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[Crowd Cheering]
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Fox Sports Announcer:
It all started 40 years ago...
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with 2 Atlanta bands...
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Atlanta A&T
and Morris Brown College...
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putting on a small competition...
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to raise money to purchase uniforms.
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A humble beginning
for what has grown...
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into a bandaholic's
dream weekend here in Georgia.
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Today's B.E.T. Classic
brings in over 50,000 fans...
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to the Georgia Dome...
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and an even bigger
television audience.
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Over the years,
the competition has become slicker...
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and much more glitzy.
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With reigning champion
Morris Brown...
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you know what to expect.
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5 of the South's best
competing for top honors...
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$50,000, and a year's-worth
of bragging rights.
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Woman: ## Oh, say ##
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## Does that star-spangled ##
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## Banner yet ##
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## Wave ##
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## O'er the land of the free ##
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## And the home ##
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## Of the ##
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## Brave ##
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## You keep bumping me
against the wall ##
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## Yeah, I know
I let you slide before ##
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## But until you seen me ##
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## Trust me ##
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## You ain't seen bouncin' back ##