Cold Steel 2023 - Snare Sectional

The North Carolina A&T University, Cold Steel snares in a brief sectional in Pasadena, CA on 12/30/23. (Special thanks to George Collins for the up top camera footage.)

[@kayjglasjones2244]

Snare Captain def on point. Love the energy.

[@blakerunyon09]

Love the tuning on their drums. Nice to see these southern style line playing super clean and modern beats.

[@Dontaskme-cv7nc]

This isn’t their normal tuning

[@jaydenjaeger4012]

Thank you so much for posting this

[@gusbus2k138]

Smooth. Flashy. Hot

[@petermillican2579]

Yezzir!!! 🔥

[@TylerDunphy]

I love that they challenge the notion that HBCU lines are “dirty.” This is everything great about show band while being extremely detail oriented.

[@zaishaw6602]

Who says they are dirty? Some of the best and most consistent collegiate drumlines are HBCU drum lines lmao.

[@albanybestdrumline]

Most hbcus are crazy clean the issue is not everyone like the tuning so they just deem it as dirty

[@zaishaw6602]

@@albanybestdrumline that’s a truth too but all the east coast HBCUs have clean tuning.

[@ckimchi]

​@@zaishaw6602 totally agree, people like to compare them to DCI/WGI and for what? they're not competing like that, just compare them to other colleges.

[@albanybestdrumline]

@@zaishaw6602 depends on your likes because if you look at NCCU they tune their snares low and it sounds and feels good to listen to especially with the intricate parts they play that contrast to then tonal bases multi and single toms. Lower tuning doesn’t automatically equal dirt

[@yourboymalikcoleman8731]

I feel like more hbcu Drumlines should do this!!!!

[@1700drummer]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mcgrud]

For the algorithm. ✊

[@Thishandleistakenbutwhocares]

Imagine combining the style and flash of hbcu, with the cleanliness and musicality of dci/wgi. That would be peak drumline.

[@KeyzQ]

I recommend you check out the Million Dolla Funk Squad of NORFOLK state university!!