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A Historically Black College and University marching band (also known as a HBCU band) is the marching band sponsored by a historically black college or university.A distinctive "HBCU-style" of marching band originated in the American South in the 1940s through the blending of earlier traditions of military music and minstrel shows with a performance repertoire based on popular song.
Drum major of the Household Division (Welsh Guards) with bearskin headdress and ceremonial mace. A drum major in the military is the individual leading a military band or a field unit (corps of drums, fanfare band, pipe band or drum and bugle corps). It is an appointment, not a military rank.
A Tambour-Major of the French Imperial Guard (historical reenactment). The position of drum major originated in the British Army with the Corps of Drums in 1650. [citation needed] Military groups performed mostly duty calls and battle signals during that period, and a fife and drum corps, directed by the drum major, would use short pieces to communicate to field units.
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They often perform a different half time show at each home game and frequently use a high march style. Though sharing similarities with other show bands, the marching bands of HBCUs have a style, status, and legacy that differs significantly from bands at other institutions. [2] The bands' repertoire costists largely of Hip Hop and R&B.
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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office — Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin: January 22, 2021 [2] (Confirmed January 22, 2021, 93–2) [RC 1] — — Deputy Secretary of Defense. Kathleen Hicks: February 9, 2021 [3] (Confirmed February 8, 2021 by voice vote) [V 1] — — Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Chris ...