was the percussion coordinator for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and also worked with the McDonald’s All-American Band at various national parades. Since 1985, he served as a marching percussion consultant for the Yamaha Corporation of America and developed the SFZ marching snare drum and the Power Lite Marching Series. Fred developed the Yamaha Sounds of Summer band camps which each summer attracted over 10,000 students who studied under Fred’s direction. Fred Sanford was also active in the Percussive Arts Society, serving on the PAS Marching Percussion Committee as well as being the "voice" of the Marching Percussion Festival for almost two decades. Sanford is a member of the DCI Hall of Fame. He died in 2000. The Percussion Championship trophy at the Drum Corps International World Championships is named in his honor. References P.A.S. Hall of Fame Fred Sanford Scholarship Fund Troopers Alumni Site DCI Hall of Fame: Fred Sanford - 1991 1947 births 2000 deaths American percussionists Musicians from Wyoming 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians Drum pedagogues