The Power Sound of the South

Power Sound of the South
Power Sound of the South
School	North Carolina State University
Location	Raleigh, NC
Conference	ACC
Founded	c. 1910
Director	Dr. Paul Garcia
Assistant Director	Mr. Chris Branam
Members	365 (2019 season)
Fight song	"The NC State Fight Song, The Red and White Song"
Website	Official website Drumline Website

The Power Sound of the South is the marching band of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. While the band serves as ambassadors to the university in a number of settings, their primary function is to support the NC State football team both at home in Carter–Finley Stadium and on the road. The Power Sound of the South performs at all home football games and select away games. The band has also represented NC State internationally, in countries including Ireland, Spain, and France.

North Carolina State University does not offer music as a major, instead only offering a music minor program. Even so, 345+ students participate in the marching band at NC State each year.

The band performs the same pregame show for all football games, but plays 4-5 different halftime shows throughout the course of the football season. The pregame show includes sprinting out of the tunnel and onto the field, the "dirty shuffle", the NC State Fight Song, The Star-Spangled Banner, Red and White, the NC State Alma Mater, and various excerpts from John Philip Sousa's marches. Recent halftime show themes include Daft Punk, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Summer of '69, The Latin Show, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Phantom of the Opera, The Incredibles, US Armed Forces appreciation, Bohemian Rhapsody, and The Greatest Showman. In addition to the field shows, the band plays a large variety of pep tunes in the stands to engage and excite the football fans. Some of the favorites being Talkin' Out the Side of Ya Neck, Hey Baby!, Impressions, Hungry Like the Wolf, Game of Thrones Theme, and Victorious.

Instrumentation of the group consists of a drumline (bass drums, snare drums, tenor drums, cymbals) piccolos, clarinets, alto saxophones, tenor saxophones, trumpets, mellophones, tenor trombones, marching baritones, bass trombones (starting in 2013), and sousaphones.

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NC State Wolfpack football
Venues	Riddick Stadium (1907–1965) Carter–Finley Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson: Textile Bowl East Carolina North Carolina South Carolina Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Mr. Wuf "Fight Song" Norris Cup The Power Sound of the South
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Marching bands of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division	Screaming Eagles (Boston College) Tiger Band (Clemson) Marching Chiefs (Florida State) The Cardinal Marching Band (Louisville) The Power Sound of the South (North Carolina State) Band of the Fighting Irish (Notre Dame) Pride of the Orange (Syracuse) Spirit of the Old Gold and Black (Wake Forest)
Coastal Division	DUMB (Duke) Marching Yellow Jackets (Georgia Tech) Band of the Hour (Miami) The Marching Tar Heels (North Carolina) Pitt Band (Pittsburgh) Cavalier Marching Band (Virginia) The Marching Virginians (Virginia Tech)