I was never a "band guy", I played baseball and football. It wasn't till high school and I saw how hard those kids worked that I had to respect them as athletes too. They practiced in 100° heat,ran laps in their uniforms, did push-ups, stood for hours practicing and marching, respect to them
Not sure about the running laps thing, but yes, we did practice for all of August in 100-degree heat, learning the routines and playing the songs until we got them right. The reward? Eternal glory, of course. Plus, the band was co-ed.
@@johnalden5821 high school we ran to the practice field, then ran laps. After that, marched up and down student parking lot that was marked as a football field (made for interesting parking), then practiced the show. Luckily (ha!), our practice was for 7am. However, this was New Orleans, so take that as you will. We could NOT have sheet music (hardly any NOLA h.s. bands did). You were expected to know ALL the songs (even in stands or for Mardi Gras . Concert band was exception) and your steps. And knees up at 90° parallel to ground, toes pointed, and roll down ball. And you better be playing and know your steps. Mardi Gras parades were at least 5 miles & yep, no such thing as tired. Play! But I loved it. I was in best shape and my legs rivaled cheerleaders or track team. Now, under wool uniforms, we had band shirts & you had to wear gym shorts. This was in case you got overheated, you could be undressed . I didn't march in college. Couldn't afford to. Plus, a long story.
@@johnalden5821 yes running laps was definitely a thing in marching band and definitely a thing in drum corps. Look up Carolina Crown 2019 closer. We RUN.
The guy the trex “ate” was dressed as a Michigan player. Every week includes a reference to beating “that team up north”. Because EVERY game throughout the season is simply a warm up or rehearsal for the last game of the season, known simply as “THE GAME”. Voted biggest rivalry in American Sports, pro or college. OSU vs TTUN.
This is a halftime show done between the first and second halves of a football game. The band that came off of the field at the beginning of the video was the opposing team's band. It is marching band etiquette that the opposing team's band goes first. Unless it is Homecoming, in which case, the home team takes the entire halftime for Homecoming performances and ceremonies.
Homecoming is the home game each school schedules each year against a weak opponent to ensure (as much as they can) a win. The idea is to welcome home alumni.
I have always had it where the other band still played but the home band played either a condensed version of their show or something completely different for homecoming
Homecoming is special at OSU, because they invite alumni band members back, and during the traditional Script Ohio before the game, they actually do 4 of them on the field because they have so many players. It’s very cool to see.
I was in band through college. I think we didn't schedule a conference opponent for homecoming and the rent a win schools didn't spend money on sending a band. We only practiced three days a week. That meant sometimes you had to learn an extended show in five hours or less.
Me to freebird, born an raised a Buckeye and finally have my daughter going to school there....I am DAMN proud to be a BUCKEYE...O..H...I..O!!!! Go BUCKS!!
In case anyone hasn't already explained (I didn't see it in the comments so far), I was in band (not Ohio State's, obvs) and can explain the shapes. Each person memorizes a book of moves called "sets" or "dots" which lays out exactly where each person is supposed to be at any given moment during the show. You basically march to spot A, hold until the next move, move to spot B, and so on until the show is done. All while playing cleanly the music you already memorized, maintaining proper body posture, remaining in-step with everyone, watching the drum major, etc. If even one person is slightly out of place, the shape can start to look off and weird and it can ruin the whole effect. Everyone has to be perfect. Where it gets interesting is that some moves are really close and you basically tip-toe over to them, while some make you literally jog across the field to get to them, while still playing and being in-step. Imagine jogging every minute or two while constantly exhaling. It's incredibly fun, but incredibly difficult. EDIT: You should react to Drum Corps bands. It's a whole 'nother level. Try "Blue Devils Space Chords" or "Carolina Crown's Hornline Drops The Hammer in Houston" if you wanna be blown away by the power of massed horn lines.
The capacity of their stadium is 104,944. I have a cousin who went to Ohio State. Awesome school. I'm a California native and went to the University of California but I like really like Ohio State and Columbus, Ohio. Really good football team too!
You have to do another video showing their signature move called “Script Ohio!” It’s the one thing that sets them apart as the best damn band in the land!
As a former marching band geek, I must say that the coordination needed is extraordinary but its easy when youre surrounded by some of the best and brightest
Yep yep. We did similar routines in HS believe it or not. For a few years we had a large and talented band. We ended the post game with a giant box in center field and marched single file Into a script lettering of our schools initials, playing the french national anthem? I believe. The whole thing was really hard. Starting half the band in opposite endzones is hard too due to the delay In sound
As someone who's in this video (trombone player) I promise you some of us were pretty dumb too. College kids with crazy work ethics, but definitely with a goofy side too!
I was in a marching band of ~300 in high school. Our band director, David Rosethal (RIP), got all of our routines from these types of college marching bands. It was the most grueling training as a teenager. We had to practice for one month before school started. Meaning our summer break was cut short due to training. Mr. Rosenthal taught us to be professional, multi-task, discipline, and strive for perfection. We were one of the best marching bands in Louisiana. We even marched in Mardi-gras parades. Was some of the best memories I have as a teen.
I’m old and I’ve been a Buckeye fan all my life. All the way back since Woody Hayes and Archie Griffin. The football team is elite. It dominates the Big Ten like no team ever has. But it has a hard time winning it all. Still it manages to snag one now and again. Easily in the top three or four teams right now.
Woah there , let's beat Bama first before we start throwing around best football team nonsense ...... better yet let's hope we win the Big Ten and Oklahoma loses or Georgia loses twice so we can possibly get that rematch in the first place
If you like this, you gotta check out any marching band from an HBCU, especially FAMU's Marching 100! They take it to a different level in a completely different way!
I wanted to say the same thing! HBCU bands even put on a show for march in and march out. Who won the game? Who cares? Only watched for the halftime show!
Plus they have to maintain a high grade point average! They perform a pre-game , concerts , and then the coming out , of the tunnel onto the field , then the script Ohio before the game . Then the half time program,then playing after the game . Then matching out of the stadium . Then whole new program for next Saturday having only five days to have it dead spot on without mistakes . Usually Six hours of practice a day, plus a full class load during the week. Then Sunday morning starts all over again , it is hard work!
@@kabirconsiders Football is regulated by the NCAA how much time the players are allowed to practice. The bands not so much. So its no lie that during the season, the band works harder than the football team.
So glad you enjoyed that performance, Kabir. I can also appreciate the dedication and commitment it takes to put on a show of that magnitude. I did have a chance to march and play at the high school level. We marched in the Hula Bowl in 1977-78. This was held in the Aloha Stadium just outside of Honolulu. We came from all the Hawaiian Islands. It was an honor to be chosen. We had the best time being housed in one of the dorms and made a lot of friends. Challenging, but so rewarding!
As someone who was in marching band for eight years (high school and college), I loved seeing you appreciate how much work goes into a performance like this!
In Columbus the band is revered & second only to the football team. This was a show put on during halftime of a football game. IMHO the Hollywood one is their best of these. The first one of this type of show they did was video game themed, and that was very good as well.
I have picked up your channel lately and cannot get enough! The Ohio State Band is my absolute favorite and I’m so glad you are able to have a good appreciation too! I am enjoying your reactions so much! It’s truly a spectacular display.
For sure, the band is definitely one of the best, and arguably THE best, in the country. A relative took me to a game when I was in college in Ohio. I ended up transferring to Georgia, which had a very similar game-day vibe.
They do a half time show mid game every home game. It always has a theme and the music and choreography are all intertwined throughout the show. Fans of tOSU will travel to see them play in other areas too as they are requested for parades and shows at least statewide. They have a new show each week and they have 1 week to rehearse it to perfection before Saturdays game. Theyre not TBDBITL for nothing. O-H!
I was at this game! Love the band! I will often sit on the hillside next to their practice field and watch them prepare for game days. They are truly the best marching band in the world. Absolute precision. They have a great pregame show for every game, but this was their grand halftime show.
Former band geek here. The marching band performs at half time during every home football game. It take so much work to learn your personal drill and stay in sync with everyone else! Also, props to OSU’s arranger and drill writer for creating the great musical arrangement and drill formations in this show!
They do halftime shows for every games. They also do the pre-game show where they end by spelling Ohio, which I love. There are also band competitions, the bands are all amazing but OSU is the best! 🔥🔥🥰🥰
Love this. Check them out at Wembley from 4 or 5 years ago -- prior to an NFL game -- it was a tribute to British rock. Also, I agree with the comment below about Texas A&M Marching Band. Incredible and intricate. You won't believe it.
@@kathyp1563 no, actually I believe we were playing Penn State that day. As an Ohio State alarm, I can tell you that pretty much every halftime show, at least at the home games, includes Ohio State besting Michigan in some way, because that is our biggest rival and we play them last every season so we keep the intensity up in every way possible all season as a build up to the big game. And if you look closely I'm willing to bet that that person that the dinosaur ate had on some kind of Michigan gear as well. Go Bucks!
