About Alcorn State's Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite

The Sounds of Dyn-O-mite (SOD) is a 190+ member band that has performed all around the world. SOD is under the direction of Dr. Everson Martin.

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Alcorn State University's marching band was founded in the 1960s by Samuel Griffin who began directing the Alcorn State University (then Alcorn A&M College) marching band beginning in 1968.

 

In 1968 the late Samuel Griffin also founded the Golden Girls, aka GG’s, who were the first dance line to perform as a featured squad with choreographed movements to an HBCU’s marching band’s live tunes. In the fall of 1968, the world-renowned Golden Girls made their national debut in Miami, Florida during the Orange Blossom Classic. 

 

According to records, no one had ever seen a female dance team perform during halftime of a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) football game. A silence fell upon the crowd as the original eight regal, African-American ladies took the field.  

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For more about the Alcorn State's SOD visit, www.soundsofdynomite.com