BandHead REACTS to Jackson State University Sonic Boom | Marching Out The Merge 2022

[@cosgarcia]

5:08 His knees all up on his chest 🎉🎉

[@kamalacollins5707]

He is clean period❤

[@kamalacollins5707]

Would have loved to see them in person

[@XtremeSportX247]

Marvin done changed the game.. he uped the DM Choreo!! Shoutout to Marv for being such an impact.

[@rahlohmcdonogh4855]

Explain?

[@lmfd7373]

Marvin was so cold inno what nobody say!!! Dude was definitely one of the coldest DM in the Boom … Justin was 🔥 too ! inno care what race you are if you good , you good period !

[@sspann11]

I love that J5 has a new Get Ready routine every year. It's the only part of The Merge I really look forward to seeing

[@BandHeadBoom]

Not only do they have a new one every year at the Merge. They often change throughout the year.

[@tashamac29]

Oh yeah they def had some new transitions! & we KNEEWWW homeboy was gone be the head last year and he out here DOING IT, Salute to the new squad!

[@TinaTina-mn3tg]

That drum major is 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@glendasoto1638]

Congratulations to Marvin! In 2016 Giann "Mr.704" from Charlotte NC was also a Drum Major, Hispanic from PR 🇵🇷🇵🇷 Go back and look at his videos

[@DelmusicLover]

Hands down the BEST Drum Majors in HBCU history. I like how JSU Sonic Boom holds true to tradition. It's really awesome to witness!

[@carlcunningham294]

Luv Da Boom

[@rollinwitdaholyghost1607]

@5:55 - 6:02. 😅😂🤣

[@TipsByMrsJ]

Awesome!!!

[@jsutigers8954]

J5 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ....I wonder who comes up with their Routines....every yr it's different 💯

[@commentguru7952]

Marvin and Justin are a beast!

[@SportsandTrueCrime]

Yesssssir!!! And their drum line is soooo clean!!!!

[@leeg.1269]

Yeah, they are clean!

[@foster6404]

Too clean. Nobody touches them.

[@NDGOCHYLD]

Get ready cause here they come.....#SonicBoomOfTheSouth

[@tonimartim5056]

Smooth!

[@senecamcginnis3405]

Black and Brown hands down

[@johndoeblacko9828]

Sonic Boom 💙

[@ocutts6109]

Does the head J5 Drum major come up with the new routine every year or is that something they Combine ideas for?

[@vecarter569]

You will notice elements of traditional moves (that have been passed down for decades)...plus each year new elements are added. The mystery each year is seeing what pieces are used...plus any new ideas. The sequences (of those traditional kicks, sideway-marching drills, high steps, mace twirls) are incorporated in new ways and intermixed with the new moves that the latest squad creates. That way, the routine itself remains fresh...and becomes creative and interesting...because both alumni & fans watch to see how they plant in the traditional moves amongst the newest add-on creations. That is also how alumni drum majors, jsettes, & band sections can easily play and perform with ANY current year squads...because all sections of this band teach their traditional cadences/steps/dance-counts as a legacy of the band. Kind of like learning the bones/foundational layouts...and then you expand. The tradition is kept alive throughout the band decades.

[@ocutts6109]

@@vecarter569 You definitely sound like either former J5, band director or Boom member. Lol gotta be. Appreciate the information. Very enlightening.

[@vecarter569]

@@ocutts6109 None of the above...just a proud alumni (Class of '93) 😊...who has seen a lot of "Get Ready" routines and other traditions! 💙🐯💙 I went to school there during the reign of our longtime beloved Tiger mascot (RIP David "Wavee Dave" Chambers). He was the mascot MANY years past grad school and even a few years ago, Jackson named a street after him. "Wavee Dave" is another tradition that every mascot tries to incorporate a "call-back" to the legendary mascot (David) that everyone loved. He was the one who started the tradition of the baby tiger mascots/dancers as well. Check out on KZbin the "Tapemaster" channel. Some are grainy footage but this channel has SWAC halftime shows from the 80s - 90s (maybe earlier) and you can see the traditions that every part of the band keeps and some of the components that later-years' halftimes incorporate. You can even see Wavee Dave perform on some of the old videos with his acrobatic moves (multiple flips and splits) and energetic dances. (That channel plays the full halftime show of both bands per game.) Chile, there are even 2 videos here on KZbin with Wavee Dave getting into a fight with the Grambling tiger, who started messing with JSU first...even during the tradition of Wavee & the baby tigers running into the goal post. Gambling tiger deliberately stood in front of the goal post...knowing that tradition goal-post run was going to happen! Watch the SB360 videos on the JSU Band official channel and Dr. Taylor (recently-retired longtime Director of Bands) and other directors tell the history of the band. One director tells how the "Tiger Run-on" was created by twin trumpet players goofing around at practice & the then-director called them forward, made them demonstrate the move (they had been doing...instead of practicing), told them to speed it up, & then instructed them to teach their band section the move...and another tradition was born!!!

