Higher education
OSU’s next drum major experienced in role
By Wayne Allen THE PORTSMOUTH DAILY TIMES
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A senior from Portsmouth has been named the 59th drum major of the Ohio State University marching band.
David Pettit, a student in piano performance,
was the drum major for four football games in 2013, and he is to handle
the duty for the whole season this year. Temporarily filling the role
last year was useful experience for this year’s tryouts, he said.
“I was relying on that experience to have the day of my life on (May 3) for my tryout,” he said.
Pettit said tryouts always involve a lot of
pressure: “You only have about three minutes on one day to prove why you
should have a spot or why you should keep your spot” in the band.
Pettit said his training for this year’s tryouts started when the band returned from the Orange Bowl in Florida in January.
“You train to be perfect, so you can do it in your sleep,” he said.
Pettit said his favorite part of the
drum-major experience at Ohio State is running down the ramp into Ohio
Stadium at a football game.
“Once you break out of the ramp and hear a
wall of sound, it’s just amazing. It’s indescribable how amazing the
sights and sounds are; it’s perfect.”
He also looks forward to “leading Script Ohio,” he said. “Those are my two favorite things.”
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