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Even More Drumbums
Snare Soldier speaking. I have a few updates to make to the long list of animals serving as Drumbums here, because as I mentioned in previous journal entries, I did not have the foggiest idea of just how fast my organization was going to grow, but the Drumbums are the fastest growing organization in the world, so much so that the Guinness World Records put us in the books and gave us awards for it. So there is no doubt that when we fulfill the requests of fans everywhere on the Fourth of July, where a world record number of musicians will all attempt the hardest song ever written, Rush E, a large chunk of them will be Drumbums. But this will cover all genres of music; we'll have a few rock bands as well in addition to the large number of humans and furries in the marching bands and orchestras playing, and in my case, I'll playing fancy jazz drumming. (The rock drummers will keep things simple for their sake, they told me, but some of them struggled just to keep up with all the tempo chnages in that song.)
The attempt to do Rush E was actually idea of the Marching Wonder himself, Leo the Tiger, and let's be honest; he truly is the greatest furry ever to call himself Krieglandonian. He may be the greatest drum major that ever lived, and he is not only super talented with his music (and wealthy for it as a result, reaping in his rewards in more ways then one, although he always gives no less than 60% of his earnings back to charity and to the public). He writes books, all of which are best-selling novels. He serves on the major staff board for the musical payroll system funded by Cripto's infinite wealth (although this was an automatic thing Cripto's powers were doing without him knowing about it at first, so Super C did not place any demerits on him for that; when Cripto first got his powers, they frequently acted on their own to try to get him in trouble, because it was CNG who gave him his powers). He has grandiose ideas that have broken world records and won him critical and public acclaim the world over time and time again.
Probably his most famous example is leading a huge number of musicians playing the song "76 Trombones," but the band he led actually had 76 trombones leading the big parade, with 110 cornets close at hand. (It even had 50 mounted cannons in the battery, but these were just smoke cannons; they weren't actual cannons like the ones sometimes used if an orchestra is playing the famous 1812 Overture.) The only thing Leo didn't have was the horse platoons that the song says were carrying copper-bottom timpani, or the kettledrums if you will, so he used a combination of marching timpani (yes, there is such a thing) and timpani in the pit, or front ensemble. When you add it all up, that's a total of exactly 9,574 musicians performing under the direction of one drum major. Incredible!
Some of us will be doing double duty for the big parade as well; for example, I'll be commanding and leading my Drumbum Rats as we march in the parade, but then I'll be drumming on my drum set for Rush E. Judge Marcus will beat a big bass drum in the parade (he'll be marching as an honorary Drumbum alongside the Minotaurs who regularly serve as Drumbums, but he'll be drumming on the timpani when comes time to play Rush E, alongside Timpani Tiger, the Kettledrum Cats, and any other percussionists who happen to be playing timpani at the moment.
I didn't do the math on the Rush E numbers, but I know it will have to be at least 14,000 to 15,000 musicians all at once. This means the GWR staff will also be giving out the record for largest number of people playing and singing our national anthem, due to the fact the public watching us will be encouraged to sing along with us. That right there will be in the 100,000+ range, or possibly even the million range, because this will be the biggest parade Wildcat City has ever hosted, and no doubt it is to be the best day of Leo the Patriotic Lion's life. He's done so many wonders as our President, but not just that; he still serves the world as a G-52, and he has certainly redeemed himself from the troubles of his past (especially because we know now that CNG was the cause of everything); the Supreme Court confirmed this whne they announced that he was being exonerated of any wrongdoings he had been charged with, and that he was being given back the rights and freedoms our Constitution promises. He had it taken away from him because of the bellowing, which led to protests from the rest of the world claiming there was a violation of the Declaration of Human Rights. (I guess you can be the judge of that.)
Anyway, let's update the list. When we Drumbmus have a big parade, we always march in the same order, representing the order in which these animals first became Drumbums. However, when you factor in the numbers of a certain animal, we sometimes have to subdivide it into certain categories, and then put the rest of them as "Miscellaneous." That's what we did with the cats and dogs, and we had to do it again with the bears we had, as well as distinguish regular lions, for example, from the white lions.
