The Stars and Stripes Forever with 94 piccolos! [4K]

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  • @harrisondixon4039
    @harrisondixon4039 6 років тому +5619

    I love how the brass is louder than 94 piccolos

    • @gingechicken7394
      @gingechicken7394 6 років тому +385

      Harrison Dixon a couple of the trumpets had mics. On top of that high frequencies don't travel as long/far as lower frequencies, and trumpets and trombones are also built to louder

    • @sluchztowne369
      @sluchztowne369 6 років тому +79

      I don’t like you

    • @Ace1King1
      @Ace1King1 5 років тому +263

      They should have added 76 trombones and 101 cornets.

    • @bricelewis7869
      @bricelewis7869 5 років тому +107

      @@Ace1King1 and 100 more tubas for the lowbrass feature lmao

    • @djmotise
      @djmotise 5 років тому +33

      Yeah, complete with horrific cracking. Blast. Splat.

  • @timmaher1167
    @timmaher1167 5 років тому +973

    *Sees title*
    Me: *shudders* I don’t want to imagine why tuning was like.

    • @mythicalasgardian2245
      @mythicalasgardian2245 5 років тому +41

      I'm thinking it was every man for himself. Try to survive the song. :)

    • @eesteinson92
      @eesteinson92 5 років тому +15

      Omg... yeah moderation is (pun pun) key

    • @thecheeselord5943
      @thecheeselord5943 5 років тому +7

      @@TheRonjoe223 Better off shooting all

    • @nicknyethesaxguy894
      @nicknyethesaxguy894 4 роки тому +2

      Ronjoe i like that idea

    • @XprPrentice
      @XprPrentice 4 роки тому

      It's the old joke: How to get two piccs to play in tune? Kill one.

  • @Dylan-zf4xh
    @Dylan-zf4xh 5 років тому +936

    When 76 trombones and 110 cornets weren’t enough

    • @NkarpovichMixes
      @NkarpovichMixes 5 років тому +24

      well, it clearly needed to reaaaally be the big parade.

    • @uushdhbshfb6862
      @uushdhbshfb6862 4 роки тому +7

      they definitely caught the morning sun

    • @inesdeerausquin5658
      @inesdeerausquin5658 4 роки тому +9

      HAHAHAHA I've been grinning at all the comments but this one made me actually shout with laughter

    • @mettycandy
      @mettycandy 4 роки тому +7

      Don't forget the rows and rows of the finest virtuosos

    • @james.randorff
      @james.randorff 3 роки тому +5

      That’s trouble with a capital T, and that rhymes with P, and that stands for… Piccolos!

  • @ctatheist
    @ctatheist 5 років тому +719

    Organizer: "How many piccolos should we get?"
    Director: "ALL OF THEM."

  • @Grace-wh8ky
    @Grace-wh8ky 6 років тому +1547

    for the first five minutes I was looking at the piccolos, and I was like, "There aren't even 94 players in that band, wtf"
    Skips to 5:00
    *Lord save us all*

    • @mina_takesthew
      @mina_takesthew 4 роки тому +19

      Dont judge a book by its cover mate

    • @nathanieloxford6288
      @nathanieloxford6288 2 роки тому +5

      I'm still really confused as to why there are two different performances melded into one video. Or did they play it twice at the concert? I'm just confused.
      But thanks for including the five min link in your comment. I totally would have stopped the video before that and assumed everyone was playing along with a joke that I want getting.

    • @robertandhollyscorpiofan2697
      @robertandhollyscorpiofan2697 2 роки тому +21

      @@nathanieloxford6288 the part where the 94 other players was an “encore.”

    • @natashamudford4011
      @natashamudford4011 Рік тому +4

      @@nathanieloxford6288 yes, I was starting to think "click bait" myself. Surprise, surprise.

    • @trapjohnson
      @trapjohnson Рік тому +4

      Oh, once it hit, I threw up some rock horns!

  • @eldunari0291
    @eldunari0291 5 років тому +293

    If that title doesn’t strike fear into your heart, idk what will

  • @bonetonelord
    @bonetonelord 6 років тому +5560

    I'm pretty sure using that many piccolos is against both the 8th Amendment and the Geneva Conventions.

    • @dougmontgomery1868
      @dougmontgomery1868 6 років тому +168

      I guess piccolos are cruel and unusual punishment but amplified guitars are not, eh?

    • @neilvu8695
      @neilvu8695 5 років тому +13

      😂

    • @demef758
      @demef758 5 років тому +87

      "Use a piccolo, go to jail. It's the law."

