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Sunday, July 31, 2016

Five Nigerian Highlife Videos - Uwem Edi Imo (Udeme Mi Vol.1)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases five Nigerian videos with the citation/title "Uwem Edi Imo (Udeme Mi Vol.1)". These videos also include song titles after the words "Uwem Edi Imo". The videos give the name Akilo as the vocalist for these songs.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

In addition to the music, I am interested in documenting and sharing examples of the traditional clothing and hairstyles, contemporary clothing and hairstyles, the traditional dances and/or contemporary dances that are shown in these videos.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks also to Akilo for his performance. And thanks to the composer/s of these songs. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. In addition, thanks to the producers of these videos and thanks to Braced In Vogue, their publisher on YouTube.
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I haven't found any biographical information about Akilo. If you know of any links to that information or can share information about this singer/group, please add those links and/or information in the comment section below. The English language title of these songs and English language summaries for these songs would also be appreciated. Thanks!

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EDITORIAL COMMENTS
I happened upon these video while YouTube surfing for traditional Nigerian music and dance. After finding these videos, I searched the internet for information about this singer or group, but didn't find anything.

But a pdf file entitled "Ibuanyidanda (Complementary Reflection), African Philosophy and General
Issues in Philosophy" indicated that "Life is wealth." is the English translation of the Anaang language phrase "Uwem Edi Imo". That article also indicated that "The Annang Society is found within the North-West region of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria."

*http://www.frasouzu.com/Issues%20and%20Papers/Essien%20Ephraim%20Stephen%20on%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS%20AND%20IMPLICATIONS%20IN%20COMPLEMENTARY%20REFLECTION.pdf

Using Google search, I found this information from http://www.nairaland.com/1047432/movie-udeme-mmi-watch-laugh Movie: Udeme Mmi (watch & Laugh For An Early Weekend Starter) by amakaikeng(f)...On Sep 13, 2012
"...Udeme Mmi is an Effik comedy-movie starring Belinda Effah, Moses Armstrong, Ime Bishop Umoh and Obongawan Bennett James. The movie was produced by Emem Isong, written with collaborative efforts from Uduak Isong and Chidi Oguamanam and directed by Lancelot Imasuen."
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Here's the link for the official trailer for that movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETaRfIfe_mg
UDEME MMI: Official Trailer.

That video's subtitles indicated that the English translation for "Udeme Mmi" is "My portion".

However, I'm not sure if this movie has anything to do with the videos that are showcased in this post.

In addition, I found this YouTube video with the title "Udeme Mmi":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7scmpyWgfZU&list=PLn_ztFAJkWKHpXqCf5HJi0lsqVdekesE9. That video was published on Oct 20, 2012 by wiseguy4ree. The video summary indicates that this is "A song by Mr John Jima: Contained in Album: Mbahado Aba Vol. 2". From the comments in the video's discussion thread, this is a Christian song.

Again, I'm not sure if there's a connection between that song and at song has anything to do with the videos that are showcased in this post.

Lastly, I found a 50 minute YouTube video with the "Udeme Mi Vol 1 - 2015 Latest Nigerian Highlife Music" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZACfRBAkn4. That video was published on Apr 30, 2015 by 9jaHighLife. That video features all of the videos that I showcased below, and others. Unfortunately, there are no comments in that video's discussion thread. And there are very few comments in those videos that are featured below.

Even though I know so little about these videos, I'm interested in sharing them with pancocojams readers, because of the music and the traditional clothing, dancing, and women's hairstyle. However, with all due respect and with apologies for my cultural ignorance, I'd love to know the answers to the following questions:

Is Akilo the vocalist for these songs? Are these traditional or contemporary Efik or Akom Ibom songs?

Are the "Uwem Edi Imo" and "Udeme Mi Vol." the album names?

And are the songs that are showcased in this post religious or secular?

One of those song's titles is in English. Does the title of this video "Women's Wrapper" refer to the clothing the women wear around their waist?

I'd also love to know the English translations for the title of the other four songs that I featured. And are those titles in Anaang?

Any responses to these questions will be greatly appreciated.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Uwem Edi Imo - Woman Wrapper (Udeme Mi Vol.1)



Braced In Vogue Published on Oct 12, 2013
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I'm assuming that "Woman Wrapper" refers to the cloth that the women wear wrapped around their waist. Is this correct?

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Example #2: Uwem Edi Imo - I Fot (Udeme Mi Vol.1)



Braced In Vogue Published on Oct 12, 2013

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Example #3: Uwem Edi Imo - Anana Owo inanake Abasi (Udeme Mi Vol.1)



Braced In Vogue, Published on Oct 13, 2013

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Example #4: Uwem Edi Imo - Ima Ndo (Udeme Mi Vol.1)



Braced In Vogue Published on Oct 13, 2013

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Example #5: Uwem Edi Imo - Nnomi Udeme Mi (Udeme Mi Vol.1)


Braced In Vogue Published on Oct 13, 2013

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Ephraim Stephen Esssien - Annang Society (Nigeria) & The African Traditional Conception of Human Rights

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post features an excerpt from a 2005 online article about the Anaag that was written by Ephraim Stephen Esssien.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Esssien Ephraim Stephen for this research.

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EXCERPT OF "HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMPLICATIONS IN COMPLEMENTARY REFLECTION"
By Esssien Ephraim Stephen
Posted on the internet on May 27, 2005
http://www.frasouzu.com/Issues%20and%20Papers/Essien%20Ephraim%20Stephen%20on%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS%20AND%20IMPLICATIONS%20IN%20COMPLEMENTARY%20REFLECTION.pdf
Ibuanyidanda (Complementary Reflection), African Philosophy and General
Issues in Philosophy

2.5 African Traditional Conception of Human Rights
"There are no documents instruments of human rights in traditional Africa, but the African is aware that his society is sustained by laws transmitted by the elders and, say, the ancestors. With this in mind, the African is self-conscious of the rewards or punishments accruing from his disposition towards the law. This law is the community norms which regulate the lives of members of such community. For instance, in all African traditional society, respect for elders is a supreme virtue.

In the Annang society, each person is prohibited from being malicious against some groups of people, namely: one’s grandchildren, one’s grandparents and one’s inlaws. One is also bound to be hosptitable to the stranger. Although there are no clear formulations and recognition of rights in traditional African societies, we are left to link the African traditional conception of human rights with contemporary
formulation of human rights. The Africans have a deep sense of human rights. These are rights such as rights of inheritance and succession, right to work, right to found a domestic society (right to marriage), right to respect and reputation, freedom of thought, speech and beliefs, freedom of association, right to education, right to property, right to life, et cetera. Let us look at each of these rights in the context of the Annang Society. First, the Annang people and society.

The Annang Society is found within the North-West region of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. The Annang land is bounded in the north and west by the Igbos and the Ibibios make up their southern and eastern neighbours. The Khana people of River State are also their south-eastern neighbours. Abak, Ikot Ekpene, Ukanafun, Etim Ekpo, Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Obot Akara, and Ika local government areas make up the Annang society.

In the Annang Society is immersed an economic system based principally on agricultural subsistence and exchange economy. The farm activities are a prestigious pursuit for both men and women. After the farm plots have been cleared by men for women, planting and care of crops devolve exclusively upon the shoulders of women. The only exception here is yam-care, which is a privileged responsibility of men. While the Abak zone is notable for its oil palm products, raffia goods are a profitable source of income for a good number of people in the Ikot Ekpene zone, the Raffia city. Much of these goods are mostly exhibited at the Obo market, the most central market for the whole of Annang.

Their highest political unit is the Afe Annang. It is a political unit where various clans representatives conglomerate as a forum to parley out issues concerning the welfare of the Annang nation. The Afe Annang (Annang forum) is presided by the “Itai” Annang (Annang Pillar). The Afe Annang is headquartered at Afaha Obong in Abak local government area of Akwa Ibom State.

The Annang person (owo) strongly believes that there is a Supreme Being, designated “Abasi Ibom”. “Ibom” calls his unlimitedness into the focus of distinction. “Ibom” means the whole limitless universe. Here accordingly, he is the lord of the whole boundless universe and everything within it. Due to his boundlessness, there is no temple nor shrine for him, since that cannot accommodate him (Enang,1979:5). However, Abasi Ibom is a withdrawn God, the so-called ‘deus-otiosus’. This is so believed because the Annangs believe they have close encounter with the spirits and ancestors than with the Supreme Being. The Annangs believe in a multitude of spirits who are believed to take charge of specific aspects of life. These deities are, thus, named after the areas of which they are believed to be in charge. The souls of the patrilineage ancestors have a strong place in the beliefs of the Annangs. They fall according to their social belongingness in clan, village, street and family. Sacrifices are offered frequently to them either to appease them or to request for their favours. Their classification and influence are indicative of their fundamental role in the society. Apart from being the historical origins of their different social units, they have the social and political functions of promoting the welfare of the people. The ancestors (Mme EtteEtte) share both in the good and bad in the life of the social units (Ennang, 1979:26). Invisibly operating, too, is a force called “odudu”, which the Annangs believe to pervade nature. It is not identifiable, has no permanent abode and can, therefore, be conveyed in everything and sent to any place to do either good or harm. It is impersonal, non-physical, and is diffused as the melannesian force, called “mana” (Codrington, 1891:118ff). Workers of evil magic are believed to possess the ability to use “odudu” in bringing about the destruction or death of man, while good magic workers are believed to invoke “odudu” for the benefit of those who approach them. As soon as “odudu” finds itself invoked into application, it assumes the dimension of a personal force.