So far, the biggest number of Drumbums are tigers, and so Tim (Timpani Tiger) has overtaken me as the Drumbum Leader with the biggest number of followers. I come second place, and Lonnie (Macho Major) comes third with his lions. It goes down from there, but no Drumbum unit has less than a total of 3,500 animals per unit, and so that helps it to be the fastest growing organization in the world. The tiger list, however, divides them into just the traditional orange tigers, followed by the white ones, and then the ones who are different colors all mixed in as one unit. (The planet 1776 had red, white, and blue tigers, and the red and blue ones that fit the criteria all became Drumbums in the end.)
This is the new list.
1. Rat
2. Lion
3. White lion
4. Orange tiger
5. White tiger
6. Misc. tigers
7. Dingo
8. English bulldog
9. American bulldog
10. French bulldog
11. Red fox
12. Gray fox
13. Fennec fox
14. Gray wolf
15. Timberwolf
16. Red wolf
17. Grizzly bear
18. Black bear
19. Polar bear
20. Misc. bears
21. Cheetah
22. Coyote
23. Otter
24. Bull
25. Bison
26. Raccoon
27. Mouse
28. Dhole
29. Jackal
30. Miscellaneous dog breeds (performing as one large mix, not including the breeds listed below)
31. Miscellanoues cat breeds (performing as one large mix)
32. Puma (a.k.a. mountain lion, catamount, or cougar)
33. Border collie
34. Golden retriever
35. Black labrador
36. Chocolate labrador
37. Yellow labrador
38. Rabbit
39. Gorilla
40. Orangutan
41. Misc. apes (excluding monkeys; we haven't found any of those yet)
42. Crocodile
43. Alligator
44. Reindeer
45. Ram
46. Dragon
47. Minotaur
48. Wildcat
49. Kangaroo
50. Hyena
51. Beaver
52. Liger
53. Badger
54. Goat
55. Bighorn sheep
56. Leopard
57. Jaguar
58. Panther (black leopard)
The gorillas, orangutans, and other apes all have various jungle drums they use in their units almost extensively, while the rams, goats, and bighorn sheep take up inspiration from Peter Carter and his Taiko Tigers, and thus use the taiko drums quite a bit themselves.
Although not a Drumbum himself, the success Zachary Chandler has had as one of several rotating drum majors leading the U.S. Coyote Drum and Bugle Corps (all coyotes of which are Drumbums hailing from his home state of Virginia) led us to hail him as an honorary Drumbum. Likewise, we did the same with Corps Coon, since many raccoons who are Drumbums look to him for inspiration. It caught him off guard at first, but eventually he accepted the honor.
"I thank you for the honor," Corps Coon said to me afterwards. "I guess I'm used to seeing some of you Drumbums showing off your muscular physiques, and wearing just the swimming trunks or speedo. But that's just you and a select number of them, isn't it?"
"Correct, Ringo," I said., calling Corps Coon by his real first name (and yes, he was named after the Beatle, Ringo Starr). "I do admit to being a little bit weird and eccentric, but the fact is I don't require all my recruits to bodybuild an show it this way." (I was appearing as myself in just the speedo, but we were indoors at my home, so it was safe. Corps Coon was wearing a tank top and gym shorts, because it was a hot day outside. Still, we stood tall and proud on our bare paws. Tim and Lonnie were present, and were doing likewise as I was.) "The rats and I only do it because we were the original Drumbums, and I wanted to see if there was a way to combine bodybuilding with the music we play, given the life we were living, and how our Parliament was full of corruption. Surprisingly, it worked!"
"So why was your Parliament going after you?"
"CNG was setting them up for their own doom, of course. The whole thing started because 1) they said it was unbiblical to combine those two things together, which it wasn't, and 2) they weren't happy with the original military base we had been using, even though I had honestly purchased it. Our king at the time, Ramses VIII, overruled them and had them executed for various other crimes they were guilty of doing, but in the end, the new rats taking their place somehow still managed to get control of it in order to exercise eminent domain." (If you're wondering, there were about seven kings and queens in all in between Ramses VIII and Ross II, whom you know as Regal Rat.)
"I thought your monarch was an absolute monarch."
"He was, but there were many attempts to overthrow it, even though they always failed. In the end, the king sent us to this world to be Forsythian ambassadors and diplomats to Earth, in the hopes one day we would be able to return home and do our thing, safe and sound. Instead, CNG killed all the planets, as you know, except for Kriegland, and we all came here. It was probably the better choice to come here anyways."
"Why were there coup attempts?"
