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TSU Band receives major donations on Senior Day

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Presentation of $25,000 check for TSU Band from Alumnus Sedrick T. Turner: [l-r]]: TSU Retired Band Director Edward L. "Prof" Graves, TSU Vice President for Administration Curtis Johnson, TSU National Alumni Association President Tony Wells, TSU Vice President for Institutional Development Eloise Abernathy Alexis, TSU President Glenda Glover, TSU Band Alumnus Sedrick T. Turner, and TSU Band Director Reginald McDonald. photo by John S. Cross, TSU Media Relations.
Presentation of $25,000 check for TSU Band from Alumnus Sedrick T. Turner: [l-r]]: TSU Retired Band Director Edward L. “Prof” Graves, TSU Vice President for Administration Curtis Johnson, TSU National Alumni Association President Tony Wells, TSU Vice President for Institutional Development Eloise Abernathy Alexis, TSU President Glenda Glover, TSU Band Alumnus Sedrick T. Turner, and TSU Band Director Reginald McDonald.
photo by John S. Cross, TSU Media Relations.

Senior Day at TSU, Saturday, November 6, 2015 in Hale Stadium, was a day to remember for the Aristocrat of Bands. In addition to highlighting their 34 graduating seniors, the band received two checks totaling $55,000 for their use from two different donors. Former Aristocrat / band member Sedrick T. Turner donated $25,000 to the TSU Foundation, earmarked for the band. Walter J. Overton, manager of Nissan Stadium, presented a check for $30,000 from the Tennesssee Titans Foundation to the TSU Foundation, also earmarked for the band.

Turner is a former band member who graduated from TSU in 1993 and made an individual contribution to help the band program. The Tennessee Titans Foundation makes annual contributions to help the band program, whose Spirit Band will once again perform for the Titans at Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. The donations will assist the band to purchase new uniforms. That fund-raising effort will require $300,000 and your donations are appreciated. Contact Ben Northington at the TSU Foundation, 615-963-5522, to help out.

 

Presentation of $30,000 check for TSU Band from Tennessee Titans Foundation, [l-r]]: TSU Vice President for Administration Curtis Johnson, TSU Vice President for Institutional Development Eloise Abernathy Alexis, TSU President Glenda Glover, Nissan Stadium General Manager Walter Overton, and TSU Band Director Reginald McDonald. photo by John S. Cross, TSU Media Relations.
Presentation of $30,000 check for TSU Band from Tennessee Titans Foundation, [l-r]]: TSU Vice President for Administration Curtis Johnson, TSU Vice President for Institutional Development Eloise Abernathy Alexis, TSU President Glenda Glover, Nissan Stadium General Manager Walter Overton, and TSU Band Director Reginald McDonald.
photo by John S. Cross, TSU Media Relations.
Watch the check presentations, and the band’s entire half-time performance below.

Here’s a list of the TSU Aristocrat of Bands Seniors
(Name, Instrument or position, City, Major)
Jerry Abel Percussion Madison, TN Music Education

Deshawn Adewole, Baritone, Antioch, TN Biology

Shearer Allen, Horn, Birmingham, AL, Music Education

Jonathan Banks-Richardson, Tuba, Stone Mountain, GA, Biology

Joshua Brome, Horn, Stone Mountain, GA, Civil Engineering

LeDarrell Crawford, Trumpet, Memphis, TN, Art

Lamont Crawley, Percussion, Nashville, TN, Human Performance and Sports Science

LaDarrius Davis, Trombone, Birmingham, AL, Accounting

Akilah Flowers, Trombone, Memphis, TN, Music Education

Thomas Frost, Saxophone, Detroit, MI, Music Education

Malcolm Givens, Trumpet, Birmingham, AL, Accounting

Jamal Govan, Percussion, Chattanooga, TN, Graphic Design

Nicholas Horn, Saxophone, Birmingham, AL, Electrical Engineering

Jazmin House, Tuba, Cincinnatti, OH, Fashion Merchandising

Brian Johnson, Trombone, Memphis, TN, Mass Communication

Kimaria Johnson, Clarinet, Memphis, TN, Business Administration

Thomas Jones, Trumpet, Chattanooga, TN, Graphic Design

Taylor Keepler, Dancer, Jonesboro, GA, Biology

Rahkiyah Kelley, Trumpet, Stone Mountain, GA, Biology

Matthew Kennedy, Trumpet, Antioch, TN, Biology

Victoria McClure, Clarinet, Lithonia, GA, Social Work

Taylor Muckle-Henderson, Horn, Lithonia, GA, Human Performance and Sports Science

Stephen Muldrow, Drum Major, Stone Mountain, GA, Business Administration

Raven Price, Clarinet, Lithonia, GA, Psychology

Corey Reed, Drum Major, Nashville,TN, Biology

Brandon Reese, Saxophone, Conley,GA, Health Sciences

Brandon Reid, Percussion, Detroit, MI, History

Brianne Rucker, Saxophone, Murfreesboro, TN, Music Education

Derek Smith, Trumpet, Memphis, TN, Commercial Music

Deqjuan Taylor, Baritone, Detroit, MI, Business Management

Denzel Tucker, Trumpet, Decatur, GA, Health Sciences

Jasmin Webb, Horn, Birmingham, AL, Psychology

Mia-Lyn Wiley, Piccolo, Birmingham, AL, Music Education

Bryan Zeigler, Jr. Trombone, Birmingham, AL, Mechanical Engineering

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