Rufus King International High School Repeats as MPS Drumline Champion
King's Varsity Squad Is Victorious at the Biggest All-City Battle of the Drumlines in Years
(MILWAUKEE) — The Rufus King International High School varsity drumline was crowned the city champion on Saturday, December 14, at the 22nd annual MPS Battle of the Drumlines.
The event took place in the packed gymnasium at Rufus King International High School, 1801 W. Olive St., Milwaukee. Battle of the Drumlines takes place at the defending champion’s school; this was the 17th year that the King varsity squad won the title, taking first place with 86 points.
Saturday’s event was the biggest drumline battle in more than a decade — 16 schools performed their choreographed drumming, up from 10 in 2023. In all, nine schools competed for the championship, and seven schools performed in exhibition.
Six MPS schools added drumlines this school year, reflecting music education’s growth at MPS since 2020. One of those schools, Obama School of Career and Technical Education, has two drumlines, for a total of seven new MPS drumlines.
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