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The Sonic Boom of the South is the marching band of Jackson State University (JSU) located in Jackson, Mississippi, US.Its unique style and showmanship include the J5 drum majors, Prancing J-Settes, floating JSU, Tiger Run-On, the “Get Ready” entrance, and “The Series.”
The group was given the nickname, “The Sonic Boom of the South” by band members in 1971. In 1971, the majorettes abandoned their batons and became a dance team known as the Prancing J-Settes. In 1974, “Get Ready,” an old Motown favorite was selected as the band’s theme song. Also, during the mid-1970s, the “Tiger Run-On” was ...
When coach Deion Sanders and his Jackson State Tigers run onto the field at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, they hear the JSU marching band, the Sonic Boom of the South, play JSU’s ...
Jackson State became the latest HBCU marching band to play a Super Bowl halftime show, this one alongside Usher, Alicia Keys, Ludacris, Lil Jon and more
J-Setting is a style of dance popularized by the Prancing J-Settes, the popular collegiate women's danceline of Jackson State University's Sonic Boom of the South marching band. It originated in the late 1970s from African-Americans in the Jackson, Mississippi, area of the United States. [1]
The mayor and city council issued resolutions in support of the band's fundraiser "give the boom their roses."
After the war, Walter A. Mason became head of the music department at the college. A veteran, he turned to fellow Army musician J. Eugene Duncan who he asked to become the band's first full-time director in 1948. [4] The Marching Southerners were the 2021 recipients of the Sudler Trophy, the highest award for collegiate marching band. [5]
Johnson, who was born in Enterprise and grew up in Montgomery, played mellophone in JSU’s famed Marching Southerners band in the 1990s before leaving school to join the Marines. He moved to ...