Sonic Boom Of The South
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The Sonic Boom of the South is a marching band
at Jackson State University
(JSU) in the United States. It is one of the largest HBCU marching bands with over 250 members.
was organized in 1920.
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
at Jackson State University
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
(JSU) in the United States. It is one of the largest HBCU marching bands with over 250 members.
History
The first band at JSUJackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
was organized in 1920.
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