Band students at Langston travel to New Orleans during Mardi Gras

Band students from Langston University traveled to New Orleans during Mardi Gras.”We’ve been in Montgomery, Alabama, we left from there, to Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and then Homer, so that’s four cities,” stated Mark Gordon, director of bands at Langston.Band students have been on a marathon of performances within the final week, having performed in competitions and parades in 4 cities since Thursday.”We did the battle of the bands, which was Saturday, and then from there, we left that Saturday night, and came down here to Baton Rouge, checked into our hotel, and did three parades,” Gordon stated.They’ve had to prepare to do it too. The highway journey began with the Honda Battle of the Bands in Montgomery.”The big thing about parades is they have to work on endurance, so when I say endurance, we had to do a lot of laps around the track, and marching the campus,” Gordon stated.The band was additionally in New Orleans during Mardi Gras after the Battle of the Bands was moved again this 12 months.”It just fell the same weekend. They moved everything so it just fell right. We made it one big trip,” Gordon stated.They headed again to Oklahoma Tuesday night time.”We’re going to take this 13-hour ride back to Langston Oklahoma, and we should be back around seven in the morning,” Gordon stated.Top HeadlinesLady taken to hospital after home explosion in Canadian CountyOKCFD: Arson suspect claims he was attempting to kill snakes in condominium wallsFlames trigger roof to collapse at vacant Oklahoma City buildingMidtown District eating places providing $10 lunches this week44-year-old girl dies in skydiving accident in japanese OklahomaSuspect on run, two individuals injured after taking pictures at OKC condominium complicated