It's so nice to see your mom, Vicki, again and hear her commentary. Her enthusiasm is palpable, and her perspective is great to hear. Lucky you, James, that you have two such lovely cohosts. 😊
The T-rex is actually eating a Penn St football player, then spits out the helmet. They were playing Penn St that game. You can see the Penn St band on the sideline as OSU takes the field.
The crazy thing is they do a new show each week! Matching bands begins at the high school level. You should look up Bands of America to see some of the high school bands. Unlike college bands, high school level works on the same show all season. They start with just a few minutes of the program, then add another portion each week until the final production is around 20 minutes in length.
The high school where I taught for 35 years learns a completely new show every 2 weeks. It is performed for a home game and an away game and then they do a new show. The marching drill and all music is memorized. That means 5 shows a year, memorizing 15 pieces of music, not counting pregame and post game performances.
@@Hecteacher, exactly! My High School accepted the final-year Middle School band members into the Marching band, just to boost the number of band members. At least 2 weeks every Summer, we went to Band Camp to begin learning the basics for what the Band Director had in mind for halftime shows in the upcoming year. Vicki, James, every step of every member of the band & flag corps & majorettes are choreographed like a dance. Every band member learns to take a standardized step distance so that the patterns can be made correctly. We also had to memorize our sheet music for each song in each show as well. Each show was used once at home, and once when we were playing at another school. By the time a band student reaches the College level, they have been learning the marching basics for a at least 4 years, an hour every school day, plus 2 to 3 two-hour nights a week. Plus concert band or orchestra, possibly Jazz Band, plus a Christmas concert, plus playing at the High School Graduation ceremonies. Each show is roughly 15 to 18 hours of practice--while learning the basics of the next show at the same time. --Dan
@@Hecteacherthat's awesome! I was in a drum & bugle corps in high school & we learned a new drill weekly. We're in Texas and the shows here are major productions, with props and costuming. The shows are performed at weekly games as well as competitions for both UIL and Bands of America.
@@beckycordell7038Yep and not to mention High school bands also do concerts at school and practice after school and concerts at other places they are scheduled to preform at on a school day.
we even do this at the high school level as well for games & parades....that was 'eye of sauron' from 'lord of the rings' btw....this is what we call a 'half time show' which is done between the 2 & 3 'quarters' of the football game
Native Ohioan here! I'm a very devout super fan of my Ohio State Buckeyes. I wear the team colors every game day and I even got my picture in the newspaper in my town one year on game day. GO BUCKS! 🏈 🌰
I have been watching you guys for years and your great. I really hope your mom comes on from time to time now. She is super nice , speaks very well and she is a beautiful woman !!!!
Marching band was my favorite thing to do in high school and college. So much work, but worth it! Being a part of something like that, all working together.
James, your Mom is awesome with double dose of Yorkshire! Now you should have her watch The Ohio State University Marching Band perform their "Tribute to the British Invasion" where the band played at Wembley Stadium in London during the NFL Demonstration Games. That video as you have seen before James, is also a great performance. The Ohio State University is only 10 minutes away from my apartment. 😀
Even though my mom has moved to Arizona a couple weeks ago she had me put a new OSU sticker on her back window. I miss living in Columbus. Born and raised just west of there.
So glad to see you reacting to our local OSU marching band. They put on fantastic halftime performances every home game during autumn. I sent James & Millie an OSU Christmas ornament a couple years ago. Hope it decorated their tree. The movies they showed: Superman, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
the large O and M flag on the field are for Ohio state university and University of Michigan. There is a long time VERY SERIOUS rivalry between the universities.
Students in Marching Band class start learning this type of thing in 9th grade so about 14 years old. They do nothing to this extreme but my granddaughter did performances like this starting at 14.
They have to learn the music, learn the formations/marching, AND they are university students who have to keep up with their studies too! Now go show Vicki the Texas A&M band. They are amazing in a completely different way.
These shows take place at half-time of the game. A great many of the kids who are part of the band (also cheerleaders) are going to the university on scholarship. Also we have several parades on Thanksgiving and some of the college and even some high school bands get invited to march as well. The one you just watched is one of the very best (Ohio State). The one movie you two weren't sure of was Lord of the Rings I believe. The announcer mentioned Mount Doom, which is (I believe) a reference to that movie. Oh, and I happily admit, I have a huge crush on Mom!! We need more vids with her. Hope Millie and the little one are both healthy and happy. Y'all stay safe and well.