Within this Annang weltanschaaung, the Annang people and society believe in the spirituality or sacredness of life and consider it as a primary value. However, some activities which were in vogue in uncivilized Annang society could contradict that life is primary in Annang society. Such activities were the killing of twins, which Mary Slessor fought to stop. Like in most African traditional societies lives were sacrificed at the burial of village or clans dignatories. There was also present the practice of cannibalism before the advent of Christianity. Most of the victims were captives at inter-tribal vendettas. Such vendettas were mostly between those living at the boundaries. Vendettas between the Ngwa people of Abia State of Nigeria and the boundary villages of the Annang society, such as Ikot Umoessien, Usaka Annang, Ika etc. With these in mind, would one be justified to say that life was held sacred in African traditional society and the Annang society in particular? Let us go on with their conception of human rights.

The Right to Life
Apart from the cannibalistic, fetish and barbarous Annang of pre-Christian Africa, the authentic Annang society believes in the primacy of life. This is attested to in the adage: ”Uwem edi imo” (life is wealth); “itong ama odu uwem okongo nkwa” (when the neck lives it shall wear beads), and so on. The Annangs go extra mile to preserve the sanctity of life. They believe that we live our lives in trust. Thus a suicide is not given any befitting burial in Annang land since he or she is believed to infringe the sacredness of life. Such is thrown into the forest. Even when they lose any member (except a suicide) the Annangs exert much time and energy to give befitting burial, since they believe in reincarnation and the spirit-world.

Their belief in reincarnation and also in the land of the spirit, the spirit-world, manifest a tri-partite structure of human personality in Annang world view. The human person is composed of body, soul and spirit. At the death of the body, the soul enters into the process of reincarnation while spirit goes to the land of the spirits, designated “obio-ekpo”. The spirit lives in the spirit-world depending on whether the person was virtuous. If he or she was not virtuous, his or her spirit is believed to roam the world. Thus, that is why they are believed to appear as ghosts. This tri-partite conception of human nature in Annang society vitiates psychosomaticism ( a belief that the human person is composed of body and soul) and establishes a psychosomapneumaticism ) the idea that soul, body and spirit make up the human person.. The Annang child is taught that it is wrong to kill.

Right of Inheritance and Succession
The right of inheritance of property at the death of a man devolves on his sons. Among others, the eldest son benefits more than other sons. He inherits, by traditional belief, the father’s buildings or houses, and he is heir apparent to the throne if his father were a village head. In terms of his portions of land, these are usually divided among the male children, beginning from the eldest to the youngest. Women or female children do not enjoy this right in the Annang society.

Right to Work
The Annang society believes that success depends upon hardwork. Everyone within this society has right to work and to the fruits of his or her work. This right is correlative of the duty to work. There is a duty to communal work, such as the duty of keeping the village square and path ways clean.

Right to found a domestic Society
Without being told the Annang man or woman considers the right to found a domestic community a natural right. Thus he or she presumes his freedom to marry and establish a home. There is no place for celibacy in the Annang society. The successful Annang man or woman is measured in his or her ability to found a stable home.

Freedom of Association
In traditional African societies there is a right to associate freely with one’s own kin within an
extended family, a right to associate with people outside the extended family, a right also to inter-tribal
association as in marriages. This right is limited in certain communities in Igboland. There is the practice
of a caste system, the “Osu” caste system. The Osu are believed to attend to certain idols and thus were
seen and treated as holy sect, and due to their closeness and consequent “sacredness”, they are not related with normally (Igwe, 2002:41). These group of people are treated as inferior to other human beings, and as such there is no deliberate intermarriage with them. In traditional Annang society, only male initiates have the right to belong to the “Ekpo” masquerade cult. Those who have not been initiated, some males and all women are not altogether free to move about in the society during the “Ekpo” masquerade festival. At the climax of this festival women are not free at all to be seen outside their homes. This is usually the
last week of the tenth month of the year, October. This restricts their freedom of movement.

Right to Respect, Reputation and Freedom of Speech
In view of the right to respect, the Annangs give a special place to the elders and elderly. The elders, because of their experience in life, are believed to be wise. Through their mouths oral history, folklore and myths are transmitted to others. In the gathering of the people, the elder makes recourse to the wisdom of the ancients. In his awakening speech he begins with “our fathers used to say,” and when rendering a folkfore, his point of departure is “once upon a time”. The wise one while rendering oral history, folklore and myths makes the “once upon a time”, “in those days” or “our fathers used to say” become “now”. Recourse to wise sayings serve didactic purposes. Such ideal elders are cultically venerated after their death because they are believed to belong to the spiritual community of ancestors. Besides these elders, every elderly person has a right to be respected by the younger one. There is duty to respect one’s parents and elders.
The Annang man or woman believes he or she has a right to a good name. This is attested to by the fact that, if he or she is blackmailed, he or she seeks redress by reporting such a case to the council of elders, be it at the family level or village level.

Freedom of speech and expression is conditioned by the principle of respect. One is bound to respect one’s parents and elders in the Annang society, despite your interior conviction that you are free to speak and express your views.

There are, in summary, derogations from human rights. Much emphasis is placed on collective
rights than on individual rights, and duty seem to overwhelm rights in most African societies.
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Italics were added by me to enhance the readability of this excerpt.

Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaang_people for more information about the Annang people.

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Four Efik/Akwa Ibom (Nigerian Highlife) Gospel Videos

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post presents information about Efik people and Akom Ibom state of Nigeria, West Africa. This post also showcases four videos of Efik/Akom Ibom Gospel music by Mr Gee and includes information about Highlife music.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, religious, and aesthetic purposes.

In addition to the music, I am interested in documenting and sharing examples of the traditional clothing and hairstyles, contemporary clothing and hairstyles, the traditional dances and/or contemporary dances that are shown in these videos.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. In addition, thanks to wiseguy4reel, the producer of these videos and thanks to YouTube.
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I haven't found any biographical information about this featured singer. If you know of any links to that information or can share information about this singer, please add those links and/or information in the comment section below. The English language title of these songs and English language summaries for these songs would also be appreciated. Thanks!

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFIK
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efik_people
The Efik are an ethnic group located primarily in southeastern Nigeria, in the southern part of Cross River State. The Efik speak the Efik language which is a Benue–Congo language of the Cross River family. The Efik migrated down the Cross River from Arochukwu and founded numerous settlements in the Calabar and Creek Town area. They had sojourned from Nubia through to Ghana and then Arochukwu in present-day South East Nigeria. After staying there harmoniously as guests for about 400 years (11th - 15th century), they left after a disagreement with the Aros. The bulk of them left to Uruan in present-day Akwa Ibom State, some to Eniong and surrounding areas. They stayed in Uruan for about a hundred or so years and then moved to Ikpa Ene and Ndodihi briefly before crossing over to their final destination in Creek Town (Esit Edik / Obio Oko). Creek Town and its environs are often commonly referred to as Calabar, and its people as Calabar people, after the European name Calabar Kingdom given to the state [in present-day Cross River State. Calabar is not to be confused with the Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State which is an Ijaw state to its west. Cross River State with Akwa Ibom State was formerly one of the original twelve states of Nigeria known as the Southeastern State.

The Efik people also occupy southwestern Cameroon including Bakassi...

The Efik are related to the Annang, Ibibio, Igbo, Oron, Biase, Akampkpa, Uruan, and Eket people by common ancestry...

The Efik were the middle men between the white traders on the coast and the inland tribes of the Cross River and Calabar district. Christian missions were at work among the Efiks beginning in the middle of the 19th century. Even by 1900, many of the native peoples were well educated in European ideologies and culture, professed Christianity and dressed in European fashion...

The Efik and indeed the people of the Old Calabar kingdom were the first to embrace western education in present-day Nigeria, with the establishment of Hope Waddel Training Institute, Calabar in 1895 and the Methodist Boys High School, Oron in 1905...

The Efik king, also known as the Obong of Calabar, still (as of 2006) is a political power among the Efik.[3]...

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INFORMATION ABOUT AKWA IBOM
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State
"Akwa Ibom is a state in Nigeria. It is located in the coastal southern part of the country... The state is bordered on the east by Cross River State, on the west by Rivers State and Abia State, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost tip of Cross River State.

Akwa Ibom is one of Nigeria’s 36 states, with a population of over 5 million people and more than 10 million people in diaspora. It was created in 1987 from the former Cross River State and is currently the highest oil- and gas-producing state in the country. The state’s capital is Uyo, with over 500,000 inhabitants. Akwa Ibom has an airport (Akwa Ibom International Airport) and two major seaports on the Atlantic Ocean with a proposed construction of a world-class seaport Ibaka Seaport at Oron. The state also boasts of a 30,000-seater ultramodern sports complex. Akwa Ibom state is home to the Ibom E-Library, a world-class information center.[2] Along with English, the main spoken languages are Ibibio, Annang, Eket and Oron language.[3]...

