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Post by Blankman on Oct 17, 2009 22:52:27 GMT -5
Hey whats up guys, I don't know if everybody had heard but A&T's Marching band performed down at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte. This was on National Television on ABC. The Blue & Gold Marching Machine was the first HBCU band to do such an event. This was a big event for Nascar since they honored the 1st class of Hall of Famers. This was big for our school and band because Nascar officials came to an HBCU and offered them to perform for this big event and could have gotten any PWC in the state but they chose A&T. So lets all appreciate this historical accomplishment for our band!!
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Post by Blankman on Oct 20, 2009 17:06:54 GMT -5
So umm yeah I'm guessing by the few number of views and the No comments from anyone on this website, I guess no one cares about this accomplishment my the machine  ... Well guess the machine still gets no respect from its own school and alums  |
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Post by aggielaw on Oct 20, 2009 19:01:12 GMT -5
Any pics!
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Post by Blankman on Oct 21, 2009 11:57:08 GMT -5
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Post by blessedaggie84 on Oct 21, 2009 12:17:22 GMT -5
So umm yeah I'm guessing by the few number of views and the No comments from anyone on this website, I guess no one cares about this accomplishment my the machine ... Well guess the machine still gets no respect from its own school and alums Congrats...is that better? How did yall do? What did yall do? Did yall just play songs and march around the track? What did yall get for going down there? Did they pay for yall to come down there or did yall get a huge check from NASCAR? where yall better on Saturday then yall were at Dudley's homecoming? Dont feel bad that you think the school and alums dont respect yall. If you are doing the best you can then the respect will come. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Oct 21, 2009 13:44:57 GMT -5
i think its a great accomplishment and very good exposure for a&t. the only thing that doesn't excite me is the fact that 99% of nascar don't know jack about hbcu bands. so i'm not sure if we were invited because they think we're one of the best hbcu bands or whether their was some other connection that earned us an invite. most white folks don't know the difference between a good hbcu band and a great hbcu band...
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Oct 21, 2009 14:44:42 GMT -5
So umm yeah I'm guessing by the few number of views and the No comments from anyone on this website, I guess no one cares about this accomplishment my the machine ... Well guess the machine still gets no respect from its own school and alums Blank, its not that nobody cares...but if you want a response on this board you gotta paint a picture for the folks that weren't there, give us the low down, hell provide a youtube link if you can...something! We support everything that is Ayantee, but you gotta give us more than a blurb... |
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Post by aggielove on Oct 22, 2009 12:55:17 GMT -5
and the fact that not many on this board pay much attention to NASCAR. oleschool, i'm wondering if A&T race team might have had some connections with this. Blank, can you fill us in on how and why we were selected?
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Post by aggiebred09 on Oct 23, 2009 10:06:04 GMT -5
A&T Race Team.... You've got to be kidding me.
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Post by Blankman on Oct 23, 2009 11:47:36 GMT -5
and the fact that not many on this board pay much attention to NASCAR. oleschool, i'm wondering if A&T race team might have had some connections with this. Blank, can you fill us in on how and why we were selected? Well from what I have heard, Nascar officials had seen some clips from A&T's band on Youtube and thought we would be a great asset to perform for the Lowe's Motor Speedway since, that was considered their big Homecoming. So Nascar spoke with Dr. Ruff and Dean Plater who is over the College of Arts & Science, which the band is under and asked if we would have liked to participate.. At first Doc declined the invitation but the Nascar officials came back and really wanted the band to participate. So Doc then talked to the band members to see what their opinion was on all of this. Some were very skeptical about it, but then they thought about how much exposure they would get out of this and maybe even some sponsorships.. So the band agreed and the rest was history |
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Post by aggielove on Oct 23, 2009 14:47:02 GMT -5
A&T Race Team.... You've got to be kidding me. why's that? they don't exist anymore? |
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Oct 23, 2009 16:43:07 GMT -5
and the fact that not many on this board pay much attention to NASCAR. oleschool, i'm wondering if A&T race team might have had some connections with this. Blank, can you fill us in on how and why we were selected? Well from what I have heard, Nascar officials had seen some clips from A&T's band on Youtube and thought we would be a great asset to perform for the Lowe's Motor Speedway since, that was considered their big Homecoming. So Nascar spoke with Dr. Ruff and Dean Plater who is over the College of Arts & Science, which the band is under and asked if we would have liked to participate.. At first Doc declined the invitation but the Nascar officials came back and really wanted the band to participate. So Doc then talked to the band members to see what their opinion was on all of this. Some were very skeptical about it, but then they thought about how much exposure they would get out of this and maybe even some sponsorships.. So the band agreed and the rest was history Thats whatsup, Props to the Machine for going outside the box... |
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... Well guess the machine still gets no respect from its own school and alums 
