Described as "one of Arkansas State's greatest assets" by Arkansas State's former chancellor, Robert Potts, The SOUND is built on the long tradition of outstanding bands at Arkansas State. 'The Sound' is a premiere college marching band utilizing a corps style performance to produce a high energy precision show. Never to disappoint a crowd, the 'Sound of the Natural State' is well respected by colleges and high schools all across the country. Past Directors have included Mr. Donald Minx, Dr. Tom O'Connor, Ms. Pat Brumbaugh, Dr. Tom O'Neal, Mr. Ed Alexander, Dr. Sarah Labovitz, and Dr. Polly Middleton. The Director of Bands and Coordinator of Instrumental Activities, Arkansas State, is Dr. Timothy Oliver.
Throughout the past decade, under the talented leadership of those listed above, the band has enjoyed continued growth; both in numbers of artists participating and numbers of performances. Currently the SOUND performance schedule includes all home football games, several away games each season, as well as three exhibitions performances for area marching contests. The busy schedule fosters outstanding time management among the college students, representing every major in the STATE Course Catalog. The group rehearses Tuesday through Friday from 3:30 PM until 5:00 PM at the Marching Band Practice Facility on the Jonesboro campus. Enjoying outstanding support from the institution, a large number of SOUND musicians receive Band Performance Scholarships regardless of major.
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Currently, the instrumentation of Sound of the Natural State includes:
Formerly known as "The Order of the Tribe", The Order of the Pack is an important gathering of current students, alumni, athletes, faculty, and administration to carry forward the history of the institution and teach the crowd the music, cheers and chants used to cheer on the ASU football team at the first home game of the season. The Sound of the Natural State is one of the most noticeable groups participating in The Order of the Pack, performing for the crowd the ASU Fight Song "ASU Loyalty", the ASU Alma Mater "Hail to ASU", and various pep tunes of the season.
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The football pregame performance at Arkansas State University is led by the Sound of the Natural State. The band performs a traditional pregame show that includes "Patriots on Parade", "The Star Spangled Banner", "Hail to ASU", "ASU Loyalty".
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sound, natural, state, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2013, learn, when, remove, . This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sound of the Natural State news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The neutrality of the style of writing in this article is disputed Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met December 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Sound of the Natural State is the marching band of Arkansas State University located in Jonesboro Arkansas The band is directed by Dr Steven Riley Sound of the Natural StateSchoolArkansas State UniversityLocationJonesboro ArkansasConferenceSun BeltFounded1909DirectorDr Steven RileyMembers200Fight song ASU Loyalty Contents 1 About 2 Organization 2 1 Winds and percussion 3 Traditions 3 1 Order of the Pack 3 2 Pregame 4 ReferencesAbout editDescribed as one of Arkansas State s greatest assets by Arkansas State s former chancellor Robert Potts The SOUND is built on the long tradition of outstanding bands at Arkansas State The Sound is a premiere college marching band utilizing a corps style performance to produce a high energy precision show Never to disappoint a crowd the Sound of the Natural State is well respected by colleges and high schools all across the country Past Directors have included Mr Donald Minx Dr Tom O Connor Ms Pat Brumbaugh Dr Tom O Neal Mr Ed Alexander Dr Sarah Labovitz and Dr Polly Middleton The Director of Bands and Coordinator of Instrumental Activities Arkansas State is Dr Timothy Oliver Throughout the past decade under the talented leadership of those listed above the band has enjoyed continued growth both in numbers of artists participating and numbers of performances Currently the SOUND performance schedule includes all home football games several away games each season as well as three exhibitions performances for area marching contests The busy schedule fosters outstanding time management among the college students representing every major in the STATE Course Catalog The group rehearses Tuesday through Friday from 3 30 PM until 5 00 PM at the Marching Band Practice Facility on the Jonesboro campus Enjoying outstanding support from the institution a large number of SOUND musicians receive Band Performance Scholarships regardless of major Organization editWinds and percussion edit Currently the instrumentation of Sound of the Natural State includes Piccolos Flutes Clarinets Alto Saxophones Tenor Saxophones Trumpets Mellophones Trombones Euphoniums Tubas Sousaphones Drumline Color guard flag spinning Majorette dancer Traditions editOrder of the Pack edit Formerly known as The Order of the Tribe The Order of the Pack is an important gathering of current students alumni athletes faculty and administration to carry forward the history of the institution and teach the crowd the music cheers and chants used to cheer on the ASU football team at the first home game of the season The Sound of the Natural State is one of the most noticeable groups participating in The Order of the Pack performing for the crowd the ASU Fight Song ASU Loyalty the ASU Alma Mater Hail to ASU and various pep tunes of the season Pregame edit The football pregame performance at Arkansas State University is led by the Sound of the Natural State The band performs a traditional pregame show that includes Patriots on Parade The Star Spangled Banner Hail to ASU ASU Loyalty References edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sound of the Natural State amp oldid 1186106793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
