LU & UAPB ...article from LU website
Marching Pride Band shows off in Arkansas
Qeisha Vaughn
Issue date: 9/6/06 Section: News
The Langston University Marching Pride Band participated in a band showcase against the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Marching Band (UAPB) on Aug. 26 at Northside High School in Forth Smith, Ark.
Albert Jackson, LU's band director, received an invite to "battle" UAPB in early August. He said the band was not quite ready to perform, but he still feels they gave a good performance. Nearly all of the 150 band members traveled to Arkansas to display their skills.
"We would have been better off if we had an earlier start in the band camp. Everything was squeezed in," Jackson said.
Jackson said that the band's main goal was to make the audience feel excitement though the band's music and movements. The band performed to "In the Stone," "Next to You," "Closer," "Can't Let Go," and "System of Survivor."
Many freshmen were excited to participate in their first college battle of the bands event.
Chandra Alexander, a 19-year-old freshman biology major and a trombonist from Oklahoma City, said that she looks forward to more battles.
"This experience was something," Alexander said. "I came from John Marshall High School, and it is no comparison to the style of marching, music and competition we do here at Langston University."
Donald Ray Gunter Jr., a drum major and 22-year-old junior organizational management major from Oklahoma City, said that the band did good but could always do better.
"We have been working on things inside and outside of band rehearsal," Gunter said. "However, it does not matter how much time we have to prepare for a show because I expect the band to bring the total package. We are the legendary LU Marching Pride Band and we will not let any school run us over-period."
Kimberly Rainger, a drum major and 23-year-old senior psychology major from Oklahoma City, really didn't know what to expect when she went onto the field to compete against the UAPB band, which had more than 250 members.
"I was a bit intimidated and nervous because we didn't practice long enough," Rainger said. "UAPB may have beaten us in the field show because they were more focused on their dance steps rather than music, however, they got slaughtered in the stands."
Jackson also stated that UAPB's performance was more focused on dancing than musicianship. He feels Langston appeared to be cleaner, sharper and a tad more powerful.
"No sweat was broken over UAPB. UAPB didn't know if they were sweating from the sun or us."
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