Ohio state is neither. Ohio state is traditional marching band style. We March high step while core bands do roll step and have flags and stuff while Ohio states band is very traditional.
@@TheKillerNut That's what I'm trying to say. People who get introduced to marching band via Ohio State vids will probably go down the TH-cam rabbit hole and "diverge" to other styles.
Some interesting facts about TBDBITL... they memorize all their music - no marching with sheet music! Considered the largest all brass and percussion band in the world - 225 strong. All band members have to 'compete' for their spot every week. They have been giving me chills for 55 years now... lol. Enjoyed the video... thanks!
In 1975 I was a freshman at The Ohio State University in Morrill Tower adjacent to the stadium. Back then the marching band with sometimes practice in the parking lot next to the stadium. My favorite and one that you should do a reaction to is the marching band doing "Script" Ohio edit, with the ramp entry. Well I'll admit I'm a bit biased this is the best damn marching band in the universe. Prove me wrong!!
So prior to the game, the band marches and plays at St. John’s arena. It’s called a skull session and it’s like a big pep rally. I’m sure if you look up Ohio State Skull session on here you’ll find it. There are tons of videos of them practicing and stuff. It’s great!
I was in marching band in highschool! You should react to some hbcu marching bands and maybe even some highschool bands as well. Its a completely different vibe! Both are of course equally talented and I enjoy both styles as a band geek 🤓 The feeling of being in the stands and everyone playing their instruments together while the loud music fills your ears while the dance team dances along is such an exhilarating feeling!
Definitely react to some HBCU's!!!! (That stands for "Historically Black Colleges & Universities," btw, for those outside the US.) They put on a completely different flavor of show, & they're always SO GOOD! It's decidedly not my lane as a marshmallow human who didn't attend one to rank them, but I'm sure a search will turn up a few. I don't think it's possible to pick one that *isn't* wildly talented & entertaining.
Those were Ohio State and Michigan logos. As Michigan is Ohio State's biggest rival and the student body of Ohio State despises Michigan, you are always going to get big cheers anytime Ohio state bests Michigan. As a former Ohio State student the student body does love the band The best damn band in the land.
@@MJW2157 Ohio State alum here too. The band was always great but they've gotten even better since I graduated. The animation is amazing! Go Bucks! O-H!
You have to audition for one , there is only a certain amount of spots you can try to get. You have to make all practices , music memorizing all the music , no flip charts allowed , plus memorizing all the formations and instep with everyone, once in the band you have the next four years of your life spoken for. Then there is extra trips . Like they did going to England to play at one NFL game , go check that out , it is during half time ok?
I live in Ohio, about an hour & half away. Many, many High School band students dream of being on The Ohio State University Band. By the way Kabir -- ya gotta always say "The" when referring to The Ohio State University. Don't know why, but it is so.
@@tammywilson985 Hmm? I always wondered if it had something to do with the fact that we have *another* Ohio University here in Ohio. It is also a public university. One is THE Ohio State University & the other is Ohio University. Very confusing.
The practices are no joke. I had a sublet roommate who was in the OSU band and their practice was practically all day in the summer. I rarely ever saw them between their work schedule and band practices.
As a Wolverine, I find it difficult to praise the school down south, Ohio. However, I've discovered that everywhere in the world there is some tradition that is better than any other place in the world. The English breaking for tea in the afternoon... nowhere else can beat it. Spain's tradition of a siesta after lunch... so civilized. Italian opera. You get the idea. Ohio's band has a tradition that eclipses anything else in college football and it isn't this halftime show. Although the formation I am about describe was first done by Michigan's marching band to welcome the buckeyes to the Big House {look it up, buckeyes}, Ohio's band doing Script Ohio before the game is superb. The band writes out Ohio in script topped off by a person running out to dot the "i" -- usually a Tuba player, but not always -- that is unmatched. So far I have not seen a television attempt to cover this tradition that gets it at all. One time Fox focused on single players. That was the very lamest version of broadcasting Script Ohio. They tried again by photographing the band from ground level on the field. So I recommend you search TH-cam for Script Ohio. There are some great versions here. Besides the band's version, I loved the guy who writes out Script Ohio in his snowy backyard with his snow blower! Great version! Check it out.
It's the halftime show. They do a different one every week. I'm sure they're practicing these routines from the time the previous season ends. I worked at Ohio State and would see them on the practice field rehearsing.
TBDBITL ! Awesome reaction! They have a different show for each home game. They usually spend 1-2 weeks learning each routine. This was a halftime performance so you would have to go to the game to see it. They do have a pregame performance too but that is usually the same every game, their famous Script Ohio. I used to sit in my dorm room and watch them practice, was fun to watch.
Yeah, I don't think people realize that majority of the students in the band have 4 years of experience from marching in high school, so reading drills to make these formations is easy. And most have probably learned to play instruments since elementary/middle school.
I’m a Canadian and even our most prestigious universities don’t go as extra as this but I’ve been told that due to not paying their athletes and thus able to profit a ton more that American college stadiums are as decked out if not more than NFL stadiums. Capacity is like 70-85k. For Ohio’s case when they play Michigan (major historical beef between the states not just schools) they go over capacity.
Ohio State is around 109,000+ for every home game. I grew up and live in central Ohio. I have been going to games since the 1980's and never has the stadium been anywhere near 70-85K.
@@Angelwatcher1624 considering juggling an NFL or NBA potential college career and studies to retain the grades to be able to keep playing is a near impossible feat (they even make players with high potential that are slacking take useless bogus classes in the summer to get the grades up) they should be paid actual money.
Total props to you! I've watched several reactions to this video and you are the first non-American who accurately recognized every song, even singing through them. Even I didn't recognize the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings though I should have since I've watched it over and over again whenever it airs. You rock!!!
Did you notice the references to Univ. Of Michigan? OSU's most bitter Rival. See "The Game". The person the T-Rex ate was from _ichigan. In the battle between the pirate ships, OSU sinks TTUN ship. During the week of "The Game", all of the M's get marked off in Columbus. That state is not mentioned except to be called TTUN, that team up north. I only used it in the beginning to let you know who TTUN was. Buckeye rally cheer. One says O-H, another replies I-O. OH
You should check out the other styles of marching bands too. There are three styles: corps, military and show. Ohio State is a show, Texas A&M is a military, and while not a university band the Blue devils are a Corp. I would love to see your reactions to the different styles of marching. They are all wonderful to see.
As a former Iowa State University marching band member, I love seeing the recognition and appreciation for the massive amount of hard work and dedication it takes to perform in a marching band. When I was a member of the ISUCF"V"MB, the class was only 0.5 credits, was 1.5 hours of rehearsal M-F, 2 hours of morning practice on game day, & 6-8 hours for tailgate/pre-game/stand tunes/halftime/aftergame performances. In contrast the typical college course at ISU is 3 credits, 50 min MWF, & ~6-9 hours of homework time. We honestly put in more hours per credit hour for marching band than we did any other course in our college careers and most of us did it just because we love marching band (there were actually very few music majors in our marching band at that time). I'd love to see more marching band reaction videos, but I must admit that I am biased. Thank you for the wonderful video!
The pirate ships, one had the Ohio State logo and one had the Michigan logo. The Univesity of Michigan is Ohio State's biggest rival. Kind of like Cal Berkeley vs. Stanford.
Kabir you should watch the famous Stanford vs Cal game that ended with the band in the field while final play was going on. Happened back in the 1980’s
The "band coordinator" is called the Drum Major 😉 They are like the student conductor and are usually a senior. You should check out Texas A&M's band. They're more like a military style marching band and do some really cool formations!
I was drum major for my high school marching band in 1988. They sent us to Indiana University of Pennsylvania for summer band camp (joke if you like, "one time, at band camp", lol!). That area of the country, Western PA, Ohio, the Midwest, takes Marching Band very seriously as a source of school pride. Our school wasn't the best, but we competed in many regional NYS competitions. You use the marks on the field as a grid to know where you need to be, and the rest of it comes from hitting your anchors and a huge amount of trusting that folks will GET OUT OF THE WAY. We are told when in competition that there will be judges down on the field taking notes about the angles of our horns, the crispness of our movements, the way we stick our positions, and change directions, our intonation and musicality, etc. The only trouble is that the judges don't know which way you will be moving, so we are instructed that if someone gets in the way, run 'em over. I watched as the sudden snap-turns of trombonists clocked and knocked over judges all the time. Good memories. Good memories all around for Marching Band. Worth watching from year to year, because there are 'fads' in the universities that do the competitive works. Find schools that add in competitive Drum Lines and you understand how Band Kids frequently out-perform the sports teams they are supposedly 'supporting'. ;) My marching band got to march through Epcot Center in Orlando my Senior Year (Year 12, final year, age 17), and I got to be Drum Major (conductor on the field) for it. Still a memory of honor for my golden years coming up. LOL. Fun stuff.