They get to do a whole new show in 5 days. That is the training time. The boat battle is Michigan and Ohio State. That rivalry goes back 70 years. Every foot ball game is fought like a badge of honor. People in Ohio will not buy gas in Michigan because the taxes will go to support the football team. I am from Ohio, I grew up with these folks. Pride is what makes them work that hard to do a great job.
It's so easy to forget just how much work it takes to be able to do this on a physical level. There's the mental aspect where they have to remember the music, spots, etc, but they also have to have a ton of stamina. They're moving around quickly for several minutes without a break, while carrying their instruments, while playing their instruments. Some people have a hard enough time when it comes to jogging, but imagine doing that while also playing an instrument. They can't even have their breathing off or else it could keep them from playing correctly. It's just baffling to think of how much actual work is involved in this, but there's a reason why they're the gold standard.
I did marching band in high school (didn't go to college), we started practice in December, and the season ended the following november, so about 11 months of practice. I also live 5 minutes from the OSU stadium, it is very big
Greetings from Columbus , Ohio , home of The Ohio State University and their fabulous all-brass marching band TBDBITL (The Best Damn Band In The Land) ! The band has been preparing for weeks (there's a new program for every home game) and , don't forget , the members are students who have just started their academic courses ! Can't wait for the first game ! O-H
Your mom mentioned that they should play around the world. They were in London (NFL game ) a few ears ago paying tribute to British rock bands. It's on UA-cam and some of the videos has them with closer shots of them actually playing the instruments.
The band at Ohio State University have got this down to an art form. A couple of other good ones they did on other occasions were salutes to video games and Michael Jackson.
You’ll need to watch the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day (or Jan 2 if Jan 1 is on a Sunday). It’s in Pasadena (in Los Angeles county) and a lot of the top marching bands and some children’s marching bands from around the world (apparently Japan started showing the Rose Parade and other similar things and now they do marching bands, too, as well as other places). And so you see amazing floats and a ton of huge marching bands (and some cowboy groups and some Native American groups, etc) and they all have to match the 2+ miles of the parade route plus the staging route. So it’s really neat and runs for a couple hours but it’s a good way to see a lot of cool things and how marching bands march and do entertaining things for parades and when they don’t have the ability to do these fancy shows like you’re watching!!
Back in the 80's, I was in a marching band called the Boyle county rebels. We were state champions one year. It's not that difficult to do a routine like that. It takes about 6 months if I recall. And yes, we were playing our instruments while marching. This brings back memories! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
All 3 of my girls were in marching band in high school. They would have band camp for 2 weeks before football season started. They would start at 8 am and go until 8 pm. They would have lunch around 11. Then be inside for music only practice from 12-3 then back outside from 3-5. Dinner was at 5 then practice until 8 pm Monday - Friday. Then once school started they would have band practice from 1 pm until 5 except on Wednesdays they would stay until 8 pm. Band parents made sure meals and snacks were provided for the band and colorguard.
I had 3 kids in high school band. They practiced more than the football team. They appeared in the Rose Bowl Parade and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, as well as at DisneyWorld. These kids in the OSU band are have probably all been playing in high school, or college, band for a half dozen years or more, putting in long hours. I imagine quite a few are music majors.
Wow, I played in a high school marching band back in 1987. Tate High School marching band " The Show Band of the South". We had 267 members including the color guard. We marched the "Macey Thanksgiving Day Parade" that year. It was the best time of my life.
Keep in mind too that they are also playing all of the music while creating the patterns on the field. There is no way that I could play an instrument and walk, let alone remember exactly what pattern to walk in. The second one was Lord of the Rings. They showed the ring and then they showed the Eye of Sauron. They do this for every home game so sometimes they only have a week to learn it all. They are amazing.
OSU Marching band is really tough to audition and make the team. Many try but fail, it's a 2 day process of 12 hour days. You don't have to go to school there either so it's mostly students from OSU but there's some from other universities,Colleges or just musicians that wanted to see if they can cut it.
A marching band spends so many hours practicing. I had 3 kids in high school marching band. I would say it was probably 100's of hours and lots of counting
I was in a small marching band during middle and high school. We did competitions in the summer. We had practice every week day and competition on the weekends. Yes we played the music while marching and making different formations.
