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The drum major of the Ohio State University performs a backbend in 2016. Folklorist Danille Lindquist has described the drum major backbend, and the audience reaction that accompanies it in the form of cheering and applause, as part of a series of rituals associated with college football designed to seek and elicit popular consent for the staging of the athletic contest that follows.
After a dramatic pause, the drum major's plume - or on special occasions, such as before the annual rivalry game against Michigan, the entire top of the drum major's hat - touches the turf, just before the band begins to play two choruses of "Buckeye Battle Cry" while marching toward the south end zone. The drum major reaches the end zone and ...
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The songs are no longer a part of the band's everyday repertoire.[2] "LSU Tiger Triumph March" was written by Karl King in honor of the band and was first played in Tiger Stadium when the Tigers took on Tennessee in 1952.[2][29] The Cameo song Talking Out the Side of Your Neck has occasionally been played by the band. As it has been associated ...
The University of Minnesota Marching Band has a single drum major. The current drum major of the marching band is Ari Martin. [36] In its history, the University of Minnesota Marching Band has had 67 drum majors, with some having held the position for up to five seasons. The drum major is considered the leading member of the ensemble, and acts ...
A Tambour-Major of the French Imperial Guard (historical reenactment). The position of drum major originated in the British Army with the Corps of Drums in 1650. [citation needed] Military groups performed mostly duty calls and battle signals during that period, and a fife and drum corps, directed by the drum major, would use short pieces to communicate to field units.
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