Politics
Politics in Akwa Ibom state is dominated by the three main ethnic groups, the Ibibio, Annang and Oron. Of these three, the Ibibio remain the majority and have held sway in the state since its creation. For the past eight years, the Annang people held sway since the governor for those eight years was from Ikot Ekpene senetorial district.

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INFORMATION ABOUT HIGHLIFE MUSIC
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlife
"Highlife is a music genre that originated in Ghana at the turn of the 20th century and incorporated the traditional harmonic 9th, as well as melodic and the main rhythmic structures in traditional Akan music, and married them with Western instruments. Highlife was associated with the local African aristocracy during the colonial period. By the 1930s, Highlife spread via Ghanaian workers to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia and Nigeria, among other West African countries, where the music is now very popular.

Highlife is characterised by jazzy horns and multiple guitars which lead the band. Recently it has acquired an uptempo, synth-driven sound (see Daddy Lumba). Igbo highlife and Joromi are subgenres.[1][2][3]
This arpeggiated highlife guitar part is modeled after an Afro-Cuban guajeo.[4] The pattern of attack-points is nearly identical to the 3-2 clave motif guajeo as shown below. The bell pattern known in Cuba as clave is indigenous to Ghana and Nigeria, and is used in highlife."

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date, with the oldest dated videos given first.

Example #1: Akwa Ibom Gosple Gyration 4.



wiseguy4reel Uploaded on Oct 26, 2009

This is a lovely Akwa Ibom Song by Mr Gee, a strong and talented Akwa Ibom Singer. Please listen and be blessed. Please comment when you uve heard it, thanks...

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Example #2: Efik Worship 2



wiseguy4reel, Uploaded on May 15, 2010

This is a lovely Akwa Ibom Song by Mr Gee, a strong and talented Akwa Ibom Singer. Please listen and be blessed. Please comment when you uve heard it, thanks...
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Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread:
eddy jakes jr, 2013
"Abasi awang afi mr gee. We are sons of efik soil in diaspora .it is painful no one to speak the sweet efik language with."

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Example #3: Efik song 3 ( MMbon Udim Enyong, Edi Ikpe Ikpe Iwot mmi)



wiseguy4reel Uploaded on May 15, 2010

This is a lovely Akwa Ibom Song by Mr Gee, a strong and talented Akwa Ibom Singer. Please listen and be blessed. Please comment when you uve heard it, thanks.

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Example #4: Efik Worship 1 (Se Eka'kediong)



wiseguy4reel Uploaded on Apr 1, 2011
An Akwa Ibom Gosple song by Mr Gee, my good friend. Please listen to him, as God uses him to bless and prosper your life..
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Singing begins at 1:15

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Texas Southern University Motion On The Ocean - 2009 Video & 2010 Video (with comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part V of a five part series that showcases a pre-2013 video of the majorette dance line of a Historical Black Colleges and University (HBCU) and includes selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

Part IV provides information about Texas Southern University's "Motion On The Ocean" dance squad and showcases a 2009 video and a 2010 video of that dance squad. I'm showcasing two videos because they both are brief.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/jackson-state-university-jsettes-loose.html for Part I of this series. That post includes links to all of the other posts in this series.

Part I focuses on Jackson State University's "Prancing J-Settes".

Part II focuses on Alabama State University's "Stingettes".

Part III focuses on Alcorn State University's "Golden Girls".

and

Part IV focuses on Southern University's "Dancing Dolls".

Except for the majorette dance line showcased in Part I, these dance lines aren't given in any particular order. Additional HBCU dance lines will be showcased in subsequent pancocojams posts.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to members of Texas Southern University's Motion On The Ocean now and in the past. Thanks to all those who featured in this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION AND COMMENTS ABOUT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Southern_University
"Texas Southern University (shortened to Texas Southern or simply TSU) is a historically black university (HBCU) located in Houston, Texas, accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[3] The University was established in 1927 as the Houston Colored Junior College. It developed through its private college phase as the four-year Houston Colored College. On March 3, 1947, the state declared this to be the first state university in Houston; it was renamed Texas State University for Negroes. In 1951, the name changed to Texas Southern University.

Texas Southern University is one of the largest and most comprehensive HBCUs in the nation.[4] TSU is one of only four independent public universities in Texas (those not affiliated with any of Texas' six public university systems) and the only HBCU in Texas recognized as one of America's Top Colleges by Forbes magazine.[5] TSU is the leading producer of college degrees to African Americans and Hispanics in Texas and ranks 4th in the United States in doctoral and professional degrees conferred to African Americans...

Marching Band (Ocean of Soul)
Texas Southern's marching band the Ocean of Soul has won numerous awards and performed at Super Bowls,[43] The Stellar Awards,[44] various parades, NBA and Houston Texans games. The 200+ member band alumni include Grammy award-winning jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum. The Ocean of Soul is complemented by The Motion of The Ocean, a female dance team that has been featured on America's Best Dance Crew."

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: TSU "The Motion of the Ocean" & Alumni Motion '09 (Homecoming)



bkeaton22, Uploaded on Nov 3, 2009

Texas Southern's Motion of the Ocean & Alumni Motion perform at halftime (TSU Homecoming) '09 vs. Alcorn State University. Copyright © 2009 Etech Multimedia. All Rights Reserved.

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Example #2: HomeComing with Motion Of The Ocean - 2010



DrumMaster Studios, Uploaded on Oct 31, 2010

Chillin with the Current and Alumni Motion ... TxSU HomeComing - 2010
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DISCLAIMER: I arbitrarily chose these videos through YouTube surfing. I don't mean to imply that two videos could be representative of the entire history of this or any dance squad.

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SELECTED COMMENTS
These comments are given in relative chronological order, with the oldest dated comments given first, except for responses. However, these comments may not be in consecutive order.

In this comment section and others in this series I'm particularly interested in documenting vernacular terms that are used about j-setting such as "buck", "throw counts", "stands" (meaning "counts" and not stadium bleachers), "field shows", "tail" and "crabs".

I'm also interested in presenting comments that refer to the history of that particular HBCU majorette dance line and/or the changes that have been made in what has come to be known as "j-setting".

I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.

VIDEO #1
2010
1. bkeaton22
"The first group is the current Motion and the second group is the Alumni."

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2. Val Ross
"M-O-TIOOOOON!!!! Us Alumni ROCKED IT!!! We STILL look good! LOL"

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3. Jaybabii2
"both routines were great! shout out to the Alumns..yall did yall thing forreal
and really good job to the current motions :) loved it"

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4. Olivia G.
"And then it's great when you can't tell the difference between the currents and alumni! ;)"

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Gods1stdyme
5. "omg, that was great!! the alumni was workin' it even more so better then the current!! good job ladies (both former and current)"

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6. Eclefticsoul
"I love the motion's precision and clean formations!!! The dances do tend to be a little easy. I do love them though. They have, as they say, swag outta this world."

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7. misstoussaint89
"what was the name of song the current line danced to, its stuck in my head."

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Reply
8. Lauren Kleener
"she's fresh"

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Reply
9. misstoussaint89
"yessssssss. I knew it was something dealing with fresh. my older cousin was a Motion in the 80's back when they nicknamed themselves majorthreats lol. and they used to buck this song down. from what i saw on old video tapes."

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10. futurestingette2012
"Honestly I really love the routine I just would have like the difficulty level 2 b higher.Toe touches,splits,backbends etc.But overall very good routine"

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VIDEO #2
The notes above about video comments also apply to these selected comments.

2011
1. collegegurlz08
"Classic!!! GOOOO MOTIONS"

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2. Jesus Walks
"lol.... the old heads are thick and the current ones are all slim- but I will agree JSETTS are good- but I will say MOTION are good too. The styles are different! Beyonce and Janet- both good but two diffrnt style of dance. One may argue one is better than the other but it varies. and the mindset of Jsetts when they come up with routines may be "TO LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FLOOR..." while motion may have a mindset "CLEAN, CLEAR, ACROBATICS, TECHNIQUE??" idk. but let them have alike minds and u'll see"
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"Jsett" = Jackson State University's Prancing J-Settes 

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3. DrumMaster Studios
"@Dnzel08 I have to dissagree, I would say they neck and neck... i have seen Motion put the boot in the Jsettes and same with the Jsettes giving it to motion... just My opinion though its a perfrence i think ... but to be honest they the two most talked and watch dance lines in the SWAC..."
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I can't find the comment that prompted this reply. The commenter's name was probably changed when YouTube encouraged commenters to use their first and last name. When a commenter switched her or his name, all of her/his comments were posted under that name. From that comment, it's likely that "@Dnzel08 wrote something like "The J-settes are a better dance squad than the Motions."

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Nikki TheDancer
4. "LoL at the chant in the beginning! they are so hoooood in Texas, HILARIOUS!"
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The beginning of that chant is something like:
"We are the Motion of the Ocean
What the Dancing Dolls ain't
Black Fox wanna be
And the J-Settes can't."
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"Dancing Dolls= Southern University's majorette line; "Black Fox" = Prairie View A&M University's majorette line, and "J-Settes" = Jackson State University's majorette line.

