Tag: band

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson The Birmingham Times From the stands the role of a drum major may look like sheer fun and entertainment but those few hours...

AP news An Alabama high school band director said this week that he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked...

The Associated Press Dematrius Davis found Jeremiah Hixon with a 23-yard touchdown pass with two minutes left in the game to earn Alabama State a...

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Birmingham City Schools (BCS) officials have found a way for music students to enter high school on a high note. The...

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times When most girls played with dolls, Tamara Travis, who directs the school band at Epic Elementary School in Birmingham’s Glen...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times For Jada Dabney, a senior at Birmingham’s Ramsay High School, music is therapy. “I feel like people don’t really realize how...

By Ariel Worthy  The Birmingham Times If he had to do it all over again, Talladega College President Billy Hawkins said he would send the school’s...

Jeff Martin Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- The marching band of a historically black college in Alabama will perform in President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inaugural...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- Donald Trump is standing by his call to block Muslims from entering the United States, even as the idea...