New Documentary on the BGMM

[marchingband1969]

Next week a documentary on the BGMM will be shown at the "Longleaf Film Festival in Raleigh. It was produced by Randolph Community College photojournalism students. They followed the band from last year's Band Camp all the way to Homecoming. If you're in Raleigh next week you should check it out. The festival is free to attend, but a general festival ticket is required. To pick up tickets, go to www.longleaffilmfestival.com and click on the link.

ASHEBORO (April 29, 2019) — For the second straight year, Randolph Community College photojournalism students boast a documentary film featured in the annual Longleaf Film Festival in Raleigh. “Blue & Gold Marching Machine” is an official selection for the festival, which takes place May 10-11. The RCC film’s world premiere is scheduled for Friday, May 10, at 8:30 p.m. In all, 59 juried films will be screened on three screens at the North Carolina Museum of History.
RCC’s documentary invites viewers to follow along, from band camp to the “Greatest Homecoming on Earth,” as 200 musicians and dancers celebrate the 100th year of the North Carolina A&T State University’s marching band. The auditioned group was voted the HBCU Sports Band of the Year for the second straight year in January, and its 60-member drumline was recently part of the 2019 Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Calif.

Last season’s RCC student film, “Carolina Cross,” which documented the 2017-18 North Carolina Cyclo-Cross season, was selected for last year’s Longleaf Film Festival, featured at the Praxis Film Festival in Goldsboro, and was an official selection for the Real to Reel Film Festival in Kings Mountain.
The festival is free to attend, but a general festival ticket is required. To pick up tickets, go to www.longleaffilmfestival.com and click on the link.
RCC’s nationally-known Photographic Technology program offers three concentrations: Commercial Photography, Photojournalism, and Portrait Studio Management. For more information, visit www.randolph.edu/photo.

[marchingband1969]

Here's a link for the documentary that was done last year on the 100th Anniversary of the Blue & Gold Marching Machine

vimeo.com/320783708/610b096899

[aggieforlife]

Dr.Ruff needs to put this a Bottle and Sell it. Great Stuff...

[Maxell]

Jul 27, 2019 12:49:19 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

Here's a link for the documentary that was done last year on the 100th Anniversary of the Blue & Gold Marching Machine

vimeo.com/320783708/610b096899

1969, you didn't tell us you were starring in the film. Good work, sir. The one thing I didn't realize, until you said it, was how many band members came from small towns in NC and the BGMM was and still is a very big deal to them as it was for me. I told my dad at 9 years old that I would march in that band and 9 years later, I did. I can still hear the voice of my dad cut through all of the other voices as we marched through that big gate at Memorial Stadium, calling my name. It wasn't until I had my own son at A&T did I understand how my dad must have felt in that moment. Thank you for sharing this film with us. Hell, I almost cried when ya girl's mom made it to her last Homecoming game. Good stuff.

[marchingband1969]

Jul 27, 2019 23:49:30 GMT -5 Maxell said:

Jul 27, 2019 12:49:19 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

Here's a link for the documentary that was done last year on the 100th Anniversary of the Blue & Gold Marching Machine

vimeo.com/320783708/610b096899

1969, you didn't tell us you were starring in the film. Good work, sir. The one thing I didn't realize, until you said it, was how many band members came from small towns in NC and the BGMM was and still is a very big deal to them as it was for me. I told my dad at 9 years old that I would march in that band and 9 years later, I did. I can still hear the voice of my dad cut through all of the other voices as we marched through that big gate at Memorial Stadium, calling my name. It wasn't until I had my own son at A&T did I understand how my dad must have felt in that moment. Thank you for sharing this film with us. Hell, I almost cried when ya girl's mom made it to her last Homecoming game. Good stuff.

As you've probably figured out by now...I'm a diehard supporter of everything that is Blue & Gold Marching Machine. From publishing their weekly enewsletter to begging friends and complete strangers for donations. And if you marched through those big doors ar War Memorial Stadium, you know exactly how I feel every time I heard a Cold Steel drum cadence. By the way, are you on the mailing list for "The Loyalty Letter," the weekly BGMM newsletter?

[Maxell]

Jul 28, 2019 9:30:32 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

Jul 27, 2019 23:49:30 GMT -5 Maxell said:

1969, you didn't tell us you were starring in the film. Good work, sir. The one thing I didn't realize, until you said it, was how many band members came from small towns in NC and the BGMM was and still is a very big deal to them as it was for me. I told my dad at 9 years old that I would march in that band and 9 years later, I did. I can still hear the voice of my dad cut through all of the other voices as we marched through that big gate at Memorial Stadium, calling my name. It wasn't until I had my own son at A&T did I understand how my dad must have felt in that moment. Thank you for sharing this film with us. Hell, I almost cried when ya girl's mom made it to her last Homecoming game. Good stuff.

As you've probably figured out by now...I'm a diehard supporter of everything that is Blue & Gold Marching Machine. From publishing their weekly enewsletter to begging friends and complete strangers for donations. And if you marched through those big doors ar War Memorial Stadium, you know exactly how I feel every time I heard a Cold Steel drum cadence. By the way, are you on the mailing list for "The Loyalty Letter," the weekly BGMM newsletter?

Yes. I am on the mailing list.