The Motion of the Ocean majorette line also said something about the Sonic Boom (Jackson State University's marching band) and "What the Ocean Of Soul can't get enough of." ("Ocean Of Soul" is the name of the Texas Southern University's marching band). And I know that they ended with "Now do this" (each squad member holds up one hand for people to kiss it in homage to them. homage).

If anyone knows this rest of this chant, please add it in the comments. Thanks!

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5. royalroose
"Ummm lets talk about that chant in the begining!!! hummmmmmmm you wish you was a Jsette baby Much love to you all but you shouldn't have Freshman coming for Dance groups that have been there for Min... and By the way yall ripple can seem to take after the Jsettes so chill all that out... "

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6. Tye Golden
"@royalroose Well if you would look, you would know that everybody say the Motion steal from the Settes so of course they are going to say sumthing dissing the Settes because people diss them,. "

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7. royalroose
"@TDD07 It's not that im Disrespecting them however they should not disrespect other teams that are very progressive like the Jsettes because No shade no ready But they would sit yall down any Day Lol but I love me some Motion but that was uncalled for!!! They must be Freshmans..."

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8. Book Multimedia
@royalroose it's not disrespectful to other teams at all. it's just a chant. .. All the BGLO's have been saying it for years.. they just borrowed it and used Dance team names instead.

JSette and Motion rivalry is pretty much a friendly one. It's fans who blow it up.. Why? because they weren't exposed to The Motion Pre 2k5 .. after that everybody's compared everything they do to the Jsettes. of course. The STYLE of dance is the same. the Routines are not."

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9. misstoussaint89
"@Bookman That is so very true Motions/Jsette rivalry is a friendly one, except for this one lil event back in 86 that my cousin told me about. Other than that the Motion were good pre2k5 and 02-04 was really good they just jumped back full force in 05 . I just hate when everybody tries to put the Jsette's as being the pennacle of dance teams which is not at all true. They have had bad lines and down years like everyone does "[profanity deleted]". The main 1's it up are those boys punksetting to Underpressure"

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big mike
10. "damn they didnt even acknowledge the dancing divas,stingettes,ect lol
"-snip-
Dancing Divas = Alabama A&M University's dance line; Stingettes - Alabama State University's dance line

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11. big mike
"they clearly got that chant from the DELTAS lol"
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"Deltas" = historical Black Greek letter sorority Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.
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[comment revised 8/1/2016]
I collected a number of historically Black Greek letter sorority chants that are probably the model for the diss that the Motion Of Ocean chanted, including some from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Read my comment below.

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2012
12. Kaneslove
"ok so im team J-Sette all day and twice that on the weekend. but i am not a hater. i thought this teams dance moves were cute and it was there own way of doing they thing. i liked the girls personalities. they seem like they were having fun 2. who could be mad at that. n i love the uniforms "

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13. Brandon Brown
"@coolblastschi maybe you should check your history again. jsettes were NOT the the FIRST to dance without batons. I'll let you check your history then try again. try 1968...."
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I can't find the comment "@coolblastschi. I wonder which HBCU dance line he or she was referring to.

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14. Jarrett Goer
"@TheTroll18 i love the motion of the ocean, but baby please the dolls and the j-settes run the swac, okay, get it correct, j-settes are original with their 8 counts, the dolls will kill these girls with their techique, so please stop it, i luv the motion, but dont get to cocky, pleaselol"

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15. Morgayn2012
"J-Sette's are alot cleaner than Motions but Motions routines have alot more difficulty & stunts. Both are REALLY great. But ofcourse sincee Houston is my homee ima say Motionss get it ! (: But that vid was nice, everybody gon hate, that just means they doing something right.

*Shoutout to Westbury High School Blue Diamond Drill Team
2011-2012 Captain.:

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16. 1995mrbrain
"Lmao, that was cute in the beginning, but uum no. The J-settes DESTROY y'all! Looking at these clips right here, the J-Settes [profanity deleted]... OWN y'all. But uum, yea, y'all are... okay I guess. But the J-settes would take your counts and make it look like them look so much better. J-settes are in a whole nother league than y'all, a higher one."

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17. collegegurlz08
"@1995mrbrain Unlike the Settes, the Motions don't try to out dance each other every game. This is HOMECOMING... I don't know how they do it @ Jackson State but we have fun on HC week. These girls were not really dancing this was just a have fun day...If you could see which this clip doesn't show they let people come dance with them from the stands..So no this is not their best they're just simply enjoying our homecoming! Plus this is not the current motions this is 2010 not 2011~~ "

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18. ariesfire041
"This is actually my first vid watching this squad and I will say this, if you're going to dis other squads make sure yours is on point!!! This was a hotttttttt mess!!!...from the stands to the field! And some of th counts are strikingly similar to the Jsettes! Maybe y'all should have a smaller squad so you can clean it up. Look very H.S. and amateur'ish."

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19. blacktazz0707
"Lol, Yall crazy... Yes, who wouldnt act silly in front of a camera? But I know these girls personally and Just about all of them(even from previous years) are honor students. But as far as them copying or tryin to be like another squad, any REAL dancer can see that there is a HUGE difference in the style of Motion from another squad... As for Bucking, Jsettes buck in there thoracic area, while motion buck using there abdomino-pelvic area.BUT anywho, let just enjoy the ladies dance.FANS, stp it!!'

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2013
20. MusicManC
"I've never looked at The Motion before and I must say I've been really missing out cause All of the ladies look Amazing!.. I'm a fan from this point on... ;)"

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21. jsutiger912
"Clearly in the swac the Dancing Dolls of SU and The Jsettes of JSU is the top 2 dance teams in the SWAC to me.
The Golden Girls of Alcorn and the Satin Dolls of MVSU is alright to. Those are the teams that can dance their tell of"
-snip-
"ell" - misspelling for "tail" (butt)

Here's information about the term "Swac":
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference#cite_note-1
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), still frequently referred to by its former designation of Division I-AA.
The SWAC is widely considered the premier HBCU conference and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni affiliated with professional sports teams, particularly in football."

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22. jsutiger912
"Oh yea another thing dont try to hate on those dance teams
Clearly 2 of them are jsettes and dancing dolls"

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23. jsutiger912
"Oh yea Motion good video"

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24. blackmajesty03
"I know it may be your band tradition; however, only ONE real dance squad is fine. Sit those other laides down because it throws things off. "

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25. kintrell tillman
"They came at the dolls! Ahahah 😂😂 y'all brave"
-snip-
"Dolls" - Southern University's Dancing Dolls
-snip-
"Came at" = refers to the taunt (dis) that the Motions chanted in the beginning of this video.

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26. Gerard Pringle
"Ummmmmmmmmmm taking aims at the schools yal called out???? While dancing like this???? never!!!!!! please try again...lol"

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27. Prince Rico
"Cute rhyme. If only it were true. The J-Settes could never want to me this."

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28. Maame Love
"Sexy brown and chocolate African American women that you hardly ever see in hip hop and r&b videos"

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Southern University Dancing Dolls- 2010 Video & and a 2012 Video (with comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part IV of a five part series that showcases a pre-2013 video of the majorette dance line of a Historical Black Colleges and University (HBCU) and includes selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

Part IV provides information about Southern University's "Dancing Dolls" and showcases a 2010 video and a 2012 video of that dance squad. I'm showcasing two videos because they both are brief.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/jackson-state-university-jsettes-loose.html for Part I of this series. That post includes links to all of the other posts in this series.

Part I focuses on Jackson State University's "Prancing J-Settes."

Part II focuses on Alabama State University's "Stingettes."

Part III focuses on Alcorn State University's 'Golden Girls".

and

Part V focuses on Texas Southern University's "Motion of the Ocean".

Except for the majorette dance line showcased in Part I, these dance lines aren't given in any particular order. Additional HBCU dance lines will be showcased in subsequent pancocojams posts.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to members of Southern University's Dancing Dolls now and in the past. Thanks to all those who featured in this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION AND COMMENTS ABOUT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_University
"Southern University and A&M College (often referred to as Southern University, SUBR or SU) is a historically black college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The campus is on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of the city. The campus encompasses 512 acres, with an agricultural experimental station on an additional 372-acre site, five miles north of the main campus. The university is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the flagship institution of the Southern University System...

At the 1879 Louisiana State Constitutional Convention, African-American political leaders P.B.S. Pinchback, T.T. Allain and Henry Demas proposed founding a higher education institution "for the education of persons of color." Louisiana before the American Civil War had an established class of free people of color, who were often property owners and educated; they kept that tradition for their children.

In April 1880, the Louisiana General Assembly chartered what was then called Southern College, originally located in New Orleans. Southern opened its doors on March 7, 1881 with 12 students. The school was held for a time at the former Israel Sinai Temple on Calliope Street, between St. Charles and Camp streets.
In 1890 the legislature designated Southern as a land grant college for blacks, in order to continue to satisfy federal requirements under the land grant program to support higher education for all students in the state, despite having a segregated system...

Southern University Marching Band
The Southern University marching band, known as the Human Jukebox , has been featured in numerous television commercials, music videos and invited to participate in the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, Presidential Inauguration ceremonies and 6 Super Bowl halftime presentations...

