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Oakhaven vs. Mitchell @ J.P. Freeman Stadium, Memphis, 2012

I went out to J. P. Freeman Stadium Thursday night to catch the Oakhaven-Mitchell game, and I was impressed by the musicianship of both bands, but especially Oakhaven, a band I had not heard before. Their repertoire includes both traditional marches and current hits, and they play cleanly and in tune. Memphis TN, 9/27/12

The Baby Blues drumline is an amazing group of immensely-talented young drummers that randomly show up from time to time at festivals and events in Memphis and elsewhere in the Mid-South. Unexpectedly, they appeared at the Cooper-Young Festival on Saturday, 9/15/12

The Baby Blues drumline is an amazing group of immensely-talented young drummers that randomly show up from time to time at festivals and events in Memphis and elsewhere in the Mid-South. Unexpectedly, they appeared at the Cooper-Young Festival on Saturday, 9/15/12

Melrose’s Sound of the Mound Marching Band in the Southern Heritage Classic Parade, 2012

Melrose School became a full high school in 1946, the same year that Hamilton High School opened, and since then Melrose has been indelibly linked with the Orange Mound neighborhood. The school has been known for excellence in football, basketball and music, and the Sound of the Mound marching band is the favorite band in the Southern Heritage Classic Parade, 9/8/12