1.   On passing under the building a cacophony of kettle drums and trumpets would once have announced the arrival of any important visitor.

2.   As drummers banged on large kettle drums, women dressed in white and bearing flowers danced before the entourage.

3.   Cue the kettle drum and herald trumpets!

4.   The decor will include unusual furnishings, such as a huge kettle drum made into a table.

5.   When reached on Thursday by satellite phone, Golding sounded as if he were in a kettle drum that was being waled upon with a steady, manic vigor.