The band is well known for their powerful and dominating sound in the stands, precise, show stopping, high stepping, and entertaining drills on the field, and as being the only HBCU marching band to feature one drum major during performances.
-snip-
It's surprising that, except for a photograph of the marching band and the Dancing Dolls, this Wikipedia page [retrieved on July 20, 2016 at 10:30 AM) doesn't include any mention of the Dancing Dolls.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS

Example #1: Southern University Marching Band (Game 2, Season 2010)



ajpania, Uploaded on Sep 15, 2010

Southern vs. Arkansas Monticello

(Game 2, Season 2010)
Southern University Marching Band Postgame Performance

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Example #2: Southern University (2012) @ Boombox Classic X - Nobody's Perfect



HBCUBANDS.COM, Published on Sep 23, 2012

Southern University (2012) @ Boombox Classic X
-snip-
DISCLAIMER: I arbitrarily chose these videos through YouTube surfing. I don't mean to imply that two videos could be representative of the entire history of this or any dance squad.

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SELECTED COMMENTS
These comments are given in relative chronological order, with the oldest dated comments given first, except for responses. However, these comments may not be in consecutive order.

In this comment section and others in this series I'm particularly interested in documenting vernacular terms that are used about j-setting such as "buck", "throw counts", "stands" (meaning "counts" and not stadium bleachers), "field shows", "tail" and "crabs".

I'm also interested in presenting comments that refer to the history of that particular HBCU majorette dance line and/or the changes that have been made in what has come to be known as "j-setting".

I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.

VIDEO #1
2010
1. blaxtraordinaire
"Southern University's band ensemble is starting this season of 2010 off very strong! I love it when the director says, "One-two bring that mustard!" The band has a well balanced sound and the "Dolls" look diverse, which is what a lot of HBCU marching bands need. Also the the leader of the "Dolls" is very consistent with her movements in the stands. Excellent job SU!"

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2. Kendrick Jones
"I Love the Dolls... Just Beautiful... they're style of dancing is really something else... i just love them"

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3. Kendrick Jones
"And for those who are hating on the dolls u just dont yet... if u cant beat them join them... we the only squad out of any jsettes that actually dances... all the other squads out there doing nothing but pussy popping and not giving the Fans what they want to see"

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4. J.Wesley
"As a former member of the Human Jukebox and Doll fanatic....this captain did the DAMN THANG!!! Threw all the right counts with energy and attitude! I have not seen a captain this dedicated since my crab sister Davique..."

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5. cocoblk504
"Even though I dont really like the Dolls dancing style I <3 this captain! So much precise moves! Work out!"

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6. valleyboy010
"This year dolls gave those counts a fresh look to them the past couple of years those counts was starting to look run down...that captain was something serious i love her look can't wait for the boombox classics the dolls are going to be the stand out dance line this year"

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7. Cheqerdflag
"I would like to congratulate the Dancing Dolls for being the ONLY dancers alive that dance the entire song! Who came up with throwing a cadence then resting till you throw another one? Big waste of music. Looking good Meagan the Strikette."

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8. waterandheadphones19
"Was is rainin or somethin this game cause everybodies hair is messed up lol"

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9. superstuntmanBJ
"one time for BROWNSKIN
,,.the captain is on point, what a body"

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10. DeOne Gregg
"That captain is a lil too dark for SU huh?"

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11. Jarrett Goer
"i understand why people came up with the light skin myth of the dancing dolls, back in the day, most of the line were light skinned, but im happy that they have all shades of color, this is by far one of the best dancing dolls lines and they have some beautiful women on the line, beautiful black and hispanic women!! gotta love it, lol!"

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12. Delaney Jordan
"THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY DANCING DOLLS CAME ALONG WAY FROM ONLY HAVING LIGHT SKINNED GIRLS TO ANY GIRL WHO CAN DANCE....IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE SCHOOL IT WAS THE BAND DIRECTOR CHOICE AT THAT TIME. SU IS IN MY BLOOD"

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13. Jarrett Goer
"beauty comes in all colors, im proud that all types of beauty are found on this danceline, dark skin is very beautiful, and the captain is too, shes amazing, im glad that they choose girls based on talent and not color, its poathetic that black people cant accept our own beauty, such a shame, slaverty ended years ago and were still talking about light skin and dark skin, black is beautiful period!!"

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14. J.Wesley, 2013
"Notice how real hair looks after four quarters of counts and a half time performance!!!! Still giving it to you in the 5th! Sexy and loving it!"

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15. MrSaitekController, 2013
"I'm guessing it was really hot out there by the looks of their hair. That humidity is brutal to a black woman's hair."

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2011
16. Shawn Rivers
"The lead dancer is phenomenal. She is captivating. She draws you into her performance. Outstanding work young lady, you derserve to be commended.."

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GEORGE FONTENO
17. "The capt on here is d.frank... The dolls look great and did more movement during this season. Of course they kept it classy, familiar, and as sexy as can be. That their style of dancing. Jsettes do more during their routines. It's not hard all the time but if they're bucking, it calls for them to be a bit wild"
-snip-
"Jsettes" refer to Jackson State University's majorette dance squad "Prancing J-Settes".

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18. Tampa0123456789
..."The lead girl in the front is a beast. I've seen like half of souther videos on you-tube and I think her and the lead girl from 2008 are just dominant."

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19. dollfacedee12
..."EX Captain now but her name is D'tara"

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20. Keith L. Bush
"This is a perfect example of how and why the Prancing Jsettes eat them alive EVERY time they meet. They cute but the Jsettes are more physical. Plus the stand routines are more involved."

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21. Keith L. Bush
"Are you serious.....no really? They in no way have to buck their way to the top, when they are already sitting at the top. There are no rules in marching band. The Jsettes are ready. SU comes us this year. Please make sure the dolls don't march up into the handicap area this year."

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22. MrOu83
"The Jsettes are physical alright. They are raw and unrefined; no sense of polish or elegance. The Dolls are refined ladylike, elegant, sexy, yet glamorous. Much better than those wild and out of control wanna-be videod dancers and that ramp kick mess."

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23. knowledgeincubator
"America's First and By Far the Greatest, Historically Black College/University Danceline!!!! We Love Our Dolls!!!! PS: So Does the Queen of Pop (Madonna).... :-)" 
-snip-
Another comment in that discussion noted that Madonna included Southern University's Dancing Dolls in her Superbowl Half-time show.

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24. Jasmi Burr
"This is the best I ever seen frm theses girls cause their dance routines are normally boring and old"

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25. coolblue1922
"your wrong... new stuff does not make up for showmanship.. dolls look better because they are softer and not always trying to buck their way to the top... old or new beauty and show always wins... "

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2012
26. Lyndali Lynch
"Captain and her team looked Classic and On Point. The Best I have seen of the Dancing Dolls yet."

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27. MrOu83
..."While they the Dancing Dolls are good, they are not te best technically trained dancers in the world. They are mostly hip-hop with occasional jazz. They are not classically trained. Let's keep it real. For example, they would not fare well if forced to compete against squads in the NCAA dance team championships. There is a different standard there. What they do, they do well."

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28. kiara Hunter
"OMG East Feliciana a school in louisiana basically stole all dey moves like here is the name look at all there moves not only in this video but all of east felicianas dance team videos"

Name: East Feliciana- ESPN 11/17/12

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29. Reply
Zack Brumfield, 2013
"a lot of school from around here do southern dances. as well as ASU and JSU dances."
-snip-
"ASU" is probably Alabama State University and JSU is probably Jackson State University.

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30. kiara Hunter
"ys the lst grl always going so late for they ending pose"
-snip-
"ys" is probably a stylized form of the word "why" and lst may mean "last".

No one has answered this question yet [as of this post's publication] and I would prefer that someone directly affiliated with a jsetting squad or attending (or having attended) a HBCU answer it. However, I've learned that the last girl is the tallest member of the dance squad and is known as the "tail". From what I've read in other video's comment threads, it's traditional for the tail to extend her movements.

Btw, the tallest member of a historically Black Greek letter fraternity or sorority is also called a tail.

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VIDEO #2
My notes about the selected comments that are given above als apply to these comments.

2013
1. jbu2009
"okay..go dolls..yaw the best danceline in all hbcu of all time...lol"

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2. kgivens225
"see now these r dancers and beautiful ones at that. they dance, they don't buck jump like them girls on the other side of the damn field, rofl...."

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3. Erica Rae
"They battle with class"

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4. Wanda Furman
"I Just Notice Somethig ??? Theres No Darkskined Girls smh"

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5. AriesBoy1988
"there is one she's just not in the camera."

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6. Life With Essence
"There have been several "dark" skin girls on this team. Ever thought they chose the most talented girls, regardless of skin tone?"

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7. Keith Rogers
"Lol if you look at the dancing dolls of this season you'll see that most of the girls are brown skin even some dark skin girls."

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8. Salsadivva
"There have been plenty of dark-skinned girls as Dancing Dolls over the years. The captain of the Dolls in 2009 and 2010 was a beautful, chocolate girl who could dance her butt off!"

