Gods among men and led by the mysterious "
Clarker", the drumline of the 1993 and final
DCI edition of
Star Of Indiana were, quite possibly, the best
marching percussion section to ever grace us mortals here on earth. In a land full of "How many beats can fit into one measure?" these gentlemen and ladies gave a masterful, wonderously musical performance of
Bartok's "Music for Strings, Percussion, Celeste" night after night after night.
For you drummers out there, not only were they always clean, but the entire show's dynamic level didn't get above
mf until the last 60 bars of the show.
Mmmm. Gooder than anything. And a credit to
orchestration and
tasteful percussion performance.