU band sounds FANTASTIC but their formations really suck. A little harsh I know, but with a band that big, and with such great sound, its kind of disappointing to see them never really do anything impressive visually.

[SU Jag]

WOW!!!!!!!! A Band Board!

[SU Jag]

Where's SUJag when you need him...

We had this discussion a long while ago, more specifically comparing the better HBCU bands (Southern, SC State, etc). to the better non-HBCU bands (JMU & UMass, both Sudler Trophy winners, etc.). The HBCU bands are almost always a hell of alot more enjoyable to watch, while the non-HBCU bands almost always have a much better tonal quality. It comes down to fundamentals...it's pretty damn difficult to play a trumpet well, or any brass instrument for that matter (who cares about the woodwinds, you can't hear them anyways), when you're bobbing, weaving & dancing all over the field. That's not to say that the HBCU bands aren't musically just as talented as any other bands out there. But the tone quality is usually lacking.

SU Jags Comments are comming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:nod:

[arranger101]

WOW!!!!!!!! A Band Board!

Yeah, we want a band board...not a topic in "Other Interests"!:eyebrow:

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

You mean Branford. Although Wynton was no slouch either...he went to Julliard when he was 17 or 18!! :eek:

I've seen them both perform live several times....and all I can say is holy crap, they are amazing musicians.
My bad. Always get them confused. The guy from American Idiol also Marched for the Jukebox. :D

[Panther88]

My bad. Always get them confused. The guy from American Idiol also Marched for the Jukebox. :D

Big dude (Ruben Studdard) marched for AAMU I think SUTilUDie. :confused:

[HIU 93]

Big dude (Ruben Studdard) marched for AAMU I think SUTilUDie. :confused:

No- Ruben played football at AAMU.

[Panther88]

No- Ruben played football at AAMU.

Now gott dammit! LOL! WTF is up w/ the information flow?! xlolx

He played fball there? Hold on man. I'm going STRAIGHT to the source(s) themselves and inquire. :thumbsup:

[Eyes of Old Main]

Wofford doesn't have a band, but I've always thought Western Carolina's band was pretty good. But, then again, what else is there to do in Cullowhee? The Citadel's bagpipe corps is cool too.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Other Jukebox noteables.
Cameo's Charlie Singleton

THe Guiding Light actor Vince Williams

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

My bad. Always get them confused. The guy from American Idiol also Marched for the Jukebox. :D
Randy Jackson.

[MACHIAVELLI]

Wynton Marcelis marched for SU. Members of the Gap band marched for SU.

Which of the 3 members of the GAP band marched?

[HIU 93]

www.citadel.edu/pao/band/regimental_band.shtml


The Regimental Band and Pipes of The South Carolina Corps of Cadets. When they strike up "Dixie" it will MAKE you stand up and cheer!

I will never cheer for Dixie.

[Kill'em]

I have no problem with "Dixie."

[Purple Pride]

Here's the UCA Marching Bears and a few other UCA videos:

http://www.purplebears.net/forums/index.php?board=12.0

[SU Jag]

humanjukebox.com

Yes!:nod:

[citdog]

I will never cheer for Dixie.

That's a HUGE SHOCK.

[bjtheflamesfan]

Here's a little something from a little band in Lynchburg, VA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTZRqX_K29Y

[CCUBeachChicken]

Here's a little something from a little band in Lynchburg, VA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTZRqX_K29Y

The only thing wrong with liberty's band was they were large, but without much sound. You guys had it amplified for solos, and even though they were half the size the Spirit of the Chanticleer was still louder.

some bad video that doesn't give them justice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1YVKp8ep_I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrqZWdHSVJ8

[CCUBeachChicken]

Oh, BTW major props to FAMU's Marching 100 on halftime of the big game tonight.:thumbsup:

[bjtheflamesfan]

Definite props to the CCU band bro. Dr Tully has really done an amazing job basically building that band from scratch. Here's hoping you guys can come up with your football team in 07.

[HIU 93]

Oh, BTW major props to FAMU's Marching 100 on halftime of the big game tonight.:thumbsup:

They did their thing!!!!! Big ups to the 100rd!!!!

[CCUBeachChicken]

Definite props to the CCU band bro. Dr Tully has really done an amazing job basically building that band from scratch. Here's hoping you guys can come up with your football team in 07.

I probably sounded like i was downing on you guys by my comment. It seems that you took it as I meant it though. You guys were great.

[bjtheflamesfan]

I knew you meant no disrespect. Dr Kerr puts a lot into the marching. I think if we put a little extra effort into the musicality we could blow some people away. Im interested to see just how our band progresses after the 07 season because we're graduating a few truckloads of kids after that one (myself included)

[jessesd]

FAMU stinks in football, but my respect and vote goes to their matching band, FAMU is one of these schools were the band is more important that their football team, they can put a good show anytime regardless how bad their football team is getting creamated by halftime. Usually most of the FAMU's fans leave the stadium shortly after the band performance.

[jstate83]

FAMU stinks in football, but my respect and vote goes to their matching band, FAMU is one of these schools were the band is more important that their football team, they can put a good show anytime regardless how bad their football team is getting creamated by halftime. Usually most of the FAMU's fans leave the stadium shortly after the band performance.


That's the same ole bullshat that's spread around by PWC's about HBCU forever.
It's old.
Get a new soundbyte.

Jackson State's band is one of the best.
They were the only band in the United States invited to the WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL in South Korea last year.:nod:
They have invites for everywhere.

If JSU FANS don't come to see the football game, JUST THE BAND, tell me why did our season average dropped from 29,000 to 11,000 the 3 years Bell coached our FOOTBALL team to over 20 plus losses.:eyebrow:

I'd really like to know since we only go to see the bands in HBCU land.xlolx

BTW.............That picture below was taken at the start of the 4th QTR between JSU/SU.
That's way past halftime. xlolx

[HIU 93]

FAMU stinks in football, but my respect and vote goes to their matching band, FAMU is one of these schools were the band is more important that their football team, they can put a good show anytime regardless how bad their football team is getting creamated by halftime. Usually most of the FAMU's fans leave the stadium shortly after the band performance.

That said about the FIRST NCAA Div. I-AA Football National Champion, and the team that was coached by the legendary Jake Gaither. The same Jake Gaither that was mentioned by Jim Nantz during the Super Bowl Telecast as one of the ones who should have been given a shot in the NFL. The same Jake Gaither that Tony Dungy mentioned as one of his inspirations. The same FAMU that fills the Citrus Bowl every year and the Georgia Dome every year (78,000 each) for FOOTBALL games. Do some research before you make those statements.

[SU Jag]

FAMU stinks in football, but my respect and vote goes to their matching band, FAMU is one of these schools were the band is more important that their football team, they can put a good show anytime regardless how bad their football team is getting creamated by halftime. Usually most of the FAMU's fans leave the stadium shortly after the band performance.


Same bullshat, a different dayxcoffeex Any how many FAMU games you've been to?:rolleyes:

[bjtheflamesfan]

So any of you guys know what theme your marching band is doing for 2007?

[melloAggiesousa]

For the California Aggie Marching Band, it's a different show every week.

[mebisonII]

I didn't see the show, but I heard the U of Iowa Hawkeye band practicing a show that included the Phantom of the Opera...it sure sounded great from the practice field!

[jstate83]

So any of you guys know what theme your marching band is doing for 2007?

Different every home game.xnodx
Once it's done at home, The BOOM takes it on the road for away games.

