The Specht pound is divided into four deerheads (DÂ£.Sp.), which are so named after the fact that the Irish one-pound coin once had a deer and deer are counted by the head, the need for such a weight being rooted in the fact that, the twenty shillings of silver, which once made a British pound sterling weighed only about one quarter of an avoirdupois pound, the deerhead is divided into twenty Specht shillings, (sh.Sp), and the Specht shilling is divided into twelve Specht pennyweights, (dw ...
Members of the Brigadiers Drum & Bugle Corps (NY) hornline in 2007, with contrabass horns (contras). The contrabass bugle (usually shortened to contra or simply called the marching tuba) is the lowest-pitched instrument in the drum and bugle corps and marching band hornline. It is essentially the drum corps' counterpart to the marching band's sousaphone: the lowest-pitched member of the hornline, and a replacement for the concert tuba on the marching field. It is different from the other members of the marching band and drum corps hornlines in that it rests on the shoulder of the player, rather than being held in front of the body.
3.Semper Fidelis is a Latin motto translating to always faithful. It is the motto of:The Marine Corps. 4.Semper Fidelis is the title of the official march of the United States Marine Corps, composed by John Phillip Sousa in 1889.Sousa was director of the United States Marine Corp Band when a replacement for Hail to the Chief was requested, but later rejected.Sousa considered it to be his most musical march.emper Fi. Semper Fi, adopted in 1883, is the U.S. Marine Corps motto. It's short for Semper Fidelis, which is latin for Always Faithful.. To many Marines, Semper Fi, is not just a phrase but a way of life-the commitment that they all share to their community, to their Corps, and to eachother.