Calgary Stampede won Thursday's drumline battle. (Photo by Brian Bergstrom / My Buckhannon)

Calgary Stampede wins WAMSB 2023 drumline battle

BUCKHANNON — In front of a raucous crowd numbering in the thousands, the WAMSB Championship 2023 drumline battle pitted percussionists from around the world against each other in a series of drum duels Thursday evening on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College.

The top three finishers were Engelholm Marching Band (Sweden) in third, Bethel Marching Band (Honduras) in second, and Calgary Stampede (Canada) as the drumline champions!

See more than 300 photos from the event in our WAMSB gallery: www.mybuckhannon.com/wamsb-2023-photo-gallery.

To the families across the globe whose loved ones traveled to West Virginia to give us such magical music, these photos are a small gift to you. They are not watermarked and are 100% free, so please share them, save them, print them and enjoy them.

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Bethel Marching Band (Honduras) took second place. (Photo by Brian Bergstrom / My Buckhannon)
Engelholm Marching Band (Sweden) finished third. (Photo by Brian Bergstrom / My Buckhannon)

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