Once they hit Memorial again, it better be a NEW show or all he!! will break loose if the other band comes in and clean their clocks.xlolx

Luv homecomming....................Nothing but PURE OLD-SCHOOL FUNK.xthumbsupx

[appfan2008]

Jax St. is the best

[CopperCat]

UM's band isn't bad. Pretty solid actually (better than MSU's pathetic excuse of a band).

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

SU-featuring DR. Issac Greggs on Trumpet xeekx xeekx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STrjGsMC2FU xthumbsupx

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Really, really really CLassic stuff here.

For 1 game during the 89 season SU preformed with only 48 members due to a beef between Dr. Greggs(SU band director) and the administration. SU brought the house down. Greggs won the battle and the band was back to regular size the next week.

Part 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0MqC6-3Ur8&mode=related&search=
Part 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ-yw7Njong

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

New Orleans mourns the loss of veteran clarinetist Alvin Batiste
Posted by By Keith Spera May 06, 2007 4:42PM
The final day of the 2007 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrated the life and music of Alvin Batiste more poignantly than anyone imagined.

The modern jazz clarinetist, composer and educator was scheduled to share a two-hour set Sunday with veteran drummer Bob French at the AT&T/WWOZ Jazz Tent. Special guests Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. would sit in as a tribute to Batiste and French, two musicians whose influence far outstripped their fame.

But 13 hours before the performance, Batiste's wife and constant companion, Edith, checked on her husband as he sat in front of a television in their Uptown home. He did not respond. He had died of an apparent heart attack at age 74.

So Sunday's show functioned as a jazz funeral, but an especially joyous one.

"It's so profound that the Creator chose this day to take him," said drummer Herlin Riley, a former Batiste student. "Because now we could all get together in a celebratory fashion and pay homage to him."

Batiste was born in New Orleans in 1932. He was introduced to the clarinet by his father, who played traditional jazz. Batiste's modern approach to the instrument was derived in part from Charlie Parker albums.

He went on to largely define the improvisational role of the clarinet, an instrument generally associated with traditional jazz, in modern bebop. Along with Ellis Marsalis, Harold Battiste, drummer Ed Blackwell and others, he helped establish the modern jazz community in New Orleans.

He composed orchestral works and three operas, as well as the textbook "The Root Progression System." He toured with or wrote songs for Ray Charles, Billy Cobham and Cannonball Adderley, among many others.

In college, he became the first African-American soloist with the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra. He earned a master's degree from Louisiana State University in performance and composition.

Enduring legacy

Student teaching as part of that program introduced him to a new calling in the classroom. His most enduring legacy may be the scores of students he instructed. He co-founded the jazz studies program at Southern University of Baton Rouge, among the first of its kind in the nation, and was instrumental in the formation of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where he continued to teach.

Indicative of his legacy, all three NOCCA seniors who performed as Batiste's band on Sunday have received scholarships to music conservatories.

"He was the ultimate educator, performer, mentor," said Astral Project saxophonist and Loyola professor Tony Dagradi. "He was all that rolled into one. There's nobody else in the world who did it as well as Alvin."

At Southern, Batiste's students included future "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson, pianist Henry Butler and saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr. Batiste famously dismissed Branford Marsalis from the Southern jazz band, believing he had not yet committed himself to the music. Marsalis later credited that dismissal with helping him focus on his career.
Batiste taught Riley, who went on to play with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, at Carver High School.

"He was a perpetual student and a perpetual educator," Riley said. "He would practice every morning when he woke up. He was still searching, still looking for something new in the music. And when he found it, he passed it on."

Connected to the music

Both French and Batiste recently issued CDs through Branford Marsalis' record label. Batiste took great pride in his new CD, "Marsalis Music Honors Alvin Batiste." Consisting mostly of his original compositions, it features Marsalis and Riley. Riley recalled that, after the band recorded the song "Clean Air," Batiste shed tears of joy.

"The music touched him that way," Riley said. "He had that kind of connection to the music."

Word of Batiste's passing spread quickly among musicians. WWOZ-FM dedicated much of its Sunday broadcast to his music. Artists ranging from Allen Toussaint to modern jazz trumpeter Maurice Brown acknowledged Batiste's legacy on stage at Jazzfest.

The day's ultimate tribute turned out to be the show he would have starred in.

When he first received the news early Sunday, Jazz Tent coordinator Greg Davis briefly considered canceling the show. Then Davis, the co-founding trumpeter of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, just as quickly realized that the show must go on, if with a slightly different tone.

"Some folks were making contingency plans about whether we should go on," Davis said. "But this was going to turn into a real tribute to someone people genuinely loved. These musicians really loved Bat."

'We decided to keep on'

Batiste's band of NOCCA students -- bassist Max Moran, 18, pianist Conun Pappas and drummer Joe Dyson, both 17, and NOCCA graduate and alto saxophonist Khris Royal, 20 -- received word of his passing early Sunday.

They assembled in a trailer behind the Jazz Tent and rearranged their set to proceed without their instructor.

"Mr. Batiste would have wanted us to play, so we decided to keep on moving," Pappas said.

They had performed with Batiste on Saturday at a festival in Baton Rouge. Batiste rarely shared a stage with his son Maynard, a piano player and attorney. But on Saturday, Maynard joined him on stage in Baton Rouge for what proved to be his final concert.

On Sunday afternoon in the Jazz Tent, Maynard delivered a brief eulogy for his father. Then his students went to work, opening with the Batiste composition "Picou." Branford Marsalis soon joined in.

Batiste's niece and nephew, vocalist Stephanie Jordan and her trumpeter brother Marlon Jordan, teamed up for the ballad "Here's to Life." Both were in tears by the song's conclusion.

Then drummer Bob French and his band took over, with Harry Connick Jr. on piano. French focused on the second part of a jazz funeral, when the tempo picks up and the musicians set free the spirit of the departed.

Forty minutes later, long past when Connick was scheduled to leave for his headlining set at the Acura Stage, he delivered his own eulogy. With Marsalis on soprano saxophone, Connick sang a slow, mournful "Just a Closer Walk With Thee."

Then they celebrated one last time with "Didn't He Ramble."

Later, during the all-star jazz jam that closed the Jazz Tent, nearly two dozen musicians and singers gathered onstage for a joyous "I'll Fly Away." Jazz Tent decorum was set aside as people danced in the aisles and stood on chairs.

Onstage, Riley danced with a snare drum around his waist. Tony Dagradi, trombonists Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and "Big" Sam Williams, trumpeter Maurice Brown and singer John Boutte all joined in the Jazzfest send-off for Batiste.

"Although he's physically not here, I really believe this is what he would have wanted," Greg Davis said. "This way, his fans got to share in the tribute."
http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/05/new_orleans_mourns_the_loss_of.html

[Big Dawg]

FAMU stinks in football, but my respect and vote goes to their matching band, FAMU is one of these schools were the band is more important that their football team, they can put a good show anytime regardless how bad their football team is getting creamated by halftime. Usually most of the FAMU's fans leave the stadium shortly after the band performance.

Whoa, I leave the boards for some months and come back to see someone dissing my football team...You ain't never been to a FAMU football game in your life man. Football at FAMU is probably the MOST important thing on campus...everyone at the school looks forward to Satuday's at Bragg Stadium...which is probably one of the toughest places to play in ALL of FCS. Not many teams leave Tallahassee with "W's."

Anyway's why don't make it down to the hill one day and see for yourself.

P.S. I know I'm very late on this topic...xlolx

[GeeWiz]

Whoa, I leave the boards for some months and come back to see someone dissing my football team...You ain't never been to a FAMU football game in your life man. Football at FAMU is probably the MOST important thing on campus...everyone at the school looks forward to Satuday's at Bragg Stadium...which is probably one of the toughest places to play in ALL of FCS. Not many teams leave Tallahassee with "W's."

