The \u201cSonic Boom\u201d has performed many halftime appearances for the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, and Cincinnati Bengals; a television special for Motown 30th Anniversary and the 34th NAACP Image Awards, with a special guest performance by \u201cCedric the Entertainer.\u201d The band is a favored entry in halftime performances during football season as well as for parades across Mississippi and in other states. The Jackson State University Marching Band was dubbed \u201cThe Sonic Boom of the South\u201d in 1971 by students in the band. In 1974, the band\u2019s theme, \u201cGet Ready,\u201d an old Motown favorite was selected, and three years after that, the \u201cTiger Run-On\u201d was perfected. The \u201cTiger Run-On\u201d is a fast, eye-catching shuffle that blends an adagio step with an up-tempo shuffle, then back to adagio\u2014a \u201cSonic Boom\u201d trademark that brings fans to their feet during halftime performances.<\/p>\t\n\t\t
While maintaining the rich traditions of the program and propelling it forward, we will strive to be one of the top music programs in the nation that fosters effective thinkers, high character, active learners, proficient musicians and future alumni.<\/p>\t\n\t\t
To create a positive culture of people\/musicians through the medium of music while being the leaders in band pageantry, discipline, and musicality as a result of staying true to our band pledge (We pledge to serve as ambassadors of goodwill for Jackson State University; presenting ourselves as a showcase of musical excellence, elegance, esprit de corps and dignity. Love the Boom!)<\/p>\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1798,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/1798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/sonicboom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}