Drum corps, and anything besides having enough food, water and shelter will be WAY down on anyone's priorities during a complete global meltdown. I suggest investing in food storage, gold and silver, and the most important precious metal, LEAD.
The second guy from the right is Ray Weiner, '75 Madison snare. I believe this was a pic taken during a promotional shot for Ludwig; maybe January of 1975.
I do. I think they could find something better to do than pay piles of money to an activity that only serves to stroke the egos of self important "adults".
I enjoyed an activity that featured acoustic unamplified brass and percussion in an outdoor venue. Now, it is electronic everything built for an indoor venue. My drum corps finals trip will only occur every Labor Day Weekend from now on.