Miss you dude! Crazy to think you're a senior now! WHAAAAT! haha Thanks for your dedication and passion for the activity and have a great senior year!

lol RIGHT!! Maintain people!

Cameron Leonard that's a perfect description of my school

Cameron Leonard Honestly if you record your Drumline and put it on the Internet you can get recognition! Post fire clips on Instagram and hit relevant hashtags and you will start to get a following. The community is always looking out for great lines, you just have to put yourself out there! 👊🏽🔥

Hey Ricardo! Thanks for the feedback! Remember that this was shot with a wide angle lens, so angles of straight lines will be slightly distorted. This is also something that was addressed every day all season and was something that we continued to work towards until the last performance. Parallel forearms, wrist angle, elbow position, angle of the stick, rotation of the stick/mechanics, mallet placement in the hand, body posture, drum placement in relationship to the body, are things addressed every rehearsal. All of the drums were set to the correct height for each individual performer at the beginning of the season and sometimes were even adjusted if the student grew over the semester. With younger students, sometimes the retention level doesn't move as fast as the expectation, but this group of students worked very hard and did their best at every rehearsal. With that being said, you are 100% right! There is always more to learn and watching videos like this is a great way to not only critique the students, but critique yourself as an educator as well! This happens to be one moment captured in time, but I do these head cam videos all season and watch them to critique my own teaching. I do make videos for the students to critique themselves, and I also make judge tapes during rehearsal run-throughs, but many of these videos I make for myself to strengthen the way I communicate information to my students. Because we are all students on the field! Thanks so much for your kind words! Always working to improve at everything I do! Have a great day dude! Sincerely, Mark Perrett Battery Coordinator, Tarpon Springs HS

Should have seen them live!

2014 especially

Yes. It was snowing outside while they were doing this. Typically the pre-competition practices are done outside. Luckily for them, this one was not.

RuleplayGreaterThan Roleplay "snowing" "tarpon springs"

Actaully this is in Ohio before Grand nationals this place is called bubble dome

Its the temporary indoor facility at the University of Cincinnati

Thanks so much! They are such a great group of students! I am blessed to work with them! I used a GoPro Hero 3 Black (1080p/60fps)💯🙌🏽

Same here. Praying for him and hope he has a quick recovery.

Joseph Meacham I'm back in action 😎

It was a science project for sure! We had battery packs strapped to the drums with RGB switches. Each switch combination created a different color from the LED light switch. The performers had to switch the lights manually which was a challenge to line up together and go in and out of musical performance. The light company we purchased from is no longer around and a lot of it was re-wired by band parents. Maybe check out the Western Carolina University drumline in 2012 and see if they have any light specs!! Sorry, wish we could be more help! Western Carolina University drumline in 2012: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z696pbGb2NmvlYE.html

The students in this video actually! 2014 was the first year with a full battery!

That makes this video even more amazing. Is this the best high school line I have seen? No, but for a first year group . . . damn.

TheGridBookSeries what do you mean by "full battery"?

There was a year prior to the one featured in this video when they marched only a snare line. A full battery would include tenors and basses (and sometimes cymbals).

Inspadave oh ok

2014 was the first year Tarpon Springs High School Band had a full battery on the field including Snare Drums, Tenor Drums, and Bass Drums. Before that it was a snare line only (2011-2013) and before that there was no marching percussion element on the field. Mark Perrett (Co-Author of The Grid Book Series) became Battery Coordinator in 2013. This footage is from Mark Perrett's Head Camera during BOA Finals Week rehearsal in 2014.

TheGridBookSeries is there any particular reason why? There certainly wasn't a lack of talent! Fantastic line

their book was a little simple comparatively.

Kevin Ford drill is no joke!!

lmao

Peh Lay it’s a 16th note rhythm (1e+a2) with a LRRRL sticking. The second right hand is with the back of the stick.

Jackson DiGiovanna I’m not doubting you, but are you positive this is what it is? Just like to know because I really want to learn it

Peh Lay Yeah 100%! I’m actually the center in this video 😂 best of luck to you!

Jackson DiGiovanna ohh shit! Thanks man I appreciate, you guys were also amazing in the video btw!!!🤙

Jackson DiGiovanna also any tips on how to do the release, I think it’s cool as heck!!!

Yep! For one day every two years! lol