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Post by aggie2039 on Feb 7, 2023 20:58:05 GMT -5
Yea ,should the band try to align with the university ,or should the university recognize what a valuable asset it has in the BGMM and do what is right by them . The band isnt as valuable as you all believe... Howard has a national reputation and a terrible band. Howards enrollment is growing too... |
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Post by aggie2039 on Feb 7, 2023 21:00:27 GMT -5
Chancellor might just need to re-visit his stance on the impact of the BGMM on the brand. A&Ts academic reputation is way more impactful than the band... The era of bands being important is passing, academics and scholarship money is why kids enroll. |
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Post by ohsixrain on Feb 8, 2023 8:36:27 GMT -5
I would like to see the band align themselves more with the university's vision as a whole How? When I say this, it isn't to create a stir or argument but, I just believe that no one organization, sporting program or school representative is larger than the university holistically. So, if the band is needed to help promote the university's brand, my belief is they should. I get the $$$ issues but, money is tight everywhere. And don't get me wrong, I think it should be reciprocal as well...the university should support the band in its endeavors as well such as this past weekend in Atlanta. So, the relationship should be better and it needs to get better and at times both sides wear the blame. |
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Post by Maxell on Feb 8, 2023 16:27:06 GMT -5
Chancellor might just need to re-visit his stance on the impact of the BGMM on the brand. A&Ts academic reputation is way more impactful than the band... The era of bands being important is passing, academics and scholarship money is why kids enroll. The BGMM puts A&T on the radar of many families, academics and scholarships keep them there. |
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Post by Maxell on Feb 8, 2023 16:30:57 GMT -5
Yea ,should the band try to align with the university ,or should the university recognize what a valuable asset it has in the BGMM and do what is right by them . The band isnt as valuable as you all believe... Howard has a national reputation and a terrible band. Howards enrollment is growing too... Howard is a generational academic institution bolstered by historical scholars and the Black upper class. Apples and oranges. |
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Post by aggie2039 on Feb 8, 2023 17:40:06 GMT -5
A&Ts academic reputation is way more impactful than the band... The era of bands being important is passing, academics and scholarship money is why kids enroll. The BGMM puts A&T on the radar of many families, academics and scholarships keep them there. I disagree, BGMM is a good recruiting tool for band students. Majority of potential students don’t attend battles of the bands or such events. |
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Post by Maxell on Feb 8, 2023 18:16:57 GMT -5
The BGMM puts A&T on the radar of many families, academics and scholarships keep them there. I disagree, BGMM is a good recruiting tool for band students. Majority of potential students don’t attend battles of the bands or such events. We agree to disagree. I didn’t say the majority. I said many. |
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Post by aggiechampd on Feb 8, 2023 22:52:10 GMT -5
Chancellor might just need to re-visit his stance on the impact of the BGMM on the brand. I retweeted that Anita Baker response with Chancellor Martin and all of A&T Twitter handles for a reason... |
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Post by zai on Feb 9, 2023 0:33:37 GMT -5
Boy i can’t believe what I’m reading in this thread lmao
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Post by zai on Feb 9, 2023 0:35:57 GMT -5
Yea ,should the band try to align with the university ,or should the university recognize what a valuable asset it has in the BGMM and do what is right by them . The band isnt as valuable as you all believe... Howard has a national reputation and a terrible band. Howards enrollment is growing too... A&T and Howard have completely different brands. A&T brand consits of the band without a doubt. They pull more views than anybody on campus. |
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Post by zai on Feb 9, 2023 0:40:01 GMT -5
You can say the chancellor and people of power don’t care for the band or view them as an asset but I can comfortably say the band holds it down for the Aggie brand. Band as a whole is a HBCU brand.
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Post by pj on Feb 27, 2023 12:12:03 GMT -5
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Post by marchingband1969 on Mar 1, 2023 21:50:58 GMT -5
PLEASE STOP! Please stop arguing about the band! This thread started out with another terrific example of the BGMMs performance but quickly shifted to a emotional debate about the value of the band. Can we just learn to get along?
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Post by Maxell on Mar 2, 2023 1:22:57 GMT -5
PLEASE STOP! Please stop arguing about the band! This thread started out with another terrific example of the BGMMs performance but quickly shifted to a emotional debate about the value of the band. Can we just learn to get along? We argue about everything. LOL |
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Post by marchingband1969 on Mar 4, 2023 21:23:12 GMT -5
PLEASE STOP! Please stop arguing about the band! This thread started out with another terrific example of the BGMMs performance but quickly shifted to a emotional debate about the value of the band. Can we just learn to get along? We argue about everything. LOL Maybe we should try a new tradition at A&T...uplifting our organizations and institutions and dogging everybody else! I'll start by appologing for dogging the men's basketball team. |
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