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The Marching 110’s drumline is at the heart of what the Marching 110 is all about: drive, effort, and passion.

The drumline section leader, Joe Huster, BBA ’19, joins marching section leaders Benji Battiste, BS ’18, and Zach Walton, BSC ’19, in inspiring section members to practice often and perform at the highest level. That translates into members often spending 12 hours of practice each week during OHIO’s regular football season, not a small commitment of time for a busy college student. And those 12 hours don’t include the time band members spend learning music or performing. Huster sums up why they do it.

“As soon as you take any heart out of the work that you’re doing, people are no longer impressed. That’s not something that we’re about.”

With such a heightened time commitment, drumline members have to practice the art of  balancing rehearsals with classes, studying, and finding time to be a college student.

But they don’t mind. The effort builds easy friendships between members says cymbals player Michelle Lerner, BMUS ’20.

“I couldn’t imagine a sweeter group of people,” Lerner says. “We’re all one big happy family.”