TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Members of the famed Florida A&M Marching 100 say they're making their mark as a smaller, better-sounding band.
The band only started to perform again at the beginning of the 2013 football season after being suspended for more than a year in the aftermath of the 2011 death of drum major Robert Champion.
A former band member accused of being the ringleader of a brutal hazing ritual known that killed Champion was convicted Friday of manslaughter and felony hazing. The case brought into focus the culture of hazing in the band.
The Tallahassee Democrat reports that the number of band members has dropped from more than 400 participants, including some not enrolled at the school, to 162 full-time students. The band marched Saturday in the Florida A&M homecoming parade.
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