Sizzle

'96 Scouts during the soft mello solo at the beginning of Maleguena you can hear a group of people yell "SPANK ME!!!" followed immediately with a "SHUT UP!" from some angry dude. I have always thought it sounded like the same group of guys who did the "I'm still wet" during BD '94. Check it out if you have the recordings.

If they ever did tie into a school, one could almost guarantee it would be West Chester University. It'd be a perfect match.

Yeah, you stole the words right out of my mouth.

I just want to say as a former timpanist Div 1 finalist that there are alot of issues that lead to what you have observed. I believe the biggest one is that alot of pit instructors rely on their timpanists to self-teach whenever possible due to the multitude of tasks pit instructors face (marimbas and vibes playing together, impacts, ensemble issues, etc). Another thing is many drum corp timpanists do not receive lessons from professional timpanists. I was never able to find one close enough to where I lived. What the activity needs are more people like you who specialize in timpani and are willing to help out. In all seriousness, e-mail some percussion caption heads and ask them if they would be interested in having you come in for a winter camp or for a day during spring training. It wouldn't hurt. I sure could've used some help back in the days.