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Voting ends Oct. 15 at Midnight
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA – The Lincoln University’s Orange Crush March Band is among 38 of the nation’s top Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) marching bands vying to be among the top eight bands showcased at the 2015 Honda Battle of the Bands in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome on Jan. 24.
Fans can go online and vote daily at www.hondabattleofthebands.com to help select the final eight bands that will perform at the 2015 Invitational Showcase. Voting ends on October 15, 2014, at midnight EDT. Tickets for the January 24 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase start at $10 and are now available for purchase at the website.
“The Orange Crush Marching Band continues to develop as one of the nation’s premier HBCU marching bands,” said Dr. H. Wade Johnson, Lincoln’s band director. “The Lincoln University is the nation’s first Black degree-granting institution with an unparalleled record of FIRSTS. The Honda Battle of the Bands represents a great opportunity for us to showcase how the Orange Crush Marching Band are upholding that tradition.”
For 13 consecutive years, the Honda Battle of the Bands has provided the nation’s top HBCU marching bands a platform to share their unique blend of musicianship and choreography with millions of fans. This year’s theme, “March On,” serves as a reminder to students and fans that life on and off the field is a journey, and no matter the challenge, the dream or what may lie ahead, learning never stops as long as you commit to “March On.”
The 2015 Invitational Showcase will feature the first-ever Honda Battle of the Bands Power of Dreams Award. Each participating team will have the opportunity to nominate an outstanding member of their community who is working to help students achieve their dreams. Honda will then select a winner who will be recognized in Atlanta at the 2015 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase.
Founded in 1854, The Lincoln University (PA) is the FIRST of four Lincoln Universities in the world and is the nation’s FIRST degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The University combines the elements of a liberal arts and science-based undergraduate curriculum along with select graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly-technological and global society. Today, Lincoln, which enrolls a diverse student body of approximately 2,000 men and women, possesses an international reputation for preparing and producing world class leaders such as Thurgood Marshall, the FIRST African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Lillian Fishburne, the FIRST African American woman promoted to Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, Langston Hughes, the noted poet, Kwame Nkrumah, the FIRST President of Ghana, Nnamdi Azikiwe, the FIRST President of Nigeria and a myriad of others.