and I know how heavy those instruments are." The grant monies will go toward purchasing new marching band drums that are each 10 pounds lighter than the ones they currently play, said Desmond ...

Jim Mitchell, a former University marching band drum major who performed the national anthem before each Gophers football home game, died March 16. He was 59. Mitchell, of Minneapolis, died of an ...

While most 5-year-olds enjoy stomping around the playground, Keith Jacobs enjoys stepping to the beat of marching band drums.