University of Pittsburgh drumline
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The University of Pittsburgh Drumline is part of the University of Pittsburgh Marching Band. It has sometimes performed solo at local marching band festivals. The nickname of the Pitt drumline is "the crew."
During the 1970s, the pitt Druline was known as "the chrome wall" for its large size and chrome percussion equipment. In those days, the line often had more than eight snare drums and eight bass drums playing non-tonal parts. This version of the Pitt Drumline was instructed by Lorry Yednak. The band director at this time was Don Howard. By the early 1980s, as the University of Pittsburgh's football program went into a tailspin, the Pitt band and drumline began to shrink in size.
In 1985, the Pitt drumline revitalized. It became known as "the crew" in part because of a section leader's tie to a local drumline that referred to itself in this manner. During this period, under section leaders Chuck Lee, Cindy Cormier and Chris "Riverside" Martin, the drumline began to more closely resemble a drum corps style percussion section. In 1986 David Moy would become assistant director of bands and percussion instructor under n3ew director of bands, O'Neill Sanford. In that year, new gold slingerland drums were purchased. By the late 1980s, the "crew" was large and becoming technically proficient.
During the 1990s, the Pitt Drumline would continue its advances becoming more refined. In 2006 the line received new Pearl equipment and can be see on youtube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=jYCuoIlHpGA
