Showing posts with label Marching Southerners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marching Southerners. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

A sight for sore eyes and a treat for your ears

Turn up your sound and watch the JSU (Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama) Marching Southerners Band’s halftime show at the first home football game of the season, September 7, 2013 (8:41).

This band has everything -- precision marching, twirling tossed rifles, waving flags, awesome drumline, high-kicking ballerinas, and a wall of sound from its 400 members.

Two of my children marched in this band during their college years and graduated from this school. The current director was my son’s roommate and once played Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata on my piano.

And no, I am not biased in the least. Why do you ask?

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