"They wanted a democracy, except it would really be a cruel dictatorship disguised as a democracy. Almost a bit like how the AIRAF wants a reuinted Ireland under their control, except with the rats, it would be way worse."
"Oh; then I won't ask."
"Don't; it's not worth the discussion. Believe me."
"I believe you."
"Here; play a football cadence. That will get your mind off it."
"Yes, sir." Corps Coon saluted me, then took his sticks and impressed us with a snare drum solo that led to us joining in for our best efforts to play a drum cadence. A true drumline has multiple bass drums of different pitches, but Tim was all by himself, so he had just the one bass drum. He found a way to make it work, though. Lonnie played the quads, or tenor drums, while I added to the raccoon's lead with another snare drum. (Not all drum cadences need cymbals.)
At a later point, the raccoon asked us, "Do you know why you get more hatred from people who fit the 'Karen' meme than His Mightiness, King Lionel XVIII, does, because he goes naked?"
"I haven't figured that out," Lonnie replied, "but it's best to let the Karens just make idiots of themselves, and eventually come to the rude awakening they will experience when they die. The king had his idiosyncracies, and one of them was going around in public in the nude, but nobody was bothered by it. He wasn't doing it to attract attention; nor was he part of a nudist colony. He says he did it just because he got hot easily, and it doesn't help that Leonine had extremely hot summers. Plus, we're animals, not humans. There are things we can do that humans can't, and vice-versa. Just try not to think about it."
Lonnie then rehearsed a timpani solo for his musical payroll duties, and given the nature of the music, Corps Coon marched his paws to the beat. Then we played some more militaristic rhythms with our field drums (rope-tensioned snare drums and bass drums).
The next day, we practiced some more for the big parade, and we took note that Corps Coon was going to act as the drum major leading units of raccoons in Leo's big parade. The other animals that played for the various units of Drum Corps International over the years, however, were also playing as members of the G-52 Drum and Bugle Corps whenever they were needed. These specific animals also were named as honorary Drumbums given their services to their units over the years, and ultimately (weird as it sounds), using their boosted talents and abilities CNG had given to them against that stuff, contributing to its ultimate demise in 2022. Corps Coon has named these animals his "disciples" (for lack of a better word for it), and so the next morning we invited them to Drumbum Village, where they tried out for the first time the act of performing in just swimwear, or even appearing naked like King Lionel, who was present for this so that he could explain why he did things naked. Most of them felt uncomfortable with the whole thing, but it did help them understand why we Drumbum Rats did what we did. (And don't worry; we had the domes up so that no Karens would complain it and call the police.)
Random other Drumbums helped fill in the gaps so that we could have a full drum corps participating in this rehearsal.
Corps Coon's disciples are known to the superhero world as Boomer Wolf, Bugler Bear, Sergeant Brass, Sir Beat-a-Lot, Hustler Husky, Snare Serval, Captain Contrabass, Clash Cat, Cadet of Chivalry, Mellow Mouse, Commander Cascade, Chivalric Cavaliers, Horn Horse, Rambling Rumbler, Bugler Beagle, Surfer Gator, Corps Scout, Elemental Euphoniumist, Howlin' Hornologist, Marvelous Marcher, Crasher Cat, Parade Phantom, Patriotic Pioneer, Justice Musician, Vicious Vindicator, Horn Hawk, and Trooper Tiger. The Justice Musician was not present at this musical session because he was doing other things.
"I feel weird doing this," Boomer Wolf commented, "but if the point is to show us why you do this, we will cooperate."
"Good," I said. "Plus, it's hot outside, and the dome will help with the air conditioning. But we're really here to make music, so show me your ability to play your drums with the discipline of a soldier in the Army."
"Yes, sir." Boomer Wolf took his position, and the animals began drumming on their drums. While they were playing the modern battery drums we like to call "football drums," the cadence still sounded militaristic and strict. At other times, the drummers would play military drums to reinforce their devotion to their music, since we went over all the old drum and bugle calls used in the military, since we Drumbums teach them.
Inspired by the fact Leo the Tiger's bands know every national anthem and NCAA Division I fight song by heart (Wildcat University is its own institution), we taught ourselves a few of those as well, and the disciples got a particular kick out of the UConn (Connecticut) fight song thanks to its drum intro.
The number of Drumbums is rapidly rising, and we're excited for it. Are you? If so, be sure you see us perfomring on Leo's big birthday parade. We'll be looking for you.