I like to turn on a college football game several times each autumn as a soundscape while I am doing other things in the house. It sounds so unique with the cheering, the announcers, and the bands playing . . . it is a real autumn sound to me. Most high school marching bands do something less so but still complex and play the music by rote. We learned a new routine each week. The university bands have try-outs and select the best of that 4-6 years of experience group to be members of their bands, of students attending. It's like a club; it's in addition to their classes . . . and generally they learn several routines like this one in a season, many with only a week to learn to play the music well and march the patterns. It's great fun to do and to watch.
These band members are incredibly physically fit. They train hard lifting weights, doing cardio, and of course working on the music & choreography. These are very smart musicians who work incredibly hard. Just as hard as the athletes. Plus they need to have good grades or they will be kicked off the team.
I was in the Iowa State marching band which is about the same level as this, 330 strong. This looks like a repeat show I'm guessing (not the first time they've performed it) as it's very refined. Usually we had 2 weeks to learn a show, except our last show was typically a repeat. First few days was exclusively music rehearsal, end of the first week we learned charts along with continuing sectional music practices, and then second week we stepped through the field drills to the charts with the music, more sectional practices & put it all together. And a full dress rehearsal on game day on the indoor practice football field. You memorize the music and your coordinates in that time. There were smaller sections within the band (usually 8 people) that would act as a single unit and have a upper classman leader to make sure their group was doing the right thing. We practiced for a couple hours 5, sometimes 6 days a week. It was very organized. We learned around 5 shows a season.
High schools, Junior high and grade schools all have music departments. My boy played in symphonies, orchestras, jazz bands, marching bands from grade school thru high school. They’d travel to all the states around us for shows and competitions. Then the school system has the annual competition between the city schools.
Vicky!! So nice to finally meet you! Enjoy having your reaction to all things USA and can I just say that blue blouse and your blue eyes are just absolutely mesmerizing! Beautiful lady you are. Those "kids" learn and memorize about 32 to 35 different turns. They have a whole playbook they have to memorize. In practice, they have a director in a booth high above the field who watches them and he calls out those who are not moving in the right places. The right to be in the OSMB is one of the toughest competitions out there....hundreds apply and very, very few are accepted. Their practice schedule is insane.
Every one on the field is on a scholarship for playing in the band. When I was a student there if you made a mistake on Saturday you got thrown in the river on Monday
In the USA, it is not only our military that works hard and shows the discipline needed to work as a team. Most every university, most colleges, most high schools, and the majority of middle schools have marching bands that spend lots of hours working on being able to do these kinds of routines flawlessly in front of anywhere from hundreds of people to millions of people.
Here in the USA we do this at the High School level as well so by College you have already had 4 years of practicing this kind of Field Show. Of course College takes it to a whole new professional level than High School. High School and College you only get a week to practice a new show as you do a new Field Show for each home game. These students are going to school everyday, doing homework and writing essays and still have band/Field Show practice after class to learn the movements and new music. It’s a lot of dedication to the Band, your High School/college, the fans and your studies/homework. Also you have to keep your grades up or you can’t be in Band so these students are not dummies and they’re self motivated and dedicated to be able to do all of this. I loved band and doing the Field Shows when I was in High School. It’s a lot of work but so much fun too. Your band mates are like family since you spend so much time together. ❤
Many Band Members are on Scholarship. It depends on the University, but most large colleges and some smaller schools offer band scholarships. My HS girlfriend went to Clemson on a band Scholarship. She played Trombone. Rick Charleston SC
Let mom know they only get a week to work out/ memorize the formations. 5:35 it doesn't help any when you are talking over the announcer telling you what movies they are doing. 🤣
*Before the school semester begins. They arrive at campus usually at least a month early and then practice 6-8 hours mostly uninterrupted on the field.
Someone else said it, but I'll repeat it in case you missed it - these marching band shows do not take place before the game starts, but after the end of the second quarter of the game, during a period called 'half-time,' so this is the half-time show. The game resumes afterwards, with the start of the third quarter. American football is divided into four quarters.
There is a American College football game being played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin Ireland Saturday August 24 at 12 p.m. between the Florida State Seminoles and the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. You can check on ticket availability with the stadium.. Good luck..
A friend of mine went to LSU ( Louisiana State University ) on a partial band scholarship. Check to see if your viewers can get you tickets if you come. Usually big universities tickets are bought out by students and Alumni so may be hard to get. NCAA football season starts last week of August and runs through December Bowl games.