    • @awildfilingcabinet6239
      @awildfilingcabinet6239 5 років тому +110

      I’m pretty sure any amount of piccolos is a war crime somewhere

    • @johannaweichsel3602
      @johannaweichsel3602 5 років тому +27

      @@awildfilingcabinet6239 play(ed) the flute, can confirm.

  • @jeremysolomon2686
    @jeremysolomon2686 5 років тому +199

    “So, how many piccolos you want?”
    Director: “yes”

    • @baritoneboy
      @baritoneboy 3 роки тому

      "So, how many piccolos do you want?
      Director: *thought he ordered pizza cones* I want 94 of them.

  • @brad5286
    @brad5286 6 років тому +3505

    Non-Americans: "America, why are you always so extra?"
    Americans: "OMG, we are not!"
    94 Piccolo Players: "Speak for yourself."

    • @randombullshitwithhalfachr774
      @randombullshitwithhalfachr774 5 років тому +15

      The first comment I’ve ever seen with so many likes and no replies.

    • @yeahoh2222
      @yeahoh2222 5 років тому +3

      Idunno

    • @IAMDAVEAMI
      @IAMDAVEAMI 5 років тому +4

      oi
      you know all this music is stolen from russia and other countrys HAHAHAHA
      just because tey stela it and make it there own doesnt make them the best HAHAHA
      turd picker HAHAHAHA
      GAAAYYY!!!!!!
      THE END
      ::))

    • @ders972
      @ders972 5 років тому +17

      @@IAMDAVEAMI my favorite part of your comment was turd picker lol what a wierdo.

    • @markalshouse7484
      @markalshouse7484 5 років тому +10

      94 Piccolo Players: "Hold My Beer"!

  • @sydrefugia4197
    @sydrefugia4197 5 років тому +230

    That moment when the camera panned over the 91 piccolos in the back had me in tears

    • @Halloweensam31
      @Halloweensam31 5 років тому +6

      Same

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 2 роки тому +2

      Me too

    • @宮崎正行-p5z
      @宮崎正行-p5z Рік тому +1

      @@juliusnepos6013  Me too 星条旗への思いを強く感じました。現場に居たかったと思います。

  • @sovidquack8418
    @sovidquack8418 6 років тому +455

    Me: is it just me or did i got clickbaited?
    *Some minutes later*
    Me: oh..

  • @roxanner9859
    @roxanner9859 3 роки тому +35

    I was one of those piccolo's, with my mom and band director!!!

  • @graciedavis7432
    @graciedavis7432 6 років тому +2349

    Me: *sees title* oh god

    • @slayyyy1403
      @slayyyy1403 6 років тому +4

      Me toO

    • @Elizabeth-wv3jr
      @Elizabeth-wv3jr 5 років тому +22

      *clicks anyway*

    • @mochs62512
      @mochs62512 5 років тому +22

      As someone that played piccolo with 19 others in marching band, i laughed so hard at this!

    • @JRenaeK
      @JRenaeK 5 років тому +5

      Misfitzy Edits I LITERALLY SAID UH OH

    • @garrison_compcub2536
      @garrison_compcub2536 5 років тому +7

      I have one piccolo in band, and that already gave me hearing problems 😂

  • @kendrajohnson222
    @kendrajohnson222 5 років тому +131

    I’ve played the piccolo for 9 years and never in my life have I ever seen more than two play together

    • @Nymeria0
      @Nymeria0 3 роки тому +2

      Through out my high school marching band, we swapped out all flute players with piccolo players. At one point, we had 10 piccolos. Flutes are lost on the field. No one can hear them.

    • @hellothere9848
      @hellothere9848 3 роки тому

      @@Nymeria0 I've been playing piccolo for 4 years, and I've never played with any other piccolos!

    • @Nymeria0
      @Nymeria0 3 роки тому

      @@hellothere9848 I’m not saying it was easy on the ears 😅😅😅 it was just how our marching band director feel. On our sectional practice days, we always opt to practice outdoor. If possible ear plugs.

    • @hellothere9848
      @hellothere9848 3 роки тому

      @@Nymeria0 I've never used ear plugs, but I probably should 🤣

    • @LileeBrewster-kk7bp
      @LileeBrewster-kk7bp 7 місяців тому

      My high school band has 35 players and like 6 or 7 are piccolos

  • @heidielliott4396
    @heidielliott4396 6 років тому +1547

    Band teacher: Piccolos are meant to be HEARD.

