Give the Drummer Some

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A historical account of marching bands in the 1970s Give the Drummer Some: Drumline Origins in School-Daze Confunktory documents the life experiences of drummer Milton Lawrence Cox II and his bandmates as they transformed Virginia State University's Marching 110 into legend by combining African heritage with contemporary music of the time.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>About the Author</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Milton Lawrence Cox II graduated Thank-You-Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Business at Virginia State University in Petersburg VA. At VSU he was impressed upon and taught that playing music in a college level marching band is performing on the professional level.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>During his junior year at Big State (VSU) he also sought out and volunteered for a one semester cooperative education internship as a computer programmer trainee at Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company in Hartford CT which upon successful completion was extended for a second semester.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Keeping his love for percussion playing current he has performed in and around eastern Virginia as a drummer-percussionist with the Virginia State University Alumni Theatre Ensemble's production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>He is also prone to offer occasional sit-in rudimental combination strokes on his church's drum set as his choir's accompaniment.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The former U. S. Navy Lieutenant is a behavioral health provider and resides in Hampton Roads VA.</span></p>