Welcome to the 2016 Honda Battle of the Bands. The Final eight bands that will compete for the title this year are:

Alcorn State

Alabama A&M

Bethune Cookman

Lincoln University

Jackson State

Tennessee State

South Carolina State

Prairie View A&M

We also talk about Voices of the Band or announcers for the halftime show. Is what they are doing helping or hurting the halftime performance? Also we get all the details from the sky phi box experience to entice you for 2017. Herbert Seward calls in to talk about the battle and Manuel Powell our scholarship recepient tells us what it was like to perform at the Super Bowl of Battles. Tonight we welcome the great Christy Walker and the owner and founder of Block Band Music and Publishing, Rashad Watters. You can email the show at [email protected], tweet us @marchingpodcast or follow our blog at themarchingpodcast.blog