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Human Jukebox Marching Band's Inauguration Day performance makes 4

The band's performance was showcased in the We Are One virtual Inauguration Day event, broadcasted live online and on TV on Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS — The video above is from Mardi Gras 2020. The Inaugural Day performance is embedded below.

The Human Jukebox Marching Band's performance during President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris's inauguration marks the fourth Inauguration Day performance for Southern University.

The band's performance was showcased in the We Are One virtual Inauguration Day event, broadcasted live online and on TV on Wednesday. 

Many Southern University fans rejoiced on Twitter to see the Human Marching Band perform. You can watch the video below.

Southern University's Twitter account emphasized that the performance was the fourth for the Human Jukebox Marching Band, sharing videos of those performances.

Here is a collection of those performances:

Southern University is a historically Black university.

Because of the pandemic and measures to stop its spread amongst Louisianans, Southern University's annual performance at the Bayou Classic was rescheduled and moved from New Orleans in November 2020 to Shreveport in April 2021.

New Orleans canceling Mardi Gras parades for 2021 because of the pandemic will further limit when and where to see the band play

It's fair to say fans were disappointed in October after officials announced the Bayou Classic was moved and rescheduled.

The Bayou Classic — an annual battle of the bands and a football match pitting Southern against Grambling — was rescheduled and moved from New Orleans in November 2020 to Shreveport in April 2021.

The document from the Presidential Inaugural Committee said the limitations will reflect Biden and Harris's "commitment to protecting the health safety of Americans while demonstrating the strength and resilience of our country."

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