ATLANTA, Georgia - The 10th annual Honda Battle of the Bands attracted thousands to the Georgia Dome on Saturday to see precision marching and dance moves from eight colleges. The high-stepping began with a sobering moment of silence for a Florida A&M University marching band member who died Nov. 19 after a brutal hazing incident.
A Florida medical examiner said drum major Robert Champion, a Southwest DeKalb High School graduate, was so severely beaten during a FAMU Marching 100 band trip to Orlando that he died within an hour of being attacked. The Lithonia 26-year-old's death was declared a homicide.
Photo Gallery: Honda Battle of the Bands
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Videographer: Cassfl - The opening performance at the 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands was a Drumiine exhibition by the eight HBCU marching bands. The order of the drumline performances was in inverse order of the full marching bands, e.g. Bethune Cookman was first here, and will be last in the Invitational Showcase. Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands is the third to perform here, and will be the sixth of the eight in the Showcase.
Videographer: Cassfl - All eight marching bands collaborated for the grand finale of the Honda Battle of the Bands in a Mass Band performance, which was a medley of various songs, lasting about four minutes. The bands were from Albany State, Bethune Cookman, Jackson State, South Carolina State, Tennessee State, Virginia State, and Winston-Salem State Universities.
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