Drum Role, Please!
a.k.a.
Clover: The Band with LOVE in the Middle!
More than just a cover band,
Clover is a lover of bands!
There’s no other that bands together for the sound of music!
When those hills come alive,
You can see the thrill in their eyes…
The high is real, please realize –
to frown in the crowd is useless!
Though blue that this eagle’s run is done,
This band of brothers and sisters drummed up some fun!
Did they run up funds? Yes, they did – far and wide!
If that’s the price you pay for being less humdrum,
Say less – may the sum stay strummed…
As long as they’re second to none, “won,” and done –
may the boosters target it with pride like Bonnie and Clyde!
Besides, they’ve won metals and awards
With tested mettle galore.
They never settled for scores less than 87.
They put the pedal to the floor
With high octane nestled in their “CORPS”…
Each show was Nevermore – their hearts were in every set and aching second.
When the battery’s included,
The band’s tapestry is boosted.
Percussion’s strategy isn’t abusive
when it goes off the beaten path.
With the right staff passionately recruited,
It became tactically acoustic…
With a majesty saluted by the sweet sweep of feet on the mat.
So here it is… a groove slightly transformed –
Just a bit to break the land’s norms
With cymbals crashed and blasts from brass horns to boot!
Marching to the beat of their own drum
that could never B flat,
With winds beneath wings, these teens flew with flair –
Rick will forever be jazzed!…
Believe that! – their vibe set the tone
with metronomes and flutes!
Speaking of, the lore of their TikToks and YouTube clips
Threw down haunted gauntlets to those who knew this click!:
Challengers knew who these kids in the Hall of Fame were!
As a whole, the band was a “head Turner”!
Even in trials, they blazed ahead with fervor…
Trained as lesson learners, this lessened the burdens
with fails and gains merged.
Though the pains hurt, they pushed through –
forged in liquid tears,
They’ve been conditioned by the brute force of pushing equipment and gear!
Every Curse and quip caught the ear of the headmasters “”Kraken” the whip!
Every inordinate gesture
Gave way to one coordinated effort…
Orchestrated together like the crew charged
with draggin’ the synth!
That’s why these students are some of the pluckiest.
That’s why we parents are the Luckiest!
Though the path to the Rose Parade through Dublin was the bloodiest – they prevailed!
Besides, what’s a little blood when mixed
with sweat and tears?
What’s a flood gonna rout from these vested years?!!…
You can’t rest atop the best of tiers
without the substance of travails.
Through it all, what these kids traveled and saw
Lit a javelin Spark
That’s left an everlasting mark – that’s the gospel truth!
What was once an expensive non-starter
Is now donned by an Olympic Archer…
That’s a prolific barter for a hostel of youth!
Rather, what began with neither cinder nor height
Took flight To Shiver the Sky –
Catching fire as it entered on high
to hit its synthesized target.
With a hunger to set the game on,
Every tribute offered a torch to rest flames on…
With an aim drawn to reign on as synchronized marksmen.
Like archers with marching orders,
These arsons sparked a “tour-ture” –
Setting fires across the borders of stages abroad.
That’s why this is more than a seasonal elective!
What they’ve performed affords them a regional checklist:
As they create motifs and Cathedral Sketches
from the places they’ve gone.
Rome isn’t always thee inspired land.
Sometimes, all roads paved with gold leaves lead to Ireland.
That memory was no shamrock – Clover indeed took
the entire band to a foreign place!
They paraded first in Saint Patrick’s arena,
Then rose to the occasion to trade places in Pasadena…
Whether by land or sea, they impact marinas –
if you didn’t know…
you gon’ Larne today!
They’ve taken notes from the best of art-ists…
I guess that’s why each of them is an Art Thief!
From Color to Winter Guard teams – this program’s the complete package!
Though led by a long-winded bassoon,
I’ll take that over an oft, offensive buffoon!…
Besides, all that air extended this balloon –
what he breathed released the Kraken!
So, though the bands been broken up, repeats can happen!
It’s already proven – believe in magic!
Eliteness is active – next in line to take charge
is Lake Wylie High!
Did I say line?!!… that will still NOT be the amusing part!
Long lines and waits after dark? –
this ain’t no amusement park!…
It’s a fuse to be sparked as fuel for a march
that makes mighty strides!