Anyway's why don't make it down to the hill one day and see for yourself.

P.S. I know I'm very late on this topic...xlolx

I'll admit I've never seen the Rattlers (love the nickname!) play, but I've seen the band perform and they're something special! xthumbsupx

[SU Jag]

Whoa, I leave the boards for some months and come back to see someone dissing my football team...You ain't never been to a FAMU football game in your life man. Football at FAMU is probably the MOST important thing on campus...everyone at the school looks forward to Satuday's at Bragg Stadium...which is probably one of the toughest places to play in ALL of FCS. Not many teams leave Tallahassee with "W's."

Anyway's why don't make it down to the hill one day and see for yourself.

P.S. I know I'm very late on this topic...xlolx


Tell the 100 that the JUKEBOX is comming for that azz September 2nd!xeekx

[GAD]

Whoa, I leave the boards for some months and come back to see someone dissing my football team...You ain't never been to a FAMU football game in your life man. Football at FAMU is probably the MOST important thing on campus...everyone at the school looks forward to Satuday's at Bragg Stadium...which is probably one of the toughest places to play in ALL of FCS. Not many teams leave Tallahassee with "W's."

Anyway's why don't make it down to the hill one day and see for yourself.

P.S. I know I'm very late on this topic...xlolx
That post was based strickly stereotypes, almost no truth to it.

[jstate83]

Hey Jag's.

I know this game didn't end well for ya'll, :D , but the day sure started out like a FOOTBALL SATURDAY SHOULD.xnodx
The Game started at 6pm...............This is 4:30.............30 minutes after the gates opened.xlolx

I know the time, 4:30pm, cause that's when the Jukebox got to the the ramp.xnodx
When the DOLL's come around the walkway, you can catch a glimpse of us giving the JUKEBOX pure hell down on the field under us in the Box seats. xlolx
Them beer's were working overtime by then. xlolx

JSU/SU 2006 Memorial Stadium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHvkLBwRE1A)

[SU Jag]

Hey Jag's.

I know this game didn't end well for ya'll, :D , but the day sure started out like a FOOTBALL SATURDAY SHOULD.xnodx
The Game started at 6pm...............This is 4:30.............30 minutes after the gates opened.xlolx

I know the time, 4:30pm, cause that's when the Jukebox got to the the ramp.xnodx
When the DOLL's come around the walkway, you can catch a glimpse of us giving the JUKEBOX pure hell down on the field under us in the Box seats. xlolx
Them beer's were working overtime by then. xlolx

JSU/SU 2006 Memorial Stadium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHvkLBwRE1A)


My cousin's wife was a J-Sette from 99-2003xeekx You should see her friends from the dancelinexeekx xeekx

There is nothing like the JSU/SU rilvary!

[jstate83]

My cousin's wife was a J-Sette from 99-2003 xeekx You should see her friends from the danceline xeekx xeekx

I probably have met them through Boom functions.................Parties, picnic's, etc.
If she was on the 1999 line....................SHE HAD TO BE SMOKING. xnodx

That was a GOOD YEAR for Jaycette's.
Every year is but you have some lines that just make you "shake your head" in disbelief....................Good LAWD xlolx

[SU Jag]

I probably have met them through Boom functions.................Parties, picnic's, etc.
If she was on the 1999 line....................SHE HAD TO BE SMOKING. xnodx

My cousin snatched her up quick, the friends are awesome though!xnodx One of is a model, and she has done a few music vids.

[jstate83]

My cousin snatched her up quick, the friends are awesome though!xnodx One of is a model, and she has done a few music vids.

Yo cousin smart..................Gotta shoot your game and lock the other hounds OUT!! xlolx

The model.............Her stage name don't start with the letters LY do it?

[SU Jag]

Yo cousin smart..................Gotta shoot your game and lock the other hounds OUT!! xlolx

The model.............Her stage name don't start with the letters LY do it?


Her real name is Faron, I dont know her model name. Yeah, they met around the same time that I met my fiance', now she has some friends that where Dacing Dolls and their in the wedding! I told my single cousins to have their game together!

[jstate83]

Her real name is Faron, I dont know her model name. Yeah, they met around the same time that I met my fiance', now she has some friends that where Dacing Dolls and their in the wedding! I told my single cousins to have their game together!

Your cousins ain't gonna know which one to pick with a wedding party lineup like that. xlolx
You making it hard for them PLAYA!! xlolx

BTW: Congrat's. xthumbsupx

[SU Jag]

Your cousins ain't gonna know which one to pick with a wedding party lineup like that. xlolx
You making it hard for them PLAYA!! xlolx

BTW: Congrat's. xthumbsupx

They're excited for a whole nother reason. My other cousin(Labrose from JSU) been recently trying to get my fiance' to put the word in for him, that boy trying to get the early jump on everyone else!xlolx

[NSUDemon98]

I kinda forgot about this thread since the last time I posted. But here are some videos on the 300 member Northwestern State University "Spirit of Northwestern".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-A2qw9djgY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_JIvdApzSk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF07ZUNRZEk

The one show that the band did this past year that is not on youtube.com is the Western Show. They opened up with a jazzy Larry Kerchner version of "Home on the Range" and then follwed up with "The Devil went down to Georgia" with NSU professor of violin playing the part of "Johnny"...it was awesome.

I don't think there is anyone on this board qualified to say who has the "BEST" band in FCS...at least outside of their personal opinion. I am a 4th year Band Director in Texas, my father is a band director and I have been around this stuff my entire life and my opinion is only worth so much. It would be hard to say who is the best b/c of the different styles and philosophies that people have on marching bands.

By breaking it down into different styles you would have bands that are of the "Show Band" style, the Traditional College Band that does 3-4 shows in a season and you have the competitive "Exhibition" type band that does upwards of 80-90 sets in a show and will only do one show all season.

If I were to say who is the best in each style in no particular order:

Show Band..Southern, Texas Southern, Jackson St., FAMU, Grambling. Of the ones I have seen in person and I, personally, enjoyed TSU the best.

Traditional College Band:
UMass, Northwestern State, James Madison, Delaware, TxState.

Competitive Exhibition Style:
Jacksonville State, UTA(though they don't have football).

I know I may have left some out but this is only one musically educated guys opinion. xthumbsupx

[The Cats]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGL7bMXuPE&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjXrTajk_CQ&mode=related&search=

[douglasdmb]

Here's a clip of "The Pride" of Missouri State University Marching Band at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaEFtmSiEOI

[bjtheflamesfan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na0pHB1JPtg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTZRqX_K29Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLEYekm32uA

This is video of the Liberty University "Spirit of the Mountain" Marching Band from the final LU home game of the season

We had a private school band join us on field for a stand and play song before teh actual marching begins...you'll hear that at the beginning of the first video

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Show Band..Southern, Texas Southern, Jackson St., FAMU, Grambling. Of the ones I have seen in person and I, personally, enjoyed TSU the best.


You have got to be kidding xlolx . They would be second to last, ahead of Grambling, on the list you provided.

[SU Jag]

You have got to be kidding xlolx . They would be second to last, ahead of Grambling, on the list you provided.


Grambling had dropped off! Their marching band alums arent happy with their current director. Right now Grambling is near the bottom in terms of SWAC bands, along with Mississippi Valley, and Alcorn.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Grambling had dropped off! Their marching band alums arent happy with their current director. Right now Grambling is near the bottom in terms of SWAC bands, along with Mississippi Valley, and Alcorn.I know. xlolx xlolx xlolx Dude was trying to put TxSU band ahead of SU.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Southern University Halftime vs TxSU. 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKsdaJh5cwo&mode=related&search=

[bjtheflamesfan]

For those of you from schools that do multiple shows, what are you gonna kick off the year with this year? For those of you from schools with just one show for the whole year (like Liberty), what is your 07 field show? LU's band director is hard at work on the drill for our show and we should have it all ready to be taught by the start of band camp Aug 11

[SU Jag]

I know. xlolx xlolx xlolx Dude was trying to put TxSU band ahead of SU.


