'Just amazing': FAMU head drum major appears in Oscars performance

The FAMU Marching 100's first female head drum major has performed on many stages before, but the 2026 Oscars is the latest ...
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John Shearer: Pioneering UT Drum Major Kelly Ballard Now Leading Musicians At GPS

Like some of the songs she gets her students to play, Kelly Ballard has a naturally upbeat way of discussing her life and time as a music and band teacher at Girls Preparatory School. She has been ...

Pride of the Southland's first female drum major reflects on historic role

For Women's History Month, we talk to Kelly Ballard, who in 2005 went from playing piccolo to leading the Pride of the ...
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Florida A&M's head drum major makes historic appearance at the Oscars

Florida A&M head drum major Oluwamodupe "Dupe" Oloyede has had quite a couple of weeks. First, she and her line sisters crossed over as the newest members of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma ...