We are seeking funds to purchase drum equipment for the Truckee High School marching band. The marching drumline's snare drums (the highest in the drum line) and the tenor drums (carried in sets of 4 as a "quad") that the THS band uses have taken a beating for decades. They are showing distressing signs of wear and have become a hazard to the students. All of these drums are carried with shoulder harnesses, which are currently largely broken and held
together with duct tape, and the drums themselves are in need of replacement heads and hardware, along with other maintenance issues common in drums of this age. In the words of a student, “the painful awkwardness of this equipment is significantly impacting these students' enjoyment of marching band”. Or as another student put it bluntly, “they are uncomfortable and simply sound bad”. The hardware that connects the harnesses to the drums is nearly all
jury-rigged and the drums have been known to fall from the harness onto the ground in the middle of a parade, or a half-time show.
We hope to purchase 3 Pearl snare drums with carriers, along with 2 Pearl quad sets with carriers. This will outfit half of the overall drumline, with the other half of the drumline (the bass drums) being addressed through other funding sources and grants. Other possible funding sources include TEMPO (Truckee HS music booster group), Measure A, community donations, THS Boosters, and a grant request from TTCF.