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Tag: HBCU

  • HBCU Band Alumni Book
    May-June-July-2021

    HBCU Band Alumni Share Their Stories in Bestselling Book

    The importance of marching band culture in the overall experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is now chronicled ...
    Jamie Lee Cortese
    July 11, 2021
  • Honda Battle of the Bands Plans Return in 2020.
    Web Exclusives

    Honda Battle of the Bands Plans Return in 2020

    The annual HBCU marching band showcase, which took a hiatus in 2019 due to Super Bowl being LIII in the ...
    Nicole Roberts
    February 22, 2019
  • Web Exclusives

    DRUMLine Live Thrills Audiences from Coachella to Dollywood

    The band behind Beyoncé’s Coachella performance heads to the Dollywood theme park with a rollercoaster of a show.   Twenty-eight ...
    Nicole Roberts
    June 5, 2018
  • Web Exclusives

    Compete in the Inaugural National Collegiate Marching Band Championship Bowl

    Originally scheduled for 2017, the inaugural National Collegiate Marching Band Championship  will go on in Winter 2018   PRESS RELEASE ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    April 19, 2018
  • Bama State Style
    May-June 2015

    “Bama State Style” Reality TV Series

    Marching band has hit reality television with “Bama State Style,” a new series from Tremendous! Entertainment airing on Lifetime. This ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    August 10, 2015
  • Web Exclusives

    Eight HBCU Bands Selected to “March On” to the 13th Annual Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase

    Eight bands will perform at the 13th Annual Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase. From Halftime Magazine, a print ...
    Halftime Magazine
    October 29, 2014
  • Noteworthy

    “Drumline” Sequel in the Making

    The only marching band-centric major motion picture ever is getting a sequel! VH1 announced that it will collaborate with producer ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    March 24, 2014
  • Web Exclusives

    VH1 Announces “Drumline” Sequel with Nick Cannon

    VH1 announced it will produce a TV movie sequel to the hit movie "Drumline," still the only major marching band-centric ...
    Halftime Magazine
    February 7, 2014
  • Web Exclusives

    Voting Opens for 2014 Honda Battle of the Bands

    Voting categories for the 2014 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase are now based on band size, not conference. ...
    Halftime Magazine
    September 10, 2013
  • Direct From ...

    Florida A&M Marching 100

    Less than two years after Florida A&M’s hazing incident and disbanding of the Marching 100, a new band director—Dr. Sylvester ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    July 18, 2013
  • Noteworthy

    Hazing in the News: One Year Later

    Almost one year after the death of drum major Robert D. Champion, Jr., in an alleged hazing incident, Florida A&M ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    January 25, 2013
  • Web Exclusives

    2013 Honda Battle of the Bands Announces Showcase Bands

    The polls have closed—the final eight bands in the Honda Battle of the Bands have been chosen to appear at ...
    Halftime Magazine
    November 8, 2012
  • Web Exclusives

    HBCU Arranger Carnell Knighten Dies

    Carnell Knighten, former assistant director of bands at Southern University, died yesterday, Jan. 25, after collapsing in a hallway in ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    January 26, 2012
  • Noteworthy

    2011 Honda Battle of the Bands Wrap-Up

    Eight of the top Historically Black College and University marching bands played for nearly 60,000 fans at the 9th annual ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    March 23, 2011
  • Web Exclusives

    The Battle Presented by AT&T

    Bethune-Cookman University Marching Wildcats and Florida A&M Marching 100 will be flexing their musical muscles in a battle on ESPNU ...
    Halftime Magazine
    November 4, 2010
  • Features

    DRUMLine Live

    Combining the popularity of the movie “Drumline” and the theatrical production “Blast!,” the new stage show “DRUMLine Live” is engaging ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    October 5, 2010
  • Behind the Baton

    It’s Showtime

    As a leader at an HBCU band, a white drum major must overcome stereotypes to earn respect and achieve his ...
    Matt Smith
    July 29, 2010
  • Direct From ...

    Bethune-Cookman Marching Wildcats

    The Bethune-Cookman University band marched in this year’s NFL Pro Bowl, just another of its many accomplishments. Director Donovan V. ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    April 1, 2010
  • Direct From ...

    Prairie View A&M

    Looking to the past, present and future, Dr. William F. McQueen III honors former director George Edwards while moving the ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    March 24, 2010
  • Noteworthy

    Honda Scales Back

    The 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase will feature eight of the top HBCU (Historically Black College ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    November 18, 2009
  • Features

    The Art and Technique of HBCU

    Look around in the stands at a halftime show pitting two Historically Black Colleges and Universities against each other, and ...
    Christine Ngeo Katzman
    March 17, 2009
  • Features

    HBCU – A Flare for Fashion

    Recently, Fashion News 100 recognized Southern University’s Human Jukebox in Baton Rouge, La., as the best dressed college band. And ...
    Christine Ngeo Katzman
    March 17, 2009
  • Gear Up

    Vic Firth Corpsmaster Groove Series

    A new line of marching sticks and mallets aimed at the HBCU-style marching bands recently made its debut, just in ...
    Eddie Carden
    January 23, 2009
  • Direct From ...

    North Carolina Central University Marching Sound Machine

    The North Carolina Central University Marching Sound Machine isn’t like otherHBCU bands. This group from Durham, N.C., prides itself on ...
    Eddie Carden
    September 9, 2008
  • Features

    Wanted: Band Students

    Make recruitment an easier task. Find out some of the ways that marching band directors and students get prospects excited ...
    Elizabeth Geli
    March 19, 2008
  • Features

    Battle of the Bands

    With the high-energy, high-emotion style of HBCU bands, sometimes halftime becomes more important and more intense than the football game.
    Kimberly Davis
    September 24, 2007

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