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Post by marchingband1969 on Aug 21, 2019 15:47:49 GMT -5
Winston-Salem State’s award-winning band, The Red Sea of Sound, will be taking its talent across town to perform at Wake Forest’s season-opening game next week. PHOTOS: 2018's Red Sea of Sound The Deacons, who have won three straight bowl games, will open their season on Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. against Utah State at BB&T Field. The Red Sea of Sound has won numerous awards through the years under the direction of Dr. Michael Magruder, the director of the band and the chairman of the music department at WSSU. “We’re thrilled to be invited to perform during Wake Forest’s home opener,” Magruder said in a statement. “Deacon fans better get ready because when the Red Sea takes the field, they can expect to be entertained.” As part of the Wake Forest Fan Ambassador program, 1,000 tickets have been purchased for the game and will be given to WSSU students, faculty and staff. Wake Forest's band, The Spirit of the Old Gold and Black, will join WSSU's band for a performance. WSSU's band will perform for four minutes with the Wake band joining it for another performance. The Red Sea of Sound, which traditionally has around 150 students, has a vibrant sound that includes dancers and produces high energy throughout its performances. John Currie, the athletics director at Wake Forest, said in a statement he's excited about the historic moment. It's the first time the WSSU band will perform at a Wake Forest football game. [This is similar to the halftime performance the BGMM and UNC Chapel Hill did a few years ago except for the 1000 free tickets! That's a bonus! There's been some conflict between the two schools in recent years so I don't know if this is an attempt to makeup.] Now as a bandhead, you know I couldn't help for wondering what "numerous awards" they have won but I'll let that go...too catty! www.greensboro.com/sports/wssu-s-red-sea-of-sound-will-perform-at-halftime/article_6528bf23-dab5-5d2e-bcb6-d430e384ec45.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=NEWS%20-%20GSO%20PM%20News&utm_campaign=GSO%20Afternoon%20News |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Aug 21, 2019 16:15:45 GMT -5
 why is this in the greensboro newspaper? not a big deal... |
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Post by AggiePride on Aug 21, 2019 17:27:05 GMT -5
Of note WFU giving tickets to WSSU and 4 min performance. I hope they are paying transportation and to feed the students. |
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Post by outsidethinker on Aug 21, 2019 21:50:03 GMT -5
Of note WFU giving tickets to WSSU and 4 min performance. I hope they are paying transportation and to feed the students. I like it. WSSU campus is a 10 minute drive from Wake Forest(4.8 miles). It's a win win situation with WSSU being D2. |
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Post by blessedaggie84 on Aug 21, 2019 21:50:37 GMT -5
Winston-Salem State’s award-winning band, The Red Sea of Sound, will be taking its talent across town to perform at Wake Forest’s season-opening game next week. [This is similar to the halftime performance the BGMM and UNC Chapel Hill did a few years ago except for the 1000 free tickets! That's a bonus! There's been some conflict between the two schools in recent years so I don't know if this is an attempt to makeup.] Now as a bandhead, you know I couldn't help for wondering what "numerous awards" they have won but I'll let that go...too catty! Oh please be catty I wonder that as well. Our band has been called award winning as well. Can you inform us on the awards that the BGMM have won. I am pretty sure there has been some but unfamiliar with them. |
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Post by outsidethinker on Aug 21, 2019 22:08:24 GMT -5
Winston-Salem State’s award-winning band, The Red Sea of Sound, will be taking its talent across town to perform at Wake Forest’s season-opening game next week. [This is similar to the halftime performance the BGMM and UNC Chapel Hill did a few years ago except for the 1000 free tickets! That's a bonus! There's been some conflict between the two schools in recent years so I don't know if this is an attempt to makeup.] Now as a bandhead, you know I couldn't help for wondering what "numerous awards" they have won but I'll let that go...too catty! Oh please be catty I wonder that as well. Our band has been called award winning as well. Can you inform us on the awards that the BGMM have won. I am pretty sure there has been some but unfamiliar with them. Participation awards, Best 2018 marching band on wssu campus. Best marching band to practice on their campus. Best 2019 wssu marching band award. Sarcasm of course. I could venture to say that they're the 2nd best HBCU band in the State atleast... |
