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A Contentious Claim: The biggest darn drum in Oklahoma?

The biggest drum in Oklahoma arrived in Stillwater nine decades ago. How drums are measured may complicate this claim, but with over 56 square feet of surface area on two drumheads, a drum that found its way to the Oklahoma Agricultural and
A Contentious Claim: The biggest darn drum in Oklahoma?
A Contentious Claim: The biggest darn drum in Oklahoma?

Wed, May 14, 2025

The biggest drum in Oklahoma arrived in Stillwater nine decades ago. How drums are measured may complicate this claim, but with over 56 square feet of surface area on two drumheads, a drum that found its way to the Oklahoma Agricultural and

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Director of Bands leaving a decades-long legacy of learning

Thu, Oct 8, 2020

After 40 years of collegiate teaching and conducting, Joseph Missal will wrap up that career in May with his retirement from OSU. And to cap it off, he's being inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society Hall of Fame. The formal,

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Missal to be inducted into Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame

Wed, Jul 22, 2020

Dr. Joseph Missal, director of OSU bands and professor of conducting, will march into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in November.

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