THE END
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Even More Drumbums
Snare Soldier speaking. I have a few updates to make to the long list of animals serving as Drumbums here, because as I mentioned in previous journal entries, I did not have the foggiest idea of just how fast my organization was going to grow, but the Drumbums are the fastest growing organization in the world, so much so that the Guinness World Records put us in the books and gave us awards for it. So there is no doubt that when we fulfill the requests of fans everywhere on the Fourth of July, where a world record number of musicians will all attempt the hardest song ever written, Rush E, a large chunk of them will be Drumbums. But this will cover all genres of music; we'll have a few rock bands as well in addition to the large number of humans and furries in the marching bands and orchestras playing, and in my case, I'll playing fancy jazz drumming. (The rock drummers will keep things simple for their sake, they told me, but some of them struggled just to keep up with all the tempo chnages in that song.)
The attempt to do Rush E was actually idea of the Marching Wonder himself, Leo the Tiger, and let's be honest; he truly is the greatest furry ever to call himself Krieglandonian. He may be the greatest drum major that ever lived, and he is not only super talented with his music (and wealthy for it as a result, reaping in his rewards in more ways then one, although he always gives no less than 60% of his earnings back to charity and to the public). He writes books, all of which are best-selling novels. He serves on the major staff board for the musical payroll system funded by Cripto's infinite wealth (although this was an automatic thing Cripto's powers were doing without him knowing about it at first, so Super C did not place any demerits on him for that; when Cripto first got his powers, they frequently acted on their own to try to get him in trouble, because it was CNG who gave him his powers). He has grandiose ideas that have broken world records and won him critical and public acclaim the world over time and time again.
Probably his most famous example is leading a huge number of musicians playing the song "76 Trombones," but the band he led actually had 76 trombones leading the big parade, with 110 cornets close at hand. (It even had 50 mounted cannons in the battery, but these were just smoke cannons; they weren't actual cannons like the ones sometimes used if an orchestra is playing the famous 1812 Overture.) The only thing Leo didn't have was the horse platoons that the song says were carrying copper-bottom timpani, or the kettledrums if you will, so he used a combination of marching timpani (yes, there is such a thing) and timpani in the pit, or front ensemble. When you add it all up, that's a total of exactly 9,574 musicians performing under the direction of one drum major. Incredible!
Some of us will be doing double duty for the big parade as well; for example, I'll be commanding and leading my Drumbum Rats as we march in the parade, but then I'll be drumming on my drum set for Rush E. Judge Marcus will beat a big bass drum in the parade (he'll be marching as an honorary Drumbum alongside the Minotaurs who regularly serve as Drumbums, but he'll be drumming on the timpani when comes time to play Rush E, alongside Timpani Tiger, the Kettledrum Cats, and any other percussionists who happen to be playing timpani at the moment.
I didn't do the math on the Rush E numbers, but I know it will have to be at least 14,000 to 15,000 musicians all at once. This means the GWR staff will also be giving out the record for largest number of people playing and singing our national anthem, due to the fact the public watching us will be encouraged to sing along with us. That right there will be in the 100,000+ range, or possibly even the million range, because this will be the biggest parade Wildcat City has ever hosted, and no doubt it is to be the best day of Leo the Patriotic Lion's life. He's done so many wonders as our President, but not just that; he still serves the world as a G-52, and he has certainly redeemed himself from the troubles of his past (especially because we know now that CNG was the cause of everything); the Supreme Court confirmed this whne they announced that he was being exonerated of any wrongdoings he had been charged with, and that he was being given back the rights and freedoms our Constitution promises. He had it taken away from him because of the bellowing, which led to protests from the rest of the world claiming there was a violation of the Declaration of Human Rights. (I guess you can be the judge of that.)
Anyway, let's update the list. When we Drumbmus have a big parade, we always march in the same order, representing the order in which these animals first became Drumbums. However, when you factor in the numbers of a certain animal, we sometimes have to subdivide it into certain categories, and then put the rest of them as "Miscellaneous." That's what we did with the cats and dogs, and we had to do it again with the bears we had, as well as distinguish regular lions, for example, from the white lions.