    • @marshybog
      @marshybog 4 роки тому +8

      They are for the little notes in the pauses of Arabic music

    • @sailnekkid
      @sailnekkid 4 роки тому

      Sounded like 100 penny whistles...…. ;o)

    • @Luke-me8cf
      @Luke-me8cf 4 роки тому +1

      As a drum major, I agree

    • @Hiroyuki_T
      @Hiroyuki_T 4 роки тому +2

      Lol. So rip for that piccolo player in Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band. They always jump and move around while playin

  • @ambrosiusrex
    @ambrosiusrex 5 років тому +232

    Played this to my budgie:
    It turned into a bald eagle.

    • @defox5019
      @defox5019 5 років тому +2

      The future is now thanks to science!

  • @djcfrompt
    @djcfrompt 6 років тому +779

    Stars and Stripes Wars: Revenge of the Picc

  • @laurapitner7573
    @laurapitner7573 5 років тому +123

    It makes 100% sense that this was in Texas.

    • @joelfred2900
      @joelfred2900 4 роки тому +12

      EVERYTHINGS BIGGER IN TEXAS!!!

    • @hallieharker4384
      @hallieharker4384 3 роки тому +1

      😂🤣 For REAL!!!

    • @2023-Sucked
      @2023-Sucked 3 роки тому +4

      They probably attempted to play this song by using Howitzers instead of drums down in Texas

  • @DealerCamel
    @DealerCamel 6 років тому +3798

    I was so confused for the first five minutes, like where are the other 91 piccolos?

    • @DallasWinds
      @DallasWinds  6 років тому +281

      Kind of sneaky!

    • @markcuscooper5571
      @markcuscooper5571 6 років тому +39

      Where are they

    • @bobbob123ful
      @bobbob123ful 6 років тому +47

      Markcus Cooper watch the video

    • @markcuscooper5571
      @markcuscooper5571 6 років тому +23

      bobbob123ful I figured it out at the end

    • @janAlekantuwa
      @janAlekantuwa 6 років тому +232

      It's almost l Iike when you first listen to Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture and it says that there are cannons but the cannons don't fire until 12 minutes in

  • @wesleypeters4112
    @wesleypeters4112 4 роки тому +102

    The unfurling of the flag gave me goosebumps.

  • @dwheald
    @dwheald 6 років тому +2998

    Finally somebody understands that Stars and Stripes should be a piccolopalooza (piccolopocolypse?). There should be 1000 more.

    • @oldgoat381
      @oldgoat381 6 років тому +64

      David Heald need to set a ridiculous world record for most piccolos being played at once

    • @Tmj373
      @Tmj373 6 років тому +35

      Adding 1000 more would be 1093 piccolos too many

    • @kennethschechter7087
      @kennethschechter7087 6 років тому +6

      Never

    • @JDizaster
      @JDizaster 6 років тому +10

      David Heald Piccolocalypse

    • @jrfoleyjr
      @jrfoleyjr 5 років тому +16

      I agree... it is one of the few music compositions with a dedicated piccolo portion.

  • @josephstalin6549
    @josephstalin6549 5 років тому +77

    Who would: 94 piccolos with proficient players
    *OR*
    1 trumpety boi

  • @commandersalamanders1225
    @commandersalamanders1225 6 років тому +3505

    How do you get 94 piccolos in tune? You shoot 93 of them!

    • @RegalPlatypus
      @RegalPlatypus 6 років тому +41

      Commander Salamanders Came here to say this.

    • @harleecrossette9616
      @harleecrossette9616 6 років тому +293

      Actually you shoot 94 because a piccolo is never really in tune

    • @orionlopez8707
      @orionlopez8707 6 років тому +28

      @@harleecrossette9616 O O F

    • @juliancarlo3374
      @juliancarlo3374 6 років тому +3

      I don't get it

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 6 років тому +16

      No, it's the clamming trumpet that should be shot.

  • @katylake212
    @katylake212 3 роки тому +53

    Stars and Stripes Forever is THE best patriotic march, and this piccolo-ed version of it is SUPERB! Texas does everything right!

    • @martincraig9613
      @martincraig9613 Рік тому +1

      I’m sure most countries have their own patriotic marches. I’ll stick with Scotland the Brave - you know it’s a real match when the enemy regard the instrument (great highland bagpipes) as weapon of war.

    • @susamogus12345
      @susamogus12345 11 місяців тому +1

      ⁠@@martincraig9613 yes most countries have one which is a prerequisite of stars and stripes being the best if there were no others then it wouldnt be the best it would be the only one

  • @ayrtonhockaday
    @ayrtonhockaday 6 років тому +3203

    94 piccolos and still couldn't out blown by a trumpet

    • @NobodyNowhereKnowhow
      @NobodyNowhereKnowhow 6 років тому +216

      Ayrton Hockaday Yeah. It’s just too bad that trumpet couldn’t play in tune.

    • @AllStater09
      @AllStater09 6 років тому +151

      they couldn't out "blow" the trumpet but their sound surely pierces through

    • @zorukah6513
      @zorukah6513 6 років тому +16

      they sound like whistles

    • @ahuddleofpenguins4842
      @ahuddleofpenguins4842 6 років тому +41

      the trumpet was miced

    • @WanderingUkes
      @WanderingUkes 6 років тому +2

      Meaning?

  • @mikeggg5671
    @mikeggg5671 4 роки тому +90

    I am a lifelong trombone player. I was never great, but I made it up to third chair Pennsylvania state band way way back in 2002. I cannot stress enough just how difficult a piece this is for a regular trombone. This speed is almost unheard of. This was sharp, crisp, and unbelievably well done. I swear before God that I actually teared up listening to it. Marvelous, amazingly well done, and please keep it up!

    • @zombiemom6701
      @zombiemom6701 2 роки тому +3

      I’m a trumpeter and my lip was always putty by the end every time I played this song.

    • @scottishhellcat
      @scottishhellcat Рік тому +1

      This piece does showcase trombones very well.

    • @blackbirdfly0128
      @blackbirdfly0128 Рік тому +2

      The clarinet 1 part for this song is SO HARD- I always hated playing this song lol

    • @natashamudford4011
      @natashamudford4011 Рік тому +1

      Trombone players were always good kissers.😘

    • @scottishhellcat
      @scottishhellcat Рік тому +2

      @@blackbirdfly0128 yes it is. But did you know that if you have noisy neighbors, that if you practice that part on your back porch they get quiet really fast.

  • @jordancheema591
    @jordancheema591 6 років тому +1399

    Its a shame someone pulled the fire alarm
    edit: it was the piccolos, my bad

    • @tseries6622
      @tseries6622 5 років тому +54

      Jordan Cheema lol but u didn’t edit it...

    • @kimberlyyy222
      @kimberlyyy222 5 років тому +7

      @@tseries6622 hahahahhahaha trueee lol

    • @defox5019
      @defox5019 5 років тому

      @@tseries6622 when i tryna snag some subs

    • @keeganfinley5404
      @keeganfinley5404 5 років тому +8

      Who let birds in the theater???

    • @cobblestonegenerator
      @cobblestonegenerator 5 років тому +2

      @@tseries6622 whoosh...

  • @kimberlycampbell1100
    @kimberlycampbell1100 5 років тому +80

    This is amazing. I did not expect all of those "crowd" members to actually be the other 91 piccolo players. What a brilliant performance and bravo to everyone involved in putting it together👌❤

  • @Antraeon
    @Antraeon 6 років тому +815

    Emerging from nowhere though hidden in plain view at the same time, true to the Minuteman spirit.

    • @alamedavigilante
      @alamedavigilante 6 років тому +12

      MinuteWOMEN. They look to be all piccolo women

    • @zaappp1588
      @zaappp1588 4 роки тому +5

      @@alamedavigilante That's what they wanted you to think!

    • @strasbourgeois1
      @strasbourgeois1 Рік тому +1

      @@alamedavigilante🤦

  • @johne6081
    @johne6081 5 років тому +20

    The piccolo solo is sheer compositional genius.

  • @Matt-no7gg
    @Matt-no7gg 6 років тому +1045

    WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS.

  • @tomshiba51
    @tomshiba51 4 роки тому +6

    Well, that was a well planned, special team, hide-in-place piccolo assault team, that completed the mission and helped win the battle. Well done.

  • @rogainepahdilla644
    @rogainepahdilla644 6 років тому +316

    This must have sounded like a swarm of bees flying around in tune.

    • @steveholton4130
      @steveholton4130 5 років тому +2

      Yes but BEES have no sense of Rhythm.

    • @margaretbonassar709
      @margaretbonassar709 5 років тому +15

      With 94 piccolos im pretty sure they weren’t all in tune

    • @rotunda57
      @rotunda57 4 роки тому +2

      With TWO piccolos I'm sure they weren't in tune.

  • @jimmymiller77
    @jimmymiller77 3 роки тому +9

    This should be on every TV in America. God Bless the USA I wish I could give this 100 Thumbs Up Jim

    • @CarolAMiles-y5u
      @CarolAMiles-y5u 25 днів тому

      Check ALL comments..... LMAO...thought they were slick ..

  • @chichow08
    @chichow08 6 років тому +680

    I was wondering where all those piccolos were hiding.

    • @libbyrohrer1850
      @libbyrohrer1850 6 років тому +4

      Lol same.

    • @rotunda57
      @rotunda57 4 роки тому +9

      Well, it's not like the Sousaphones. Piccolos can go concealed carry and nobody knows who they are.

