Southern vs Tennessee State Fall 2007

Tennessee State - Halftime Show

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Texas Southern vs Jackson State 2007 Complete Coverage

Jackson State - Knocking Pictures

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The Montgomery Central High School Band Festival to feature 10 area schools

High stepping and trumpet blowing will rule Sept. 15 as Montgomery Central High School resumes a tradition that has been absent since 1994.

The Montgomery Central High School Band Festival is the first school-sponsored competition in more than 10 years and will field 10 guest marching bands from area high schools.
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Southern Heritage Classic 2007 Complete Coverage

Tennessee State Halftime Show

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Teen Found Alive More Than a Week Into Search

By Philip Rucker and Dan Morse
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, September 9, 2007;

A college student missing for more than a week was found dehydrated late yesterday on a roadside in Prince George’s County, and he told authorities he had finally managed to extricate himself from his car, which had plunged into a nearby ravine.

Julian McCormick, 18, a first-year student at Bowie State University, had been the object of an intensive search since he failed to keep an appointment with his girlfriend Sept. 1.

He was found scraped, bruised, dehydrated and possibly malnourished about 6 p.m. yesterday at Powder Mill and Soil Conservation roads near Beltsville, authorities and his family said.
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Where the Game is Just a Warm-Up for the Band

September 8, 2007

Source:  New York Times

By BEN RATLIFF

HOUSTON — At four blasts of a drum major’s whistle, the Marching Storm, Prairie View A&M University’s 250-piece marching band, invaded the football field at Reliant Stadium here in columns spread evenly across 80 yards. It was halftime at the annual Labor Day Classic that pits Prairie View against Texas Southern University, and for many in the stadium it was the most important part of the game.

The joke about black-college football games in the South is that the crowd patterns are the reverse of the norm. The fans talk, flirt and eat during the first two quarters, then return to their seats to scrutinize the marching bands through their eight-minute shows at halftime.

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Missing Bowie State Band member

Prince George’s County Police are seeking the public’s help in locating an 18 year old man from Laurel Grove Court.

Authorities say that around noon on September 1, Julian Carlos McCormick of the 11200 block of Laurel Grove Court left his college dorm at Bowie State University and has not been seen since.

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Music Is Thriving Again In New Orleans

The Tipitina’s Foundation decided to use music to make music, enlisting the aid of local musicians and celebrity performers to raise money to buy instruments for New Orleans’ struggling schools. (CBS)

 

 

(CBS) Until two years ago, the first thing that came to mind at the mention of New Orleans was music. It was everywhere - pouring from the clubs, and the streets and the schools.

And then came Hurricane Katrina and a flood of water that nearly drowned those unmistakable New Orleans sounds. That first Mardi Gras after the storm, there were parades and the city struggled to regain its rhythm. But something was missing: the marching bands. There was only one New Orleans-based marching band left in the city.
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It’s Halftime!!!!!!

Saturday afternoons in the fall mean college football. But Saturday afternoons at historically Black colleges and universities mean Showtime!

No matter how good or bad a team is, no matter how good or bad the game is, two things are a given at a HBCU game One, someone goes home happy — after all, their team won. Two, and most important — no one goes to the bathroom during halftime.

Let’s be real here — while normal Division I school bands march — HBCU bands strut. Division I school bands sing fight songs; HBCUs live them. Division I schools play; HBCUs perform.
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Southern vs Florida A&M 2007 Coverage

Southern vs FAMU Pre Game Battle
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