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The Ocean of Soul performs for the
Texas Governors Inaugural Parade
Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul Drum majors with the
Texas A&M University Drum majors at the Governors Inaugural Parade
F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 5
TSUNAA Ocean Alumni Chapter Volume 1, Issue 5
Ocean Beat The Official Publication of the Texas Southern University
National Alumni Association Ocean of Soul Chapter
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Letter from the President
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As we celebrate into Black History Month, we must remember that we should never forget our past and strive to preserve our past.
After a successful Installation Cere-mony and first meeting, we are excited
with anticipation that we are going to have a successful year. Alumni mem-bers were full of ideas and are ready to
get to work making our Alumni Asso-ciation a model for others to follow.
For those of you who missed our initial meeting, we look forward to meeting and working with you in the future.
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Texas Southern University
Alumni Association
Ocean of Soul Chapter
Chapter Officers
Garnet Foster
President
Joselyn Coats
V. P. of Membership
Nita Dupaty Williams
V. P. of Finance
Kevin Jernigan
Treasurer
Pamela Scott
Recording Secretary
Cynthia Gardner
Corresponding Secretary
Leonard Faniuel
Sergeant At Arms
Donald Greer
Parliamentarian
Khary Boykins
Financial Secretary
Donald Black
Communications
Ocean of Soul
Alumni Association
P.O. Box 88155
Houston, Texas 77288
oceanalumni@gmail.com
Texas Southern University National Alumni Association President Julia Askew
performing the installation ceremony for the 2015 Ocean of Soul Alumni
Association Officers
OOSAA 2015 Chapter Officers
Installation Ceremony
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T S U N A A O C E A N A L U M N I C H A P T E R V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5
TSUs New 800-Bed Freshman Student Housing Becomes Reality
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Construction is well underway on the $41.5 million, 215,000-square-foot New Student Resident Housing Com-
plex. Houston-based architectural firm Harrison Kornberg in collaboration with Lord, Aeck, Sargent were awarded the contract to design the seven-story building that will include social and study areas on all residential floors.
Other amenities include: a dining hall, locker storage, a laundry on all residential floors, a convenience store, roof terrace and a gaming area. The rooms are double occupancy with a shared restroom. Pepper-Lawson Construc-
tion/ Horizon International Group started the project on February 28, 2014 and is expected to complete con-struction in August 2015. The 800-bed facility will allow Texas Southern to house nearly all of its incoming fresh-men on campus.
Currently, the university has six student housing complexes: Urban Academic Village, Lanier East, Lanier West, University Courtyard, Tierwester I and Tierwester II. There are 1,300 students living in campus housing. Reprinted from D-Mars Magazine
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Ocean of Soul Schedule
February 2015
Monday,
February 8
Black History Program H&PE Arena
5:30 PM7:30 PM
Tuesday
February 10
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade
Downtown Houston 9AM
Saturday,
February 14
Black History Performance
Terrell, Texas 10AM
Tuesday
February 20
Black History Month Parade
Forney, Texas 10 AM
Thursday
February 22
Black History Month Community Parade
Houston, Texas 4PM
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If you want to submit
information to the Ocean of Soul Alumni Newsletter, please email information to: Oceanalumni@gmail.com
or mail to:
Ocean of Soul Alumni Association P.O. Box 88155
Houston , Texas 77288
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OCEAN FLASHBACK
Mr. Ronald B. Thornton served as an assistant director of the Forest Brook Senior High School Marching Jaguar Band and the Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul Marching Band. Mr. Thornton would later became the Head Band Director of the Mighty Willowridge Eagle Band from 1988 -2009.
Mr. Thornton was a member of numerous organizations, some of which include: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, Pershing Rifles Military Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmas-ters Fraternity, Tau Beta Sigma Band Sorority Honorary Member, Professional Mu-sician Local 65, Texas Black Music Educators - Vice President, Texas Bandmasters Association, National Association of College Band Directors, Texas Music Educators Association, International Association of Jazz Educators, Texas Exes & The College of Education-The University of Texas.
In his memory, the Texas Southern University National Alumni Association Ocean of Soul Chapter established the Ronald B. Thornton Scholarship Foundation. The recipients shall be university band students who have exemplified outstanding leadership as band members as well as in the classroom.
