Black March Band Music

They always win the halftime. Members of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, embodying the spirit, camaraderie, and excellence of the school they represent, have marched and played proudly for one hundred years. Here is the story of the music, the precision, the tradition of that exceptional band. Illustrated with 121 black and white photographs and eight pages of color pictures of bands and band members past and present, this lively history pays tribute to the bandmasters and musicians who have made the organization the pulse of the spirit of Aggie-land. Organized around the tenure of its founder, Joseph Holick, and its directors - Richard J. Dunn, E.V. Adams, Joe T. Haney, and Ray E. Toler, the men who became "The Colonel" to generations of Aggie Band members - the book marches through a century of tradition and excellence. From the birth of the band, through the development of its marching style and its stirring, distinctive music, to its most recent triumphs of precision maneuvers and military music, the story is as bold and bright as the band itself. War years, fish bands, boots, band lyres, corps trips, parades, and other traditions known and loved by former band members and other former students of Texas A&M University fill the book's pages. An appendix lists all of the band's seven thousand-plus present and former members. This is a story of the determination, discipline, and enduring pride that rests deep in the heart of those young men and women who have been tough enough, proud enough, and good enough to be The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band.

Halftime is party time in this high-stepping, high-energy comedy that "shakes, rattles and rolls the house" (Washington Post) with a pulsating soundtrack and electrifying dance moves. Nick Cannon ("Men In Black II," TV's "The Nick Cannon Show") stars as Devon Miles, a gifted street drummer who snares the top spot in a Southern university marching band - but quickly discovers that it takes more than talent to make it on the "Drumline.