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When the Southern University Marching Band marches with the Krewe of Zulu parade on Tuesday, it will be the culmination of a great season that didn't play out on the football field.
The band, known far and wide as the Human Jukebox, is putting a wrap on Mardi Gras season. That time of year when marching means money.
This Carnival season, the band brought it's high-step marching style to six parades, earning about $15,000 after expenses.
Some parades, like Sunday's Bacchus and Tuesday's Zulu, ponied up $10,000 each (a profit of about $4,000 after paying for food and transportation) to bring the high-energy unit to the Crescent City, said band director Nathan Haymer.
“That’s just for us,” said Haymer of the five-figure payout from the big parade groups in New Orleans. “I don’t know what the rate is for (other marching bands), but $10,000 is pretty top rate for a band to come to a parade.”
In addition to Bacchus and Zulu, Southern marched in New Orleans in the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale and the Mystic Krewe of Nyx and in Mardi Gras parades in Slidell and Kentwood. For the Slidell and smaller New Orleans' parades, the payoff was about $3,500 each after expenses, Haymer said. The Kentwood appearance didn't bring in any extra money, but Haymer said Southern has lots of alumni and fans there, "so it's a great community event for us."
“Oh, it’s going to help us out tremendously," Haymer said of the money. "That’s why we do it."
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_ro...cle_5e3ff0e2-0c39-11e8-a3c9-7710cb38c841.html
The band, known far and wide as the Human Jukebox, is putting a wrap on Mardi Gras season. That time of year when marching means money.
This Carnival season, the band brought it's high-step marching style to six parades, earning about $15,000 after expenses.
Some parades, like Sunday's Bacchus and Tuesday's Zulu, ponied up $10,000 each (a profit of about $4,000 after paying for food and transportation) to bring the high-energy unit to the Crescent City, said band director Nathan Haymer.
“That’s just for us,” said Haymer of the five-figure payout from the big parade groups in New Orleans. “I don’t know what the rate is for (other marching bands), but $10,000 is pretty top rate for a band to come to a parade.”
In addition to Bacchus and Zulu, Southern marched in New Orleans in the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale and the Mystic Krewe of Nyx and in Mardi Gras parades in Slidell and Kentwood. For the Slidell and smaller New Orleans' parades, the payoff was about $3,500 each after expenses, Haymer said. The Kentwood appearance didn't bring in any extra money, but Haymer said Southern has lots of alumni and fans there, "so it's a great community event for us."
“Oh, it’s going to help us out tremendously," Haymer said of the money. "That’s why we do it."
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_ro...cle_5e3ff0e2-0c39-11e8-a3c9-7710cb38c841.html