So far, the biggest number of Drumbums are tigers, and so Tim (Timpani Tiger) has overtaken me as the Drumbum Leader with the biggest number of followers. I come second place, and Lonnie (Macho Major) comes third with his lions. It goes down from there, but no Drumbum unit has less than a total of 3,500 animals per unit, and so that helps it to be the fastest growing organization in the world. The tiger list, however, divides them into just the traditional orange tigers, followed by the white ones, and then the ones who are different colors all mixed in as one unit. (The planet 1776 had red, white, and blue tigers, and the red and blue ones that fit the criteria all became Drumbums in the end.)
This is the new list.
1. Rat
2. Lion
3. White lion
4. Orange tiger
5. White tiger
6. Misc. tigers
7. Dingo
8. English bulldog
9. American bulldog
10. French bulldog
11. Red fox
12. Gray fox
13. Fennec fox
14. Gray wolf
15. Timberwolf
16. Red wolf
17. Grizzly bear
18. Black bear
19. Polar bear
20. Misc. bears
21. Cheetah
22. Coyote
23. Otter
24. Bull
25. Bison
26. Raccoon
27. Mouse
28. Dhole
29. Jackal
30. Miscellaneous dog breeds (performing as one large mix, not including the breeds listed below)
31. Miscellanoues cat breeds (performing as one large mix)
32. Puma (a.k.a. mountain lion, catamount, or cougar)
33. Border collie
34. Golden retriever
35. Black labrador
36. Chocolate labrador
37. Yellow labrador
38. Rabbit
39. Gorilla
40. Orangutan
41. Misc. apes (excluding monkeys; we haven't found any of those yet)
42. Crocodile
43. Alligator
44. Reindeer
45. Ram
46. Dragon
47. Minotaur
48. Wildcat
49. Kangaroo
50. Hyena
51. Beaver
52. Liger
53. Badger
54. Goat
55. Bighorn sheep
56. Leopard
57. Jaguar
58. Panther (black leopard)
The gorillas, orangutans, and other apes all have various jungle drums they use in their units almost extensively, while the rams, goats, and bighorn sheep take up inspiration from Peter Carter and his Taiko Tigers, and thus use the taiko drums quite a bit themselves.
Although not a Drumbum himself, the success Zachary Chandler has had as one of several rotating drum majors leading the U.S. Coyote Drum and Bugle Corps (all coyotes of which are Drumbums hailing from his home state of Virginia) led us to hail him as an honorary Drumbum. Likewise, we did the same with Corps Coon, since many raccoons who are Drumbums look to him for inspiration. It caught him off guard at first, but eventually he accepted the honor.
"I thank you for the honor," Corps Coon said to me afterwards. "I guess I'm used to seeing some of you Drumbums showing off your muscular physiques, and wearing just the swimming trunks or speedo. But that's just you and a select number of them, isn't it?"
"Correct, Ringo," I said., calling Corps Coon by his real first name (and yes, he was named after the Beatle, Ringo Starr). "I do admit to being a little bit weird and eccentric, but the fact is I don't require all my recruits to bodybuild an show it this way." (I was appearing as myself in just the speedo, but we were indoors at my home, so it was safe. Corps Coon was wearing a tank top and gym shorts, because it was a hot day outside. Still, we stood tall and proud on our bare paws. Tim and Lonnie were present, and were doing likewise as I was.) "The rats and I only do it because we were the original Drumbums, and I wanted to see if there was a way to combine bodybuilding with the music we play, given the life we were living, and how our Parliament was full of corruption. Surprisingly, it worked!"
"So why was your Parliament going after you?"
"CNG was setting them up for their own doom, of course. The whole thing started because 1) they said it was unbiblical to combine those two things together, which it wasn't, and 2) they weren't happy with the original military base we had been using, even though I had honestly purchased it. Our king at the time, Ramses VIII, overruled them and had them executed for various other crimes they were guilty of doing, but in the end, the new rats taking their place somehow still managed to get control of it in order to exercise eminent domain." (If you're wondering, there were about seven kings and queens in all in between Ramses VIII and Ross II, whom you know as Regal Rat.)
"I thought your monarch was an absolute monarch."
"He was, but there were many attempts to overthrow it, even though they always failed. In the end, the king sent us to this world to be Forsythian ambassadors and diplomats to Earth, in the hopes one day we would be able to return home and do our thing, safe and sound. Instead, CNG killed all the planets, as you know, except for Kriegland, and we all came here. It was probably the better choice to come here anyways."
"Why were there coup attempts?"
"They wanted a democracy, except it would really be a cruel dictatorship disguised as a democracy. Almost a bit like how the AIRAF wants a reuinted Ireland under their control, except with the rats, it would be way worse."