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Post by trues on Aug 21, 2019 22:51:44 GMT -5
why is this in the greensboro newspaper? not a big deal... WS,GB,HP are all part of the Triad. Hell if i remember i think Winston Salem journal and news and record are own by the same people. Anyway is is not unusual that you see shared information across the TRIAD. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Aug 22, 2019 9:15:13 GMT -5
why is this in the greensboro newspaper? not a big deal... WS,GB,HP are all part of the Triad. Hell if i remember i think Winston Salem journal and news and record are own by the same people. Anyway is is not unusual that you see shared information across the TRIAD. yeah, but wssu's band? i can see if was about athletics, but the band? just because they're performing at wake forest? if that's news worthy in greensboro, then greensboro must be awfully "boring" this time of year... |
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Post by marchingband1969 on Aug 22, 2019 9:35:30 GMT -5
Winston-Salem State’s award-winning band, The Red Sea of Sound, will be taking its talent across town to perform at Wake Forest’s season-opening game next week. [This is similar to the halftime performance the BGMM and UNC Chapel Hill did a few years ago except for the 1000 free tickets! That's a bonus! There's been some conflict between the two schools in recent years so I don't know if this is an attempt to makeup.] Now as a bandhead, you know I couldn't help for wondering what "numerous awards" they have won but I'll let that go...too catty! Oh please be catty I wonder that as well. Our band has been called award winning as well. Can you inform us on the awards that the BGMM have won. I am pretty sure there has been some but unfamiliar with them. Probably the most publicized award the Blue and Gold Marching Machine won was the 2014 Honda Battle of the Bands! Most BOBs are exhibitions but in 2014 Honda BOB decided to allow the audience to vote on the best band performance. 8 HBCU bands were selected to participate (Bethune Cookman, SC State, University Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Winston Salem State, Morehouse, Alabama AM, Alabama State and BGMM). All you have to do is watch the Youtube video and listen to the crowd's reaction! youtu.be/S6D8GN1ilZA |
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Post by marchingband1969 on Aug 22, 2019 9:37:44 GMT -5
Oh please be catty I wonder that as well. Our band has been called award winning as well. Can you inform us on the awards that the BGMM have won. I am pretty sure there has been some but unfamiliar with them. Participation awards, Best 2018 marching band on wssu campus. Best marching band to practice on their campus. Best 2019 wssu marching band award. Sarcasm of course. I could venture to say that they're the 2nd best HBCU band in the State atleast... Naw...maybe tied a distant second with NCCU! |
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Aug 22, 2019 9:38:41 GMT -5
WS,GB,HP are all part of the Triad. Hell if i remember i think Winston Salem journal and news and record are own by the same people. Anyway is is not unusual that you see shared information across the TRIAD. yeah, but wssu's band? i can see if was about athletics, but the band? just because they're performing at wake forest? if that's news worthy in greensboro, then greensboro must be awfully "boring" this time of year... ^^^what he said^^^ When I first saw this I was like “So”...I mean are we supposed to all rush to the box office at WF because the Ram band is performing? I live in Raleigh and if Shaw’s band was doing a show at a NCSU I wouldn’t expect it to make news in Durham. |
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Post by marchingband1969 on Aug 22, 2019 9:43:52 GMT -5
WS,GB,HP are all part of the Triad. Hell if i remember i think Winston Salem journal and news and record are own by the same people. Anyway is is not unusual that you see shared information across the TRIAD. yeah, but wssu's band? i can see if was about athletics, but the band? just because they're performing at wake forest? if that's news worthy in greensboro, then greensboro must be awfully "boring" this time of year... Don't get me started talking about the racist media coverage of HBCU's! We play a game and there's no mention of it by the media but we have a fight at that same games and there are news cameras everywhere. The WSSU band playing at "one of their chosen sacred institutions" is truly "news" to them! Oh and thanks for the game tickets...just what WSSU students want, to be allowed to go see their band perform for strangers! |
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