March to the Joyous, Raucous Beat of the Sonic Boom of The South


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March to the Joyous, Raucous Beat of the Sonic Boom of the South

It takes two charter planes to move the Sonic Boom of the South from its home in Jackson, Mississippi, to the first event of the season, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 230 musicians are traveling with four band directors, support and medical staff, a security detail, a social media and video unit, cheerleaders and a team of swivel-hipped female dancers called the Prancing J-Settes


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“We don’t have the very best musicians, or the most precise drill formations,” says O’Neill Sanford, the director of bands at Jackson State. ”
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Interesting statement.
 
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Okay someone needs to check this author.

Then, when it’s time to dance, their ladylike demeanor changes utterly, and they start bucking and twerking like crazy on the tiny dance platform between one bleacher and another.
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The Boom performs it magnificently, but the partisan crowd jeers and boos. Then it’s Southern’s turn, and the crowd roars because the Human Jukebox is definitely louder, with a massive high brassy sound that’s almost earsplitting.

The Southern sound is so loud and brassy that the melody often gets lost.


“They’re overblowing for power, they’ve lost harmonic balance, we do it too when the kids get overexcited,” says Sanford, sanguine and relaxed as always. “I’m not hearing the third in the chords.”

:eek:...no he di-in't

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MetroPhillyTiger said:
The Boom performs it magnificently, but the partisan crowd jeers and boos. Then it’s Southern’s turn, and the crowd roars because the Human Jukebox is definitely louder, with a massive high brassy sound that’s almost earsplitting.

The Southern sound is so loud and brassy that the melody often gets lost.


“They’re overblowing for power, they’ve lost harmonic balance, we do it too when the kids get overexcited,” says Sanford, sanguine and relaxed as always. “I’m not hearing the third in the chords.”

:eek:...no he di-in't

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Now y'all know it would be deep in here with folks calling Haymer all sorts of names if he said that about his opponent. lol
 
A young neutral couple from New Orleans, leaving the stadium and walking home across the park, give victory to the Sonic Boom, “They played a greater variety of music and stayed loud throughout. Their dancers came with real depth. The Southern dancers just made the same moves over and over again."
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number1 said:
Now y'all know it would be deep in here with folks calling Haymer all sorts of names if he said that about his opponent. lol
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Folks already call Haymer all sorts of names. Hahahahahaha!!!!!

By the way, just say congrats JSU and move on.
 
I guess JSU folks liked their dancers' style being described as twerking and bucking. lol
 

JayRob said:
You know his attention span isn't that long, so it's almost impossible for that to happen. He just randomly looks for JSU throughout the article.
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In an article that's 99% about J-Skate???? Think before you type next time please.
 
And clearly there's some sort of comprehension problems with some of you because I said nothing negative about JSU. I didn't like how the author chose to describe the dance teams' styles. Making them out to be strippers or something.
 
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