"Oh; then I won't ask."
"Don't; it's not worth the discussion. Believe me."
"I believe you."
"Here; play a football cadence. That will get your mind off it."
"Yes, sir." Corps Coon saluted me, then took his sticks and impressed us with a snare drum solo that led to us joining in for our best efforts to play a drum cadence. A true drumline has multiple bass drums of different pitches, but Tim was all by himself, so he had just the one bass drum. He found a way to make it work, though. Lonnie played the quads, or tenor drums, while I added to the raccoon's lead with another snare drum. (Not all drum cadences need cymbals.)
At a later point, the raccoon asked us, "Do you know why you get more hatred from people who fit the 'Karen' meme than His Mightiness, King Lionel XVIII, does, because he goes naked?"
"I haven't figured that out," Lonnie replied, "but it's best to let the Karens just make idiots of themselves, and eventually come to the rude awakening they will experience when they die. The king had his idiosyncracies, and one of them was going around in public in the nude, but nobody was bothered by it. He wasn't doing it to attract attention; nor was he part of a nudist colony. He says he did it just because he got hot easily, and it doesn't help that Leonine had extremely hot summers. Plus, we're animals, not humans. There are things we can do that humans can't, and vice-versa. Just try not to think about it."
Lonnie then rehearsed a timpani solo for his musical payroll duties, and given the nature of the music, Corps Coon marched his paws to the beat. Then we played some more militaristic rhythms with our field drums (rope-tensioned snare drums and bass drums).
The next day, we practiced some more for the big parade, and we took note that Corps Coon was going to act as the drum major leading units of raccoons in Leo's big parade. The other animals that played for the various units of Drum Corps International over the years, however, were also playing as members of the G-52 Drum and Bugle Corps whenever they were needed. These specific animals also were named as honorary Drumbums given their services to their units over the years, and ultimately (weird as it sounds), using their boosted talents and abilities CNG had given to them against that stuff, contributing to its ultimate demise in 2022. Corps Coon has named these animals his "disciples" (for lack of a better word for it), and so the next morning we invited them to Drumbum Village, where they tried out for the first time the act of performing in just swimwear, or even appearing naked like King Lionel, who was present for this so that he could explain why he did things naked. Most of them felt uncomfortable with the whole thing, but it did help them understand why we Drumbum Rats did what we did. (And don't worry; we had the domes up so that no Karens would complain it and call the police.)
Random other Drumbums helped fill in the gaps so that we could have a full drum corps participating in this rehearsal.
Corps Coon's disciples are known to the superhero world as Boomer Wolf, Bugler Bear, Sergeant Brass, Sir Beat-a-Lot, Hustler Husky, Snare Serval, Captain Contrabass, Clash Cat, Cadet of Chivalry, Mellow Mouse, Commander Cascade, Chivalric Cavaliers, Horn Horse, Rambling Rumbler, Bugler Beagle, Surfer Gator, Corps Scout, Elemental Euphoniumist, Howlin' Hornologist, Marvelous Marcher, Crasher Cat, Parade Phantom, Patriotic Pioneer, Justice Musician, Vicious Vindicator, Horn Hawk, and Trooper Tiger. The Justice Musician was not present at this musical session because he was doing other things.
"I feel weird doing this," Boomer Wolf commented, "but if the point is to show us why you do this, we will cooperate."
"Good," I said. "Plus, it's hot outside, and the dome will help with the air conditioning. But we're really here to make music, so show me your ability to play your drums with the discipline of a soldier in the Army."
"Yes, sir." Boomer Wolf took his position, and the animals began drumming on their drums. While they were playing the modern battery drums we like to call "football drums," the cadence still sounded militaristic and strict. At other times, the drummers would play military drums to reinforce their devotion to their music, since we went over all the old drum and bugle calls used in the military, since we Drumbums teach them.
Inspired by the fact Leo the Tiger's bands know every national anthem and NCAA Division I fight song by heart (Wildcat University is its own institution), we taught ourselves a few of those as well, and the disciples got a particular kick out of the UConn (Connecticut) fight song thanks to its drum intro.
The number of Drumbums is rapidly rising, and we're excited for it. Are you? If so, be sure you see us perfomring on Leo's big birthday parade. We'll be looking for you.
