'89 Blue Devils snares

LSU GRAD 82

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Your Drum Corps Experience:No actual corps experience. Eight years in large corps style college marching band at L.S.U.
Your Favorite Corps:Historically: Cavaliers. Runners Up: Old school (Before the "Artsy Fartsy" Fall) Blue Devils, Madison, Cadets, Spirit of Atlanta, Velvet Knights, Bridgemen.......
Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any):1980 Cavaliers/Spirit of Atlanta/Bridgemen/Madison/Crossmen/Cadets. 1989 Santa Clara Phantom. 1995 Madison. 2000 Cadets. 2006 Blue Devils Godfather. Cavaliers Four Corners, Fight Club, James Bond, Machine, 2008 Crown. 2008 Phantom.
Your Favorite Drum Corps Season:1980
Gender:Male
Location:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Interests:Competition Pipe Band. Scuba. Swimming with wild Dolphins/Freediving. Beach Combing/Shell Collecting. Target Archery. L.S.U. and Saints football. New Age-Metaphysical topics. The "Drum and Trumpet Corps" activity that's evolved into what's currently D.C.I. (Hybrid Marching Symphony/Wind Ensemble/Theater/Ballet/Opera)

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Posted August 6, 2008

Hopefully they improved the brackets for the lugs. Those things used to pop left and right. That, plus week bass drum rims and rim claws were what killed that line (mis-management by Premier aside).

Premier IS and has always been the big name in Pipe Band percussion. They are coming out very soon now with the new HTS-800 (replaces the HTS-700) which is supposed to be the "new and improved" all that ends all Pipe Band snare drum. The new model production and design is being supervised by Jim Kilpatrick. All the weaknesses of the previous model are "supposed" to be eliminated. Premier has even partnered with an American company (Grover Pro Percussion) to handle distribution and make "service" a lot easier than it has been. We shall see.........