    • @2023-Sucked
      @2023-Sucked 3 роки тому +2

      @@rotunda57 that’s not the only thing being conceal carried in Dallas

  • @Williameagleblanket
    @Williameagleblanket 5 років тому +24

    Thank you John Philip Sousa. Semper Fi, Marine. 🇺🇸

    • @jaynepoullos9344
      @jaynepoullos9344 5 років тому +4

      John Philip Sousa Forever! We salute you for the spirit of your compositions and your patriotism. Your music lives on in the hearts of Americans ♡♡♡♡♡♡!!

  • @andrewmelita400
    @andrewmelita400 5 років тому +77

    I didn’t even know this many people played piccolo

  • @mboomer88
    @mboomer88 4 роки тому +27

    Loved how in sync the trombones and tubas were with those fast staccato notes...sounded so clean. Also enjoyed the piccolo surprise. Well done, made me feel patriotic.

  • @usetobethemagicpillownowit9130
    @usetobethemagicpillownowit9130 6 років тому +1082

    Even when there are 94 pic. You could still hear the trumpets more😡

    • @rocioanguiano2480
      @rocioanguiano2480 6 років тому +4

      The magic Pillow pic is really loud regardless

    • @johnathandoe5357
      @johnathandoe5357 6 років тому +59

      A trumpet is designed to play louder and project farther than a little piccolo ever could

    • @madaxe
      @madaxe 6 років тому +6

      Lucky for anyone who listened to this

    • @alexanderbelov6892
      @alexanderbelov6892 6 років тому +29

      High frequences quickly dissipate in space. This is why trombones are so loud at long range. But 94 piccolo flutists could have made each other deaf.

    • @gingechicken7394
      @gingechicken7394 6 років тому +5

      The magic Pillow trumpet was miced and out of tune lol

  • @Thefilmgurusoriginal
    @Thefilmgurusoriginal 3 роки тому +11

    Tears to my eyes. Ive watched this maybe 100 times

  • @splodinatekabloominate846
    @splodinatekabloominate846 6 років тому +360

    Have to do this with Rite of Spring with bassoons

  • @bitsywillmott6881
    @bitsywillmott6881 5 років тому +15

    Oh, that everyone could enjoy playing this march with a band....thrilling.

  • @PABWECG
    @PABWECG 5 років тому +309

    Wonderful! As a flutist, a mom, and a music teacher, I just about cried when I saw all those middle and high school kids getting this opportunity to be part of such an awesome, memorable experience! It was probably also pretty cool for the adults in the group, but for those kids! Yes! Thank you, Dallas Winds!

  • @ted3bare
    @ted3bare 5 років тому +12

    What a great idea! Stars and Stripes is one of my favorite Sousa marches because of the piccolo solos. Most peoples don't even notice the piccolos. I actually got emotional and teary because of the awesomeness of this video.

  • @natehollingsworth1927
    @natehollingsworth1927 6 років тому +264

    wow for once I can hear the piccolos

    • @ElfriedeRose
      @ElfriedeRose 5 років тому +3

      eyyyy you never sat next to one then!

    • @PhoenyxRysing
      @PhoenyxRysing 5 років тому

      @@ElfriedeRose Once you know how to listen for it, you can definitely hear it whenever it crops up. Being a piccolo or ex-piccolo player helps, though. Or having to sit next to the piccolo, lol. (Both a player and have had to sit next to one. Fun times when you're both at once and have to play a soft high E )

    • @maddyterrell0
      @maddyterrell0 5 років тому

      I've watched some marching bands with piccolos and they're really easy to hear

  • @carmium
    @carmium 5 років тому +3

    Sometimes people ask what America still does best, or has the best of, and this is one answer. Stirring patriotic marches that fill hearts with pride, yet not with war or aggression; tunes that are perfect for a town's high school band on the 4th of July or a concert in a city's finest venue. I live just to the north, and we have nothing like this.

  • @alexisboivin6637
    @alexisboivin6637 6 років тому +715

    RIP the audience's ears

  • @charlayned
    @charlayned Рік тому +4

    Wow,, THAT is the way it's supposed to be done. As a former flute/piccolo player, I appreciate this. Even more, my husband is a former trumpet player, two of my granddaughters are flute players, we have a sax player, a french horn player, and a tuba. So we have had a lot of fun with this piece over the years. Bravo, Dallas, bravo.

  • @sachseco
    @sachseco 6 років тому +58

    AS A FORMER PICCOLO PLAYER, I WAS MOVED TO TEARS BY THIS PRODUCTION!

  • @gloriakoch4764
    @gloriakoch4764 3 роки тому +2

    It makes me cry. Thank you.

