Drumline: A New Beat

Pomp and

Circumstance"

As you ladies go out

and conquer the world,

remember the words of our

dear Eleanor, you gained

strength, courage,

confidence, by every

experience in which

you really stop-

to look fear in the face,

you must do the thing you

think you cannot do.

Congratulations

class of 2014.

Hey.

Congratulations, baby.

Dani, I can't

believe you wore those.

Oh Mom, after four years

of the same uniform, these

shoes are my declaration

of independence.

Tyree quit playin'!

Well, congratulations,

baby cuz.

So what's the 911?

We can't be

late for my party.

We all chipped

in for the best.

What?

Woo!

Ahh!

Oh!

Look at you cheesin'.

Whatever man.

I cannot wait to play

with the line in college.

Still can't believe your

parents are cool with you

going to ANT.

I mean, don't they need

you going somewhere like

Harvard, Brown or Spelman

for dinner party

cool points?

What?

I mean, c'mon D you know

they're all about public

image.

- It's not true Ty.

A blank image

in the house.

Happy graduation, baby.

Oh my god, this is so fly!

And you gonna look even

flier when you driving

this right on

Spelman's campus.

Is this car supposed to

make me change my mind?

There is no such thing

as a drum line in the real

world, Danielle.

You have to start

preparing for your future.

We'll handle everything.

I got a doctor colleague

of mine, he's going to

let you shadow him

at Emory.

You guys have no faith in

me, no faith that I can

make a decision on my own,

even if it's about my own

life.

As long as we are funding

that life, we will help

you make those

right decisions.

Then I'll except the

partial scholarship they

offered me, and I'll get

a job to cover my extra

expenses but, I

am going to ANT.

You will not get a- No,

no, she thinks she can do

it, do it.

I need to take control of

my life without you guys

planning

everything for me.

I'm stronger

than you think.

Danielle-

It's official, this year's

On the Jamboree

Classic Battle of the Bands

is gonna be hosting

on ANT's campus.

Now the Panthers haven't

won a classic in years,

but they're trying to

turn it around with

a new director.

Atlanta native and

ANT alum Sean Taylor.

Back in the day Sean and

future superstar Devon

Miles were unstoppable.

Yes, he's the Panther's

great black hope, welcome

home Sean, leggo.

Man, I can't believe you

guys round up here in my

momma's old car, when we

could've been stunting in

that new ride.

I have to prove that I can

do this on my own, which

means no extras

from my parents.

Hey Tyree, can you

help us with our bags?

Oh, let me get with y'all

in a minute, let me just

get my cousin

settled real quick.

That drum solo you posted

on YouTube, it was hot.

D, I told you.

Woo, I get much respect

for being section leader.

This is our year to take

back the championship.

Woo hoo, you know, if you

get the orientation and

make the line, you

gonna have to bat out too.

Okay, not only will I make

the line, but I will be-

the first female

section leader.

I know, cuz. Just

slow down, all right?

All right.

All right.

Dani Raymond, right?

Yeah.

I looked you up on

Facebook, I'm your

new roomie, Tasha!

I know, I tried to

look you up too.

I deleted that account,

college is all about

reinvention, all you

need to know is that I'm

country, I'm clean, and I

don't plan to kill you in

your sleep.

C'mon, I like the new outfit.

- Thank you, girl.

Ripped jean situation.

A lot has changed around

here since we were on this

field together, Sean.

Well Nia, oh, I'm sorry,

Dean Phillips, it's gonna

take some getting used to.

And you think

Dr. Taylor won't?

Welcome home.

What it is, I have

you to thank for that.

Me and the recession, a

lot of black colleges need

money, and both of us

know, a good band puts

butts in the seats, and

butts in the seats puts

money back in the schools,

so that's why I told the

board to do whatever it

took to steal you from

GRD.

You know I was only the

assistant band director there.

Well, I guess you

better bring it then.

I was hoping we could get

past what happened between

me and you.

You mean what happened

between you and me and

my brother?

- We never talked about it.

That was a long time

ago... it's a new day.

I hope so.

Welcome to band

dorm orientation.

I'm Bulldog, drum major.

For the next three weeks,

I'm your momma and your daddy.

McKinley hall is co-ed,

now that may sound like

you can go buck wild,

but I don't play that.

Ladies, keep your

music boxes closed.

Fellas, keep your

instruments in their

cases, 'cause I

don't play that.

He's preaching like my

pops on Sunday morning.

Oh, ahh, Dani, Leon,

sixes, Leon this is Dani,

my roomie.

Whats up?

So, did we miss something?

Bullet points,

no hooking up.

But that's my major.

I know.

First party rule of the

south, shake your ass like

you got rent to pay.

From where I stand, it

is a beautiful thing.

Oh, I like a little

junk in the trunk.

Oh, no JFK didn't.

Hey look around, all this

fresh meat just waiting to

be tenderized.

Oh, yo, I'd rather feel

shorty over there lookin'

like she need

some home already.

Uhh, I got dibs.

No, no, no that ain't

dibs, that's family,

that's my cousin Dani,

she's off limits bro.

My bad.

- Yeah, it will be.

Hey yo, isn't that?

- Yup.

We got a celebrity here,

ANT this year y'all, yo,

yo, yo, yo,

yo, yo, yo, yo!

My man J is officially

in the building.

Damn, dude is fine.

That's my roomie, Jayven

Lapierre, his daddy is-

Jimmy Lapierre.

The singer?

Yeah.

Everyone samples his

music, I love him.

Music is in his blood, so

you know, they put him

on the line.

Do not pass go

with his fine ass.

Yeah, we don't all

snap our fingers.

That's what's up.

Okay.

Dr. Sean Taylor.

Look at you.

You know you got the

folks talking about you.

ANT's great black hope.

You got some big

shoes to fill, man.

ANT hasn't won a

classic since what?

Since Dr. Lee left to

conduct the

Chicago Philharmonic?

That's six years

ago.

Six years.

What you want, Kevin?

What I want?

I want to see my brother!

You know I shouldn't

feel bad directing over

at Southern State,

considering I did my

marching right

here at ANT.

Yeah but, loyalty was

never your thing, right?

Loyalty?

Were you feeling very

loyal when you challenged

me for section leader?

Mr. Big Shot Junior, just

couldn't wait in line.

Kevin, I took section

leader from you because

you ran along

with your ego.

No, you took it because

you always thought you

were better than me.

Oh... man, is that Nia?

Mmm, you know Nia still

look good, I divorced that

woman five years ago and

she still do something to

me man just, mmm.

I guess we

both lost a lot.

I'll leave to

your unpacking.

See you on the

battlefield.

So, uh, I'm supposed to

be taking roll of all the

finest honey's in here, so

I know I got to shake off

your name.

Oh what?

- No name?

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