Nobody Does It Better: Southern University Jukebox Wipes Out Competition

HOUSTON, Texas -- The National Show Band Association announced the winners of its first annual Dulce Awards. The competition included a variety of marching bands and directors, dance teams, and media teams, but the Southern University Human Jukebox came through with awards in 12 out of 20 categories.

Voting began on January 1, 2018 and ended February 1.

The Jukebox claimed awards based on songs and showmanship, but the association also awarded Nathan Haymer as Band Director of the Year, Brian Simmons as Assistant Band Director of the Year, D’Tara Frank as Dance Instructor of the Year, the Fabulous Dancing Dolls as Best Dance Team of the Year, and Human Jukebox Media as Best Media Team.

2017 proved to be another long and successful year for the Human Jukebox. With popular songs like “The Weekend” and “Controlla,” the band gained the support and attention of bandlovers across the nation.



The band has over 44,000 followers on its official YouTube channel, and an even larger fanbase at football games and highly anticipated events such as Bayou Classic, Crankfest, and Homecoming.

Fans definitely showed out with 864,000 votes, allowing the Jukebox to take home over half the competition.

The Jukebox won SWAC Band of the Year with nearly half the votes, 49.4 percent, Highly Visible Band with over half the votes at 57.3 percent, and Dance Team of the Year with 59.9 percent of the votes.

Other competitors were popular SWAC bands including Jackson State, Grambling State, Prairie View A&M, and Alcorn State University.



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