  • @AnnaZverina
    @AnnaZverina 6 років тому +421

    Three of my friends (all were my flute section leaders over the course of three years) played picc during this performance. Loved seeing them do this!

    • @flippordie6609
      @flippordie6609 6 років тому +3

      No offence, but I only see three.....

    • @garycitro1674
      @garycitro1674 6 років тому +4

      I'm sure that's what many people said at first, including me. Stick with it to the end, when the rest of the piccolos enter. Outstanding!

    • @flippordie6609
      @flippordie6609 6 років тому +1

      I still prefer the tuba playing the piccolo solo.... less ear piercing and way more fun to play!!!

    • @srishaaniyengar2877
      @srishaaniyengar2877 5 років тому +1

      Anna can I borrow your piccolo?

    • @AnnaZverina
      @AnnaZverina 4 роки тому +1

      Srishaan Iyengar Wtf I’m just seeing this. You ask me over UA-cam versus just texting me why?

  • @BamaBigSid
    @BamaBigSid 4 роки тому +14

    The piccolos were great. They shouldn't be louder than the brass, you can definitely hear them over the brass. Great job, piccolos!!!!

  • @valeriejohnson6512
    @valeriejohnson6512 5 років тому +67

    I played the piccolo and just being around 8 was enough. 94 is suicide

  • @saunieh
    @saunieh 5 років тому +7

    Now THAT'S how you smuggle in 91 pic's!!! If the trumpet player would just pull the growth, whatever it is, out of his horn this would be perfect 94 times over! Wow! What a great performance.

  • @airguy71
    @airguy71 6 років тому +202

    2:59 Old Glory unfurls and the crowd roars. Gave me a chill.Nice to see the Flag still means something to people in this great Republic.

    • @timesthree5757
      @timesthree5757 6 років тому +16

      Those colors don't run.

    • @unitedstatesofamericareal
      @unitedstatesofamericareal 6 років тому +15

      HECK YEAH IT DOES!

    • @jaynepoullos9344
      @jaynepoullos9344 5 років тому +9

      GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

    • @wonderfurret8223
      @wonderfurret8223 5 років тому +5

      I'm a proud Canadian flutist, so the only reason I am watching this video is because I wanted to see my people rise up against every other musician and enslave them for the purposes of an act of war. And guess what; they were successful.

    • @pitstopchr
      @pitstopchr 5 років тому

      America fucking blows.

  • @badguy1481
    @badguy1481 4 роки тому +11

    When ever I hear these patriotic songs I never think of the "greatness" of the country...the "greatness" of its people...the "greatness" of its institutions. I think of the young kids,.... the "dog faces" (as they were called during WWII)... who fought and died for this country. These songs, at least in my mind, are a tribute to THEM!

  • @LouisEmery
    @LouisEmery 5 років тому +38

    I would like to have been there. Next time try 1000 piccolos.

  • @emily-xj3xv
    @emily-xj3xv 5 років тому +6

    this wonderful song has been stuck in my head all day and it hasn’t left

  • @gmangwilliam
    @gmangwilliam 7 років тому +241

    According to the the parts listed on Hal-Leonard, your band would number at least 6615 if you were to keep the same ratio of piccolo to rest of band. ( Assuming one per part(other that tuba (x4))).

    • @turnersugg
      @turnersugg 6 років тому +1

      Where did you find this info? I’m curious

    • @RoseCadenza
      @RoseCadenza 6 років тому

      And depending on how many players you have. Our band has over 60 members currently. We play this song a lot. And there are about 2 to 4 piccolos.

    • @steveholton4130
      @steveholton4130 5 років тому +3

      Pulled it out of a tuba.

  • @TheCatAteMyShoe
    @TheCatAteMyShoe 3 роки тому +5

    This is the most epic, beautiful, WONDERFUL performance of the song ever!

  • @mattmichaels3217
    @mattmichaels3217 6 років тому +63

    There’s just that one lonely bass over to the right lol

    • @tanyab7318
      @tanyab7318 5 років тому +3

      Yeah, not sure when a string bass became a band instrument. At least he got to sit out front.

    • @WannaAstro
      @WannaAstro 4 роки тому +1

      me, the only bass player in my orchestra class:

    • @cyberfangzed
      @cyberfangzed 4 роки тому

      Tanya B that had me thinking about last year's marching show that had a violin

  • @danseitsinger6737
    @danseitsinger6737 2 роки тому +1

    I am just now seeing this for the first time and it WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY AWESOME!! I am a VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND A DIEHARD PATRIOT! I also played the trumpet 🎺 in my younger years and aboard the USS KAWISHIWI, AO 146 out of PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. this was from 1/75-11/77, ALMOST 3 FULL YEARS! The STARS AND STRIPES is the MOST POPULAR REQUEST FOR ANY MILITARY BAND! And, it's because of the SOLO BY THE PICCOLO!! GOD BLESS THEM ALL!! It's one of the hardest instruments to play!

