In 1921, Paul ‘Spotts’ Emrick decided that the “All-American” Marching Band needed something to set them apart from other bands. Emrick’s idea called for a bass drum larger than any other. The idea ...

Terry Crews marked his experience at the 109th Indianapolis 500 by striking Purdue University's World's Largest Drum.

the CEO of a technology start-up in San Francisco who played bass drum in the Marching 100 for two years. “It’s not just something people from FAMU are proud of. It’s something that black ...

A two-week camp of students learning how to march, play instruments and spin flags for their ... a senior and one of the drum majors for the band. She also started marching in the high school ...

SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It's all part of marching season ... So you can see the Union flags sitting out of windows and kids twirling batons. You can hear the bass drums and the flutes in the ...

It was here that concert and marching band standards were adapted ... By many accounts, New Orleans is also where the bass drum pedal first gained widespread popularity, making it possible ...

“(Mia) has been involved in marching band and indoor drumline going back since she was in the sixth grade at Jordan Elbridge. She has marched everything from bass drum, quads, to flute and is ...

The thunk-thunk-thunk of bass ... drums reverberated in the damp October air. “Straight ahead, band, you got to be lookin’ straight ahead,” James Perry, director of the Eastern High School ...

EAST LANSING — Michigan State University Marching ... be a drum major again." Jewell auditioned for MSU's band before her freshman year and spent two years carrying a Big 10 school flag onto ...

The Midwest native was seen striking the drum ... a traditional bass drum, with lugs designed to be tuned by hand instead of a drum key. The drum crew is involved in all of the marching band's ...