I would also like to point out that when it comes to our biggest rival, we do not refer to them by name. It is "that team up north". During the week leading up to the game we normally x out the M's in words. Also you can travel anywhere and yell out O-H and you will get an I-O in return.
@@Krisgenx lol yep, even though I live in Florida now and over 900 miles away from my roots I run across Chief Wahoo, Brownie and the wine and good as well as the Scarlet and Grey of the Buckeyes. It's like a secret code or club and on e acknowledged someone invariably will mention Lawson's and the chip dip lol great memories
Just another thing that makes college football so great, the marching bands! They play during the game too. They’ll play the school’s fight song when they score a touchdown, for instance. It just adds so much to the whole experience.
The band people use the yard markers and other visual landmarks on the field and in the stadium to help orient themselves while marching. By the time they begin playing in a marching band such as this most of them have been playing an instrument for at least 6 years and have been marching up to four years prior (years 9, 10, 11, &12 in High School). They must try out for a band of this caliber. They all take a full load of classes each week and usually spend about 15 ish hours in class and double the hours out of class for studying So they are taking about 5-7 classes a semester (each class being 3-4 hours each). The band spends about 20-30 hours per week during football season practicing. Most bands begin during the summer to learn the music and formations. The students are then given a certain amount of time to learn the music and formations (not very much time). These students practice many hours outside of the 20-30 hours per week practicing on their own, by sections such as all trombones or all trumpets, or in small groups. Many of the students also take private lessons in their chosen instrument during the week. So they attend class, study, practice as a group and separately. In other words, they don't sleep much during the fall semester each year (LOL) They also travel to all of the games that are played away from their home stadium. During the holiday season the band may be invited to march and play in one or another of the very large televised parades for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years Day. Luckily the parades don't require the fancy formations while they march, however some of the parades can be 3-4 miles long. The oldest marching band in the one associated with Notre Dame University. It began around 1845. Have you seen the Texas A & M Aggie Band? they are something. Not as fancy as one like this but their marching cannot be beat.
I’m a high school band kid, and I can tell you that that was amazing. Ohio State is probably one of the most well known college bands. There is also professional competitive marching bands such as the “Blue Devils Drum and Marching Core”. They are more impressive to watch, but frankly they don’t typically do the fun type of tunes such as movie music. Check out DCI, stands for Drum Corp International.
As a wife of a high school band director (as well as being the color guard instructor at the same school, flag team) I appreciate your acknowledgement of how much hard work these people put into a show. It's hours upon hours of practice to get it looking good. So thank you 😊
Best reaction yet!!! Thanks for doing this video. I requested it a while back, actually I requested the Ohio State Marching Band Michael Jackson halftime show. Then I also suggested this one or any of the top Ohio State Marching Band halftime shows. Thanks again and Go Bucks!!! First game of 2021is tomorrow @ 8:000pm EST I cant wait, I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve!!!
The Ohio State Marching Band is not only "The Best Damn Band In The Land", they are also the largest all Brass and Percussion Band in the world. Go Bucks..
Ohio State does this for every game. They have special shows for when they are in playoffs. It is a joy to watch. I'm from Ohio and have family that went to college there.
I have picked up your channel lately and cannot get enough! The Ohio State Band is my absolute favorite and I’m so glad you are able to have a good appreciation too!
Ohio State is a very good, very respectable band. But, I personally prefer the precision military style of Texas A&M University. If you can find a video of their 4 way cross, it will make your head spin.
At half time most colleges & universities that have bands usually perform , sometimes both bands if travel is not to far. Growing up I thought the Husky Band was great when on a freezing day the played "Tequila" and stripped to their underwear . The bigger the school the bigger the band thus lots of choices to perform .I think Ohio does have the best band performance.
In high school I was in Color Guard (flags, sabers, and rifles) and the passion and dedication to make sure everything was perfect is a lot. And remember, we’re doing routines and tossing flags and such in the air while walking through formations that the band is making along with ours. Imagine having a panic that a rifle will hit someone in the head if you don’t get to your spot on time. Games are usually practice takes for the real deal at competitions. It’s where we fix the little things or even change and learn a whole new set of things don’t look right. And that’s after months of practice learning the spots while still learning the music and routines. We are 100% athletes. When the football team has their summer practice we would be learning our stuff. It also helps if you like football because the atmosphere in the stadium always makes you want to do the best you can.
There is a college football game in Miami on September 5 called "The Orange Blossom Classic" between Florida A&M University and Jackson State University. The bands and fans from both schools are trash talking as much as the football teams as to which band will have the best halftime show. Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is the head coach for Jackson State University.
Yeah marching bands at college games is definitely a thing, however, Ohio state is probably the best. Certainly top 5. The atmosphere at these events are like no other. The association of people and their state or local universities is a great source of pride and the fans are life long and generational. Both of my children attended the Univ of Washington but I attended UCLA so there are ususally some hurt feelings when those schools get together. Lately UW has been eating our lunch at UCLA, but better times are on the horizon. UCLA played its first football game of the season and dominated Hawaii 44-10. And frankly we could have scored 60 on them. We've got some real studs this year. The Ohio State band has some other impressive performances on youtube. I'm looking forward to your reaction to some of those. 😁😁😁😁😁
As a former "band geek" in high school. The hours of practice and dedication fly by because you're having fun with family. Being in the band is being part of a family. We'd get the sheet music at the end of June the end of the previous school year in the school system I was in. Spend July practicing and starting to memorize. Then the 2nd week of August is when band camp would begin. The first year marchers (freshman and upper classmen who hadn't been in the marching band before) would do 3 four days (m,t,w) to learn the commands and steps for marching and then the rest of the band comes back for Thursday and Friday. Thursday and Friday was 4 hours of marching practice in the morning, a 30 minute lunch, then 2 hours of music rehearsal with the full band. Then a week of 12 hour days of marching and music practice with breaks for lunch, mid afternoon, and dinner. Then the final week before school was 3 hour practices under the lights in the stadium. Then every week until the end of football and marching band competition was 2 hours on Tuesday afternoons, 3 hours on Wednesday nights in the stadium under the lights, then 2.5 hours on Thursdays. Then you had the football games and competitions. Competitions were 2-4 hours of rehearsal before food and getting on the bus to go the competition. Needless to say we spent so much time together that it wasn't just friends you were part of a family. Everyone knew everyone and you strived together as a band and a team. It was loads of fun and a blast despite the brutal heat in the summer and the early part of the season...wool uniforms in 100+ degree (Fahrenheit) heat suck.....but the wool uniforms were amazing and warm in the later part of the season when we could see 20 degree (Fahrenheit) temps sometimes.
Thanks so much for sharing this will! I genuinely really appreciate it :-) I can totally get how the friendships evolved into becoming like a family, all that time spent together would definitely create those bonds
For something a little different, you should check out some HBCU bands. Try FAMU, Southern University , Bethune Cookman, Grambling State, Alabama State, etc...
Thank you for reacting to this! Marching bands are getting more and more respect and it deserves it! Marching season is about 4 months of madness. Memorizing music, memorizing your sets and for these people, going through college! In high school marching band, i totalled the hours per week to be about 50 hours between, practices, sectionals (sectional practice with the rest of the people who play your instrument) class time, football games, and competitions.
Yay! I was one of the people who requested an Ohio State Marching Band reaction. Thanks for this! They've even performed for a game in Wembley Stadium.
Have you watched the Texas A&M Fighting Aggie band? A&M has a military history with the Corps of Cadets. All band members have to be in the Corps. Band does military marching. Only the US military academies graduate more military officers than A&M. Check them out. P.S. The band plays during half-time of college football games. Another show you should watch is the “Battle of the Bands” between two Louisiana HBCU universities Southern University & Grambling University.
I participated in Marching Band for several years. It requires a lot of practice, learning your marks on the field, building arm strength for holding instruments out in the correct position while marching and leg strength and endurance. Most of the time you also memorize your music. It requires a lot of skill.
