true, one of the main problems is that the middle schoolers see us playing on these crappy drums and decide to either not march or quit band altogether. We're not a bad line, its just that it would help a lot if there were enough drums for everyone to play.

Man that’s gotta suck. I went to a brand new high school so all the equipment was brand new. Sadly in the 4 years I was there all the hoops on the basses broke and one snare broke, the tenors were the only things to survive.
Our BD was a trumpeter but he understood what the drummers needed. He and I are good friends. We made sure the line got things that it needed. The only problem was Yamaha sent us two snares, one bass, and one tenor that were the wrong color. So that was annoying. Then when ever we would order heads we'd only get a few of them at a time so it made putting new heads on a real hassle.