In The News – What It’s Like Spending Summer In The Drum Corps

Most students spend their summers going on vacation to new places, pursuing internships or working at easy jobs. But for a select few across the country, the perfect summer day is twelve hours, burning to a crisp in the hot sun, playing music and marching on football fields.

Alexander Chung, a sophomore Music Education major, has been a part of drum corps for the past two summers playing the mellophone and marching physically demanding drills as a member of the Madison Scouts and Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps in the Drum Corps International. Chung remembers the long days.

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