Seventh, eighth graders prepare for drum line next year
May 30, 2014
Each year, the students in seventh and eighth grade move up to the varsity drum line for the school. Since this is happening, they have to learn some new songs and practice the older songs so they can fix any mistakes they had before. World Geography teacher, Shawn Cerully, is the drum line director. He tells the drum line what to do at football games, assemblies and concerts. The drum line also performs in parades with the whole band. The band is broken up into sections. If each section played by itself, it would sound the same as it would with everyone else included.
Drum line conductor, Shawn Cerully, shows the snare drummers how to play a certain part to “George of the Jungle”. Photo by Hannah BarrThe drum line practices their songs for next year. During their practice, they had to do the songs like they were supposed to. Photo by Hannah BarrCerully talks to the drummers about next year. He was explaining how the football games went and talked about the designs for their shirts and hoodies. Photo by Hannah BarrEighth grader Tim McCall jumps for one of the songs. Each song had a short dance that they had to learn to make it more interesting. Photo by Hannah BarrEighth graders McKenzie Detwiler, McKenna Betar and Kierra Weyent play the bass drums for the drum line. They are the only bass drummers for the drum line. Photo by Hannah Barr
