Ad: Bama State Orchestras at the Championship Classic (1933)

Ad: Bama State Orchestras at the Championship Classic (1933)

This newspaper advertisement for the Championship Classic football game -- Tuskegee vs. Alabama State at Montgomery, Alabama's Cramton Bowl -- features Alabama State's three orchestras, the Bama State Collegians, Revelers, and Cavaliers. All three bands performed throughout the state and beyond to raise money for the college. In 1934, the Collegians would relocate to New York City, where they would become a major professional act, rebranded as Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra.

Montgomery Advertiser, November 27, 1933.

1933-11-27

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