O noxnonox When people talk the best HBCU bands always Southern, Jackson State, FAMU, Bethune-Cookman, Norfolk State, and SC State come first. O'yeah and Hampton.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

O noxnonox When people talk the best HBCU bands always Southern, Jackson State, FAMU, Bethune-Cookman, Norfolk State, and SC State come first. O'yeah and Hampton.
Southern, Famu, and Jackson would be the only ones that make my list.

[SU Jag]

Southern, Famu, and Jackson would be the only ones that make my list.

Norfolk and SC State are a beast man! So is BCC!

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Norfolk and SC State are a beast man! So is BCC!BCC sucks to me. They aren't original. I will give Norfolk credit, a couple of former Jukebox members are their Band director's.

[SU Jag]

BCC sucks to me. They aren't original. I will give Norfolk credit, a couple of former Jukebox members are their Band director's.

In my opinion BCC is better than FAMU! FAMU has gotten comfortable, while the other MEAC bands have gotten better. The MEAC is just as deep as the SWAC when it comes down to bands. No off-weeks, everyweek you lining up across from someone who has the potential to hand you an "L". FAMU took a couple last year. FAMU is not strong in the stands, BCC, NC A&T, SC State, and Norfolk are and you have to go 4 quarters plus halftime and the 5th with all of them.xnodx

[already123]

I wish NAU had a decent band... xfrownx

[813Jag]

In my opinion BCC is better than FAMU! FAMU has gotten comfortable, while the other MEAC bands have gotten better. The MEAC is just as deep as the SWAC when it comes down to bands. No off-weeks, everyweek you lining up across from someone who has the potential to hand you an "L". FAMU took a couple last year. FAMU is not strong in the stands, BCC, NC A&T, SC State, and Norfolk are and you have to go 4 quarters plus halftime and the 5th with all of them.xnodx
I saw BCC twice last year and both times they were good. They dealt with FAMU at the Classic, but FAMU got house by playing "Irreplaceable". xnonono2x

[SU Jag]

I saw BCC twice last year and both times they were good. They dealt with FAMU at the Classic, but FAMU got house by playing "Irreplaceable". xnonono2x


FAMU will get dealt with on September 1st!xeekx xeekx xeekx

[813Jag]

FAMU will get dealt with on September 1st!xeekx xeekx xeekx
Yes they will. xthumbsupx

[TxState_GO_CATS!]

http://www.txstate.edu/bobcatband/marching_band.html

"The Pride of the Hill Country"'s website is listed above. I don't know if there are any videos on there, but I'll try to find some.

just to add to that...

http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2007/03/BobcatBand030907.html

[SU Jag]

Ya think FAMU is ready for this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B64ANTTJpC4 xeekx xeekx xeekx

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Classic Jukebox. No one, I mean one can mess with the SU Jukebox xthumbsupx xeekx .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POqhIP81YQ&mode=related&search=

http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/Southern/5/765fa676-dd3d-44ea-9963-997800098017.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tLyelNyw3I

[SU Jag]

Presenting Jackson State University's War-N-Thunder Drumline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-E29hyCSUw

[Big Dawg]

FAMU will get dealt with on September 1st!xeekx xeekx xeekx

Wrong...The Marching 100 tagged that a** in Alabama...xlolx

[Big Dawg]

In my opinion BCC is better than FAMU! FAMU has gotten comfortable, while the other MEAC bands have gotten better. The MEAC is just as deep as the SWAC when it comes down to bands. No off-weeks, everyweek you lining up across from someone who has the potential to hand you an "L". FAMU took a couple last year. FAMU is not strong in the stands, BCC, NC A&T, SC State, and Norfolk are and you have to go 4 quarters plus halftime and the 5th with all of them.xnodx

I think you all know that FAMU's band is serious this year(no smack)

BCC is not strong in the stands, just my opinion. Norfolk State is one of my favorites though.

[Big Dawg]

BRAND NEW CLIPS OF FAMU's MARCHING 100
"Black & Blues"
http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/FAMU/1/c7c20e44-9bb1-4485-a372-999d00f2043c.htm

"SIng, Sing, Sing"
http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/FAMU/1/2a2f8715-9c77-43cc-988d-999d01043bf9.htm

"Getaway"
http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/FAMU/1/6311ba68-a2ca-4379-b632-999d00fdf1e3.htm

[Big Dawg]

2007 FAMU vs Southern Clips

"Pregame"
http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/FAMU/2/7ec8b246-b833-45e5-a68a-999d00c645ec.htm

More "Pregame"
http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/FAMU/2/cb55ddd7-5ce7-438d-8ad6-999d00b86a28.htm

"Postgame"
http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/FAMU/2/0ba7f3e3-414e-40a9-830b-999d00c7e1a0.htm

More "Postgame"
http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/FAMU/1/33bf0aef-de3a-44e2-995e-999e0005164b.htm

[SU Jag]

Wrong...The Marching 100 tagged that a** in Alabama...xlolx


Dude you're sick, yall got yalls azz blasted back to Tally-Ho. And the 5th quarter was a one-sided arse kicking. The only thing yall won was the feild show, but everything before and after was a straight beat down.

[Big Dawg]

Dude you're sick, yall got yalls azz blasted back to Tally-Ho. And the 5th quarter was a one-sided arse kicking. The only thing yall won was the feild show, but everything before and after was a straight beat down.

Nope...you're sick bruh...When we opened up on ya'll with just cause you play whole and half notes don't mean you won, bruh...xlolx

[jstate83]

Madhouse in Jacktown.
This event has grown so big, people actually be out tailgating with their families like a game is going on.
People will leave the Valley game in Itta Bena and come str8 to Memorial to set up for Sunday.
When we play Valley in Jackson on the same weekend, people don't even bother to go home after the game.
They sit out there all night waiting for this event the next day.

6137

6138


McDonalds Southeastrn Regional Battle of the bands/ Memorial Stadium. (http://search.clarionledger.com/sp?eId=100&gcId=8864788&rNum=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarionledger.com%2Fapps%2Fpb cs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2007709200334&siteIdType=2)

The McDonald's Southeastern Regional Battle of the Bands is one of Jackson's most popular annual events, generally filling the 60,000-plus seats of Veterans Memorial Stadium with spectators hungry for some marching band action.

In 2005, the event added live musical performers, further widening the event's appeal.

"I think that what we're trying to do is bring in a variety of people," says event producer John Ray of Birmingham's Just in Time Productions.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

SU halftime vs Tnst CLassic Jukebox performance.

http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/Southern/0/26401292-01a5-4edc-b1b4-99b200bc056f.htm

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Wrong...The Marching 100 tagged that a** in Alabama...xlolxxlolx xlolx xlolx

Even Famu fans were admittting to the beat down that fam took at that game on meacfans. All yall did was dance the whole time. No drill = L

[Big Dawg]

xlolx xlolx xlolx

Even Famu fans were admittting to the beat down that fam took at that game on meacfans. All yall did was dance the whole time. No drill = L

Lies!!!xlolx

Then when people posted ALL of the clips from the game, it was cleard FAMU dominated the jukebox.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Lies!!!xlolx

Then when people posted ALL of the clips from the game, it was cleard FAMU dominated the jukebox.
Dude stop with the lies. Famu isn't on the Jukeboxes level.