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9. ThrirdWardGyal
"Lol creole' people is everywhere in Louisiana dumb ass"

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10. louisianaboi08
"Y'all get on my nerves smh do any of y'all attend Southern??? If u don't Kno these girls then don't assume cause u make an ass of yourselves... Crabs can't wear weave so yea that's all there hair and yea None of these girls were weave... Black girls can't have long hair??? Y'all sound stupid... And the Dancing Dolls have all diff shades of girls so y'all can stop that light skin crap"

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11. jbu2009
"oh no doubt..i like the dolls...they are some nice lookiing ladies..but you can tell they are carefully picked..no big girls no where...lol"

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12. Michael Michael
"They are very pretty but sooo boring. No type of energy."

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13. Jerry Williams
"i would like to see one video with the captain smiling"

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14. Kendra Payne, 2014
"Why the section leader mean mugging like that"

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15. Glo Militia, 2014
"sometimes dancers don't smile if the dance is supposed to be sexy that's probably why they weren't smiling."

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16. Jin aqi
"they are so beautiful. I think not smiling too much fits with the routine, outfit, etc."

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17. 8thwonder0608
"They are battling the J-settes! No time for smiles."
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The j-settes" is the Jackson State University's dance line. The football teams on the field are competing with each other for the win. And, although it's unofficial, those university's marching bands, and their dance lines are also competing against each other.

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18. louisianaboi08
"The prettiest HBCU Danceline naturally pretty, no weaves!!! Everything on them is there's hair and all!!!"
-snip-
"Weave"= hair extensions

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19. later39
"dolls dont wear weave.

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20. louisianaboi08
"That's what I'm trying to tell them we go to school with these girls... DOLLS are not allowed to wear WEAVE!!! none of these girls wear tracks so don't try to pinpoint saying u saw a track... Just because these other schools wear a pound of weave DOLLS HAVE ALWAYS and will forever be natural!!!"

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21. jbu2009
"natural?look again...support ur school...but be real.."

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22. waterandheadphones19
"If they don't wear weave then tell me why Brittany went from having short hair one season and then hair down her back the very next. Or how Kayle went from having short hair the whole season then for the bayou classic she had hair down her back. I'm not bashing the Dolls at all they're one of my favorite dance lines but like jbu2009 said be real. " 

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2015
23. QueenCoCoaMocha
"sorry I cannot dance and be half naked with elders behind looking at me naw"

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24. kimmyw010
"Lmfaoooo elders ! I'm weak!"

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25. uniquesongstress
"FOOL, lmao. I'm deceased now, thanks a lot. Not the elders."

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2016
26. Tee Jack2000
..."i don't think anyone will ever come to close to Kayla, Dom & Asia as SWAC captains.. Next year's captains will be great but mann that crab class of 2012 was everything!"
-snip-
"crab"= new members

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Alcorn State University Golden Girls - 1990 video & 1999 video (with selected comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a five part series that showcases a pre-2013 video of the majorette dance line of a Historical Black Colleges and University (HBCU) and includes selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

Part III provides information about Alcorn University's "Golden Girls" and showcases two videos* of that majorette dance squad from the 1990s.

*I'm departing from the one video criteria of this series because these videos were shot in the 1990s and are therefore quite rare.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/jackson-state-university-jsettes-loose.html for Part I of this series. That post includes links to all of the other posts in this series.

Part I focuses on Jackson State University's "Prancing J-Settes"

Part II focuses on Alabama State University's "Stingettes."

Part IV focuses on Southern University's "Dancing Dolls"
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and

Part V focuses on Texas Southern University's "Motion of the Ocean".

Except for the majorette dance line showcased in Part I, these dance lines aren't given in any particular order. Additional HBCU dance lines will be showcased in subsequent pancocojams posts.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to members of Alcorn State University's Golden Girls now and in the past. Thanks to all those who featured in this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION AND COMMENTS ABOUT ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY AND ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY GOLDEN GIRLS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcorn_State_University
Alcorn State University (Alcorn) is a historically black comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 by the Reconstruction-era legislature to provide higher education for freedmen...

History
Alcorn State University was founded at the former Oakland College, a school for whites established by the Presbyterian Church. Oakland College closed its doors at the beginning of the American Civil War because of the outbreak of war; most students enlisted in the military. When the college failed to reopen at the end of the war, the property was sold to the state of Mississippi. It renamed the facility as Alcorn University in 1871, in honor of James L. Alcorn, then the state's governor, and established it as a land grant institution and historically black college. [4][5]

This was the first black land grant college in the country. Congress required that states with segregated educational institutions (as was maintained in all the former Confederacy) designate black land grant colleges in order to receive land grants monies for white colleges, as Congress had authorized the program to benefit students of all races. Alcorn University started with what are recognized as three historic buildings.[6]...

Sounds of Dyn-O-mite
Alcorn State University's marching band is known as the "Sounds of Dyn-O-mite" (SOD). The band has more than 200 members and was founded in the 1960s. The "Golden Girls" (GGs) is an established dance squad that has been featured with the marching band since its inception."

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Alcorn 1990 Golden Girls



redbone971, Uploaded on Feb 21, 2009

1990 edition of Alcorn Golden Girls doing their thing (this isn't my video, but I wanted to post it to show the old school GGs)

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Example #2: Alcorn State-Golden Girls 1999



MrTJ85, Uploaded on Nov 3, 2009
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MnUZEaHscA for another 1999 video of Southern [University Marching Band] & /Alcorn State [University Marching Band] - Marching In 1999
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DISCLAIMER: I arbitrarily chose these videos through YouTube surfing. I don't mean to imply that two videos could be representative of the entire history of this or any dance squad.

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SELECTED COMMENTS
These comments are given in relative chronological order, with the oldest dated comments given first, except for responses. However, these comments may not be in consecutive order.

In this comment section and others in this series I'm particularly interested in documenting vernacular terms that are used about j-setting such as "buck", "throw counts", "stands" (meaning "counts" and not stadium bleachers), "field shows", "tail" and "crabs".

I'm also interested in presenting comments that refer to the history of that particular HBCU majorette dance line and/or the changes that have been made in what has come to be known as "j-setting".

I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.

VIDEO #1
2009
1. redbone971
"I miss the old GGs. They had so much energy and such entertaining shows."

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2. catergory3kane
"The GG"S used to own the stands and the field!"

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3. redbone971
"I loved their style and energy in the 90s. They were on it."

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2010
4. misstoussaint89
"are yall seeing what i'm seeing, "goes to look at jsette vids". get with it enough said."
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"Jsettes"= Jackson State University J-Settes

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5. catergory3kane
"And they wanna say the GGs copy the Jsettes...smh.. [form of profanity referent deleted] just don't know how it ALL started!
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"smh" shake my head (in annoyance, irritation, exasperation etc.)

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6. redbone971
"@misstoussaint89 yes these are original GG counts."

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2012
7. zndavalley
I can see they are doing things that the jsettes became famous for in their later years. seems like the gg's are the originaters of those moves

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8. rchestan
"Yea, the Golden Girls are actually the first dance squad of all HBCU's... So everyone learned from them."

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9. redbone971
"old school people see that. It's the "new schoolers" that think the Golden Girls stole all of the J-settes move and style. Golden Girls have been dancing like this since they were created in the 60s."

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2013
Reply
10. dee hay
"Sorry there r not , those counts are from in 85 , an i was cap. Thank u"

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2015
11. trent johnson
"What i love abt this video is that you see the quality of every dance team from the swac in one video!! Stated before, there are some moves that the JSettes took over but i really love the parts where i can see some dance moves that the Southern U. Dancing Dolls took from. The old GGs were classy and they also know how to do a little bucking haha"

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2016
catergory3kane
12. so the Jsettes stole the GGs "salt and pepper" walk? So, who's the thief..Jsettes.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/jackson-state-university-j-settes-get.htmlto find examples of and comments about the "salt and pepper" walk (march).

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VIDEO #2
2009
1. BlackSheepp4
"those were the good days"

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2011
2. SomeLittleShoe
"Who needs to watch a pole dancer at the strip club when they have this slutty stuff at the football game!"

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3. Brandon Brown
"You can tell they had fun dancing"

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2013
4. Cameron Thomas
Hold the [profanity deleted] up these are the original golden girls u kno the ones that one the best hbcu dance line of 1999. Yeah this group outdid the j settes stinger tea dancing dolls and every other good dance lines in the south This is just one stand they did runs of more plus these are grown women let them dance how they want

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5. invadeone2o
That type dance is part of our culture, we have been brain watch
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From some of the other comments in this discussion thread, I think this commenter meant "we have been brain washed to believe that that type of dancing is nasty (too sexual).

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Alabama State University Stingettes - 2009-2010 Compilation Video (with comments & information about the 2014 & 2015 squad's captain & accomplishments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a five part pancocojams series that showcases a pre-2013 video of the majorette dance line of a Historical Black Colleges and University (HBCU) and includes selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

Part II provides information about Alabama State University's "Stingettes" and showcases a compilation video of the 2009-2010 Alabama State University Stingettes. The information section also provides information about Stingette's 2014=2014 captain Asia Martin, and the accomplishments the Stingettes' achieved in 2015.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/jackson-state-university-jsettes-loose.html for Part I of this series. That post includes links to all of the other posts in this series.

