Ohio State's vaunted Marching Band announced its drum major and assistant drum major for the 2018 season.
After a competitive tryout against the backdrop of Ohio Stadium at the Lincoln Tower Park practice field, The Ohio State University Marching Band has selected its drum majors for the 2018 season.
Konner Barr, a rising fourth-year student, is the 62nd drum major of the Ohio State Marching Band, and Morgan Davis, a rising-third year student, is assistant drum major. Barr and Davis were among six candidates who competed — all current or former members of D-Row, the band’s drum major training squad.
Each candidate performed the traditional pregame ramp entrance (including the high strut from the north side of the field, the backbend and the goal-post toss), an individual twirling routine set to music and a series of five high aerial tosses. Judges included previous drum majors and members of the band staff, and student musicians from the spring Athletic Band and 2017 Marching Band provided the musical accompaniment.
Barr, who hails from Gahanna, served as assistant drum major the last two seasons while Davis is making history of her own as the first-ever African American female drum major or assistant drum major of the Ohio State Marching Band.
11W offers a tip of the plume to both Barr and Davis.
