Drumline Blog

SPOTLIGHT: Music City Mystique

Peter -- The Percussion LAB — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:13:36 +0000

What can I say? They did it again. Amazing notes, great performances from the members, and a truly believable character that fuels the whole show. The front ensemble started their lot with a gorgeously powerful piece called “Land”, a marimba solo arranged by their center Angelo Outlaw. MCM has arguably been the best front ensemble [...]

SPOTLIGHT: Rhythm X

Peter -- The Percussion LAB — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:56:48 +0000

One of the most innovative ways lights were used as the new rule was passed. The whole program was paced very well and maximized their moments with visual and music integration to the extreme! The snare line was amazing with very fast singles to diddle patterns to paradiddle variations. Great clarity and quality of sound [...]

WGI 2012 World Finals Results

Ryan — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:08:45 +0000

California Sweeps Gold in Independent and Scholastic World Class while Dartmouth HS was a close second in Scholastic with only a .0500 between them and Chino Hills HS. Here are the placements from Saturday’s Finals: Independent Marching World 1st place: 97.088 Riverside Community College 2nd place: 95.500 Music City Mystique 3rd place: 94.825 Pulse Percussion [...]

Owasso Drumline Snare Cam

Ryan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:46:20 +0000

For the last home football game before BOA Grand Nationals, we hooked up a GoPro HD Hero camera to the carrier of one of the snare drummers. Here is the end result:

HOW TO: Change Marching Snare Heads

Ryan — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:29:14 +0000

We’re in the middle of the marching season and it’s time for a head change. Whether the drumheads are worn out, lost their ability to tune, or have water damage from that torrential downpour at the last football game, drumheads need to be changed at least a couple times a season. If you are a [...]

Lee Beddis Leaves Crown for Madison Scouts

Ryan — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:23:08 +0000

Lee Beddis has been announced as the Percussion Caption Head and Battery Arranger for the Madison Scouts. This ends a run at Carolina Crown that lasted from 2007-2011 and placed them in the mix as one of the top percussion programs every year. He returns to the Scouts where he was the Percussion Coordinator in [...]

The Cadets Win the 2011 DCI World Championship

Ryan — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:22:16 +0000

In a tight race to the finish, The Cadets win the 2011 DCI World Championship with a Final Score of 98.35. The Cadets swept the GE caption with 1st place finishes in all subcaptions, won the Music Ensemble subcaption and tied the Blue Devils for the overall Music Caption. The Blue Devils finished in [...]

Cadets Win DCI Semifinals

Ryan — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:39:34 +0000

The 2011 DCI World Championship Semifinals results are in and for the second night in a row, The Cadets pulled ahead of the Blue Devils to win the DCI World Championship Semifinals. The Cadets scored a 97.80 while the Blue Devils ended up with a 97.30 – at this point it is still anyone’s to [...]