(Photo/Troy University) Emma Daniel News Editor John M. Long, a Troy University icon, passed away Monday night at 94 years old. His health had been in decline for about a year. Long served as Troy’s band director from 1965-1996 and molded the Sound of the South into the award-winning and show-stopping band it is today. Johnny Read More
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(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 Read More
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Madina Seytmuradova Staff Writer Troy University’s marching band, Sound of the South (SOTS), will perform its first football halftime show next weekend at the home opener against Alabama State. This year’s performance will feature four pieces: “Radar Love” by Golden Earring, “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley, the traditional folk song “House of the Rising Sun” and Read More
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Holly Ammons Photo Editor A Troy University alumna and former Sound of the South band member died the night of Sunday, Oct. 16. According to Opelika-Auburn News, Morgan Brooke Blackmon, 21, was the victim of a fatal single-vehicle crash on Hayes Mill Road, eight miles north of Tallassee. Blackmon was the passenger in a 2008 Ranger Read More
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Draven Jackson Staff Writer Middle school and high school bands from all over the South joined Troy’s world-renowned “Sound of the South” on the field during the halftime break of Saturday’s football game. Band Day, an annual tradition since 1998, is a day where band members from regional middle schools and high schools can visit the Read More
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