  • @MartyLJ57
    @MartyLJ57 5 років тому +24

    I'm SURE J. P. Susa never thought 94 piccolos would be so grand.

  • @lynnpeppa1
    @lynnpeppa1 3 роки тому +4

    Oh those piccolos! I get the chills when I hear them!

  • @ellisperdue8321
    @ellisperdue8321 6 років тому +29

    Whoever is on spot is having wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much fun... XD

  • @dougdavidson5825
    @dougdavidson5825 2 роки тому +27

    I am a 66 year old man, and today is July 4th, 2022. I was sitting in my chair eating breakfast and wanted to listen to one of the greatest songs written by John Philip Sousa, and when the flag rolled down tears suddenly filled my eyes. Because I fear for this country and the Stars and stripes may not last forever. Unless we repent as a country and ask for God's forgiveness we are doomed to history as another once great country ruined by its own sin
    Oh God, forgive us, relent and bring us back to you!

    • @thomashogan4908
      @thomashogan4908 2 роки тому +3

      Relent, oh God my savior!

    • @anonymousrandom1664
      @anonymousrandom1664 2 роки тому +2

      Honestly when that flag rolled down I almost teared up too

    • @inwalters
      @inwalters 2 роки тому +4

      "If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)

    • @ivelissediaz9583
      @ivelissediaz9583 2 роки тому +3

      Sir, this is by far the best, most accurate comment I have read to describe our current, troublesome state of affairs. The sins that are being committed in this country are leading us down a path of no return. Great nations and civilization have fallen due to immorality, pride and the inability to seek forgiveness and repentance. Chief sin is the wonton, bloodlust extermination of the unborn. We are in for a terrible reckoning. I stand by my comment.

    • @josephwarra5043
      @josephwarra5043 2 роки тому +2

      Amen!

  • @2listening1
    @2listening1 6 років тому +51

    It's like some kind of crazy, awesome piccolo flash mob. :)

    • @hallieharker4384
      @hallieharker4384 5 років тому

      2listening1 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @wilmaschaller1378
    @wilmaschaller1378 4 роки тому +35

    When one has stood playing "The Stars and Stripes Forever" with tears of pride streaming down ones face you know what it IS to be an AMERICAN!

    • @Quaker-tc8ue
      @Quaker-tc8ue Рік тому

      Do you feel that same pride when you hear the music of the country from which you originated?
      Because until you are full-blooded First Nationals, you are here illegally.

  • @lydia129
    @lydia129 5 років тому +35

    Hope they were all wearing earplugs jesus even only one makes my ears ring when I'm playing

  • @ethanyax
    @ethanyax 2 роки тому +4

    i wish we could go back to everyone supporting our country like this

    • @CarolAMiles-y5u
      @CarolAMiles-y5u 25 днів тому

      You can. Check comments . LMAO...have a nice day

  • @ruthbarlow9253
    @ruthbarlow9253 5 років тому +19

    The American equivalent of the Last Night of the Proms.
    Bravo!

  • @luisvaldescovarrubias4791
    @luisvaldescovarrubias4791 Рік тому +2

    4 de julio 2023.
    Saludos desde la Ciudad de México a toda la Unión Americana.
    FELICES FIESTAS.

  • @sheepieshea8758
    @sheepieshea8758 6 років тому +39

    Damn sounds like there’s a birds nest in there

  • @bethoakes7964
    @bethoakes7964 2 роки тому +1

    My father was a band director for over 30 years. He loved Sousa marches. I was a flautist/piccolo player. I played this many times but I doubt I ever played it that beautifully. When the 94 began to play I cried. It really moved me!

  • @nolanboles8492
    @nolanboles8492 5 років тому +11

    My God, we come up with some of the best patriotic tunes of any nation, IMHO, And Sousa (the composer of S&SF?) was perhaps the greatest creative genius ever in this genre. These kinds of songs remind you that America, in spite of the hyperbole of the present Administration, has always been great in spite of her problems. And I loved the encore, with the prominent part played by the piccolos at the conclusion. Great stuff!!!

