Word: drumming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Military bands have many uses, but they are never quite so loudly in the groove as when they sound the brass, tinkle the cymbal, beat the drum for flagand country...
...Cklahoma Indian Band which Miss Loomis leads was one of fifteen groups competing in the Senior National Drum and Bugle Corps Championship of the American Legion. The finals of the competition began at 7 o'clock and ended at 12 midnight...
Fresh from an enthusiastic round of applause from some 10,000 Legionnaires gathered last night to witness a combination Billy Rose extravaganzas and burlesque in the stadium, Miss Sally Loomis, enryesome 18-year old drum majoritie of Hollywood, California, gladly volunteered her services in leading the Harvard Band this year...
Exceptional ability in the art of high stopping, strutting and baton-twirling as well as feminine magnetism has earned Miss Loomis many prizes, among them the California Drum Majorette Championship. At present she is attending the Hollywood Professional School for models and actresses. "But I could certainly find time to work at Harvard. she quickly added...
...Stadium today will be the scene of the all-day competition of the Legion fife and drum corps, from 7 o'clock until almost midnight. Seating arrangements have been prepared for 40,000 spectators. Harvard undergraduates will serve as ticket-takers and ushers...