Watching videos like these brings back memories of my high school marching band days and the half time shows we put on at home football games. While obviously not as amazing as college bands, especially given that my rural high school band only had 50 people in it (the rural school district I attended only had 300 students total kindergarten to 12th grade so 50 being in band was considered a big deal since it was usually smaller), it’s still a lot of fun. And it’s thanks to the college bands that high school, junior high, and elementary school marching bands have sheet music to popular films, tv shows, and songs. I think field marching is a lot more fun than street/parade marching although our band director was pretty creative and tried to find fun things to do while street/parade marching to get the crowd interested. It was usually little things like shuffling from front to back, moving closer together or further apart across the street, or forming triangles (because you don’t have as much room on a street as you do a football field). He was like that with the school band concerts, too. He’d come up with ways to engage the audience, sometimes even coming up with games the band would play with a member from the audience brought up just for that purpose. Sometimes, especially in the high school band, the teachers from various grades would work with us on funny skits to do during certain songs on the side of or behind & above where we were performing. Bigger high school bands are just as impressive as the college bands. And there’s professional drum and bugle marching bands. They perform in my city once a year as part of their national tour. I had an aunt that did it for several years. A lot of people in my family play musical instruments so it wasn’t a surprise when I decided to join band and my entire family pitched in to buy my instrument. They did the same when it came time for my younger sister to decide. And we did so again when my niece came of age and decided to join band. I’m a flute player (though can play trumpet and tenor saxophone some, too), my sister is a trumpet player (and plays clarinet some as well), and my niece is a trumpet player. Outside of that both my grandmothers played piano, my maternal grandfather played violin, I have several cousins that play violin, two cousins and an uncle that play guitar, a cousin that plays keyboard in an amateur band that performs in her local town, and of course aunts, uncles, and cousins that play various brass instruments (trumpet, trombone, baritone, french horn, etc). For me the most difficult part of field marching was playing in bowl stadiums because the sound/music bounces back onto the field delayed. Though since you basically have to memorize the song and steps together since sometimes you’re very separated on the field and can barely hear the rest of the band, I got to where I ignored that delayed sound in those types of stadiums (which seem to be a favorite in my state where state band competitions are held). Otherwise I found it challenging, but fun. And I especially enjoyed whenever we did get to make actual figures or symbols the audience would recognize. Not that you can really hear or see the audience while performing since the focus is on the music and steps, but afterwards getting to go back and watch video clips like these (ours were on VHS tapes) and hearing the audience always made it worth it. As did getting compliments from fellow band folks from other schools and it was fun to see them perform and share our excitement with them on their great performances whenever we got to see them (seeing them mostly depended on how the competition was setup...if the area to go after performing was quite a ways from the performance area then we’d miss quite a lot, but when it was close then we got to watch a lot more other bands). Great reaction! Glad you enjoy and appreciate the performance! Having been to some college football games, they’re an experience in themselves: before the game , during the game, the halftime show, after the game, etc. I lived in a major college city for awhile. And while I didn’t necessarily like the heavy traffic that occurred during home game days (well only when I had to work on those days and because many major roads become one way roads towards the stadium before the games and one way roads away from the stadium after the games it made it a challenge sometimes to figure out a route between my apartment and my job across the city), it was a lot of fun to live there because there’s so much upbeat energy on game days. And if it was a night game, you could see the bright lights of the stadium several miles away piercing through the city lights regardless of where you were in the city. It was definitely memorable experiences!
These marching band performances are typically done during half time (half way through the football games). However, they practice marching & playing in parades, and practice their entire field routines in city, state, and regional competitions.
The OSU band making the script Ohio is considered the #1 pregame tradition in college football. For a battle of the bands, watch the halftime show at The Bayou Classic, between Grambling and Southern.
I did marching band in high school. Nobody knew what shape they are making at any given moment. Each person is only concerned with their own moves. They knew something like "I'm at 45 yard line, 4 steps behind the back hash and I have 16 steps to get to 43 yard line 5 steps in front of the back hash." The hash is the little marks between the 5 yard lines. The band director made tons of charts and passes them out to everyone and they had to find their number on the chart and track their own movements. We would keep a little book in our pocket during practice that would contain a handwritten list of moves we had to do. In high school we would learn 1 show for the season, college bands learn a new show for every college home game.
I'm an OSU grad and the band is 100% part of game day. When the band appeared at the entrance ramp before the game the stadium would explode. You should play some ramp entrance videos.
To start out, we do actually do this outside of the game but normally it's for a school vs. school competition called UIL where there is no football game before or after. It is just each band going into a field of only spectators who sit completely quiet throughout the whole performance until each band is done. The crowd must remain completely silent because there are judges who are listening to our music/general effect, watching the visual performance/visual effect, listening to percussion, listening to axillary, and one judge watching timing and marking penalties. The band normally comes out during Half Time which is a break between the 1st and 2nd half of the game for the players and the fans. This is usually a high-stakes-game and is the pinnacle of most of our band careers, so it is a big deal. The band comes out to give a 'show' to everyone while the fans get their food, drinks, and wait until the beginning of the 2nd half of the game starts after Half Time. We normally practice the music in the band hall until we get that down by heart before practicing our movements on the field. Also, the band begins practice during the beginning of summer which can last for half if not 3 quarters of the whole day either all week (not weekends) or just whatever your band director tells you. We also get 'charts' which show the football field (or parking lot for when I was practicing in band). These charts would have dots on them where you are supposed to be at every measure or so, or just were big pieces are (depends on the music/performance/director). We go through each section of the performance over and over and over again until we are perfectly in line, on time, and in sync. You can spend hours out on the field practicing the same section over and over again. If you don't practice that much, you are liable to miss your steps, placement, or even step/fall on someone. One person out of place can ruin the whole picture so we need to have it drilled into our heads until it becomes muscle memory. (P.S sorry for the long rant)
I went to school at Ohio State and graduated in the 90's, they really are that fantastic!! It was always fun to go to the football games and watch the band as well.
I was never a "band guy", I played baseball and football. It wasn't till high school and I saw how hard those kids worked that I had to respect them as athletes too. They practiced in 100° heat,ran laps in their uniforms, did push-ups, stood for hours practicing and marching, respect to them
These guys are super dedicated!
Not sure about the running laps thing, but yes, we did practice for all of August in 100-degree heat, learning the routines and playing the songs until we got them right. The reward? Eternal glory, of course. Plus, the band was co-ed.
@@johnalden5821 high school we ran to the practice field, then ran laps. After that, marched up and down student parking lot that was marked as a football field (made for interesting parking), then practiced the show. Luckily (ha!), our practice was for 7am. However, this was New Orleans, so take that as you will.
We could NOT have sheet music (hardly any NOLA h.s. bands did). You were expected to know ALL the songs (even in stands or for Mardi Gras . Concert band was exception) and your steps. And knees up at 90° parallel to ground, toes pointed, and roll down ball. And you better be playing and know your steps. Mardi Gras parades were at least 5 miles & yep, no such thing as tired. Play! But I loved it. I was in best shape and my legs rivaled cheerleaders or track team.
Now, under wool uniforms, we had band shirts & you had to wear gym shorts. This was in case you got overheated, you could be undressed .
I didn't march in college. Couldn't afford to. Plus, a long story.
@@johnalden5821 yes running laps was definitely a thing in marching band and definitely a thing in drum corps. Look up Carolina Crown 2019 closer. We RUN.
@@msbrandymo My mom was a high school majorette in N.O. and told us ALLLL abt that! Y'all were definitely athletes!
The Pride of Ohio State is known as TBDBITL. The Best Damn Band In The The Land.
The pride of THE Ohio State University Marching Band...
O H
@@garydziubek1864 I O
@@garydziubek1864 IO
No Ohio University is the best damn band in the land
The guy the trex “ate” was dressed as a Michigan player. Every week includes a reference to beating “that team up north”. Because EVERY game throughout the season is simply a warm up or rehearsal for the last game of the season, known simply as “THE GAME”. Voted biggest rivalry in American Sports, pro or college. OSU vs TTUN.
And he spits the helmet out, lol. They're so salty, I love it.
Also you will notice in the Pirates' of the Caribbean's section they show an Ohio State ship sinking a ship with the Michigan flag. lol
@Dwayne Smith Fair enough! I feel the same. 😉🤣
@Dwayne Smith LOL. My favorite MSU bumper sticker: They Call It Maize, We Call It Corn"
@Dwayne Smith thats exactly how Ohio St fans feel about Ichigan St fans lol
They are the absolute best. Icons.
This is a halftime show done between the first and second halves of a football game. The band that came off of the field at the beginning of the video was the opposing team's band. It is marching band etiquette that the opposing team's band goes first. Unless it is Homecoming, in which case, the home team takes the entire halftime for Homecoming performances and ceremonies.
Homecoming is the home game each school schedules each year against a weak opponent to ensure (as much as they can) a win. The idea is to welcome home alumni.
More specifically, "homecoming" is the first home game after the team has done a tour of away-games.
I have always had it where the other band still played but the home band played either a condensed version of their show or something completely different for homecoming
Homecoming is special at OSU, because they invite alumni band members back, and during the traditional Script Ohio before the game, they actually do 4 of them on the field because they have so many players. It’s very cool to see.
I was in band through college. I think we didn't schedule a conference opponent for homecoming and the rent a win schools didn't spend money on sending a band. We only practiced three days a week. That meant sometimes you had to learn an extended show in five hours or less.
This, along with a very skillful football team. Makes me proud to be a Buckeye.
