Word: drumming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...want a musician to beat on a drum, Or a trumpet ta toot, or a banjo to strum, You can't do a single thing 'til you hear from Petrillo. Petrillo. Petrillo...
...band, sans the promised new uniforms, performed accurately and startlingly on the field between halves, outclassing a game but smaller Jumbo aggregation. A high-stepping, swivelhipped, well-padded blond drum majorette was far and away the best player of the afternoon . . . Just like old times when the Crimson band started in on the famous "Wintergreen" medley before the opening kick off . . . When the huge first "T" was formed by the band a Princeton scout was seen to note: "unbalanced T to the right." He closed his book and slunk away. Apre lui le deluge...
...probably the band that looked most like before the war. With flashy uniforms (they get new ones this week) and a competent drum major (yes, major) they paraded before the kickoff and between the halfs, displaying a well-drilled marching technique and creditable musical skill. Their performance came to its expected climax as the column approached the Crimson goal posts during its between-the-half stint and the leader flipped his baton neatly over the crossbar, then grabbed it successfully on the way down...
...Dewey's trial balloon for Lieut. General Hugh A. Drum had been punctured, largely by the Republican press, which pointed out that General Drum was old (67), virtually unknown, without experience, and had only registered as a Republican a year...
...bandsmen. His band is one of the six most popular in the U.S.S.R., ranks with Leonid Utesov and his "Merry Lads" who go in for such literal stunts in showmanship as mounting the drummer on a massive 20-ft. high stand built like a drum...