Honda Battle of the Bands

Following are the HBCU marching bands that will earn a $20,000 grant for their music education programs and an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase: Albany State University “Marching Rams Show Band” (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Bethune Cookman University “Marching Wildcats” (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference); Jackson State University “Sonic Boom of the South” (Southwestern Athletic Conference); Prairie View A&M University “Marching Storm” (Southwestern Athletic Conference); South Carolina State University “Marching 101” (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference);Tennessee State University “Aristocrat of Bands” (Independent);Virginia State University “Marching Trojan Explosion” (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association);Winston-Salem State University “Red Sea of Sound” (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)