The ARC drumline performs at the 2nd annual competition against Lucy Laney in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
The ARC drumline performs at the 2nd annual competition against Lucy Laney in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.

Photojournalism: Clash of the drumlines

Augustans marked Juneteenth Saturday with several events including a drumline stick-off contest in the James Brown Arena parking lot.

The drumline event occurred after the parade down Broad Street.

Laney was the winner of the second annual event sponsored by the National Action Network of the CSRA.

Members of the Lucy Laney drumline perform against ARC at the second annual drumline competition in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News. Laney would go on to be named the winner of the competition.
Members of the Lucy Laney Drumline march in to the second annual drumline competition in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News. Laney would go on to be named the winner of the competition.
Members of the Lucy Laney drumline performed against ARC at the second annual drumline competition in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News. Laney would go on to be named the winner of the competition.

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Drumline members perform against Lucy Laney at the second annual drumline stick-off competition in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Drummers compete in a stick-off event June 17 in the parking lot of the James Brown Arena. It was sponsored by the National Action Network of the CSRA. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News
Laney took home the first place trophy at the second annual drumline competition against ARC in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Lucy Laney performs at the 2nd annual drumline competition in Augusta, Ga. on June 17, 2023. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News. Laney would go on to be named the winner of the competition.

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