  • @autumnrryan8453
    @autumnrryan8453 2 роки тому +14

    This song makes me proud to be an American! Chills when our flag came down! ❤️🇺🇸

  • @hollyv4565
    @hollyv4565 6 років тому +30

    1:09 😍😍😍
    This is one of my favorite songs to play on the French horn ❤️

    • @MajesticRosie
      @MajesticRosie 6 років тому +1

      Holly V ...you are kidding right

    • @OneVintageWitch
      @OneVintageWitch 6 років тому +2

      That was also my favorite part

    • @TracySmith-xy9tq
      @TracySmith-xy9tq 5 років тому

      I got to do it on both piccolo and French horn (at different times) when in high school

    • @aldojardines3325
      @aldojardines3325 5 років тому

      Hell nah

  • @strongsmarthappy5970
    @strongsmarthappy5970 Рік тому +2

    That was awesome ! Thank you ! - 7/4/2023

  • @francesbeauchamp4932
    @francesbeauchamp4932 5 років тому +8

    That is BEAUTIFUL..I LOVE listening to ALL MILITARY MUSIC and also WATCHING THEM ALL in the PARADE...I ADMIRE THEM ALL FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THEIR COUNTRY..GOD BLESS THEM ALL PAST AND PRESENT ..

  • @mannycarrillo6595
    @mannycarrillo6595 4 роки тому +4

    Wow. I legit got teary eyed from happiness tf. God I love this country

  • @edivo9386
    @edivo9386 6 років тому +37

    These artist actually have a lot of pride to be Americans it brought me to tears!

    • @timesthree5757
      @timesthree5757 6 років тому +4

      There is nothing wrong good ol' American pride!

  • @wythetrumpet6419
    @wythetrumpet6419 5 років тому +4

    Bravo! That was absolutely terrific! Great to seek all those piccolo! Also it makes you proud to be an American!🎺🎵🎶

  • @yosoy_elias
    @yosoy_elias 6 років тому +12

    Amazing!!! All the respect from Colombia!

  • @jimbyrdiii1503
    @jimbyrdiii1503 5 років тому +4

    I promised myself I wouldn't cry! Also played Tenor Trombone for my H.S. Band (a.k.a. HM3 "Doc"Johnson) listening to all those piccolos put chills down my spine!!! 🇺🇸😭💞

  • @007gatorman
    @007gatorman 5 років тому +6

    My favorite piece of music! Brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it! THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER!

  • @dulcysimmons1593
    @dulcysimmons1593 5 років тому +3

    I love this - LOVE the roars of the audience for the flag and the piccolos!

  • @art.demirjian9721
    @art.demirjian9721 5 років тому +5

    It is just beautiful! What a remarkable and powerful an energetic performance. God Bless every talented woman and man found on this stage. Thanks

  • @lindafox7822
    @lindafox7822 5 років тому +5

    Awesome. Love this. I’m so proud of you all and proud to be an American.

  • @spudpail
    @spudpail 6 років тому +6

    This is so beautiful I cried like a baby!!

  • @johnpolhamus9041
    @johnpolhamus9041 3 роки тому +3

    Sousa would be so proud!!

  • @timesthree5757
    @timesthree5757 6 років тому +12

    I have tears of pride!

  • @mshappyapple8663
    @mshappyapple8663 2 роки тому +1

    I played flute and piccolo in our high school band, marching band, orchestra and university marching band. They were the best days of my life!! Oh the memories......... 🙂

  • @hamlinking8764
    @hamlinking8764 5 років тому +4

    That is the greatest piece of band music ever composed and that band did a good job of playing it.

  • @thomastarwater2989
    @thomastarwater2989 2 роки тому +2

    I loved the unfurling of the American flag, and kudos to the string bass player. Again, excellent rendition of John Philip Sousa’s masterpiece!

  • @Rob-bz5nn
    @Rob-bz5nn 5 років тому +16

    “Maybe if I hide in the corner no-one will spot me and my double bass...”

  • @colletteschnoor5986
    @colletteschnoor5986 4 роки тому +1

    I love that even when there are 94 piccolos the trumpets can still drown them out 👏🏻 I’m so proud

  • @KangWili
    @KangWili 5 років тому +16

    5:00
    When you defeated a boss and it says "THIS IS NOT EVEN MY FINAL FORM"

    • @spartangoku7610
      @spartangoku7610 4 роки тому

      Wow, a DBZ reference without mentioning the Piccolos!

  • @laurapitner7573
    @laurapitner7573 5 років тому +38

    I sent the link to twoset violin. they have got to see this lol

    • @rachelcrimm5763
      @rachelcrimm5763 5 років тому +1

      Laura Pitner great idea if love to see a video on this from two set

  • @kevingouldrup9265
    @kevingouldrup9265 4 роки тому +3

    My heart is bursting with pride for my country!!

  • @bruceevans56
    @bruceevans56 5 років тому +2

    I got shivers.