Geoff and our good friends Jordan and Beth of the Sickos Committee explore the long, loud, and painful history of marching percussion. Hitting on such topics as the Ottoman Empire, the terrifying horses, communication, John Philips Sousa, things that cause back pain, the limits of wood as a load baring material, drum tuning, trying to support tubas, more things that cause back pain, even more things that cause back pain, and the thing that has caused the most back pain ever.

Links for Image Sources:

https://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-History/History-of-the-National-Concert-Tour/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel#/media/File:%22Lord_Mayor's_Show%22_London_2006_(295240726).jpg

http://www.graphicality.co.uk/music/mymusic_later.htm

https://medium.com/@casciomusic/anatomy-of-a-snare-drum-367a12ed5702

https://www.flintpercussion.co.uk/a-brief-history-of-the-marching-drum/

https://www.dcxmuseum.org//assets/03%20-%20Marching%20Percussion%20in%20the%2020th%20Century.pdf

https://www.dci.org/news/the-he-men-and-she-ras-of-percussion

https://flamlife.tumblr.com/post/23553248531/defenders-marching-chimes-1978

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0yacgWHx-T/?hl=en&img_index=1

Links for Video/Audio Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DjnHP5gSCs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utbDDy3ocrQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrQvJhO8RU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYZZyF_FyCk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Peq68GqU4k4

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