[Big Dawg]

Dude stop with the lies. Famu isn't on the Jukeboxes level.

Yeah..if you look at the world through the eyes of jaguar...but everybody else lives in reality.

[siuham]

FAMU folks -- Who does your arranging? I didn't have much of a liking for the Sing, Sing, Sing arrangement, I've gone quite partial to the one we do here. There were some strange ass modulations to the melody in the FAMU one from earlier in the year.

Also, what kind of horns do you guys play on? It's got that really old, bright, bright sound to it you hear from the 70's/80's DCI recordings.

[NSUDemon98]

You have got to be kidding xlolx . They would be second to last, ahead of Grambling, on the list you provided.

Your "musically educated" opinion is just as laughable...I am looking at it from a non-alumni, objective perspective.

My pride isn't in the way like yours is...I also don't see the point in comparing the bands from 1986?! xlolx

[NSUDemon98]

For those of you from schools that do multiple shows, what are you gonna kick off the year with this year? For those of you from schools with just one show for the whole year (like Liberty), what is your 07 field show? LU's band director is hard at work on the drill for our show and we should have it all ready to be taught by the start of band camp Aug 11

Northwestern State did a Bill Conti show that included POWER!(from the 1984 L.A. Olympics) and The Theme from Rocky(which can be found on youtube), did a halftime performance at the Saints game in New Orleans with some traditional N.O. music and then closed the year with a "classical" show that included O'Fortuna from Carmina Burana, Gvorkna Fanfare and Danse Bachannale from Samson et Delilah

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Your "musically educated" opinion is just as laughable...I am looking at it from a non-alumni, objective perspective.

My pride isn't in the way like yours is...I also don't see the point in comparing the bands from 1986?! xlolx

Im not Musically educated. Just giving my opinion. Have plenty of 07 clips

http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/Southern/35/26401292-01a5-4edc-b1b4-99b200bc056f.htm


http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/search/two+hearts/0/70cb13f9-702a-4075-b7ca-99b5013aa7f2.htm


http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/search/total+praise/0/f906f480-dd79-4e42-8444-99dd002b1c85.htm

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

http://www.collegesports-fans.com/articles/marching-bands-2007.html

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Your "musically educated" opinion is just as laughable...I am looking at it from a non-alumni, objective perspective.

My pride isn't in the way like yours is...I also don't see the point in comparing the bands from 1986?! xlolx

http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/category/Southern/0/780ee0ff-4dc1-4a6e-a0e3-9a79004fa09e.htm

[mizzoufan1]

Considering the only bands that I have had exposure to are Central Methodist College (in Fayette, MO), Marching Mizzou, Ohio State's, and the two High School bands here in Columbia, MO the best I have seen is Ohio State's. But I have seen some of the clips on youtube and some areinteresting but I think I prefer the more traditional Corps style. The HBU's jsut don't quite do it for me...

[bjtheflamesfan]

Liberty unveiled its 2008 show end of April:

Directors Cut: Music From the Movies
Featuring:

Mission Impossible Theme
Pink Panther Theme
The Incredibles
Top Gun Theme (Highway to the Danger Zone)
Jaws Theme
Batman Theme
Mask of Zorro
James Bond 007 Theme

[ASU33]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GvYl0g3kw&feature=related

This clip features Mile College, Alabama State, and Bethune-Cookman.xthumbsupx

Enjoy

[ASU33]

The great BCChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jseu5bTASE&NR=1

[ASU33]

The great BCC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jseu5bTASE&NR=1

[mebisonII]

Rumor for NDSU is they are expecting ~160 people in the band this year. That's small potatoes for many of your schools, but our band has been on the slide for a number of years, and this would about double last year's band (~85). New director in a newly created position (dedicated athletic bands director), new uniforms, more athletic dept support, stipends/scholarships for all band members, new percussion*, a pit (not sure I'm a big fan of MB pits, but, whatever, might as well try something new)....should be a good year!

The other rumor is disappointing...apparently the band's road trip to UNI is cancelled as UNI doesn't want to give up the seats :( Oh well, hopefully in the future!





*we actually bought new perc a few years ago, but, for some reason, got them in RED, which doesn't make a lot of sense with our GREEN and GOLD uniforms. They were pretty universally reviled, except by the perc members who were just happy to have new instruments. Now they are getting rid of the red.

[jstate83]

Just a look at JSU's Sonic Boom Band camp from 2006.
I remember BOOM band camp..............I hated that shat.xlolx
To this day I hate that shat because of some of the stuff they did to us back in the 1980's. xlolx
These kids should feel fortunate that "cruel and unsual" punishment from upperclassmen is not allowed anymore.xsmiley_wix


JSU-Life n Band Camp PT1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4zn2wsEtM&feature=related)

JSU-Life N band Camp pt2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YXeYrIjT_Y&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp Pt3 Jsettes (http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFlKZxB8TfA&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt4 Drum Major (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uznsT8XUNDY&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt-fAfI1Mc4&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt6 Gameday (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJMXUxHhdY&feature=related)

[appfan2008]

ASU's band got up and over 300 this year for the first time... also wanted to add the easiest way for me to quickly judge the size of a band is the number of sousaphones... the asu band has 20!

[jstate83]

Just a look at JSU's Sonic Boom Band camp from 2006.
I remember BOOM band camp..............I hated that shat.xlolx
To this day I hate that shat because of some of the stuff they did to us back in the 1980's. xlolx
These kids should feel fortunate that "cruel and unsual" punishment from upperclassmen is not allowed anymore.xsmiley_wix


JSU-Life n Band Camp PT1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4zn2wsEtM&feature=related)

JSU-Life N band Camp pt2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YXeYrIjT_Y&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp Pt3 Jsettes (http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFlKZxB8TfA&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt4 Drum Major (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uznsT8XUNDY&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt-fAfI1Mc4&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJMXUxHhdY&feature=related)

JSU-Life n Band Camp GAMEDAY JSU/Texas Southern (http://[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ5cesNrpPs&feature=related)

[DSUrocks07]

The Marching 100 live in action on ESPN right now. xthumbsupx

[jmc_jackrabbit]

About 400 in the SDSU Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band this year. As usual. The Pride is the only non BCS university band ever invited to perform in the Tournament of Roses Parade twice.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

CBS Special on SU's HUMANJUKEBOX.

http://vod.themarchingnetwork.com/video/d65988e2-bb0b-4a13-b8ba-9b5400c72307.htm

[SU Jag]

Tennessee State University during Southern Heritage Classic weekend in Memphis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeQXN4q5YYY

[SU Jag]

Bethune-Cookman at the Florida Classic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxM9e_0NSc0&feature=related

[SU Jag]

An inside look at Southern"s ZPhiZ Cymbal sectionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RzWV63hrFo

[SU Jag]

Southern"s Funk Factory Drumlinehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry9qZEYSnWc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0mXq7kA8I&feature=related

[Big Dawg]

The Marching 100 appeared n Sports Illustrated Kids this week and just got selected to participate in the inaugural parade in Washington D.C.

[phoenixphanatic21]

Elon's Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZVrIC4jmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyJKu2TedEE

[Syntax Error]

I really like this thread. No matter where I travel around the country to see FCS games there are always the bands and their families. A great part of college ball!

