A marching band battle

I recently took my favorite nine-year-old to see the Battle of the Bands between Lincoln University of Missouri and Langston University. Both bands put on a quite a show, and for two hours were treated to music, dance moves and cheering. The only drawback was that we were inside the gym. That made the two powerful units even louder than necessary.

The nine-year-old wanted to know if the competition was going to be like the movie Drumline? She had a ball and was very impressed. She can't wait for more.

I am so proud of Lincoln's band. My soror is the band director, and they are the bomb! They're currently competing to go to the Honda Battle of the Bands in Atlanta. I am spreading the word through Facebook, Twitter and every other social network I know telling people to vote for LU.

So do it today and every day through the end of October. www.HondaBattleoftheBands.com