Boy, to this day among SKnot's friends you can pick out the instruments. Trumpet players always seem to be the loud and hyper ones, French Horns the groovy but intense ones, etc.

I played small instruments that packed nicely into cases that fit in my backpack, but for marching season I played drums. Didn't have a kit of my own, so all I had to do was drag a pair of sticks around with me. Nice and light!