{"id":48,"date":"2013-05-08T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halftimeglory.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2023-07-03T06:40:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T06:40:05","slug":"dr-sylvester-young-appointed-director-of-bands-at-famu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halftimeglory.com\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sylvester Young appointed Director of Bands at FAMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\nA New Era Begins<\/h2>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-IWfCPR-6KBE\/UYqOr3GDbRI\/AAAAAAAAASY\/_mrq5fL06Cw\/s1600\/FAMUNew.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"239\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-IWfCPR-6KBE\/UYqOr3GDbRI\/AAAAAAAAASY\/_mrq5fL06Cw\/s320\/FAMUNew.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThis week, the Florida A&amp;M music program found it&#8217;s man bring the band back to where it belongs.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nInterim school president Larry Robinson appointed FAMU alum <b>Dr. Sylvester Young<\/b> as the new Director of Bands for the school. Mr. Young, a 1969 graduate of Florida A&amp;M, has been at the University of Ohio for the past 25 years, serving as the head man for the &#8220;Marching 110&#8221; from 1990 to 1996. Dr. Young has also had successful tenures leading two HBCU programs, the more visible one being his stint as Director of <b>Hampton University&#8217;s &#8220;Marching Force&#8221;<\/b> during their heyday in the early to mid 1980&#8217;s. His bands often numbered 220 instrumentalists and were a huge presence in forging the &#8220;Battle of the Bay&#8221; rivalry with fellow tidewater HBCU Norfolk State University.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThere hasn&#8217;t been a definitive date set for the Marching 100&#8217;s return to the field, but the big question about whose going to lead the program in the wake of the Robert Champion tragedy has been answered. 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