OSU Marching band is the #1 Marching band in USA. For every home show, they have a different show. The band members are given Ipads with each shows music and formations that they will do. They have to have EVERYTHING memorized in a weeks time if they have back to back home games. They practice up to 30 hours a week to perfect the shows. The band has performed at Wembly stadium, I believe 2015. Check out the two shows that they have done 2024. Forrest Gump, and they just performed Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Check out their Top Gun, Back to the Future, Tribute to Michael Jackson. The school has a UA-cam site of Ohio State University Marching. You can find the above-mentioned programs.
Ohio and Michigan are more than just college rivals. The rivalry goes back to 1835-36 when the Toledo War erupted over a border dispute between them. It's not near that level now, of course but the remnants are obviously visible today.
A little insight for you. Halftime is a 20 minute break between the 2nd and 3rd quarter in American Football. Typically both teams bands will perform. The Ohio State Marching band also goes by TBDBITL (T-bittle) It stands for The Best Damn Band In The Land! They typically learn 6 shows per season, plus pre-game and "Script Ohio" which is performed at home before the game starts. They also (along with other schools) Have their "Stand Tunes" that they play during the game. TBDBITL has Buckeye Swag, Hang on Sloopy, Fight the Team, Buckeye Battlecry, and many others. An Ohio State home football game should be on everyone's bucket list. I am partial because I live here. So, if you can't make it here, a Nebraska, Penn State, Iowa (If only for the Children's Hospital Wave) Or Texas games would be decent substitutes.
Color guard, winter guard, drum line, matching band. We have these in primary and secondary, extra curricular like sports and such. Not every school has a team. There's a lot of this really really cool. My husband was in winter guard (flags, staffs, rifles) in HS. Check out some WGI videos
It's so nice to see your mom, Vicki, again and hear her commentary. Her enthusiasm is palpable, and her perspective is great to hear. Lucky you, James, that you have two such lovely cohosts. 😊
I'm glad someone heard her name cause I was thinking Nikki or Vicki.
Your mom is so nice! It's fun to have her in videos!
Your mother is very sweet and looks very young. America loves her❤😊
She's absolutely adorable.
The guy being eaten by the dinosaur is dressed as a michigan fan, michigan being OSUs arch rival. The flag on the ship is also a michigan flag.
The T-rex is actually eating a Penn St football player, then spits out the helmet. They were playing Penn St that game. You can see the Penn St band on the sideline as OSU takes the field.
@@isla846 Hrmm, might be. It is the Penn State game but I thought looking closely at him he had "maize and blue" on.
Starts in Middle School. A real commitment. Band kids are amazing.
BEST DAMN BAND IN THE LAND!!!! You won't find that at Tennessee!!!!!!
The crazy thing is they do a new show each week! Matching bands begins at the high school level. You should look up Bands of America to see some of the high school bands. Unlike college bands, high school level works on the same show all season. They start with just a few minutes of the program, then add another portion each week until the final production is around 20 minutes in length.
The high school where I taught for 35 years learns a completely new show every 2 weeks. It is performed for a home game and an away game and then they do a new show. The marching drill and all music is memorized. That means 5 shows a year, memorizing 15 pieces of music, not counting pregame and post game performances.
@@Hecteacher, exactly! My High School accepted the final-year Middle School band members into the Marching band, just to boost the number of band members. At least 2 weeks every Summer, we went to Band Camp to begin learning the basics for what the Band Director had in mind for halftime shows in the upcoming year. Vicki, James, every step of every member of the band & flag corps & majorettes are choreographed like a dance. Every band member learns to take a standardized step distance so that the patterns can be made correctly. We also had to memorize our sheet music for each song in each show as well. Each show was used once at home, and once when we were playing at another school. By the time a band student reaches the College level, they have been learning the marching basics for a at least 4 years, an hour every school day, plus 2 to 3 two-hour nights a week. Plus concert band or orchestra, possibly Jazz Band, plus a Christmas concert, plus playing at the High School Graduation ceremonies. Each show is roughly 15 to 18 hours of practice--while learning the basics of the next show at the same time. --Dan
@@Hecteacherthat's awesome! I was in a drum & bugle corps in high school & we learned a new drill weekly. We're in Texas and the shows here are major productions, with props and costuming. The shows are performed at weekly games as well as competitions for both UIL and Bands of America.
@@beckycordell7038Yep and not to mention High school bands also do concerts at school and practice after school and concerts at other places they are scheduled to preform at on a school day.
My high school had different half time shows each game.
