Mission Statement
Our primary mission shall be to preserve and promote the music and traditions of Syncopated Drumming, typically associated with high school bands and performance groups originating in Long Beach California in the latter part of the twentieth century.
Purpose
The society's primary purpose shall be to preserve and promote the music and traditions of Syncopated Drumming. We have defined 3 major goals for our purpose:
1. Examining the history. Presenting each era, high school, college, and youth band as well as alumni and adult groups. We contrast and compare their contributions to syncopated drumming, what made them different & what made them the same.
2. Educating new musicians and drummers to the music and style. Helping new groups become established so the traditional music will be passed along to a new generation.
3. Promoting the syncopated style, through alumni groups and functions, as well as through newly established groups who have the organization and capacity to perform within this framework.
We are currently looking for pictures, audio & video tape, film, recorded cadences, performances, memorabilia, stories, legends, unknown facts, as well as uniforms and equipment that define each section's unique contribution to the Syncopated Drumming culture.