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This band goes by a variety of
names. Some include, "The
Summa cum laude of Sound
aDd pi"'GsiOll, - or -the quintea
ICDCC of CODtemponry
maJlCU1as.- The IOIlic Boom
acJUeved greaJDICaS
tbroupo the South and D
. beaded for the reat of the
COUDtry.
Jackson state' band ...1:_.-6
�or,
Dowell Taylor served as a
grad e assistant at J acboD
from 1976-71 and later
hired in 197I at KeDtucky
State UDiversity as chief musi-
MarclUaa Bad of J -
StatcU�mJack-
SOD, •••• coaaidcred
of the best marchiug
buds ill the South West Ath
letic Conference (SW AC).
Jackson te' b d is better
KDOWD the "The Sonic
Boom of the South", and 0 -
stepping such ban
Southern UDiversity and
Gr ling.
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Mr. Dowell T ylor is j the
maiD structure iD Jackson's
director staff. "Each of the
directors play au importaDt
role a member of baud
staff,- Taylor id, '%-. Ed-
ward Dup . Associate
Director of the percussio sec-
_tion, nicknamed 'War and
Thunder," Taylor repli .
Other members of the d
staff iDclude Paw Adams, AS
sistant Director of buds,
responsible for musical arran
gements, 'the b section aud
overall �und Byron Gregory,
responsible for rehearsing the
bands indoors and the wood
wind section. Dr. Russell
Tho staff arranger Dr.
Jimmie James Jr., the voice for
the sonic boom and chief ad
ministrator to the department
of Music. Narah Oatis, Direc
tor of the Prancing J-Settes.
This season was au eYen big
ger challenge for the Boom
than last year. Taylor said he
overwhelming pleased
that the first sho was one of
the best performances. The
first pedol'llWlCC sets the
p ce for the year and the baud
members are usually excited.
Ed Hudson, a music major
said, - The baud staff, well
the band strived for the best
Je:8r yet.-
Jackson state' goal this year
was to set. the pace for re .
sound and striving for the -aig
Dance Sound, Becoming a
member of this band takes
commitment dedication and
saaifice.
All band members must main
tain a 2.5 grade point aYerage.
e Sonic boom is more than
just a Band They consists of J
Settes, twirlers flag corp, drum
majors and directo
The J-Settes are an dded at
traction to the Sonic Boom
that dances in front of the
band while playing. Pipen Wd
Iiams, a gr duate student, and
-J-Sette explains that -acing
J�tte can be rewarding. It' a
busm and pedorming is
our job.·
To be considered to be J
Sette there are 3 stages. A
preliminary dance, bqdy
check, and a final group
. dance, there also are auditi
before each performance. The
, J..settes practice an verage of
40 hours a wee Ceilia Taylor,
a Preshman J..sette, ys, "to
be a J-sette, one must be dedi
cated, we are not being paid,
we e DOt guaranteed to per
form at C\4ery ow.-
The band a 0 e pr dice
&om 40 to 45 hours a wee in
cluding Saturdays. The SWAC
has a great line up of great
bauds and J cbon ate rat
ript up there 'th the best of
them.
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Wbea Taylor selected to
be Director of bands J
SOD in 1984 he responded,-
This definitely au excel-
lent choice for and my family
at the time. Jackson state has
ys been kDown for having
au outstanding music
program, and this my 0p-
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DIrrROrr, - , Board of Education on arch
8e'YcD Detroi public schools - 14 .
t'!o high school and five In the interim, Dr. John
middle schools - ha� c1eared Porter, general superintendent
the selection process and SOOD of schools, Dr. Joe Greene
will be nomiDated for member- president of the Organization of
ship in the Detroit Compact. School Administrtor and Su-
The ne chools recom- periatendeats, John Elliott,
mended for the Compact's Sep- president of the Detroit
tember 1990 school ye are Pederation of Teachers, and
Mackenzie and Cody high Geneva Jo Williams, chair
schools and Hampton, Drew, of the Main Tab and senior
Cadillac, Hutchins and Webber vice president of United Com':
middle schools. muaity Services, will visit each
Schools already in the school a team to discuss ex-
program, officially lauaced last pectatioos and how the school
September, are Mumford HiP sYItem' Detroit Quality
School aDd Detroit Opea, Area Education Plaa re es to the
E McMicbacl Taft Compact r
middle U aD of the oew schools joint
The aonouncemeot a the program, it will briag the
by Benwd Parker, chair total to 12 If "_�ed by
01 the Detr • Compact � S -r-- .
boa . ee aod . the year 2�OO, all Det 011
rreetor of OpeiatioD Get school 111 be Comp ct
Dowa. The
be ,<Md by the
T . the Ccmp.:fl
board of directOR, the
Detroit Board of EcIaaItioa.
cy 10 before the Detroit
planning grants be extended to
Northwestern, Henry Ford,
Cooley, Western and Northern
hi� chools. The e schools,
which are fed by Compact mid
dle schoo will use the grants
to prepare pplica· 0 to join
the third round of Comp ct
scIIoo in September, 1991.
FiYe middle schoo will also
receive plaDDing grants. They
are Earhart, �yt , Coffey,
Ann Arbor Trail d Tappan.
The gran . may be used to help
schools develop Compact ap
plications that can win the up
port of the principal, 75 percent
of the faculty and majorities of
both parents and students. Ex
penditures. may include COlts
for meetings and f cilities,
postage, printing. and imiJar
expenses.
The Detroit Compact '. a
broad-based COIDID • elfort
to impro� public educatio
thro gil a coalitio including
the Detroit Public Schoola,
,bnVneascs, community Ifoupl,
. educatioD, _. �
tate aad local C)YC;11UI1eJIl
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