5:28 This is Lord of the Rings. The first pattern was the ring and the second was the Eye of Sauron.
Thank you, sooooo much for clearing that up for me. It's been boggling my mind. ❤
They're not paid, but they do get a scholarship to the school for being in the band.
The announcer mentioned Mount Doom, but it was hard to hear as they were talking over it.
@@jasonligon5937Didn't here him ask that question. Pfft
we even do this at the high school level as well for games & parades....that was 'eye of sauron' from 'lord of the rings' btw....this is what we call a 'half time show' which is done between the 2 & 3 'quarters' of the football game
Oh yay!!! Mom Vicki is back! 😃😍
Native Ohioan here! I'm a very devout super fan of my Ohio State Buckeyes. I wear the team colors every game day and I even got my picture in the newspaper in my town one year on game day. GO BUCKS! 🏈 🌰
I believe OSU the "horseshoe" stadium holds close to 100,000 people. A lot of stadiums are 80-90 thousand.
I have been watching you guys for years and your great. I really hope your mom comes on from time to time now. She is super nice , speaks very well and she is a beautiful woman !!!!
Marching band was my favorite thing to do in high school and college. So much work, but worth it! Being a part of something like that, all working together.
James, your Mom is awesome with double dose of Yorkshire! Now you should have her watch The Ohio State University Marching Band perform their "Tribute to the British Invasion" where the band played at Wembley Stadium in London during the NFL Demonstration Games. That video as you have seen before James, is also a great performance. The Ohio State University is only 10 minutes away from my apartment. 😀
Even though my mom has moved to Arizona a couple weeks ago she had me put a new OSU sticker on her back window. I miss living in Columbus. Born and raised just west of there.
So glad to see you reacting to our local OSU marching band. They put on fantastic halftime performances every home game during autumn. I sent James & Millie an OSU Christmas ornament a couple years ago. Hope it decorated their tree.
The movies they showed: Superman, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
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As usual James was talking over the narration when they announced the hint for Lord of the Rings and Jurassic Park. LOL
He's cute leave him alone lol
I forgot what I read but the practice hrs put in weekly is insane !!!!
Marching band takes a lot of cardio. Don't forget they're blowing thru instruments whilst shuffling as fast or slow on the field
the large O and M flag on the field are for Ohio state university and University of Michigan. There is a long time VERY SERIOUS rivalry between the universities.
Students in Marching Band class start learning this type of thing in 9th grade so about 14 years old. They do nothing to this extreme but my granddaughter did performances like this starting at 14.
They have to learn the music, learn the formations/marching, AND they are university students who have to keep up with their studies too!
Now go show Vicki the Texas A&M band. They are amazing in a completely different way.
These shows take place at half-time of the game. A great many of the kids who are part of the band (also cheerleaders) are going to the university on scholarship. Also we have several parades on Thanksgiving and some of the college and even some high school bands get invited to march as well. The one you just watched is one of the very best (Ohio State). The one movie you two weren't sure of was Lord of the Rings I believe. The announcer mentioned Mount Doom, which is (I believe) a reference to that movie. Oh, and I happily admit, I have a huge crush on Mom!! We need more vids with her. Hope Millie and the little one are both healthy and happy. Y'all stay safe and well.
The Marching Bands Competition is also something to see ...it's absolutely incredible to watch.
I live in Columbus and we live for this🎉😂!
They get to do a whole new show in 5 days. That is the training time. The boat battle is Michigan and Ohio State. That rivalry goes back 70 years. Every foot ball game is fought like a badge of honor. People in Ohio will not buy gas in Michigan because the taxes will go to support the football team. I am from Ohio, I grew up with these folks. Pride is what makes them work that hard to do a great job.
Love to you, Ohio neighbor, but “Hail to the Victors Valiant!” 🎉😊❤
It's so easy to forget just how much work it takes to be able to do this on a physical level. There's the mental aspect where they have to remember the music, spots, etc, but they also have to have a ton of stamina. They're moving around quickly for several minutes without a break, while carrying their instruments, while playing their instruments. Some people have a hard enough time when it comes to jogging, but imagine doing that while also playing an instrument. They can't even have their breathing off or else it could keep them from playing correctly. It's just baffling to think of how much actual work is involved in this, but there's a reason why they're the gold standard.