[@vecarter569]

@@ocutts6109 Found some of my favorite DM and band clips. You will see the traditions. In that MLK Parade Day, watch later in the video...during the "No Crime" (Babyface song) and the J4 really show out on that song. (Some years it is J4 instead of a J5 squad). kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXLcYaCjed2Hj9E Abraham Duffie Head DM (who trained the current and previous 2 Head DM). kzbin.info/www/bejne/omfCgaCMecSarrc (another videographer captured more sections of everybody) & you will see the elements of tradition. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXe4kKCMeb9sla8 the MLK parade. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaSnc3mhlL1gd68 My favorite Christmas parade video of Boom's...Abraham leading again. Watch for fantastic jazzy James Brown "Santa Please Come To The Ghetto" and towards the very end Frankie Beverly & Maze song that sounds GANTASTIC with the acoustics under the bridge. Enjoy!

[@jeezyiam5802]

Shat was just dope asf!!! JSU showin out!!!

[@detectivenish9771]

J5 looks really good as usual but the head drum majors name is Marvin Meda. #Theeilove 🔵⚪️🐅

[@deldavis5457]

This is the cleanest the J5 have looked in a hot min! The swag is noticeably different this year with them 🔥🔥 looking forward to the season.

[@jsufoever9517]

I love the boom!!!

[@Smilecollector120]

I love all the HBCU bands. But VSU (both parent are Alumni and been to homecoming several times) and NC A&T(found this band here on KZbin) will always have my heart.

[@derwin5924]

Look like they got numbers this year

[@djcdogg1910]

Aye you went to Lincoln to 👀👀

[@jaycee5586]

You are country as hell.. Makes me miss the homies in the south from my HBCU.. Thoroughly enjoyed this vid. Hold this follow...

[@izrealcary7860]

Sonic Boom of the South is Ready. What about the rest of the Swac marching bands?

[@joanmedina4109]

BIG 214 !!!

[@kalinon6632]

🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@demetriusthemotorcoachdriver]

What is the band saying right after the roll off?

[@trumpkidd15]

Swing ‘em

[@bebevee4253]

Swing em!

[@DQman]

React to South Shore Drill Team

[@hopev.m.martin2617]

👍

[@Iamjustsojazzyforya]

Boooo Dallas Lincoln High School.

[@KBThaBandhead]

Stop hating... What school did you go to Carter or Sunset LOL

[@rahlohmcdonogh4855]

Damn!I see 5 DMs but I only hear and see comments about 1.Sad

[@voiceofreason1613]

Black folks kill me in the comments saying the head drum major is the best in ahwile blah blah blah. 🤦🏿‍♂️. Other HBCUs about to follow suit nonblack drum majors and dancers leading smh. We don't keep nothing for ourselves and can blame ourselves

[@bebevee4253]

FAMU has already had Hispanic drum majors and Vanilla Ice is at ASU. Hbcu show style is gaining popularity

[@2sides_2everystory]

So you're a segregationist. Interesting. You'd have us to go back to separate bus seating and separate drinking fountains so 'wE cAn HaVe sOmeThiNg fOr OuRseLves.' Foolishness at 💯

[@peachmari]

the lack of foresight and deep need to be validated by outsiders is so disturbing. When they start their own groups, get funding, claim they are the best/ created this culture, and start excluding BP, then folks want to cry.

[@TexLex86]

@@peachmari I say this everytime. The Black community lacks foresight. The fact that we are the creators and leaders of this HBCU marching band culture, and this praise for the drum major is so weird to me. I've watched JSU my whole life. No offense, but this guy doesn't hold a candle to many past head drum majors. Does anyone know how this really looks to the outward world? I just saw a video from the homecoming. This big ol large crowd of Black alumni and students being led by a Mexican dude. It looks crazy. Our community is constantly searching for validation and inclusion when WE ARE THE TRENDSETTERS AND TASTE MAKERS. So meek and docile of a people. When will we ever learn? And yes, it's that serious.

[@voiceofreason1613]

@@bebevee4253 Which is why ASU will probably be next smh to have a white head drum major smh

[@douglasaseasefaulk2245]

Head dm weak....

[@BandHeadBoom]

You’re sick.

[@bebevee4253]

Naw. His moves are crisp and precise unlike that thicc DM from last year

[@DrRDW]

Haters will hate for no reason.

[@Mosdefmedia]

Tell me what makes him weak when his moves are precise and on point. No slips or mistakes.

[@2sides_2everystory]

Jealousy looks ugly on ya