NCCU marching band to play for Florida State at N.C. State
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September 13, 2006 10:55 pm
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DURHAM -- The N.C. Central marching band has been invited to play as the stadium band for Florida State when it travels to play N.C. State at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh on Oct. 5.
The game will be nationally televised on cable network ESPN.
It will mark the first time the NCCU band, known as the "Marching Sound Machine," will have played at an Atlantic Coast Conference football game, according to a news release from NCCU on Wednesday.
Florida State will not bring its marching band to the game since band members would have to skip two days of classes because of travel considerations for the weeknight event.
The NCCU band will be seated in the visitors' section along with some 5,000 expected Florida State supporters, and will play Florida State fight songs as well as NCCU standards and other game cadences.
Florida State is preparing special Florida State shirts for NCCU band members to wear at the game and will pay for the 250-member team's trip. The Marching Sound Machine members will be served a tailgate dinner outside the stadium and will play for the Florida State contingent before the game.
Douglas Manheimer, chairman of the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame, personally invited the Marching Sound Machine to play at the game.
"We had heard a lot of good things about NCCU's band and were impressed with their performance at the Honda Battle of the Bands," Manheimer said. "Since the chancellor of NCCU, James H. Ammons, and the band director, Jorim Reid, are FSU graduates, we hoped as members of the FSU family they would accept our invitation."
"It's great publicity for the university and the students are very excited about playing during the game," band director Reid said. "The game is already sold old out with 60,000 plus fans. An old FSU tradition is after the game the coach, Bobby Bowden, usually throws his hat to the band in appreciation, whether they win or not. I'm sure the band will enjoy the entire experience."
Ammons received a master's degree in public administration in 1975, and a Ph.D. in government in 1977, from Florida State. Reid holds a master's degree in music education from Florida State's School of Music.
Florida State has used other replacement bands in the past, including the U.S. Military Academy band, the Marine Band of El Toro, Calif., and the Quantico (Va.) Marine Corps band to play at several games in the past.
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NCCUsmbc.tripod.com
The Herald-Sun
September 13, 2006 10:55 pm
www.herald-sun.com/sports/nccentral
DURHAM -- The N.C. Central marching band has been invited to play as the stadium band for Florida State when it travels to play N.C. State at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh on Oct. 5.
The game will be nationally televised on cable network ESPN.
It will mark the first time the NCCU band, known as the "Marching Sound Machine," will have played at an Atlantic Coast Conference football game, according to a news release from NCCU on Wednesday.
Florida State will not bring its marching band to the game since band members would have to skip two days of classes because of travel considerations for the weeknight event.
The NCCU band will be seated in the visitors' section along with some 5,000 expected Florida State supporters, and will play Florida State fight songs as well as NCCU standards and other game cadences.
Florida State is preparing special Florida State shirts for NCCU band members to wear at the game and will pay for the 250-member team's trip. The Marching Sound Machine members will be served a tailgate dinner outside the stadium and will play for the Florida State contingent before the game.
Douglas Manheimer, chairman of the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame, personally invited the Marching Sound Machine to play at the game.
"We had heard a lot of good things about NCCU's band and were impressed with their performance at the Honda Battle of the Bands," Manheimer said. "Since the chancellor of NCCU, James H. Ammons, and the band director, Jorim Reid, are FSU graduates, we hoped as members of the FSU family they would accept our invitation."
"It's great publicity for the university and the students are very excited about playing during the game," band director Reid said. "The game is already sold old out with 60,000 plus fans. An old FSU tradition is after the game the coach, Bobby Bowden, usually throws his hat to the band in appreciation, whether they win or not. I'm sure the band will enjoy the entire experience."
Ammons received a master's degree in public administration in 1975, and a Ph.D. in government in 1977, from Florida State. Reid holds a master's degree in music education from Florida State's School of Music.
Florida State has used other replacement bands in the past, including the U.S. Military Academy band, the Marine Band of El Toro, Calif., and the Quantico (Va.) Marine Corps band to play at several games in the past.
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