I did marching band in high school (didn't go to college), we started practice in December, and the season ended the following november, so about 11 months of practice. I also live 5 minutes from the OSU stadium, it is very big
Greetings from Columbus , Ohio , home of The Ohio State University and their fabulous all-brass marching band TBDBITL (The Best Damn Band In The Land) ! The band has been preparing for weeks (there's a new program for every home game) and , don't forget , the members are students who have just started their academic courses ! Can't wait for the first game ! O-H
Your mom mentioned that they should play around the world. They were in London (NFL game ) a few ears ago paying tribute to British rock bands.
It's on UA-cam and some of the videos has them with closer shots of them actually playing the instruments.
They should find that and react to it
ua-cam.com/video/fz5ZaOPCclI/v-deo.htmlsi=iuJeMDw3crChslOJ
I hope that’s the right one ?
The band at Ohio State University have got this down to an art form. A couple of other good ones they did on other occasions were salutes to video games and Michael Jackson.
You’ll need to watch the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day (or Jan 2 if Jan 1 is on a Sunday). It’s in Pasadena (in Los Angeles county) and a lot of the top marching bands and some children’s marching bands from around the world (apparently Japan started showing the Rose Parade and other similar things and now they do marching bands, too, as well as other places). And so you see amazing floats and a ton of huge marching bands (and some cowboy groups and some Native American groups, etc) and they all have to match the 2+ miles of the parade route plus the staging route. So it’s really neat and runs for a couple hours but it’s a good way to see a lot of cool things and how marching bands march and do entertaining things for parades and when they don’t have the ability to do these fancy shows like you’re watching!!
Back in the 80's, I was in a marching band called the Boyle county rebels. We were state champions one year. It's not that difficult to do a routine like that. It takes about 6 months if I recall. And yes, we were playing our instruments while marching. This brings back memories! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
The person eaten by the dinosaur is wearing a Michigan jersey. Their oponnent.
All 3 of my girls were in marching band in high school. They would have band camp for 2 weeks before football season started. They would start at 8 am and go until 8 pm. They would have lunch around 11. Then be inside for music only practice from 12-3 then back outside from 3-5. Dinner was at 5 then practice until 8 pm Monday - Friday. Then once school started they would have band practice from 1 pm until 5 except on Wednesdays they would stay until 8 pm. Band parents made sure meals and snacks were provided for the band and colorguard.
our football is about to start here in knoxville, Tn soon if it hasn't already @13:33
Yes this Saturday the NFL is still in pre season.
I had 3 kids in high school band. They practiced more than the football team. They appeared in the Rose Bowl Parade and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, as well as at DisneyWorld. These kids in the OSU band are have probably all been playing in high school, or college, band for a half dozen years or more, putting in long hours. I imagine quite a few are music majors.
I was in a tiny school and loved marching band. Loved band. I wasn't very good but i could fake it and had so much fun. It took me places.
OHIO STATE is famous for this. Top Tier!
Wow, I played in a high school marching band back in 1987. Tate High School marching band " The Show Band of the South". We had 267 members including the color guard. We marched the "Macey Thanksgiving Day Parade" that year. It was the best time of my life.
Keep in mind too that they are also playing all of the music while creating the patterns on the field. There is no way that I could play an instrument and walk, let alone remember exactly what pattern to walk in. The second one was Lord of the Rings. They showed the ring and then they showed the Eye of Sauron. They do this for every home game so sometimes they only have a week to learn it all. They are amazing.
Most major universities have a marching band but very few take it to this level
I think its great you're sharing your American experience with you mum. Love her reactions!
They put on a new show every week.
My brother played trumpet in both Jr high and high school marching bands. The band would spend HOURS practicing.
Hold up! Did I hear your mum say something about visiting Tennessee?? That would be amazing! I’m a lifelong Tennessean, myself!! 💁🏻♀️
OSU Marching band is really tough to audition and make the team. Many try but fail, it's a 2 day process of 12 hour days. You don't have to go to school there either so it's mostly students from OSU but there's some from other universities,Colleges or just musicians that wanted to see if they can cut it.
A marching band spends so many hours practicing. I had 3 kids in high school marching band. I would say it was probably 100's of hours and lots of counting
I almost fell out of my easy chair when Mom said do they play soccer after that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The music departments in most major universities are huge. Besides marching bands they have orchestras, jazz bands, rock bands, classical, etc.
I was in a small marching band during middle and high school. We did competitions in the summer. We had practice every week day and competition on the weekends. Yes we played the music while marching and making different formations.
