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The George N. Parks Drum Major Academy (DMA) is a nationwide summer camp for high school drum majors. It was founded in 1978 by George N. Parks. The Drum Major Academy is held at various locations around the United States, by 2010 the academy drew up to 3,000 students each year. [4]
The George N. Parks Drum Major Academy is a nationwide summer academy for high school drum majors and majorettes. It was founded in 1978 by George N. Parks . Held at various locations around the United States, by 2010 the academy drew up to 3,000 students each year.
Drum majors and dancers of Jefferson Davis High School, an HBCU-style high school band, shown during the Rex parade in 2020. Members of the Florida A&M University marching band perform during a "breakdown" in 2008. The Winston-Salem State University band in 2019, exhibiting the high step with upper body swing typical of HBCU band marching style.
Clayton Callender first got interested in being a drum major after watching TBDBITL perform as a high school freshman.
The band begins in a "Block O" formation. Then, to the tune of "Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse", the drum major leads a "peeling-off" movement that snakes across the field, forming the letters "OHIO" in cursive. At the climax of this drill maneuver, the drum major leads a sousaphone player to stand as the dot of the "i." Dotting the "i" is ...
He graduated from Christiana High School in 1971, and was the Drum Major of the high school's marching band. [1] He earned a bachelor's degree from West Chester University, where he was the drum major in the West Chester University Golden Rams Marching Band. [2] At West Chester, Parks was initiated into the Rho Sigma chapter of Phi Mu Alpha ...
The Madison Central High School Marching Band, based in Richmond, took first place in the state finals held at Eastern Kentucky University’s Roy Kidd Stadium on Saturday night.
Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, [25] was a member of a marching band in high school. He attended Hot Springs High School in Arkansas and performed as a saxophone player while later serving as drum major for the band. [26] He is the only U.S. President to have been a member of a marching band. [27]