The Legendary Florida A&M University Marching Band The History of The Hundred

by Marco Maenza

Overview

Author Curtis Inabinett, Jr., dedicated himself for a seven-year period and delivers the undeniable story of the Legendary Florida A & M University Marching Band. Inabinett's extraordinary biographical display of words, vividly paints an illustrative mind's eye view of the famous band from 1946 to 2015, leaving no stones unturned in his quest to deliver the truth.
Released on November 10, 2016, this 296-page 8 by 10 full color book is filled with facts that will instill in readers why 'The Hundred' has survived as one of the top marching bands in America. Inabinett tells the story of Dr. William P. Foster, the band's creator, and how he overcame racism while an undergraduate music major student at the University of Kansas in the early 1940's. This heartfelt message reveals the power of god and perseverance, and is a must read for all lovers of marching bands, but not only that, Inabinett explores the down side of hazing in marching bands, and how 'The Hundred' came back to prominence after a self-imposed suspension in 2012 for a hazing death within its famed band.
Inabinett, who has never formally studied journalism, was awarded the first annual '2015 – 2016 Alyce Hunley Whayne Award' for his book manuscript of 'The Hundred,' and spent one week in December of 2015 at the University of Kansas' Kenneth Spencer Research Library completing research for this book.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157200794
Publisher:	Page Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	12/12/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Inspired by FAMU Marching “Band Announcer Joe Bullard” at “Dr. William P. Foster’s Memorial Wake” on the campus of Florida A & M University, Curtis Inabinett, Jr., decided to engage his skills and delivers this extraordinary biographical display of words that vividly paints an illustrative, mind’s eye, storybook picture of the “Incomparable Marching One Hundred Band.” No stones were left unturned by the author in his quest to deliver the truth. Inabinett dedicated himself for a seven-year period as he reflected back to personal experiences of his time in the band and presented a masterpiece that tells the undeniable history of “The Hundred,” which will captivate the imagination. Although Inabinett has never taken a journalism class in his life, the “University of Kansas’ Kenneth Spencer Research Library” awarded him the prestigious “Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researcher’s Academic Travel Grant” in October of 2015 to complete the research needed for this treasured book. The library’s “Kansas Collection” with funds provided by Dr. Sandra Gautt and the “National Historical and Records Commission” is a highly regarded program that documents the “African-American Experience” in the state of Kansas where Florida A & M University Bandmaster Dr. William P. Foster was born. Inabinett was born in Charleston, South Carolina and resides in the small town of Ravenel, which is only ten minutes away from the city of Charleston. Inabinett currently has the honor of being a four-term member of Council, having served from 2000 to 2009, and he won reelection bids in 2011 and 2015. After two years at Florida A & M University and a short stint at South Carolina State, Inabinett finally discovered his true calling and enrolled at the Arizona Heart Institute in Phoenix, Arizona and graduated in the highly specialized area of cardiology called echocardiography. In 1991, he became the “First totally Independent Echocardiographer in the state of South Carolina” and owner of a small mobile cardiac ultrasound service called “Cardiac Imaging & Sound.” As a “Cardiac Sonographer,” “Inabinett once worked alongside three of the top 100 Cardiologist in America” when he contracted with the “Medical University of South Carolina’s Adult Cardiology Department” and covered rural area hospitals providing “Cardiac Ultrasound Services” in conjunction with the university’s “Cardiology Outreach Programs” which operated throughout the state of South Carolina. Inabinett and his family were also on