Please Support the Ronald B. Thornton Scholarship Fund
Support The Ronald B. Thornton Scholarship
The Ocean of Soul performing in the Houston Astrodome
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P A G E 6
Ocean Alumni
Mervin Campbell,
Curtis Watson and
Emmanuel Steib
were part of the
original members of
The Soul Rebels
Lumar LeBlanc
Co Founder
Soul Rebels
Ocean Alumnus 1990
Funk Train 1985 1987
Bass Drum
Alumni Spotlight
The Soul Rebels started with an idea shared between founding members Derrick Moss and Lumar LeBlanc to play the music they loved on the radio in the New Orleans Brass Band tradition that they grew up on. Together with a group of young, like-minded play-ers from all over New Orleans, they formed the Soul Rebels and set out to make their mark on the music they love.
The band came to be when LeBlanc and Moss met as per-cussionists in New Or-leans iconic Dejeans Young Olympia Brass Band. The two were steeped in the fundamen-tals of New Orleans jazz, but inevitably, contemporary styles of music began to catch their attention. We wanted to
make our own sound without disrespecting the brass tradi-tion, LeBlanc recalls, so we knew we had to break away. They found a new direction when they spun off and formed their own band and set out to make the music they wanted to make.
Graduates of university music programs throughout the South, the group took the marching band format they had learned in school and in-corporated influences from outside the city as well as R&B, funk and hip-hop espe-cially through half-sung, half rapped lyrics On their travels, the Soul Rebels shared the stage with notable artists from
many corners of the music world, including Metallica, Green Day, Maceo Parker, Galactic, Karl Denson, Slick Rick, Suzanne Vega and David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics, as well as billings with Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Arcade Fire, Alabama Shakes, Estelle, Seal, Cee Lo Green, and Dr. John among others. The Soul Rebels have been a mainstay at festivals all over the world. From the Bonnaroo main stage and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, to Electric Forest and the Antibes Jazz Festival, to recent festival ap-pearances at the Perth Interna-tional Jazz Festival in Australia and the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta.
The Soul Rebels Front Row: Julian Gosin, Derrick Moss, Marcus Hubbard. Back Row: Lumar LeBlanc, Erion Williams, Edward Lee, Jr., Paul Robertson, Corey Peyton
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T S U N A A O C E A N A L U M N I C H A P T E R V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5
Experience Tiger Basketball
Listen to all TSU Basketball games live on KTSU-FM 90.9
Monday
February 2
Alabama A & M
H&PE Arena 7:30
Saturday
February 7
Prairie View A & M
H&PE Arena 7:30 PM
Saturday
February 21
Mississippi Valley State
H&PE Arena 7:30 PM
Monday
February 23
Alabama A & M
H&PE Arena 7:30 PM
Tuesday
Saturday
March 10-14
SWAC Tournament
Toyota Center, Houston TBA
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Ocean Alumni Association assists at
the Honda Battle of the Bands Recruiting Fair
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Members of the Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul Alumni Association traveled to Atlanta Geor-
gia to participate in the Honda Battle of The Bands College Expo.
The recruiting team fielded inquiries from 175 applicants that expressed interest in the Texas Southern
University.
Special thanks to Khary Boykin, Jacqueline Brock, Joselyn Coats, Aaron Georgetown, Booker Linkhorn,
Juan Morrison, Paul Mitchell, who helped make this recruiting opportunity a success.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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T S U N A A O C E A N A L U M N I C H A P T E R V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5
Texas Southern University National Alumni Association
Ocean of Soul Chapter
The purpose of The Ocean of Soul Alumni Association is to uplift and preserve the strong
traditions and legacy of the historic Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul Marching
Band. We will do this through financial and physical support, social and political net-
working among alumni, undergraduate and friends of the Ocean and assisting potential
and current students involved in the university band program
If you want to submit
information to the Ocean of Soul Alumni Newsletter, please email information to:
Oceanalumni@gmail.com
or mail to:
Ocean of Soul Alumni Association
P.O. Box 88155
Houston , Texas 77288
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