With pride!: Just read a post about someone bashing their Drum Major (no not you with the post about band leadership)
Drum Majors are students , just like you. They have feelings , needs , and lives outside of band (even just a little. When you bash them on tumblr , they get hurt more than you know.
They’re trained to hold up their head no matter what. That is sometimes the hardest thing. Most…
The Hardest thing about being a Drum Major is…
By general Consensus is a tie between:
1.) The constant pressure
2.) Having to maintain authority while maintaining some kind of a relationship.
(Friendship/significant other.)
You’re welcome.
Here it is - an official post drum majors of DCI (mostly 2011 season, but some previous). (I may have to do another post because this is the max number of pictures allowed!)
Crediting fuckyeah-spirit-of-atlanta for the SOA DM.
i still get chills every time i watch this. eyes with pride.
This is from George N. Parks memorial service, the UMMB playing their signature “My Way.
“And now, the end is near,
And so I face the final curtain.
My friends, I’ll say it clear;
I’ll state my case of which I’m certain.
I’ve lived a life that’s full -
I’ve travelled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.”
