Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jacksonville State's Marching Southerners will claim the 2022 Sudler Trophy presented by the John Phillip Sousa Foundation.

Jacksonville State University’s Marching Southerners made history last week when they won the highest award a collegiate marching band can receive. JSU was notified Tuesday that the Marching ...

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Perhaps it sounds dramatic to describe a marching band's performance as potentially "life-changing." Even if you're talking about the Marching Southerners from Jacksonville State University--a massive ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — Jacksonville State University’s director of bands announced Sunday he will retire when the year ends. Kenneth Bodiford has led the Marching Southerners since 1994. When he ...

A well-respected Alabama band director is retiring after more than 30 years at Jacksonville State University. Dr. Kenneth G. Bodiford has grown the Marching Southerners from 120 members to more than ...

After 31 years with the Marching Southerners, director Ken Bodiford thought he had seen it all — until the Harris triplets joined the ranks. Freshmen Dawson, Ethan and Kendall Harris, all from Gadsden ...