[SU Jag]

Prarie View's Marching Storm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PZVeH1n49c

[Sonic98]

Just a look at JSU's Sonic Boom Band camp from 2006.
I remember BOOM band camp..............I hated that shat.xlolx
To this day I hate that shat because of some of the stuff they did to us back in the 1980's. xlolx
These kids should feel fortunate that "cruel and unsual" punishment from upperclassmen is not allowed anymore.xsmiley_wix


JSU-Life n Band Camp PT1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4zn2wsEtM&feature=related)

JSU-Life N band Camp pt2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YXeYrIjT_Y&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp Pt3 Jsettes (http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFlKZxB8TfA&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt4 Drum Major (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uznsT8XUNDY&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt-fAfI1Mc4&feature=related)

JSU-Life N Band Camp pt6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEJMXUxHhdY&feature=related)

JSU-Life n Band Camp GAMEDAY JSU/Texas Southern (http://[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ5cesNrpPs&feature=related)

LOL. Dr. Liddell was something else. He could really crack ya up sometime

[Sonic98]

http://www.swacfans.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2498

Here are some links for Week 1 in the SWAC. I did go to the JSU vs TnSU game tonite. TnSU has really fallen off. I really wasn't that impressed

[SU Jag]

http://www.swacfans.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2498

Here are some links for Week 1 in the SWAC. I did go to the JSU vs TnSU game tonite. TnSU has really fallen off. I really wasn't that impressed


I was there! 7 in a row for TSU, OOUCH!

[bjtheflamesfan]

The NCCU Marching Sound Machine was very solid last night (some say they watered down their show because of where they were playing but if that is watered down then their show this year must really be something)

[Sonic98]

Here is FAMU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD8-WQniVCw

[PhoenixSupreme]

Elon's Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZVrIC4jmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyJKu2TedEE

I saw the last video and remember that one. That was during my senior year @ Elon when we got all 6 of the high school county bands together to play with us. We only practiced the music together for maybe 3 hours prior to the game.

I remember it pretty well because I actually overslept for the rehearsal and missed it completely except the last 5 minutes. The fire alarm went off in my apartment in the middle of the night prior to the rehearsal and I, half-asleep, mistook it for my alarm clock and never turned it back on before I finished my shut-eye. Luckily there were so many people there, that no one noticed I was absent the entire time, including my own saxophone section (who called me and woke me up 30 minutes before practice ended). xwhistlexxthumbsupxxlolx I got quite lucky there....


In regards to the guitar hero show (the first video), I saw it live during our homecoming, and while it was a good concept, it definitely had some flaws. The electronic instruments (guitar, bass, keyboard, mic) drowned out the rest of the band. To not be able to hear the woodwinds, brass, and drums essentially takes out the essence of the marching band itself. And oh god I could not stand the vocalists. I knew who they were, as they are music majors, but they sung the rock hits as if they were theatrical numbers. I have no singing voice whatsoever, but I could have owned the stage singing "Sweet Child of Mine" the way it was meant to be sung.

Sorry for the long post...just reminiscing about the good old days....

[mrklean]

I have to say that the Marching 100 from FAMU is THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!
USC had a really great band as well.

[andy7171]

Towson is marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade this year!

[jstate83]

Lawd ya'll.xsmhx
The Sonic Boom is in TROUBLE!!
Sad Sad day. xsmhx

Here are a couple of clips from the Mississippi State and Tennessee State games.
Enjoy cause it may be the last one's you see in a while.xsmhx

Sonic Boom of the South at Mississippi State (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJJP3YFljA)

Sonic Boom of the South at the Southern heritage Classic (http://meacswacsports.blogspot.com/2009/09/2009-battle-of-bands-jackson-state-vs.html)

[siuham]

Lawd ya'll.xsmhx
The Sonic Boom is in TROUBLE!!
Sad Sad day. xsmhx

Here are a couple of clips from the Mississippi State and Tennessee State games.
Enjoy cause it may be the last one's you see in a while.xsmhx

Sonic Boom of the South at Mississippi State (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJJP3YFljA)

Sonic Boom of the South at the Southern heritage Classic (http://meacswacsports.blogspot.com/2009/09/2009-battle-of-bands-jackson-state-vs.html)

Explain?

[jstate83]

Explain?

WLBT-TV3......Read. (http://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?s=11180330)

The entire precussuin section, War -n- Thunder, has been zipped from the band.
20 members was suspended for the Grambling game last week and the remaining 25 was suspended this week for the grand total of 45.
out of 290 people in the BOOM, NOT ONE has said a word, talked, or come forward on this.
Not even the threat of Jackson Police getting involved or suspension has done the trick.
When this hit, we all knew nobody was going to talk.

There will be campus hearing next week to see who will be suspended, expelled, or have their schollies pulled since nobody is talking.
The President of JSU and band director Murry has already said if nobody talks, it could be the end of the season for them or the alternative would be the Sonic Boom would be the 1st marching band in history to perform without any drummers.


WAPT-TV 16-------Video (http://www.wapt.com/video/21074080/index.html)

Injured band member Not pressing Charges-------NOBODY's talking either....read. (http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090924/NEWS/909240342/1002/news01/Injured-band-member-not-pressing-charges)
The Jackson State University band student injured in an alleged hazing incident off campus is not filing charges against his fellow band members.
The alleged victim - a freshman Sonic Boom of the South member who suffered a fractured shoulder - has a year to change his mind, Jackson police Assistant Chief Lee Vance said.
"There's not much more we can do without a complainant," Vance said Wednesday............

.....Mason said university officials have had difficulties getting students to talk about what happened or tell who was in charge of the hazing activities. "It's this code of silence - almost like a fraternity," Mason said

[SU Jag]

No Boom Saturday?

[Sonic98]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGh0cx__qBw&feature=related

[UMass922]

Haven't seen this mentioned here yet, but Western Carolina's "Pride of the Mountains" Marching Band has been awarded the Sudler Trophy for 2009. They join FAMU (1985), JMU ('94), and UMass ('98) as the only I-AA/FCS bands to win the award:

http://www.wcu.edu/24007.asp

Congrats to WCU on this tremendous honor! xthumbsupx

xbowx xbowx xbowx

[PhoenixSupreme]

Haven't seen this mentioned here yet, but Western Carolina's "Pride of the Mountains" Marching Band has been awarded the Sudler Trophy for 2009. They join FAMU (1982), JMU ('94), and UMass ('98) as the only I-AA/FCS bands to win the award:

http://www.wcu.edu/24007.asp

Congrats to WCU on this tremendous honor! xthumbsupx

xbowx xbowx xbowx

That's really awesome! Congrats Cats! (Hey that rhymes... xlolx)

[UMass922]

They join FAMU (1982), JMU ('94), and UMass ('98) as the only I-AA/FCS bands to win the award

It should of course also be noted that the FAMU, JMU, and UMass football teams have each won a I-AA/FCS national championship. Perhaps this is a sign that something good is in store in the future for Catamount football. xreadx

[SU Jag]

Drumline battle between JSUs War-N-Thunder and UAPB's Krank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqoV6odddZc&feature=related

[EmeryZach]

UMass Drumline playing Radiohead - Paranoid Android

http://www.umassdrumline.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2003_paranoid_android.mp3

[ASU33]

Magic City Classic pregame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzbyeeKV9w&feature=related

[Big Dawg]

FAMU Michael Jackson Tribute from back in September at the Georgia Dome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2U_p-_8Jfo

FAMU "Heal the World" 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIF92LCPf88&feature=related

FAMU "Dance Routine" Atlanta Classic 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmQMJchZAp4&feature=related

[jstate83]

JSU Homecomming photo's by "SARGE"----Kevin.