Part I focuses on Jackson State University's "Prancing J-Settes".

Part III focuses on Alcorn State University's "Golden Girls".

Part IV focuses on Southern University's "Dancing Dolls".

and

Part V focuses on Texas Southern University's "Motion of the Ocean".

Except for the majorette dance line showcased in Part I, these dance lines aren't given in any particular order. Additional HBCU dance lines will be showcased in subsequent pancocojams posts.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to members of Alabama State University's Stingettes now and in the past. Thanks to all those who featured in this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION AND COMMENTS ABOUT ASU STINGETTES
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_University
"Alabama State University, founded 1867, is a historically black university located in Montgomery, Alabama...

Marching band
Alabama State's marching band is officially known as the "The Mighty Marching Hornets" (MMH). The band has been nationally recognized and is a several time invitee to the Honda Battle of the Bands. The Mighty Marching Hornets also are stars of a Documentary/TV series. The show is called "Bama State Style" and it gives a peek at the lives of the students in the band. In 2016, MMH made an appearance in a major film entitled Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.[8] The featured auxiliary is The Sensational Stingettes, a dance line that debuted in 1977. The Stingettes have been featured in a music video and live performance with music celebrities Robin Thicke and 2 Chainz.

MMH is traditionally led by four or five drum majors. MMH and the Stingettes perform at select football games, all basketball SWAC home games, and other special events.

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From http://hbcubuzz.com/2015/09/asia-martin-more-than-an-asu-stingettes-sensation/ By hbcubuzz.com staff, Sep 28, 2015 'Asia Martin: More than an ASU Stingettes Sensation'
"You may recognize her from the big screen, music videos, or as the two-time captain of the Alabama State University Stingettes danceline. Asia Martin is dancing her way onto the scene with her uniquely raw and classy talent. We sat down to get the Buzz.

Asia, affectionately named “Slaysia” from supporters is a 20-year-old Senior, Fine Arts major studying at Alabama State University. She slays. Asia is captain of her historically black college and university’s (HBCU) for the second year and she is entering her fourth season, having made the danceline as a freshman.

Being a freshman Stingette was not what I expected. It is a lot of hard work and takes a lot of time management. You do not get to go out and party. Our [stingette] life is school, practice, and sleep. It is about dedication. If you want to be a part of the team, you have to love it.

During her reign as captain, the Alabama State Stingettes starred on reality television show “BAMA STATE Style”. The show had 5 episodes and filmed constantly throughout the season. We asked Martin to share her experiences...

Under her reign as captain the ASU Stingettes have seen several accomplishments.

HBCU Dance Competition 2015 Winners
HBCU Buzz #3 -Top 5 HBCU Dance Lines
HBCU: Best In stand Dance 2014-2015
HBCU: Best Uniforms 2014-2015
Best HBCU Captain 2014-2015"...
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRpqYRusXqY for a 2015 video of a stand performance by the Stingettes (performing in the [football stadium] stands).

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: 2009 STINGETTES



vbrot11 Uploaded on Dec 16, 2009

Compilation of the 2009-2010 Alabama State Univeristy Stingettes
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DISCLAIMER: I arbitrarily chose this video through YouTube surfing. I don't mean to imply that one video could be representative of the entire history of this or any dance squad.

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SELECTED COMMENTS
These comments are given in relative chronological order, with the oldest dated comments given first, except for responses. However, these comments may not be in consecutive order.

In this comment section and others in this series I'm particularly interested in documenting vernacular terms that are used about j-setting such as "buck", "throw counts", "stands" (meaning "counts" and not stadium bleachers), "field shows", "tail" and "crabs".

I'm also interested in presenting comments that refer to the history of that particular HBCU majorette dance line and/or the changes that have been made in what has come to be known as "j-setting".

I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only and I've added brief explanatory comments for a few of these comments. (Additions and corrections to these explanatory comments are welcome.)

2009
1. JSUalumTwirler01to03
"Absolutely wonderful season ladies...Each year your skill and precision grows, outside of just supplying the audience a look/presentation which is outstanding...I look forward to the squad growing in their dance and performing skill and Lisa continuing to take it to the next level. Each season brings about major improvement...Wonderful job ladies!!!"

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2. ElleRapheal
That WAS sIcKonINg... all the crabs names started with a J just about.. how cute
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"Sickening" is a high compliment. "Crabs"= the squad's new members

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3. ASU19992006
"Man that was all the business! I love this! 2009 was the year of the Vick, Vickie Betts that is! She took the Stingettes to a higher level and the rest of the dance squads have too catch up, lol. The Jsettes and the dolls didn't know what hit them. The Stingettes outshone them all with beauty, style, grace, creative field shows and superb stands routines. 2009 was a banner year. Thank you Stingettes for raising the bar! You represent Alabama State University very well. CLASS OF 1999!
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This commenter mentions two other Historical Black College & University (HBCU) majorette dance squads- Jackson State University's J-settes and Southern University's Dancing Dolls.

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4. chrismontrell
"The funniest thing about stingette videos is the gay dude that be in the background. You can tell dude know every move from the remarks he make during each count...lol!"
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/excerpt-from-lamont-loyd-simss-thesis-j.html for a pancocojams post that provides some information about j-setting and Black gay men. There are anecdotal accounts of Black gay men dancing in the sidelines or the bleachers along with the Jackson State University J-settes in the 1990s. Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/04/j-setting-jsus-prancing-j-settes-and.html for another pancocojams post about j-setting and gay men.

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5. antonio manson
"im reading all da comments , and everybodi saying da stingettes cant b touch ... but one thang about and 2 thangs for show ASU(albany state university) golden passionettes got dem beat .... but da stingettes looked good dis season .. i go tired of seeing da same thing in dere field show doe"
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Albamy State University's Golden Passionettes are another HBCU majorette dance squad. That university is in Albany, Georgia.

Notice the widespread custom of using the suffix "ette" in the name of many of these HBCU majorette dance squads.

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6. ASU19992006
"The Albany State Passionettes on their best day couldn't touch the Alabama State Stingettes on their worst day. Boy stop! And I have never seen the Stingettes have a bad day. They always BRING IT!"
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Notice the saying "Bring It!" That saying is the title of a reality television series about high school majorette (j-setting) squads which debuted in 2014 and is now in its third season. The television series focuses on Jackson, Mississippi's Dancing Dolls and their competitions with other j-setting squads. The high school Dancing Dolls shouldn't be confused with the HBCU Southern State University Dancing Dolls. Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It!_(TV_series) for information about that and click the Dancing Doll (television show) tag below to find a pancocojams post on this dance group.

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7. vbrot11
"@dejea08 This may be your first time "noticing" the Stingettes. Youtube them and just watch different performances throughout the 30+ years they've been on the scene. You will have a greater respect for their craft and their contribution to the world of HBCU dancing."

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2010
8. datnigjay
"the definition of a real squad."

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9. Gashlyn2010
"GREAT SQUAD! It will be a while before another team comes through that looks so well together. Victoria you worked OUT & were a beautiful captain! This was a great year for the Stingettes."

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10. Dimitri Jones
"See the thing i Love about her,, even if she messes up she plays it off and come back so HARD!!"

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11. SaddleupASU
"u better werk betts...cant waut to c ya buck this year"

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12. big mike
"The only thing i have to say is STANDS and FIELD is CLEARLY two different worlds for this squad"

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13. Courtney Allen
"OMG i can't wait to try out for them next summer.!!! i LOVE their choreography and uniforms."

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2012
14. stewievsbrian1
"This was a great video. Although im not a fan if their field routines but them' Stands' is on another level. Great captain. Great squad. Its always the past year squads that stands out. Legendary season, Stingettes."

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15. stewievsbrian1
"This was a great video. Although im not a fan if their field routines but them' Stands' is on another level. Great captain. Great squad. Its always the past year squads that stands out. Legendary season, Stingettes."

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2013

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2014

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2015
16. Ardrill Sims
"This was truly a great squad thanks to Vicky..and i think the 2013-2014 squad came the closest to this one thanks to keekee !"

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17. Brandin Jones
"i agree this squad was freaking great i was the 9th grade i remember seeing them.....an this squad this year did come close but they good to!!!!!"

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Jackson State University Jsettes - " Loose My Breath" 2004 (with selected comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a five part series that showcases a pre-2013 video of the majorette dance line of a Historical Black Colleges and University (HBCU) and includes selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

Part I provides information about Jackson State University's "Prancing J-Settes" and showcases a 2004 video
of that majorette dance group. [Update: I added another video from 2010 because that first video was so short.]

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/compilation-video-of-2009-2010-alabama.html for Part II of this series. Part II focuses on Alabama State University's "Stingettes".

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/alcorn-state-university-golden-girls.html for Part III of this series. Part III focuses on Alcorn State University's "Golden Girls".

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/southern-university-dancing-dolls-2010.html for Part IV of this series. Part IV focuses on Southern University's "Dancing Dolls".

and

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/texas-southern-university-motion-on.html for Part V focuses on Texas Southern University's "Motion of the Ocean".