Me to freebird, born an raised a Buckeye and finally have my daughter going to school there....I am DAMN proud to be a BUCKEYE...O..H...I..O!!!! Go BUCKS!!
O. H.
@@christireese7615 I. O.
I'm proud to be a sun devil 😈
Even though I had seen this performance before, I got chills once again watching the UM Ship go down.
In case anyone hasn't already explained (I didn't see it in the comments so far), I was in band (not Ohio State's, obvs) and can explain the shapes. Each person memorizes a book of moves called "sets" or "dots" which lays out exactly where each person is supposed to be at any given moment during the show. You basically march to spot A, hold until the next move, move to spot B, and so on until the show is done. All while playing cleanly the music you already memorized, maintaining proper body posture, remaining in-step with everyone, watching the drum major, etc. If even one person is slightly out of place, the shape can start to look off and weird and it can ruin the whole effect. Everyone has to be perfect.
Where it gets interesting is that some moves are really close and you basically tip-toe over to them, while some make you literally jog across the field to get to them, while still playing and being in-step. Imagine jogging every minute or two while constantly exhaling.
It's incredibly fun, but incredibly difficult.
EDIT: You should react to Drum Corps bands. It's a whole 'nother level. Try "Blue Devils Space Chords" or "Carolina Crown's Hornline Drops The Hammer in Houston" if you wanna be blown away by the power of massed horn lines.
Don't forget to mention the jazz runs where you had a long distance to go in a relatively short span of time to get between your dots.
I agree, DCI is amazing!!
@@willn703 we used to call that "4 to 5" steps.....instead of the standard "8 to 5"
That breathless moment between the cut off and the audience reaction makes it all worth it!
Being from Ohio and a Buckeye, you can’t go wrong with anything they do!!!!
O-H..!
@@ellenhill5826 I-O !
Indeed. Now to watch the 2015 Sugar Bowl highlights. It brings tears to my eyes. Lol.
You should watch Oak Mountain High School Band The 2016 Halftime Show
Except being the most toxic football fanbase out there.
The capacity of their stadium is 104,944. I have a cousin who went to Ohio State. Awesome school. I'm a California native and went to the University of California but I like really like Ohio State and Columbus, Ohio. Really good football team too!
I went to a game when they were over capacity
Cal is a MUCH MUCH better school than OHIO STATE.
@@jacklewis5452 in what way sucking
Ohio is based like Texas and Florida, great state, want to move there from Canada.
@@DeusSalis what city
Their tribute to the late Michael Jackson was epic.
Michael Jackson! Please!!!
@@jena6587 The tribute to Michael Jackson was great. You should watch it.
Here it is th-cam.com/video/GTca2nrIn4U/w-d-xo.html
Yep, it was amazing.
@@areguapiri I know! I have!
You have to do another video showing their signature move called “Script Ohio!” It’s the one thing that sets them apart as the best damn band in the land!
Yes! I hope he does it!
Definitely!! Even other teams applaud Script Ohio
Ironically, that team up north was the first to do Script Ohio.
@@SheaTheSarcastic Yet another on the long list of things they did first but we did better.
YES!
As a former marching band geek, I must say that the coordination needed is extraordinary but its easy when youre surrounded by some of the best and brightest
Yep yep. We did similar routines in HS believe it or not. For a few years we had a large and talented band. We ended the post game with a giant box in center field and marched single file Into a script lettering of our schools initials, playing the french national anthem? I believe. The whole thing was really hard. Starting half the band in opposite endzones is hard too due to the delay In sound
As someone who's in this video (trombone player) I promise you some of us were pretty dumb too. College kids with crazy work ethics, but definitely with a goofy side too!
I was in a marching band of ~300 in high school. Our band director, David Rosethal (RIP), got all of our routines from these types of college marching bands. It was the most grueling training as a teenager. We had to practice for one month before school started. Meaning our summer break was cut short due to training. Mr. Rosenthal taught us to be professional, multi-task, discipline, and strive for perfection. We were one of the best marching bands in Louisiana. We even marched in Mardi-gras parades. Was some of the best memories I have as a teen.
Karbir, Welcome to Buckeye county. The band is the best, as the football team is too.
Hahahahahahahahaha??????
You must be joking. (I am).
Not the football team
I’m old and I’ve been a Buckeye fan all my life. All the way back since Woody Hayes and Archie Griffin. The football team is elite. It dominates the Big Ten like no team ever has. But it has a hard time winning it all. Still it manages to snag one now and again. Easily in the top three or four teams right now.
Woah there , let's beat Bama first before we start throwing around best football team nonsense ...... better yet let's hope we win the Big Ten and Oklahoma loses or Georgia loses twice so we can possibly get that rematch in the first place
If you like this, you gotta check out any marching band from an HBCU, especially FAMU's Marching 100! They take it to a different level in a completely different way!
Watch HBCU bands float diamonds and make MJ walk on the field.
I wanted to say the same thing! HBCU bands even put on a show for march in and march out. Who won the game? Who cares? Only watched for the halftime show!
Gotta say my favorite is Alabama State.
Plus they have to maintain a high grade point average! They perform a pre-game , concerts , and then the coming out , of the tunnel onto the field , then the script Ohio before the game . Then the half time program,then playing after the game . Then matching out of the stadium . Then whole new program for next Saturday having only five days to have it dead spot on without mistakes . Usually Six hours of practice a day, plus a full class load during the week. Then Sunday morning starts all over again , it is hard work!
The amount dedication and time it must take to perfect these routines is really impressive
@@kabirconsiders Football is regulated by the NCAA how much time the players are allowed to practice. The bands not so much. So its no lie that during the season, the band works harder than the football team.
OSU also challenge for their position weekly..
The amount of field charts these guys have to memorize for this kind of moving show is INSANE.
They use iPads. Saves on paper
So glad you enjoyed that performance, Kabir. I can also appreciate the dedication and commitment it takes to put on a show of that magnitude. I did have a chance to march and play at the high school level. We marched in the Hula Bowl in 1977-78. This was held in the Aloha Stadium just outside of Honolulu. We came from all the Hawaiian Islands. It was an honor to be chosen. We had the best time being housed in one of the dorms and made a lot of friends. Challenging, but so rewarding!
"The best damn band in the land" (Ohio states marching band) performs before the gamed with a centerpiece show at halftime.
As someone who was in marching band for eight years (high school and college), I loved seeing you appreciate how much work goes into a performance like this!
In Columbus the band is revered & second only to the football team.
This was a show put on during halftime of a football game. IMHO the Hollywood one is their best of these. The first one of this type of show they did was video game themed, and that was very good as well.
The Michael Jackson moonwalk one was pretty epic.
I have picked up your channel lately and cannot get enough! The Ohio State Band is my absolute favorite and I’m so glad you are able to have a good appreciation too!
I am enjoying your reactions so much! It’s truly a spectacular display.
Thanks so much Karyn :) welcome to the channel!
I live in NY, went to Ohio State.
Never got to a game, but the entire city's atmosphere was fire on game days.
That band, tbdbitl, has huge respect.
O-H!
@@mouney0804 I O!
For sure, the band is definitely one of the best, and arguably THE best, in the country. A relative took me to a game when I was in college in Ohio. I ended up transferring to Georgia, which had a very similar game-day vibe.
Ohio State football is our culture here 😊
@@mouney0804 I-O
They do a half time show mid game every home game. It always has a theme and the music and choreography are all intertwined throughout the show. Fans of tOSU will travel to see them play in other areas too as they are requested for parades and shows at least statewide. They have a new show each week and they have 1 week to rehearse it to perfection before Saturdays game. Theyre not TBDBITL for nothing. O-H!
I-O!
I was at this game! Love the band! I will often sit on the hillside next to their practice field and watch them prepare for game days. They are truly the best marching band in the world. Absolute precision. They have a great pregame show for every game, but this was their grand halftime show.
Thanks for reaction of the ohio state marching band. I was the one who asked you react to the ohio state marching band
Former band geek here. The marching band performs at half time during every home football game. It take so much work to learn your personal drill and stay in sync with everyone else! Also, props to OSU’s arranger and drill writer for creating the great musical arrangement and drill formations in this show!
They do halftime shows for every games. They also do the pre-game show where they end by spelling Ohio, which I love. There are also band competitions, the bands are all amazing but OSU is the best! 🔥🔥🥰🥰
Script Ohio! It's the best!
I agree OSU band is great but I also believe a few all black university’s band are in the same great category.
The Traditions of EXCELLENCE 🅾️
Yet another reason we Americans LOVE our college athletics! Well done, Sir!
By the way, to OSU grads it isn't the Ohio State University band, it's THE Ohio State University band/football team/basketball team.
its the Best D@mn Band in the Land
Tell ‘em!!
Love this. Check them out at Wembley from 4 or 5 years ago -- prior to an NFL game -- it was a tribute to British rock. Also, I agree with the comment below about Texas A&M Marching Band. Incredible and intricate. You won't believe it.
You're one sharp dude. You recognized formations for which I had no clue. Kudos!
This is the reason they're called The Best Damn Band in the Land!
The 2 pirate ships were Ohio state of course and M for Michigan. Ohio states biggest rival.
I assume this show was half time for the OSU vs Michigan State game?
@@kathyp1563 no, actually I believe we were playing Penn State that day. As an Ohio State alarm, I can tell you that pretty much every halftime show, at least at the home games, includes Ohio State besting Michigan in some way, because that is our biggest rival and we play them last every season so we keep the intensity up in every way possible all season as a build up to the big game. And if you look closely I'm willing to bet that that person that the dinosaur ate had on some kind of Michigan gear as well. Go Bucks!
After watching Ohio State, people either diverge into technical/competitive drum corps like DCI or the HBCU bands lol
Ohio state is neither. Ohio state is traditional marching band style. We March high step while core bands do roll step and have flags and stuff while Ohio states band is very traditional.
@@TheKillerNut That's what I'm trying to say. People who get introduced to marching band via Ohio State vids will probably go down the TH-cam rabbit hole and "diverge" to other styles.
@@jariemonah ah ok I getcha
Some interesting facts about TBDBITL... they memorize all their music - no marching with sheet music! Considered the largest all brass and percussion band in the world - 225 strong. All band members have to 'compete' for their spot every week. They have been giving me chills for 55 years now... lol. Enjoyed the video... thanks!
In 1975 I was a freshman at The Ohio State University in Morrill Tower adjacent to the stadium. Back then the marching band with sometimes practice in the parking lot next to the stadium. My favorite and one that you should do a reaction to is the marching band doing "Script" Ohio edit, with the ramp entry. Well I'll admit I'm a bit biased this is the best damn marching band in the universe. Prove me wrong!!
So prior to the game, the band marches and plays at St. John’s arena. It’s called a skull session and it’s like a big pep rally. I’m sure if you look up Ohio State Skull session on here you’ll find it. There are tons of videos of them practicing and stuff. It’s great!
I was in marching band in highschool! You should react to some hbcu marching bands and maybe even some highschool bands as well. Its a completely different vibe! Both are of course equally talented and I enjoy both styles as a band geek 🤓
The feeling of being in the stands and everyone playing their instruments together while the loud music fills your ears while the dance team dances along is such an exhilarating feeling!
Definitely react to some HBCU's!!!! (That stands for "Historically Black Colleges & Universities," btw, for those outside the US.) They put on a completely different flavor of show, & they're always SO GOOD! It's decidedly not my lane as a marshmallow human who didn't attend one to rank them, but I'm sure a search will turn up a few. I don't think it's possible to pick one that *isn't* wildly talented & entertaining.
have look at the end again, the 2 ships each had the school logo's as their sails. and Ohio sunk the other team's ship and the crowd went nuts.
Those were Ohio State and Michigan logos. As Michigan is Ohio State's biggest rival and the student body of Ohio State despises Michigan, you are always going to get big cheers anytime Ohio state bests Michigan. As a former Ohio State student the student body does love the band The best damn band in the land.
@@MJW2157 Ohio State alum here too. The band was always great but they've gotten even better since I graduated. The animation is amazing! Go Bucks! O-H!
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You have to audition for one , there is only a certain amount of spots you can try to get. You have to make all practices , music memorizing all the music , no flip charts allowed , plus memorizing all the formations and instep with everyone, once in the band you have the next four years of your life spoken for. Then there is extra trips . Like they did going to England to play at one NFL game , go check that out , it is during half time ok?
One correction. You have to retry out every year.
I live in Ohio, about an hour & half away. Many, many High School band students dream of being on The Ohio State University Band.
By the way Kabir -- ya gotta always say "The" when referring to The Ohio State University. Don't know why, but it is so.
@@kathyp1563 'The' happened in the 80s, I believe as a way to distinguish OSU from Oregon State and Oklahoma State.
@@tammywilson985 Hmm? I always wondered if it had something to do with the fact that we have *another* Ohio University here in Ohio. It is also a public university. One is THE Ohio State University & the other is Ohio University. Very confusing.
The practices are no joke. I had a sublet roommate who was in the OSU band and their practice was practically all day in the summer. I rarely ever saw them between their work schedule and band practices.
As a Wolverine, I find it difficult to praise the school down south, Ohio. However, I've discovered that everywhere in the world there is some tradition that is better than any other place in the world. The English breaking for tea in the afternoon... nowhere else can beat it. Spain's tradition of a siesta after lunch... so civilized. Italian opera. You get the idea. Ohio's band has a tradition that eclipses anything else in college football and it isn't this halftime show. Although the formation I am about describe was first done by Michigan's marching band to welcome the buckeyes to the Big House {look it up, buckeyes}, Ohio's band doing Script Ohio before the game is superb. The band writes out Ohio in script topped off by a person running out to dot the "i" -- usually a Tuba player, but not always -- that is unmatched. So far I have not seen a television attempt to cover this tradition that gets it at all. One time Fox focused on single players. That was the very lamest version of broadcasting Script Ohio. They tried again by photographing the band from ground level on the field. So I recommend you search TH-cam for Script Ohio. There are some great versions here. Besides the band's version, I loved the guy who writes out Script Ohio in his snowy backyard with his snow blower! Great version! Check it out.
Brits love this band so much you've actually had them to London to perform
Definitely watch these guys Script Ohio
It's the halftime show. They do a different one every week. I'm sure they're practicing these routines from the time the previous season ends. I worked at Ohio State and would see them on the practice field rehearsing.
TBDBITL ! Awesome reaction!
They have a different show for each home game. They usually spend 1-2 weeks learning each routine. This was a halftime performance so you would have to go to the game to see it. They do have a pregame performance too but that is usually the same every game, their famous Script Ohio. I used to sit in my dorm room and watch them practice, was fun to watch.
Yeah, I don't think people realize that majority of the students in the band have 4 years of experience from marching in high school, so reading drills to make these formations is easy. And most have probably learned to play instruments since elementary/middle school.
I’m a Canadian and even our most prestigious universities don’t go as extra as this but I’ve been told that due to not paying their athletes and thus able to profit a ton more that American college stadiums are as decked out if not more than NFL stadiums. Capacity is like 70-85k.
For Ohio’s case when they play Michigan (major historical beef between the states not just schools) they go over capacity.
Oh yeah, when we play Xichigan, we go for blood! 😂
capacity for Ohio Stadium is 104k
Ohio State is around 109,000+ for every home game. I grew up and live in central Ohio. I have been going to games since the 1980's and never has the stadium been anywhere near 70-85K.
The majority of players are on Scholarship...which means their education and expenses are most wholly covered...thats their pay
@@Angelwatcher1624 considering juggling an NFL or NBA potential college career and studies to retain the grades to be able to keep playing is a near impossible feat (they even make players with high potential that are slacking take useless bogus classes in the summer to get the grades up) they should be paid actual money.
Total props to you! I've watched several reactions to this video and you are the first non-American who accurately recognized every song, even singing through them. Even I didn't recognize the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings though I should have since I've watched it over and over again whenever it airs. You rock!!!
Did you notice the references to Univ. Of Michigan? OSU's most bitter Rival. See "The Game". The person the T-Rex ate was from _ichigan. In the battle between the pirate ships, OSU sinks TTUN ship. During the week of "The Game", all of the M's get marked off in Columbus. That state is not mentioned except to be called TTUN, that team up north. I only used it in the beginning to let you know who TTUN was.
Buckeye rally cheer. One says O-H, another replies I-O. OH
You should check out the other styles of marching bands too. There are three styles: corps, military and show. Ohio State is a show, Texas A&M is a military, and while not a university band the Blue devils are a Corp. I would love to see your reactions to the different styles of marching. They are all wonderful to see.
As a former Iowa State University marching band member, I love seeing the recognition and appreciation for the massive amount of hard work and dedication it takes to perform in a marching band. When I was a member of the ISUCF"V"MB, the class was only 0.5 credits, was 1.5 hours of rehearsal M-F, 2 hours of morning practice on game day, & 6-8 hours for tailgate/pre-game/stand tunes/halftime/aftergame performances. In contrast the typical college course at ISU is 3 credits, 50 min MWF, & ~6-9 hours of homework time. We honestly put in more hours per credit hour for marching band than we did any other course in our college careers and most of us did it just because we love marching band (there were actually very few music majors in our marching band at that time).
I'd love to see more marching band reaction videos, but I must admit that I am biased. Thank you for the wonderful video!
Thanks for sharing this Jianna! Hearing about all the work that goes into it doesn’t surprise me one bit
The pirate ships, one had the Ohio State logo and one had the Michigan logo. The Univesity of Michigan is Ohio State's biggest rival. Kind of like Cal Berkeley vs. Stanford.
OSU vs Michigan is the best rivalry in college
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Kabir you should watch the famous Stanford vs Cal game that ended with the band in the field while final play was going on. Happened back in the 1980’s
They perform at halftime it holds 104,944 people. The Michael Jackson halftime performance was out of this world
The "band coordinator" is called the Drum Major 😉 They are like the student conductor and are usually a senior. You should check out Texas A&M's band. They're more like a military style marching band and do some really cool formations!
I was drum major for my high school marching band in 1988. They sent us to Indiana University of Pennsylvania for summer band camp (joke if you like, "one time, at band camp", lol!). That area of the country, Western PA, Ohio, the Midwest, takes Marching Band very seriously as a source of school pride. Our school wasn't the best, but we competed in many regional NYS competitions. You use the marks on the field as a grid to know where you need to be, and the rest of it comes from hitting your anchors and a huge amount of trusting that folks will GET OUT OF THE WAY.
We are told when in competition that there will be judges down on the field taking notes about the angles of our horns, the crispness of our movements, the way we stick our positions, and change directions, our intonation and musicality, etc. The only trouble is that the judges don't know which way you will be moving, so we are instructed that if someone gets in the way, run 'em over. I watched as the sudden snap-turns of trombonists clocked and knocked over judges all the time.
Good memories. Good memories all around for Marching Band. Worth watching from year to year, because there are 'fads' in the universities that do the competitive works. Find schools that add in competitive Drum Lines and you understand how Band Kids frequently out-perform the sports teams they are supposedly 'supporting'. ;) My marching band got to march through Epcot Center in Orlando my Senior Year (Year 12, final year, age 17), and I got to be Drum Major (conductor on the field) for it. Still a memory of honor for my golden years coming up. LOL. Fun stuff.
I would also like to point out that when it comes to our biggest rival, we do not refer to them by name. It is "that team up north". During the week leading up to the game we normally x out the M's in words. Also you can travel anywhere and yell out O-H and you will get an I-O in return.
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Yep…if you wear any Ohio State apparel in any other city you are bound to get an O-H 😁
@@Krisgenx lol yep, even though I live in Florida now and over 900 miles away from my roots I run across Chief Wahoo, Brownie and the wine and good as well as the Scarlet and Grey of the Buckeyes. It's like a secret code or club and on e acknowledged someone invariably will mention Lawson's and the chip dip lol great memories
@@thomasfreeman2088 and Lawsons Chip chopped ham 😂😂. Brownies may have a very good year! 🤞
This marching band goes beyond with every performance. Glad you are watching this one.
Just another thing that makes college football so great, the marching bands! They play during the game too. They’ll play the school’s fight song when they score a touchdown, for instance. It just adds so much to the whole experience.
1921 Ohio state marching band started now its known as the best damn band in the land 👍😁 in from Ohio they’re amazing
The ship that sank had the University of Michigan logo on it. Michigan is Ohio State's biggest rivals
The band people use the yard markers and other visual landmarks on the field and in the stadium to help orient themselves while marching. By the time they begin playing in a marching band such as this most of them have been playing an instrument for at least 6 years and have been marching up to four years prior (years 9, 10, 11, &12 in High School). They must try out for a band of this caliber. They all take a full load of classes each week and usually spend about 15 ish hours in class and double the hours out of class for studying So they are taking about 5-7 classes a semester (each class being 3-4 hours each).
The band spends about 20-30 hours per week during football season practicing. Most bands begin during the summer to learn the music and formations. The students are then given a certain amount of time to learn the music and formations (not very much time). These students practice many hours outside of the 20-30 hours per week practicing on their own, by sections such as all trombones or all trumpets, or in small groups. Many of the students also take private lessons in their chosen instrument during the week. So they attend class, study, practice as a group and separately. In other words, they don't sleep much during the fall semester each year (LOL) They also travel to all of the games that are played away from their home stadium.
During the holiday season the band may be invited to march and play in one or another of the very large televised parades for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years Day. Luckily the parades don't require the fancy formations while they march, however some of the parades can be 3-4 miles long.
The oldest marching band in the one associated with Notre Dame University. It began around 1845.
Have you seen the Texas A & M Aggie Band? they are something. Not as fancy as one like this but their marching cannot be beat.
That's a lot of dedication, and a lot of work. Amazing they have the time to be this good, especially with class and studies.
I’m a high school band kid, and I can tell you that that was amazing. Ohio State is probably one of the most well known college bands. There is also professional competitive marching bands such as the “Blue Devils Drum and Marching Core”. They are more impressive to watch, but frankly they don’t typically do the fun type of tunes such as movie music. Check out DCI, stands for Drum Corp International.
As a wife of a high school band director (as well as being the color guard instructor at the same school, flag team) I appreciate your acknowledgement of how much hard work these people put into a show. It's hours upon hours of practice to get it looking good. So thank you 😊
And you can’t forget that they aren’t just walking around on the field, they are playing their instruments and producing that wonderful music.
Check out the HBCU Halftime performances
Best reaction yet!!! Thanks for doing this video. I requested it a while back, actually I requested the Ohio State Marching Band Michael Jackson halftime show. Then I also suggested this one or any of the top Ohio State Marching Band halftime shows. Thanks again and Go Bucks!!! First game of 2021is tomorrow @ 8:000pm EST I cant wait, I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve!!!
The Ohio State Marching Band is not only "The Best Damn Band In The Land", they are also the largest all Brass and Percussion Band in the world. Go Bucks..
Ohio State does this for every game. They have special shows for when they are in playoffs. It is a joy to watch. I'm from Ohio and have family that went to college there.
I have picked up your channel lately and cannot get enough! The Ohio State Band is my absolute favorite and I’m so glad you are able to have a good appreciation too!
Ohio State is a very good, very respectable band. But, I personally prefer the precision military style of Texas A&M University. If you can find a video of their 4 way cross, it will make your head spin.
Ohio States the best though
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@@oddoperator3524 no they aren't. They aren't even the best in Ohio. They are only popular because of the football team.
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@@americansmark who is the best in Ohio or the Us who did MJ and other great things and sounds the best I mean iv Toledo
As a Band Mom..Family ... this is always amazing and loved! Thanks for reacting💯💚🙌🏽
The Best damn band in the land, LETS GO BUCKS
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I LOVE THIS!❤️❤️❤️❤️
At half time most colleges & universities that have bands usually perform , sometimes both bands if travel is not to far. Growing up I thought the Husky Band was great when on a freezing day the played "Tequila" and stripped to their underwear . The bigger the school the bigger the band thus lots of choices to perform .I think Ohio does have the best band performance.
In high school I was in Color Guard (flags, sabers, and rifles) and the passion and dedication to make sure everything was perfect is a lot.
And remember, we’re doing routines and tossing flags and such in the air while walking through formations that the band is making along with ours. Imagine having a panic that a rifle will hit someone in the head if you don’t get to your spot on time.
Games are usually practice takes for the real deal at competitions. It’s where we fix the little things or even change and learn a whole new set of things don’t look right. And that’s after months of practice learning the spots while still learning the music and routines.
We are 100% athletes. When the football team has their summer practice we would be learning our stuff. It also helps if you like football because the atmosphere in the stadium always makes you want to do the best you can.
There is a college football game in Miami on September 5 called "The Orange Blossom Classic" between Florida A&M University and Jackson State University. The bands and fans from both schools are trash talking as much as the football teams as to which band will have the best halftime show. Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is the head coach for Jackson State University.
They're playing a instrument and rembering the steps. He got the Michigan guy.
Yeah marching bands at college games is definitely a thing, however, Ohio state is probably the best. Certainly top 5. The atmosphere at these events are like no other. The association of people and their state or local universities is a great source of pride and the fans are life long and generational. Both of my children attended the Univ of Washington but I attended UCLA so there are ususally some hurt feelings when those schools get together. Lately UW has been eating our lunch at UCLA, but better times are on the horizon. UCLA played its first football game of the season and dominated Hawaii 44-10. And frankly we could have scored 60 on them. We've got some real studs this year.
The Ohio State band has some other impressive performances on youtube. I'm looking forward to your reaction to some of those. 😁😁😁😁😁
I heard they did a full show in london a few years ago, I’ll have to get to that one soon!
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It’s a half time show. Most college teams have a marching band. In fact highs cools do too.
I'm from Ohio
Yes!! I was waiting for this! I commented that they were pretty awesome! I also really enjoy their tribute to The king of pop Michael Jackson!
As a former "band geek" in high school. The hours of practice and dedication fly by because you're having fun with family. Being in the band is being part of a family.
We'd get the sheet music at the end of June the end of the previous school year in the school system I was in. Spend July practicing and starting to memorize. Then the 2nd week of August is when band camp would begin. The first year marchers (freshman and upper classmen who hadn't been in the marching band before) would do 3 four days (m,t,w) to learn the commands and steps for marching and then the rest of the band comes back for Thursday and Friday. Thursday and Friday was 4 hours of marching practice in the morning, a 30 minute lunch, then 2 hours of music rehearsal with the full band. Then a week of 12 hour days of marching and music practice with breaks for lunch, mid afternoon, and dinner. Then the final week before school was 3 hour practices under the lights in the stadium. Then every week until the end of football and marching band competition was 2 hours on Tuesday afternoons, 3 hours on Wednesday nights in the stadium under the lights, then 2.5 hours on Thursdays. Then you had the football games and competitions. Competitions were 2-4 hours of rehearsal before food and getting on the bus to go the competition.
Needless to say we spent so much time together that it wasn't just friends you were part of a family. Everyone knew everyone and you strived together as a band and a team. It was loads of fun and a blast despite the brutal heat in the summer and the early part of the season...wool uniforms in 100+ degree (Fahrenheit) heat suck.....but the wool uniforms were amazing and warm in the later part of the season when we could see 20 degree (Fahrenheit) temps sometimes.
Thanks so much for sharing this will! I genuinely really appreciate it :-) I can totally get how the friendships evolved into becoming like a family, all that time spent together would definitely create those bonds
For something a little different, you should check out some HBCU bands. Try FAMU, Southern University , Bethune Cookman, Grambling State, Alabama State, etc...
Thank you for reacting to this! Marching bands are getting more and more respect and it deserves it! Marching season is about 4 months of madness. Memorizing music, memorizing your sets and for these people, going through college! In high school marching band, i totalled the hours per week to be about 50 hours between, practices, sectionals (sectional practice with the rest of the people who play your instrument) class time, football games, and competitions.
My sister was in college band and I agree. The effort and skill is top notch!
My alma mater!! We are so proud of our marching band and they work so hard.
Yay! I was one of the people who requested an Ohio State Marching Band reaction. Thanks for this! They've even performed for a game in Wembley Stadium.
Have you watched the Texas A&M Fighting Aggie band? A&M has a military history with the Corps of Cadets. All band members have to be in the Corps. Band does military marching. Only the US military academies graduate more military officers than A&M. Check them out. P.S. The band plays during half-time of college football games. Another show you should watch is the “Battle of the Bands” between two Louisiana HBCU universities Southern University & Grambling University.
I participated in Marching Band for several years. It requires a lot of practice, learning your marks on the field, building arm strength for holding instruments out in the correct position while marching and leg strength and endurance. Most of the time you also memorize your music. It requires a lot of skill.
This is why they are called the best damn band in the land ❤️
Watching videos like these brings back memories of my high school marching band days and the half time shows we put on at home football games. While obviously not as amazing as college bands, especially given that my rural high school band only had 50 people in it (the rural school district I attended only had 300 students total kindergarten to 12th grade so 50 being in band was considered a big deal since it was usually smaller), it’s still a lot of fun. And it’s thanks to the college bands that high school, junior high, and elementary school marching bands have sheet music to popular films, tv shows, and songs. I think field marching is a lot more fun than street/parade marching although our band director was pretty creative and tried to find fun things to do while street/parade marching to get the crowd interested. It was usually little things like shuffling from front to back, moving closer together or further apart across the street, or forming triangles (because you don’t have as much room on a street as you do a football field). He was like that with the school band concerts, too. He’d come up with ways to engage the audience, sometimes even coming up with games the band would play with a member from the audience brought up just for that purpose. Sometimes, especially in the high school band, the teachers from various grades would work with us on funny skits to do during certain songs on the side of or behind & above where we were performing. Bigger high school bands are just as impressive as the college bands. And there’s professional drum and bugle marching bands. They perform in my city once a year as part of their national tour. I had an aunt that did it for several years. A lot of people in my family play musical instruments so it wasn’t a surprise when I decided to join band and my entire family pitched in to buy my instrument. They did the same when it came time for my younger sister to decide. And we did so again when my niece came of age and decided to join band. I’m a flute player (though can play trumpet and tenor saxophone some, too), my sister is a trumpet player (and plays clarinet some as well), and my niece is a trumpet player. Outside of that both my grandmothers played piano, my maternal grandfather played violin, I have several cousins that play violin, two cousins and an uncle that play guitar, a cousin that plays keyboard in an amateur band that performs in her local town, and of course aunts, uncles, and cousins that play various brass instruments (trumpet, trombone, baritone, french horn, etc).
For me the most difficult part of field marching was playing in bowl stadiums because the sound/music bounces back onto the field delayed. Though since you basically have to memorize the song and steps together since sometimes you’re very separated on the field and can barely hear the rest of the band, I got to where I ignored that delayed sound in those types of stadiums (which seem to be a favorite in my state where state band competitions are held). Otherwise I found it challenging, but fun. And I especially enjoyed whenever we did get to make actual figures or symbols the audience would recognize. Not that you can really hear or see the audience while performing since the focus is on the music and steps, but afterwards getting to go back and watch video clips like these (ours were on VHS tapes) and hearing the audience always made it worth it. As did getting compliments from fellow band folks from other schools and it was fun to see them perform and share our excitement with them on their great performances whenever we got to see them (seeing them mostly depended on how the competition was setup...if the area to go after performing was quite a ways from the performance area then we’d miss quite a lot, but when it was close then we got to watch a lot more other bands).
Great reaction! Glad you enjoy and appreciate the performance! Having been to some college football games, they’re an experience in themselves: before the game , during the game, the halftime show, after the game, etc. I lived in a major college city for awhile. And while I didn’t necessarily like the heavy traffic that occurred during home game days (well only when I had to work on those days and because many major roads become one way roads towards the stadium before the games and one way roads away from the stadium after the games it made it a challenge sometimes to figure out a route between my apartment and my job across the city), it was a lot of fun to live there because there’s so much upbeat energy on game days. And if it was a night game, you could see the bright lights of the stadium several miles away piercing through the city lights regardless of where you were in the city. It was definitely memorable experiences!
These marching band performances are typically done during half time (half way through the football games). However, they practice marching & playing in parades, and practice their entire field routines in city, state, and regional competitions.
They are amazing. They do a new show every home game at halftime
The OSU band making the script Ohio is considered the #1 pregame tradition in college football. For a battle of the bands, watch the halftime show at The Bayou Classic, between Grambling and Southern.
I did marching band in high school. Nobody knew what shape they are making at any given moment. Each person is only concerned with their own moves. They knew something like "I'm at 45 yard line, 4 steps behind the back hash and I have 16 steps to get to 43 yard line 5 steps in front of the back hash." The hash is the little marks between the 5 yard lines. The band director made tons of charts and passes them out to everyone and they had to find their number on the chart and track their own movements. We would keep a little book in our pocket during practice that would contain a handwritten list of moves we had to do. In high school we would learn 1 show for the season, college bands learn a new show for every college home game.
Awesome videos love them marching band Ohio State
Thanks Ruth :)
I'm an OSU grad and the band is 100% part of game day. When the band appeared at the entrance ramp before the game the stadium would explode. You should play some ramp entrance videos.
To start out, we do actually do this outside of the game but normally it's for a school vs. school competition called UIL where there is no football game before or after. It is just each band going into a field of only spectators who sit completely quiet throughout the whole performance until each band is done. The crowd must remain completely silent because there are judges who are listening to our music/general effect, watching the visual performance/visual effect, listening to percussion, listening to axillary, and one judge watching timing and marking penalties. The band normally comes out during Half Time which is a break between the 1st and 2nd half of the game for the players and the fans. This is usually a high-stakes-game and is the pinnacle of most of our band careers, so it is a big deal.
The band comes out to give a 'show' to everyone while the fans get their food, drinks, and wait until the beginning of the 2nd half of the game starts after Half Time. We normally practice the music in the band hall until we get that down by heart before practicing our movements on the field. Also, the band begins practice during the beginning of summer which can last for half if not 3 quarters of the whole day either all week (not weekends) or just whatever your band director tells you. We also get 'charts' which show the football field (or parking lot for when I was practicing in band). These charts would have dots on them where you are supposed to be at every measure or so, or just were big pieces are (depends on the music/performance/director). We go through each section of the performance over and over and over again until we are perfectly in line, on time, and in sync. You can spend hours out on the field practicing the same section over and over again. If you don't practice that much, you are liable to miss your steps, placement, or even step/fall on someone. One person out of place can ruin the whole picture so we need to have it drilled into our heads until it becomes muscle memory. (P.S sorry for the long rant)
I went to school at Ohio State and graduated in the 90's, they really are that fantastic!! It was always fun to go to the football games and watch the band as well.
I think the American football field is ideal for this type of coordination. Because of all the yardage markers, they can use them for reference.
It's performed during halftime. In the middle of the game. 🏈