Current J-Settes in Blue------Alumni J-Settes in Black
http://kevinr316.smugmug.com/Sports/2009-Jackson-State-University/IMG6190/707981647_ubj3t-XL-1.jpg

Alumni BOOMERS at Friday night rehearsal
http://kevinr316.smugmug.com/Black-College-Marching-Bands/2009-JSU-Sonic-BoomAlumni-Band/IMG3610/706062411_7j6Yk-L-1.jpg

Alumni Band marching into Memorial on Gameday.
http://kevinr316.smugmug.com/Sports/2009-Jackson-State/IMG5454/707937029_AVd4V-L-1.jpg


Alumni Band Friday Night Practice.
Had about 160 in the alumni band for the pre-game show for senior football players and parents.
Abot 20 Drummajors came back to lead the band.

Alumni Band, directors, j-settes (http://kevinr316.smugmug.com/Black-College-Marching-Bands/2009-JSU-Sonic-BoomAlumni-Band/10237942_h3jVK#705912273_AxXSB)


Homecomming Parade. (http://kevinr316.smugmug.com/Other/2009-Jackson-State/10258917_Yzv9z#707785034_M4ctB)

JSU -vs- Alabama State game photos (http://kevinr316.smugmug.com/Sports/2009-Jackson-State/10258721_yiVqM#707762675_E8ZrX)

JSU -vs- Alabama State part 2 (http://kevinr316.smugmug.com/Sports/2009-Jackson-State-University/10258436_s3DnQ#707725791_Lr3VP)

[phoenixphanatic21]

Hopefully everyone can see this link. Elon's Fire of the Carolina's halftime tribute to Michael Jackson during the game I refuse to mention.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=photos&so=0&id=67301864#/video/video.php?v=340454360155&ref=mf

[SU Jag]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT8OckjFVS0&feature=related

The Juke Box making ULL's band wish they would have stayed at home. Pre-Game

[JSU02]

The Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners 2009 Show, Of Thee I Sing...

Part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8d3ACQSTU

Part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUaBG9BR6Vg

[Venaros]

Southern Pride - The hardest working Band in show business!

GSU Scramble - http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/traditions/audiofiles/gsuscramble.mp3

Georgia Southern University's Southern Pride Performs Thanks for the Memories 9-4-10 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USTx6WWXaIE

[eiu1999]

EIU Marching Panthers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ZH0-Pg8_o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Ttc_-ZUS8

[bjtheflamesfan]

Anybody know what their band is doing for 2011? Liberty is doing "Behind the Mask" featuring Themes from Batman, Mask of Zorro, Spiderman and Star Wars (Imperial March) as well as the theme from CSI (Who Are You by The Who)

[citdog]

Anybody know what their band is doing for 2011? Liberty is doing "Behind the Mask" featuring Themes from Batman, Mask of Zorro, Spiderman and Star Wars (Imperial March) as well as the theme from CSI (Who Are You by The Who)


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4402030488_f31b3a6b27.jpg

[eiu1999]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4402030488_f31b3a6b27.jpg

So what's the infatuation with gay pride pics?

[citdog]

So what's the infatuation with gay pride pics?


this was more of a liberty thing.

[inpsite1919]

The shows change weekly

[Smitty]

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr335/bonsaiburke/301659_10150377993976293_641606292_10407563_109915 2689_n.jpg

Olindo Mare wants to join the WCU band.

[ASU_Fanatic]

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr335/bonsaiburke/301659_10150377993976293_641606292_10407563_109915 2689_n.jpg

Olindo Mare wants to join the WCU band.I'll give WCU Mare for that trumpet player. GET IT DONE HURNS.

[WataugaDave]

This thread hasn't been used in a while but I wanted to share this. The best quality video I could find of the awesome Led Zeppelin halftime show.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyJv7qRTXjg

[bluedog]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/bluedog_su/1375761_10151968644071111_801192279_n.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxRWZLKGe70&feature=share&list=FL_SvOGA8pF-3vPkchPdH4EA&index=86

[Ch6Sports]

Look out for UCA's band (not a UCA homer)

[citdog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faMZeh_vmVU

[Smitty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faMZeh_vmVU

What they can't march and play at the same time?

[citdog]

What they can't march and play at the same time?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7c4tYtYFfo

[BisonFan02]

NDSU Gold Star Marching Band:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kilm96HAHEY

Established in 1903. My youngest bro is a freshman at NDSU this year and will be a tenor sax in the band. Gonna be fun the watch him during pregame/halftime this year!

[walliver]

What is this "band" thing?

Do you all use the same high school every week?

[ASU33]

https://youtu.be/7CuktCW6pj8

[CockyGeek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n5fVju6L7Q

An oldie but a goodie.

[Catsfan90]

What is this "band" thing?

Do you all use the same high school every week?
Ask JSU southerner. He's our expert on everything band related.

[JSUSoutherner]

Ask JSU southerner. He's our expert on everything band related.
xcoffeex

[BisonFan02]

Yup......we have one. :D

[JSUSoutherner]

This is a band.

http://youtu.be/nz2o4EiWDz4

[BisonFan02]

Slightly off topic, but one of my favs is still USC and their fanfare....pretty badass.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55xnFE0Ibo

[ST_Lawson]

This is a band.

http://youtu.be/nz2o4EiWDz4

Yes...that is a band. Although it sounds almost as good as a drum corps.

Seriously, I marched a Top 12 DCI corps that started our show pretty much at 1:25 of that video (in terms of the music) and I honestly could barely tell the difference until the percussion part near around 1:45...and only because the part is just a bit different than what we played.

Any idea about what % of the band marches corps? Or did you just take Spirit and put them in red (because really...it sounds that good).

[JSUSoutherner]

Yes...that is a band. Although it sounds almost as good as a drum corps.

Seriously, I marched a Top 12 DCI corps that started our show pretty much at 1:25 of that video (in terms of the music) and I honestly could barely tell the difference until the percussion part near around 1:45...and only because the part is just a bit different than what we played.

Any idea about what % of the band marches corps? Or did you just take Spirit and put them in red (because really...it sounds that good).

Actually in the 00's Spirit of Atlanta used to be Spirit of JSU and Bodiford was the corps director. Of the brass and percussion there's quite a few that march during the summer. I have lots of friends at Crown, Phantom, Spirit, etc.

When it was Spirit of JSU it was pretty much just the Southerners minus woodwinds. The only difference between Southerners and drum corps is we have woodwinds and 20J's rather than Contras. That and we're huge.

[ST_Lawson]

Actually in the 00's Spirit of Atlanta used to be Spirit of JSU and Bodiford was the corps director. Of the brass and percussion there's quite a few that march during the summer. I have lots of friends at Crown, Phantom, Spirit, etc.

When it was Spirit of JSU it was pretty much just the Southerners minus woodwinds. The only difference between Southerners and drum corps is we have woodwinds and 20J's rather than Contras. That and we're huge.

Yea, they actually started the arrangement with JSU the year after I aged out. It's pretty amazing where they are now considering when I started marching, they didn't exist (started back the next year as a small corps). Wasn't Spirit technically a summer music class at JSU during that time frame? I thought that's what I heard from the friends who marched there.

That's what the band sounds like to me...someone took a drum corps, added woodwinds, and doubled the size.

[JSUSoutherner]

Yea, they actually started the arrangement with JSU the year after I aged out. It's pretty amazing where they are now considering when I started marching, they didn't exist (started back the next year as a small corps). Wasn't Spirit technically a summer music class at JSU during that time frame? I thought that's what I heard from the friends who marched there.

That's what the band sounds like to me...someone took a drum corps, added woodwinds, and doubled the size.

Not sure about Spirit being a class. I think it was open to non-JSU students as well. Southerners is a class though.

[ST_Lawson]

Not sure about Spirit being a class. I think it was open to non-JSU students as well. Southerners is a class though.

