In high school, I was in marching band and was in our pit, playing mallets and various other percussion (can-drums, congas/bongos, bass drum, etc.) but as I grew up through high school, I picked up drum set. In college, I focused more on tympani since our concert band didn't have a dedicated tympanist, so for the last 7+ years of my life, I've been playing tympani in many many places (college concert band, local community band).
-Marc.