I loved the Fourth of July. I mean, as an 11-year-old back in those halcyon days of the ‘50’s, who wouldn’t have? Up in the ...

Oluwamodupe Oloyede MIAMI – Oluwamodupe Oloyede made history when she became the first female head drum major for Florida A&M University’s famed Marching ...

With those heat indexes across the tri-state, one group in Evansville is taking precautions for outdoor practices.

Kathleen Martinez Born in Upton, Wyoming in 1938, Kay attended Upton High School where she was a drum majorette, actively involved in choir, and the cheerleading team. She attended Chadron State ...

Florida A&M University has announced that a woman will be head drum major for the first time in the HBCU’s marching band ...

Oluwamodupe Oloyede has been named the new head drum major of the Florida A&M University Marching 100. She will lead the band ...

History made. Oluwamodupe “Dupe” Oloyede becomes the first female Head Drum Major of FAMU’s legendary Marching “100.” ...

MALAYBALAY CITY (PIA) — Saint Peter National High School, a small public school in a remote village in Malaybalay City, was named the 2025 National Drum and Lyre Champion during the competition held ...

Drum majorettes or “drummies” first appeared in the 1970s with marching girls performing in street parades. Today, in many South African schools, it is a competitive sport. When Karin Verster first ...

Diane graduated from Stoughton High School in 1968, where she was proud of being a drum majorette in the band. Diane worked at the UW-Madison Campus in various departments, ...

In the city’s only public high school, a dozen drum majorettes strutted up & down the gym. The 40-piece school band blared away. Allentown’s basketball team, ...

In her memoir “The Harder I Fight the More I Love You,” the singer-songwriter recounts her hardscrabble childhood and a wayward path to success.