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English: Staff Sergeant Kady Miller leads the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band in the 75th Anniversary Liberation of Guam Parade in Hagatna, Guam in July 2019. She is pictured in Blue Dress D uniform with ceremonial drum major baldric and holding a drum major mace in left hand while saluting with the right.
Drum major of the Household Division (Welsh Guards) with bearskin headdress and ceremonial mace. A drum major in the military is the individual leading a military band or a field unit (corps of drums, fanfare band, pipe band or drum and bugle corps). It is an appointment, not a military rank.
Led by the drum major, the band takes the field for its traditional pregame performance. LSU Marching Band, The Golden Band From Tiger Land, October 5, 2019, Tammy Anthony Baker, Photographer The Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band (also called the Golden Band from Tigerland or simply the Tiger Band) is the marching band of Louisiana ...
A Tambour-Major of the French Imperial Guard (historical reenactment). The position of drum major originated in the British Army with the Corps of Drums in 1650. [citation needed] Military groups performed mostly duty calls and battle signals during that period, and a fife and drum corps, directed by the drum major, would use short pieces to communicate to field units.
[3] [4] The drum major attempted a mace toss as he passed the reviewing stand. The wind blew the mace and it fell to ground, bouncing once. The drum major caught the mace off the bounce and still rendered a proper salute to the reviewing officer. Foch supposedly yelled 'hoity-toity' (show-off in French) in response to the drum major's display ...
The ceremonial leader of the band is known as the Bugle Major, who stands as a version of the Drum major. Unlike other military drum majors, the bugle major utilizes a shorter mace that is carried at the side of the torso. When preparing to march, the commander of the guard call out: "Bugle Major!", to which the actual Bugle Major responds with ...
Drum Majors and Assistant Drum Majors of the Marching Chiefs fulfill ceremonial as well as musical positions of leadership within the band. One of the most significant and visible responsibilities of the Drum Major is the pre-game strut, which includes a 40-yard strut and mace toss prior to the beginning of the Marching Chiefs' pre-game show.
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