A long lost BOOM tradition is officially back


I know they were swinging and swaying a little last year marching into the Liberty Bowl. Thanks for official announcement. Oh, the Boom should stay home on September 19.
 



sop1983 said:
That swing and sway looks good when the whole band is doing it with those plumes shaking!! Talking about an awesome sight!
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sop1983 said:
Dowell Taylor has that young brother ready!
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Absolutely!
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O'Bladerunner said:
Didnt DT supposedly "bring it back" in 2012? What's the difference now? Alum wasn't happy with it from 2012?
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If you read it was already stated that it was attempted. But not like Little is doing. That's why I said officially. And only the Liddle era folk weren't happy. He is only one Director. We have the Haughton, Davis, Taylor bands as well.
 
sop1983 said:
Dowell Taylor has that young brother ready!
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Dnt give dowell to much credit. Little was ready Before coming to JSU. He was my high school director trust me I know. I remember telling hollenger Bck in 09 mr little was gone take his job and Hollenger got mad and he made me do duck crawls. Lol
 
Jimmyoliver said:
Dnt give dowell to much credit. Little was ready Before coming to JSU. He was my high school director trust me I know. I remember telling hollenger Bck in 09 mr little was gone take his job and Hollenger got mad and he made me do duck crawls. Lol
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Damn!!! You saw it coming didn't you? Lol
 
Jimmyoliver said:
Dnt give dowell to much credit. Little was ready Before coming to JSU. He was my high school director trust me I know. I remember telling hollenger Bck in 09 mr little was gone take his job and Hollenger got mad and he made me do duck crawls. Lol
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I never liked Lanier being I went to Murrah but Little did have yall alright I'll say lol. That man had to been prepping for this job since he was under Liddell back in his college days. Dude came to JSU in 2012 as a drum instructor and found his way to marching band director in 3 years. Not knocking Hollinger, but Little did his thing these last few years he been there.
 



JaySBlue said:
I never liked Lanier being I went to Murrah but Little did have yall alright I'll say lol. That man had to been prepping for this job since he was under Liddell back in his college days. Dude came to JSU in 2012 as a drum instructor and found his way to marching band director in 3 years. Not knocking Hollinger, but Little did his thing these last few years he been there.
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Little was prepared, Taylor gave him an opportunity to be his mentee.
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sop83 said:
If you read it was already stated that it was attempted. But not like Little is doing. That's why I said officially. And only the Liddle era folk weren't happy. He is only one Director. We have the Haughton, Davis, Taylor bands as well.
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Some of us have a bit of revisionist history. Nobody from Liddell's era was against swing and sway. Most were mad he altered it. And seing and sway was never the original marching style anyway. Truth be told, Liddell took the style back to the original style. Remember he marched under Davis. We had this same discussion when Taylor took back over, lol! Swing and sway as we know it was mostly a Dowell Taylor era thing. It was never as defined before or after him.
 
jaydog said:
Some of us have a bit of revisionist history. Nobody from Liddell's era was against swing and sway. Most were mad he altered it. And seing and sway was never the original marching style anyway. Truth be told, Liddell took the style back to the original style. Remember he marched under Davis. We had this same discussion when Taylor took back over, lol! Swing and sway as we know it was mostly a Dowell Taylor era thing. It was never as defined before or after him.
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Papa Dupe(Mr. Duplessis) preached swing and sway long before Taylor got there. That was his motto,along with 64 up and 64 back! Taylor upheld it and it kind of got away after Taylor left the first time along with marching and everything else.
 
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sop1983 said:
Papa Dupe(Mr. Duplessis) preached swing and sway long before Taylor got there. That was his motto,along with 64 up and 64 back! Taylor upheld it and it kind of got away after Taylor left the first time along with marching and everything else.
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That's why I said as we know it. It was more pronounced as the years rolled on. Look at old '70's Haughton era and you will see it, but it got more promounced in the 80's. Most people thinking swing and sway now is the Taylor version they remember because that was more of the TV / BET era. I've got family members that were in the Boom before the nockname, lol! I've seen 60s and 70s grainy old footage. The swing and sway style evolved with Taylor putting his stamp on it. But truth be told, the originals hated that marching style. Liddell was from those early to mid 60s. Its no coincidence he started getting rid of it or at least cutting it down. I like swing and sway. I hope Little puts his stamp on it. But every director has tweaked the style at least to their liking a bit.
 
jaydog said:
That's why I said as we know it. It was more pronounced as the years rolled on. Look at old '70's Haughton era and you will see it, but it got more promounced in the 80's. Most people thinking swing and sway now is the Taylor version they remember because that was more of the TV / BET era. I've got family members that were in the Boom before the nockname, lol! I've seen 60s and 70s grainy old footage. The swing and sway style evolved with Taylor putting his stamp on it. But truth be told, the originals hated that marching style. Liddell was from those early to mid 60s. Its no coincidence he started getting rid of it or at least cutting it down. I like swing and sway. I hope Little puts his stamp on it. But every director has tweaked the style at least to their liking a bit.
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Understood!!!!
 
jaydog said:
Some of us have a bit of revisionist history. Nobody from Liddell's era was against swing and sway. Most were mad he altered it. And seing and sway was never the original marching style anyway. Truth be told, Liddell took the style back to the original style. Remember he marched under Davis. We had this same discussion when Taylor took back over, lol! Swing and sway as we know it was mostly a Dowell Taylor era thing. It was never as defined before or after him.
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Truth be told your way wrong. If you look at 70's film you would know it was the original style. I was a campus in from 69-74. My dad played football and my mom worked and was a student there. The band and football team was my babysitter. Liddle scrapped a lot of Boom tradition because he didn't know how to teach it. Look at how many versions of Tiger Run On and he never mastered the floating JSU.
 
jaydog said:
That's why I said as we know it. It was more pronounced as the years rolled on. Look at old '70's Haughton era and you will see it, but it got more promounced in the 80's. Most people thinking swing and sway now is the Taylor version they remember because that was more of the TV / BET era. I've got family members that were in the Boom before the nockname, lol! I've seen 60s and 70s grainy old footage. The swing and sway style evolved with Taylor putting his stamp on it. But truth be told, the originals hated that marching style. Liddell was from those early to mid 60s. Its no coincidence he started getting rid of it or at least cutting it down. I like swing and sway. I hope Little puts his stamp on it. But every director has tweaked the style at least to their liking a bit.
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Honestly I dont know what film you look at but I remember Phillip Bruah as Drum Major yelling at the band during practice in the parking lot of the old gym on dalton street. No original I know and I know far more of them than probably you
 
When I got to the Boom in 83 we were swing and sway. Taylor was no where around. When he got there he made no modification to it. So how can you say he put a stamp on it. Any real swing and sway know what I mean when I say Plums! Plums! Plums! That shit is real killer marching
 
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