Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post

The Military Bands of The Royal Marines are unique, possibly, in having ranks of snare drummers march in the front of the band. Most Military Bands have only one or two snare drummers, in the back row, beside the bass drummer.
Richard, this is something I've seen more commonly in navy bands as well, at least in Canada and the UK. In the Sea Cadet band I played snare in here in Victoria, the eight snares took the first two ranks. I don't think the navy concert bands (e.g. Naden Band) do this.