Photo Gallery: Percussionist debacle forces drummers to beat on old heads
Tenor drum drum heads being used by a member of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Percussionists, of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band, on the snare drums at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Bass drummer Margaret Hofhime, 14, of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Bass drummers of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Tenor drummer Chris Sandoval, 16, of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Tenor drummers of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A line of percussionists, of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band, including snare, tenor, and bass drums, start a routine at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Tenor drummer Chris Sandoval, 16, of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band at practice for a competition at Rosemont Middle School on Thursday, November 3, 2016. A campaign to replace the drum heads the percussionists are using after a school janitor mistakenly identified $1,108 of new drum heads as trash and disposed of them. Currently, they are playing with last years, and drum heads they were able to borrow from other schools. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)