I like to turn on a college football game several times each autumn as a soundscape while I am doing other things in the house. It sounds so unique with the cheering, the announcers, and the bands playing . . . it is a real autumn sound to me. Most high school marching bands do something less so but still complex and play the music by rote. We learned a new routine each week. The university bands have try-outs and select the best of that 4-6 years of experience group to be members of their bands, of students attending. It's like a club; it's in addition to their classes . . . and generally they learn several routines like this one in a season, many with only a week to learn to play the music well and march the patterns. It's great fun to do and to watch.
Yep I like hearing Texas and USC bands playing they play some funny songs during every play. 😅
1. Superman 2. Lord of the Rings 3. Harry Potter 4. Jurassic Park 5. Pirates of the Caribbean
Did you guys watch the performance this band did in Wembley yet? It's entirely British themed and is one of my favorites of theirs.
These band members are incredibly physically fit. They train hard lifting weights, doing cardio, and of course working on the music & choreography. These are very smart musicians who work incredibly hard. Just as hard as the athletes. Plus they need to have good grades or they will be kicked off the team.
I was in the Iowa State marching band which is about the same level as this, 330 strong. This looks like a repeat show I'm guessing (not the first time they've performed it) as it's very refined. Usually we had 2 weeks to learn a show, except our last show was typically a repeat. First few days was exclusively music rehearsal, end of the first week we learned charts along with continuing sectional music practices, and then second week we stepped through the field drills to the charts with the music, more sectional practices & put it all together. And a full dress rehearsal on game day on the indoor practice football field. You memorize the music and your coordinates in that time. There were smaller sections within the band (usually 8 people) that would act as a single unit and have a upper classman leader to make sure their group was doing the right thing. We practiced for a couple hours 5, sometimes 6 days a week. It was very organized. We learned around 5 shows a season.
High schools, Junior high and grade schools all have music departments. My boy played in symphonies, orchestras, jazz bands, marching bands from grade school thru high school. They’d travel to all the states around us for shows and competitions. Then the school system has the annual competition between the city schools.
There are marching band competitions that are taken very seriously. They also have to perform and practice in wool uniforms in summer heat.
The band performs a new program at every home football game.
there is a huge rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan, thus OSU sinking MI
Vicky!! So nice to finally meet you! Enjoy having your reaction to all things USA and can I just say that blue blouse and your blue eyes are just absolutely mesmerizing! Beautiful lady you are. Those "kids" learn and memorize about 32 to 35 different turns. They have a whole playbook they have to memorize. In practice, they have a director in a booth high above the field who watches them and he calls out those who are not moving in the right places. The right to be in the OSMB is one of the toughest competitions out there....hundreds apply and very, very few are accepted. Their practice schedule is insane.
Every one on the field is on a scholarship for playing in the band. When I was a student there if you made a mistake on Saturday you got thrown in the river on Monday
I was there for that one...I've been to about 60 games at the Horseshoe and it never gets old!!
Your mom is so adorable! Love the reaction.
In the USA, it is not only our military that works hard and shows the discipline needed to work as a team. Most every university, most colleges, most high schools, and the majority of middle schools have marching bands that spend lots of hours working on being able to do these kinds of routines flawlessly in front of anywhere from hundreds of people to millions of people.
This Is halftime! they played half the game already and are in the locker room waiting to come back out again. This is the halftime show!
The second 'display' was the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings
Here in the USA we do this at the High School level as well so by College you have already had 4 years of practicing this kind of Field Show. Of course College takes it to a whole new professional level than High School. High School and College you only get a week to practice a new show as you do a new Field Show for each home game. These students are going to school everyday, doing homework and writing essays and still have band/Field Show practice after class to learn the movements and new music. It’s a lot of dedication to the Band, your High School/college, the fans and your studies/homework. Also you have to keep your grades up or you can’t be in Band so these students are not dummies and they’re self motivated and dedicated to be able to do all of this. I loved band and doing the Field Shows when I was in High School. It’s a lot of work but so much fun too. Your band mates are like family since you spend so much time together. ❤
Our Colleges and Universities offer scholarships for band as well. They train as much as the athletes. It's very competitive
They mostly have a week or two in-between performances and each one is as intricate
I love seeing your mom and you react to videos. Would be nice to see Milles mom and your mom react together.