THE END
The Snare Soldier comments on how the grand total of Drumbums is rapidly rising, which has earned that organization the Guinness World Record for fastest-growing organization in the shortest amount of time.
Drumbums, G-52s, etc. © me and me alone
UN1024s (i.e. Zachary Chandler), AIRAF, etc. © Chuong
All music referenced belongs to all who own the rights if not in the public domain; I own nothing.
1812 Overture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbxgYlcNxE8 (full, with cannons)
76 Trombones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYxNbEos2O4
UConn Fight Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aj78xBNSjM
Drumbums, G-52s, etc. © me and me alone
UN1024s (i.e. Zachary Chandler), AIRAF, etc. © Chuong
All music referenced belongs to all who own the rights if not in the public domain; I own nothing.
1812 Overture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbxgYlcNxE8 (full, with cannons)
76 Trombones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYxNbEos2O4
UConn Fight Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aj78xBNSjM
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Chuong: I thought being a Drumbum is tough.
Zax: Yes, but there's also many of them that deserve to be called one.
Astro Hawk: And believe it or not in UAE, we do fully allow Drumbums. And yes it is true that our government helped provide every single Forsythian their own marching band uniforms to reflect us Emiratis and yes, they are expensive as they look. We believe that their marching band uniforms should match their skills.
Zax: And how much did each Forsythian-Emirati uniform cost at the minimum?
Astro Hawk: In American dollars, $10,000.
Zax: That's nuts!
Astro Hawk: Us Emiratis believe that their uniforms should at least match their musical skills and reflect our country. They also live in luxury apartments too. With the kind of musical skills they have, I don't see why they don't deserve to live their lives to the best in our country. Don't forget that the other elites in our country funded this too. They deserve nothing but the best! Then we got Layzal, where his donations to our Forsythians to make them as elegant as possible to match their musical skills is just a drop in the bucket to him.
Chuong: Layzal is so rich, he not only buys expensive gifts for the Forsythians and Drumbums in his country, he also buys luxury SUVs for medical school graduates in his country!
Zax: Layzal is so rich, he makes more money than Furry Fury's concert tours in a year! Sorry Cripto, but this is actually true.
Shadow Hunter: Layzal is so rich, he's planning a two-month vacation in Japan to attend Expo 2025 in Osaka!
Chuong: Layzal is so rich, his money makes money, which is basically a simple description for investing.
Zax: Yes, but there's also many of them that deserve to be called one.
Astro Hawk: And believe it or not in UAE, we do fully allow Drumbums. And yes it is true that our government helped provide every single Forsythian their own marching band uniforms to reflect us Emiratis and yes, they are expensive as they look. We believe that their marching band uniforms should match their skills.
Zax: And how much did each Forsythian-Emirati uniform cost at the minimum?
Astro Hawk: In American dollars, $10,000.
Zax: That's nuts!
Astro Hawk: Us Emiratis believe that their uniforms should at least match their musical skills and reflect our country. They also live in luxury apartments too. With the kind of musical skills they have, I don't see why they don't deserve to live their lives to the best in our country. Don't forget that the other elites in our country funded this too. They deserve nothing but the best! Then we got Layzal, where his donations to our Forsythians to make them as elegant as possible to match their musical skills is just a drop in the bucket to him.
Chuong: Layzal is so rich, he not only buys expensive gifts for the Forsythians and Drumbums in his country, he also buys luxury SUVs for medical school graduates in his country!
Zax: Layzal is so rich, he makes more money than Furry Fury's concert tours in a year! Sorry Cripto, but this is actually true.
Shadow Hunter: Layzal is so rich, he's planning a two-month vacation in Japan to attend Expo 2025 in Osaka!
Chuong: Layzal is so rich, his money makes money, which is basically a simple description for investing.
Snare Soldier: Being a Drumbum is tough, Moon Moon. Not just any of us get to become one.
Cripto: I'm not worried by it. I don't count as being among the wealthiest anyways.
Layzal: Why not?
Cripto: CNG got me.
Layzal: Oh, right. Thus, your wealth is infinity. I earn every cent of all my cash. But it's true; that's how much the uniforms cost.
Cripto: I'm not worried by it. I don't count as being among the wealthiest anyways.
Layzal: Why not?
Cripto: CNG got me.
Layzal: Oh, right. Thus, your wealth is infinity. I earn every cent of all my cash. But it's true; that's how much the uniforms cost.
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