Band Alumni aim to give back

 
Founded on the purpose of supporting and giving back to the Southern University Human Jukebox and local community, The Human Jukebox Alumni Association looks to continue the Jukebox legacy of excellence and opportunity.
The association was founded in February by Jefferson Reese a former member of the Jukebox and serves as president.
Since it’s founding, the association has dedicated scholarships to Southern University Laboratory School band and dance camps, distributed book vouchers, school materials and sponsored music and dance workshops in New Orleans and East Baton Rouge Parishes.
Marissa Jones, 2009 Southern University alum played clarinet for the band before joining the association. The band gave her an opportunity to meet new people and continue her passion of playing music.
Jones said, “It kept me occupied and gave me something interesting to do. It kept me out of trouble.”
Jones joined the association because she wanted to give back in a token of her appreciation to a group with similar vision to her own.
“I wanted to give back to an organization that gave so much to me,” Jones said.
Brittany Moore, who received a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Services and Disability Studies, from Mobile, Ala. is one of the members who had a similar vision.
“I chose to be apart of the Human Jukebox Alumni Association because
it was not only established to give back a wonderful band that has so
much influence around the world and the surrounding communities, but
also to provide a positive outlet for our youth in out society”, Moore said.
In order show their support, about 120 Band Alumni Association members will participate at the homecoming pregame show.
The show will take place October 13, 2012 at 4:00 pm at A.W. Mumford stadium. After the performance, they will present the band with a check.
During the weekend of Bayou Classic, the Band Alumni Association will be teaming up with Grambling State University and the New Orleans Superdome to provide awareness about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). 
Jones and Moore are not aware of the details about the HBCU awareness; but Moore says she knows it’s going to be ‘great’.
 For those who do not know Bayou Classic is an annual event, in which the band participates. As the jaguar saying goes, “It is often imitated never duplicated.” Bayou Classic is a weekend of events usually held during the Thanksgiving holiday. It includes battle of the bands, a football game and Greek step show competition between Southern and Grambling. Many college students, organizations, sorority members, fraternity members, alumni and others attend each year.
If anyone is interested in more information or becoming a member of the Human Jukebox alumni please visit the website, www.Humanjukebox.com/outreachand select the membership tab. For those who would like to make a donation there is also a donation tab.