New SOTS halftime show to debut during the first football game of the season

(PHOTO/ Zenith Shrestha) The band has spent weeks preparing three different shows for this year’s football season. Andrea Hammack Staff Writer The Sound of the South (SOTS) is marching into the Vet this season with three separate shows at the ready.  “We are doing three shows this year,” said Mark Walker, director of bands. “For the first show, we are playing “Happy Together,” “Death of a Bachelor,” “Roaring 20s,” and “Jolene.” “The second show is the annual Salute to Veterans, and the third show will be a game show theme.”…

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New Sound of the South halftime show to premiere Sept. 1

Andrea Hammack Contributor With only a few weeks left until the first football game, Troy’s Sound of the South (SOTS) prepares to unveil its new band show.    For some members of the band, this is their first year marching for SOTS. Kaitlyn Munger, a freshman English language arts education major from Vestavia, said she still isn’t sure what to think about her experience in the band so far, considering how much it differs from high school marching band. “I hope that the people that are not on the field…

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