If I remember correctly, the deal was, JSU students could participate in Spirit (if they tried out and made it) and could treat it as a summer "independent credit" music course. "Dues" for people who did that were actually "class fees". You did not have to be a student at JSU to participate, but if you were, you could count it as a music credit (I think it counted as a "Music Ensemble" credit for music majors and minors).

[JSUSoutherner]

If I remember correctly, the deal was, JSU students could participate in Spirit (if they tried out and made it) and could treat it as a summer "independent credit" music course. "Dues" for people who did that were actually "class fees". You did not have to be a student at JSU to participate, but if you were, you could count it as a music credit (I think it counted as a "Music Ensemble" credit for music majors and minors).

Like I said I'm not sure how it worked. Spirit of JSU was done and gone before I even found out JSU or DCI existed. But that setup would make sense.

[Twentysix]

Slightly off topic, but one of my favs is still USC and their fanfare....pretty badass.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55xnFE0Ibo

I loved their mascot when I went to Notre Dame vs USC a little while back and sat in the student section. Any school that can use a real person instead of a foam costume usually does pretty well.

http://www.jefflewisphotography.com/data/photos/179_1tommy_trojan_usc.jpg
http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/71953340-traveler-mascot-of-the-usc-trojans-runs-on-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=OCUJ5gVf7YdJQI2Xhkc2QC%2FFicPm%2BDD4HtXCkSMJZ9i4 7LqplVmyxsp4X1ZCZ3CusmkK8Q6yZSaAqKgGngo9Vg%3D%3D

[citdog]

The other USC should be ashamed of themselves for this racist mascot. How long will the memory of Troy be allowed to be besmirched by this offensive character? They are on the wrong side of history etc etc...

[JSUSoutherner]

The other USC should be ashamed of themselves for this racist mascot. How long will the memory of Troy be allowed to be besmirched by this offensive character? They are on the wrong side of history etc etc...
Better than Stanford.

[JSUSoutherner]

Southerners 2016

Show description and recording- http://www.marchingsoutherners.org/showAnnouncement/2016Heroes.php (http://www.marchingsoutherners.org/showAnnouncement/2016Heroes.php)

TOUR SCHEDULE

Last updated: May 4, 2016



SEPTEMBER


1
UNA (Thursday Night!)
JSU


10
@ LSU (Pending Approval by LSU Athletics)
Tiger Stadium
Baton Rouge, La.


15
Calhoun County Exhibition
JSU


17
Coastal Carolina (Band Day)
JSU


24
Exhibition: Midsouth
Gadsden, Ala.


OCTOBER


1
Exhibition: BOA Regional at JSU
JSU


8
Tennessee Tech
JSU


15
Austin Peay (Preview Day)
Exhibition: Golden River (Haralson County)
JSU
Tallapoosa, Ga.


22
Exhibition: JSU Contest of Champions
JSU


29
Eastern Illinois (Homecoming/Family Day)
JSU


NOVEMBER


5
OPEN



10
Depart for BOA Grand Nationals - Indianapolis, Ind. (Pending budget approval)


11
EXHIBITION: BOA Grand Nationals (Pending budget approval)
Indianapolis, Ind.


18
Southerners Alumni Banquet Performance
JSU


19
UT Martin (Southerners Alumni Reunion)
JSU


26
FCS Playoffs - Round 1 (Tentative)
TBA


DECEMBER


1
Jacksonville Christmas Parade
Jacksonville, Ala.


3
FCS Playoffs - Round 2 (Tentative)
TBA


9
Depart for Hawaii



9-10
FCS Playoffs - Quarterfinals (Tentative)
TBA


16
Fall Commencement
JSU


16-17
FCS Playoffs - Semifinals (Tentative)
TBA


JANUARY


7
FCS National Championship Game (Tentative)
Frisco, Texas

[JSUSoutherner]

LSU sucks.
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22599&stc=1

[ASU33]

LSU sucks.
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22599&stc=1

LSU didn't want to take the arse kicking that the Marching Southerners had in store for them!

[ASU33]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23380&stc=1

[JSUSoutherner]

LSU didn't want to take the arse kicking that the Marching Southerners had in store for them!
It's ok. The band-verse got on LSU's ass about it and the invited us back about a week later. They even gave us much better seats.

[ASU33]

It's ok. The band-verse got on LSU's ass about it and the invited us back about a week later. They even gave us much better seats.

Oh wow!

[Bisonoline]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23380&stc=1

Is this the line where you sign up for the hazing?

[ASU33]

Is this the line where you sign up for the hazing?

What?

[superman7515]

Is this the line where you sign up for the hazing?

Wrong school, you're thinking FAMU, not ASU. And that line starts over where the busses are parked.

[ASU33]

https://youtu.be/yxlk4c15xAU


Prairie View's Marching Storm marching out of the new stadium.

[ASU33]

https://youtu.be/EcjSaw4r6TM

Best band battle if the year. I was there live and in person and this was EPIC!

[ST_Lawson]

Well...they're not technically FCS yet, but they will be in a couple of years, and while most people think that North Alabama will likely compete very well on the football field with most FCS teams....their band is already better than nearly every FCS band I've ever seen.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kqk4XNDiug

[JSUSoutherner]

Well...they're not technically FCS yet, but they will be in a couple of years, and while most people think that North Alabama will likely compete very well on the football field with most FCS teams....their band is already better than nearly every FCS band I've ever seen.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kqk4XNDiug
Key word: most.


They performed at our place in August this season. They did not win halftime. :D

[ST_Lawson]

Key word: most.


They performed at our place in August this season. They did not win halftime. :D

We'll yea, I'm not going to claim they're the best FCS band ever. I've only seen maybe 30 of them, so can't really say how they stack up with everyone. But, of the bands I have seen, I think JSU, Western Carolina, and UNA are the best ones (again, just of the 30ish I've seen).

[Vulcan555]

MRD are the best

[MR. CHICKEN]

....NUFFIN'....LIKE YOU-DEE'S.......FUGUE....IN A MINOR.....FEATURIN' PICCOLO/TRIANGLE...DUET............TA PUMP YA UP..........WHEN...WE'RE 3 SCORES BEHIND...AN' GOTTAH KICK-OFF.....:(.....BROCCO!

[ASU33]

https://youtu.be/cGupk1tZl8g

FAMU vs Bethune-Cookman drumline battle

[ASU33]

Best band in the SWAC. There guys are unreal. The Southern University Human Jukeboxhttp://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25203&stc=1

[ASU33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZEA0KhJapg



ASU's Mighty Marching Hornets marching into Prairie View last season.

[cx500d]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZEA0KhJapg



ASU's Mighty Marching Hornets marching into Prairie View last season.

Wow, I kinda liked the cute caped crusaders. What's with the throwing an elbow thing - are they training for the Tour de France?

[ASU33]

Wow, I kinda liked the cute caped crusaders. What's with the throwing an elbow thing - are they training for the Tour de France?


That's apart of ASU's marching style.

[cx500d]

That's apart of ASU's marching style.

Yep, I guess a different technique...ASU throws their left elbow, Tour de France throws the right elbow.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwZczGqWls

[ASU33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qUHzn_5paM


Jackson State marching into The Southern Heritage Classic

[ASU33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91zBUGHVG4

Tennessee State at The Southern Heritage Classic

[pvdogteam]

The Prairie View Marching Storm has improved this year, they are a good FCS band with flavor


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDB-gjdGYc&t=175s

[ASU33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqpQilwriLo


NC A&T

[UNAPride]

Not sure how I missed this thread but it's a pleasure to introduce you all to The University of North Alabama Marching Band!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ir8bc6uDHw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLI6WmO57SI