Music scene · Orangeburg
A small college city anchored by South Carolina State and Claflin universities, where marching bands, gospel choirs, and jazz ensembles fuel campus life and Columbia supplies the larger stages.
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A small college city anchored by South Carolina State and Claflin universities, where marching bands, gospel choirs, and jazz ensembles fuel campus life and Columbia supplies the larger stages.
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Orangeburg is a small city home to South Carolina State University and Claflin University. Its music tradition includes marching bands, gospel choirs, jazz ensembles, and college homecoming events. Columbia, forty miles east, supplies the larger regional stages.
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