Except for the majorette dance line showcased in Part I, these dance lines aren't given in any particular order. Additional HBCU dance lines will be showcased in subsequent pancocojams posts.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to members of Jackson State University's Prancing J-Settes now and in the past. Thanks to all those who featured in this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION AND COMMENTS ABOUT JSU J SETTES
From http://sonicboomofthesouth.com/history/the-prancing-j-settes/.
" "Prancing J-Settes” is the official name of the Jackson State University dance line, an auxiliary group of the Jackson State University Marching Band, “The Sonic Boom of the South.” ...

Shirley Middleton, a former majorette, initiated the concept of the majorettes abandoning their batons and dancing to popular musical selections. As the majorette sponsor, Shirley Middleton and the majorettes met with Dr. John A. Peoples, the University’s sixth president, and requested that they be permitted to “put down their batons.”

Dr. Peoples agreed and thus legends were born. In 1970, Middleton assembled 18 majorettes, and their notoriety immediately began to soar in rapid proportions...

The group was initially named the “Prancing Jaycettes.” The group’s name became official in 1971. However, in 1982, the Prancing Jaycette organization officially changed its name to Prancing J-Settes, because of a name conflict with a local organization known as the Jackson Jaycees/Jaycettes.

Shirley Middleton served as sponsor of the J-Settes from 1970-1975. In 1975, Narah Oatis was appointed the sponsor of the J-Settes. Under her leadership, the Prancing J-Settes became nationally renowned. During her reign, J-Sette marching technics such as the “Salt and Pepper,” “J-Sette Walk,” “Strut,” and “Tip Toe” were perfected. The J-Settes consisted of lines of 12-16 young ladies who marched in rows affectionately named “Short and Sassy,” “Magnificent Middle,” or a “Tall and Tough.” ...

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From http://hbcubuzz.com/2015/02/top-5-hbcu-dance-lines-2015/ Top 5 HBCU Dance Lines 2015
By HBCU Reporters - Feb 1, 2015
"Jackson State University should be very proud. With over 17% of nearly 40k votes, the J-Settes sashay their way to being the Best HBCU Dance Line for the 2014-2015 school year. The line even received honorable mention from hit television show, Dancing Doll for Life (DD4L), for originating the ‘J-Sette’ style of dance. The Jackson State University Band program began in 1971 and since this time,has raised the bar in the marching band arena. The band has several achievements including halftime performances for the New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons, and Detroit Lions."
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The top five dance lines according to the results of people who responded to this unofficial poll were the JSU J-settes, Hampton University's Ebony Fire, Alabama State University's "Stingettes", University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Golden Girls, Norfolk State University's Hot Ice Dancers.

Of course, people who posted comments to that article, disagreed with that listing. However, it's interesting that while two of the comments gave their list of the top three HBCU dance lines, JSU's J-Settes remained as #1.

The J-Settes also were ranked #1 in the 2016 version of that unofficial poll http://hbcubuzz.com/2016/03/top-5-hbcu-dance-lines-2016/ for that article. In the order of their ranking, the other four dance lines were
Alabama State University's "Stingettes", Southern University's Dancing Dolls, Hampton University's Ebony Fire, and Prairie View A&M University.'s Black Foxes.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: JSU Jsettes Loose My Breath 2004



ChicagoMarchingBands Uploaded on May 28, 2009

dancing to destinys child loose my breath at the 2004 CCC
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DISCLAIMER: I arbitrarily chose this video through YouTube surfing. I don't mean to imply that one video could be representative of the entire history of this or any dance squad.
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I'm not sure what CCC means in relationship to HBCU marching bands.

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SELECTED COMMENTS
These comments are given in relative chronological order, with the oldest dated comments given first, except for responses. However, these comments may not be in consecutive order.

In this comment section and others in this series I'm particularly interested in documenting vernacular terms that are used about j-setting such as "buck", "throw counts", "stands" (meaning "counts" and not stadium bleachers), "field shows", "tail" and "crabs".

I'm also interested in presenting comments that refer to the history of that particular HBCU majorette dance line and/or the changes that have been made in what has come to be known as "j-setting".

I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only and I've added brief explanatory comments for a few of these comments. (Additions and corrections to these explanatory comments are welcome.)

2009
MakingThaMost
"It took you 10 years to find this, LMAO!! But thank you! They showed out. Nadia had some good routines during her reign as captain. This on and Crazy In Love are the ish."
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"ish" = a clip of the word "sh&t" - the sh&t means "very good".

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Ice Kold
"who ever that bright skin chic was in the begginning of the song wit the first high kick on the left of the 50- kick was a good 1:00!!!!!"
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"Bright skin" = light skin. I think that most Black people would consider this comment to be appropriate as a means of attempting to identify a person, but we usually wouldn't refer to a Black person being "light skin" or "dark skin" for any other reason in verbal conversation.

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sojazzy06
"It was the one and only Terra Cousin of course!!!"

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2010
thesinger
"This has to be in the top ten performances of jsettes!! Glad to see this back!!"

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thesinger
"Jasma was khillin it her first two years...2nd row at 1:00"

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thesinger
"Even though they first tried this routine with snake..then they changed it to Lose My Breath..which is much better"

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Greg Traylor
"Nadia was captain 04 this was her routine"

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2011
KODAK LE'HEAUX
"Every time i watch this...i get goose bumps...the boom was just phenomenal....j settes...that routine goes down in history as one of the best routines from any college dance line...."

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2012
nevano
"@as7090 Yes Shavonda Pennel is in this clip! This was Her crab yr and let me just say a Great yr to come in, by the way 07 Captain WHoop WHoop lol
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I've read the term “crab” in comment threads for other HBCU majorette dance lines. I think it means the first year a person joined the squad (team).

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amus1calfreak
"Nobody can keep up......J-Settes had the best routine PERIOD to this song!!! This definitely goes down in the Top 10 HBCU Danceline Routines"
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"Nobody can keep up" means no other dance team can keep up with the J-Settes.

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drilladise
"Let's not forget the field was soaking wet it had rained the entire game *THEY ROCK*"

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2015
8thwonder0608
"LEGENDARY routine and performance."

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2016
ILoveMyHIU3
"People don't give Nadia enough credit. I think she was a very good captain."

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"8thwonder0608
+ILoveMyHIU She was!! She created some intricate field shows.
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"field shows"= j-sette routines that are performed on the football field

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ChicagoMarchingBands
"Nadia was one of my favorite captains! She was never over the top but had a tight squad."

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ILoveMyHIU
"+8thwonder0608 Even though Swoop was created by Afrachanna, I like how Nadia added in the transitions for Homecoming 2004. In my opinion it just flowed better than how they performed it in the years prior to 04'."

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8thwonder0608
"+ILoveMyHIU YES!! That was awesome. However, the BEST performance of Swoop was when they danced in tiger girl! It was either 99 or 2000. The routine was flawless and in my opinion the best performance in J-sette history. It was soooo good. A lost gem. I haven't seen it here on youtube since 06, 07. "

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ILoveMyHIU
"+8thwonder0608 they originally performed it in 99 while wearing a Tiger Girl then they did it again in 01. Look up JSU vs. NCAT. The footage is from 2001, if you skip to 5:45 that's when Swoop begins. The footage isn't that great but it's the only one I could find of that routine."
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w8zzptVtEw for a 2012 video of the J-Sette's performing "Swoop".

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UPDATE: VIDEO AND SELECTED COMMENTS
JSU J-Settes CCC 2010 "Field Routine"



Mic Jay, Uploaded on Nov 21, 2010

The best field this season!! IMO!

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DISCLAIMER: I arbitrarily chose this video through YouTube surfing. I don't mean to imply that one video could be representative of the entire history of this or any dance squad.
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Selected comments
[The editorial notes about how these comments are presented that are given above also apply to these selected comments.]

2010
1. karamalebro
"JSettes have the best transitions. They don't march into new ones like most HBCU dancers do. They dance into them. A+"

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2. willie covington, 2011

"i agree with you karamalebro..they do the best at transitioning than any squad ive seen on video..they dance into their formations and not walk into them..these girls just dont get enough credit,but they are always getting bashed on their videos..."

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3. mrzbugzbunny13
"Y r they doing a different routine? Just curious..."

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4. KODAK LE'HEAUX
"I could not sit still at the game watching this damn routine...i was so ecstatic, intrigued by this flawless performance....Shanketta definitely deserves an award for best captain to date....and yall gone stop haitin on Vic....she's just a naturally thick, toned, muscular girl....baby got hips, thighs, and a** lol..."
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This was how that comment was written in that discussion thread.
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"Vic" = J-Sette member "Vicky". This comment was part of an exchange about "thick" (big boned) J-Sette dancers.

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5. karamalebro
"@mrzbugzbunny13 The second set of dancers were paying a triibute to the NAACP Image Awards performance." 

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6. Lilshone287
"The Best Band in Land, and The Best Danceline that ever existed!! Shanketta is the best captain to date.. I'm really gonna miss her!"

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7. ChicagoMarchingBands
"Great routine. But Knights and cold hearted need to be retired from being jsette routines every other year"

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8. MakingThaMost
"SHANKETTA NEWSOM, TAKE A BOW!!!"

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