New Sound of the South members were presented their uniform medallions in a ceremony presided over by Chancellor Hawkins. (TROY photo/Chris Wallace)
For 131 new Troy University students, Saturday marks more than just the opening of their first collegiate football season.
Saturday will also be the day they officially become members of the Sound of the South Marching Band – SOTS, “the Best Band in the Land.”
SOTS members wear a special medallion on their uniforms, and…
Three generations Knights serve the Sound of the South Marching Band.
Hunter Lawrence barely has time to rest as he steps away from his spot with the Sound of the South, Troy University’s band, before the Trojans’ game against Texas State.
Decked out in his Sound of the South colors, he shuffles between his parents as his grandfather, Jim Knight, beams.
“None of this was expected,”…
Mary Lynn Long is known by many as the mother of Troy University's band program. The rotunda in Long Hall was named in her honor last fall.
Mary Lynn Long flashes a proud smile when she describes her family.
“We have always been a band family,” she said.
Two buildings and one street on the Troy Campus bear the name of Long’s husband, TROY’s Director of Bands Emeritus Dr. John M. Long, who is responsible for adopting the Sound of the South…
"Rebuild the Wall" is a collaboration between POPulus, Concert Chorale and the Sound of the South.
The Troy Trojans’ athletic success has spawned a brand new song from the John M. Long School of Music.
“Rebuild the Wall,” a single dedicated to Trojan Athletics, is a collaboration between three TROY musical groups: POPulus, Concert Chorale and the Sound of the South.
Songwriter Robert W. Smith, coordinator of TROY’s music industry program…
