After their outdoor season, band percusses into their indoor season.
As opposed to outdoor marching band, which has a variety of brass and woodwind instruments, indoor consists only of percussion, with longer color guard performances.
“My favorite season of band is indoor drumline because it has more freedom for the percussion to add their own personality to the show,” senior David Bruhjell said, who joined indoor band his sophomore year as a bass drum player.
Similar to Bruhjell, junior Evan Koprowski notes that his favorite season’s also indoor.
“My favorite season of band was my freshman year indoor percussion show called ‘The Void;’ it was a super cool show with an awesome theme and we performed it very well,” Evan said. “It was my first experience in indoor drumline and it really showed me what OL is about.”
This year, the group takes a different approach with their spooky, new show, “The Taking,” inspired by the classical music pieces “The Rite of Spring” and “The Firebird Suite” by Igor Stravinsky.
“We have a very experienced and talented staff who are professionals in the field of marching percussion and performance,” Evan said. “They have the knowledge and expertise to choose the shows for us and what will be the best show [for] Ocean Lakes [to] execute.”
There’s a big crossover between the outdoor marching band and the indoor ensemble, according to senior Savannah Perkins, who leads the indoor band as cymbal captain.
“We have all the kids who play percussion for outdoor playing in indoor, along with some wind players where percussion isn’t their first instrument playing on percussion instruments,” Savannah said.
The team prepares around 10 hours weekly for their first competition at Landstown High School on Feb. 15, 2025.
“The schedule is pretty demanding, making indoor a huge time commitment. Our practice schedule is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 5-8:30 p.m.,” Savannah said.
The team believes they can place first in states this year, according to Bruhjell.
“We are one of the best in the area and have been very competitive, making it to second and fourth in the state the past two years, so we have high hopes,” Bruhjell said.