Hi mom and James! I think you would love the OSU Marching Band when they performed at Wembley Stadium in London in 2015. ❤
This is the US Navy Drill team performance. The video title is: "US Navy Presidential Ceremonial Honor Guard at Norway". I was a member 1981-1982.
Many Band Members are on Scholarship.
It depends on the University, but most large colleges and some smaller schools offer band scholarships.
My HS girlfriend went to Clemson on a band Scholarship. She played Trombone.
Rick
Charleston SC
Let mom know they only get a week to work out/ memorize the formations. 5:35 it doesn't help any when you are talking over the announcer telling you what movies they are doing. 🤣
James... mumbler in chief.
I have great grandsons in band in school My youngest son took band in 7-8&9th grades We Americans love a good band 🇺🇸❤️😂🇺🇸
2nd set of movements is Lord of the Rings
They get 10 hours a week of practice together. I dont know about off time practice. It is crazy how great they are. ❤
*Before the school semester begins. They arrive at campus usually at least a month early and then practice 6-8 hours mostly uninterrupted on the field.
I had a roommate when I was at Ohio State that was in the Marching Band. It was pretty intense how many hours he put into it. He loved it though!
For the Harry Potter one, the person with the wings is supposed to be the Golden Snitch, not the owl (Hedwig).
They start these things in high school. See if you can find a cheerleading championship.
Best damn band in the land
Someone else said it, but I'll repeat it in case you missed it - these marching band shows do not take place before the game starts, but after the end of the second quarter of the game, during a period called 'half-time,' so this is the half-time show. The game resumes afterwards, with the start of the third quarter. American football is divided into four quarters.
There is a American College football game being played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin Ireland Saturday August 24 at 12 p.m. between the Florida State Seminoles and the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. You can check on ticket availability with the stadium.. Good luck..
A friend of mine went to LSU ( Louisiana State University ) on a partial band scholarship. Check to see if your viewers can get you tickets if you come. Usually big universities tickets are bought out by students and Alumni so may be hard to get. NCAA football season starts last week of August and runs through December Bowl games.
OSU Marching band is the #1
Marching band in USA. For every home show, they have a different show. The band members are given Ipads with each shows music and formations that they will do.
They have to have EVERYTHING memorized in a weeks time if they have back to back home games. They practice up to 30 hours a week to perfect the shows. The band has performed at Wembly stadium, I believe 2015. Check out the two shows that they have done 2024. Forrest Gump, and they just performed Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Check out their Top Gun, Back to the Future, Tribute to Michael Jackson. The school has a UA-cam site of Ohio State University Marching. You can find the above-mentioned programs.
Mrs. B is so classy and lovely. Now I know why James is such a good guy.
Just so you know guys Ohio state stadium seats 100,000 people. The band while they do not get paid, they do get scholarships with is almost as good
Best Damn Band in the Land.
Ohio and Michigan are more than just college rivals. The rivalry goes back to 1835-36 when the Toledo War erupted over a border dispute between them.
It's not near that level now, of course but the remnants are obviously visible today.
A little insight for you. Halftime is a 20 minute break between the 2nd and 3rd quarter in American Football. Typically both teams bands will perform. The Ohio State Marching band also goes by TBDBITL (T-bittle) It stands for The Best Damn Band In The Land! They typically learn 6 shows per season, plus pre-game and "Script Ohio" which is performed at home before the game starts. They also (along with other schools) Have their "Stand Tunes" that they play during the game. TBDBITL has Buckeye Swag, Hang on Sloopy, Fight the Team, Buckeye Battlecry, and many others. An Ohio State home football game should be on everyone's bucket list. I am partial because I live here. So, if you can't make it here, a Nebraska, Penn State, Iowa (If only for the Children's Hospital Wave) Or Texas games would be decent substitutes.
OSU is the largest brass band in the world. This year it is the 147th edition.
They change the halftime show every week. The band practices daily.They are all university students, a lot of them are music majors.
"They play American football after this." No sir, we play real football after this.
Michigan and Ohio State big rivalry
There's even a lot of high school bands that are that good and do that.
Let's introduce Vicki and James to THE OSU call back: OH -
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The owl is the snitch and the person on the broom catches it
Color guard, winter guard, drum line, matching band. We have these in primary and secondary, extra curricular like sports and such. Not every school has a team. There's a lot of this really really cool. My husband was in winter guard (flags, staffs, rifles) in HS. Check out some WGI videos
8 of the 10 largest stadiums by capacity in the world are in the U.S. and those 8 are college stadiums.