The Fayette-Ware High School Band from Somerville, TN competing in the Battle of the Bands at Frayser High School in Memphis, April 13, 2012
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Thursday Night Before the Juke Joint Festival 2012 in Clarksdale
On Thursday April 12, 2012 I drove to Clarksdale, Mississippi for the first night of the annual Juke Joint Festival, and a lot has changed since last year. A new coffee bar called Yazoo Pass has opened downtown, the Blues Source CD shop has closed, sadly, and new lofts and condos have appeared. I ate dinner at Rust, grabbed a latte from Yazoo Pass and headed over to the Delta Theater to catch Jimbo Mathus, but I got there a little too late.
Tallulah Madison High School’s Soul Rockers of the Mid-South at Grambling Homecoming 2012
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The Madison High School Band from Tallulah, LA marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
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Tulsa Douglass High School Band at the Grambling Homecoming Parade 2012
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The Douglass High School band from Tulsa, OK marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
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Lancaster (TX) High School Band at Grambling Homecoming 2012
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The Lancaster High School band from Lancaster, TX marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
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End of the Parade Route, Grambling Homecoming 2011
The Grambling Homecoming Parade ended near Eddie Robinson Stadium and the new Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center, and the high school bands gathered there and had a sort of informal battle between the parade and the football game.
Grambling State University Homecoming Parade 2011
At the Grambling State University Homecoming Parade, Saturday October 22, 2011
UAPB Band Entrance in Pine Bluff, 2011
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The UAPB Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South marches into the stadium at Pine Bluff, October 15, 2011
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Whitehaven Band Marching into Melrose Stadium, 2011
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The Whitehaven Band marches into Melrose Stadium in Orange Mound, Memphis at Melrose Homecoming, October 14, 2011
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UAPB Vs. Southern University at Pine Bluff, 2011
When I got to Pine Bluff, the UAPB Marching Musical Machine of the Midsouth was marching into the stadium. The weather was great, and I thought I was in for a great game and a great band battle. Unfortunately, I soon learned that Southern University didn’t bring their band, so there was no battle. I left after the third quarter and grabbed a dinner in donwtown Pine Bluff, and just at the right time, evidently, because later I learned that the football game had ended in a series of brawls that led to tear gas being sprayed and people having to be hospitalized.