Vic Firth Corpsmaster Ralph Hardimon Hammer Drum Sticks

ABOUT

DCI Hall of Fame inductee Ralph Hardimon is a percussionist, teacher, composer and clinician. He is best known for his work in the areas of marching percussion, rudimental drumming, drum & bugle corps and marching band. Hardimon was the Director of Percussion for the Santa Clara Vanguard in 1981 and kept that position through 1990, during which time SCV won four High Percussion awards and three DCI World Championships. Since, Ralph has written and arranged music for many other drum corps, college percussion ensembles and marching bands, and in 2011, Ralph will return to the DCI activity as the percussion arranger for the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps.