With only five members this year, FHN percussion’s baseline section has had six out of six successful competitions, ranking in at least third place or above. “Our drum director has a lot more experience than our other coach, which has a lot to do with our improvement this year,” senior Eric Craven said.

The new percussion director Tommy Roam has been a big inspiration to the Baseline section this year. According to senior and Baseline member Nathan Tavares, the fact that Roam writes his own songs, and has a lot of drumming experience encourages the section to make an improvement.

“He’s getting taught by some of the top drummers in the country, that’s why I think he’s a good director,” Marching Band Director Jeff Mormon said. At their Oct. 19 and Oct. 27 competitions, Marching Band took first place.

This year, the biggest award Baseline has received this year was Best Baseline on Sept. 8 at the Mozingo competition. During last year the percussion section only won one award.

“I think we were very successful as a baseline [this year],” Tavares said. “ We’ve improved so much that it’s like a whole different group from what is was.