I did an exhibition performance with my college in Japan and thought we were going to be the ones doin the schooling. Little did I know how serious the Japanese take their marching! The performance quality of some of the Jr. high's alone would make any great high school marching band in the US nervous. Just amazing, hard working performers.
Simply amazing. This is possibly my most favorite marching show. Thank you so much for paying close attention to detail for getting it perfect! words can't express how much I appreciate this group! BRAVO!
I've seen this video many times-yes it has some characteristics of an early 70"s DCI show but the quality of the performance and the thematic material is still first rate. I love the ending-however the iconic version of the "Battle Hymn" is in my mind from the Troopers of Casper, Wyoming.
Such perfection. I would love to see this group preform a military marching routine such as we did in the 1970’s just to experience the thrill of the precision in execution and sound again. :). Amazing talent!
I'm guessing by now you've already discovered they HAVE in fact marched shows like that, but if you haven't I recommend watching this video. It'll blow your mind: th-cam.com/video/YyOntQNr78Y/w-d-xo.html
I lived in Fukuoka for many years and was always impressed by Seika. They are simply fantastic. The homage to Judy Ongg (Miserarete) at 4 minutes is tongue-in-cheek brilliance at its best. Wind is not blowing from the Aegean but from Kyushu! Keep it up, girls...
They'd win BOA assuming they didn't get penalized for design. They'd definitely win DCI Open class as well. As for World Class I think they could make finals, but they'd have trouble beating the Top 5 corps.
glad to know I'm not the only one that can get a GIRL to put some sound out on a baritone!! Great job, Seika! I've seen some other video of them, so this show was just for this festival in the USA... I wouldn't judge their marching purely on this performance!
Uhhhhhh, yeah. That was intense and incredible. Trumpet solo. Awesome!! You never see this much tightness with most bands here. The town over from mines has a really good marching band. But after seeing this, they would not stand a chance. Amazing job Seika girls!!! :)))))
My band (mostly college/university retreads still playing after almost 30 years) played in Osaka and Kyoto with the Tachibana Girl High School marching band 15 years ago - the musicianship was excellent and their marching skills were amazingly good. Yes, they practice a lot, but they still take all required general classes (while touring around the world at the same time, somehow!) I am glad to see that there is at least one other very high quality band like Tachibana. I see a few of their videos are in the suggestion column over that way ----->
Well i have to say, although i like tachibana very very much, but seika is much much better than tachibana... Tachibana needs to fight very hard every year for marching contest finals and get gold award every 4~5 years. Seika's target is to get full score. Gold award is just a piece of cake for them.......
Both Tachibana and Seika are great marching, but each group have their own identity. Seika focusing on synchronize marching and good sound. A typical marching band that always aiming for the perfect score, Tachibana on the other hand are still fixed on their vision to bring new experience and unique style of a marching band that made them famous, that is up to this date many school band already adapting the style of Tachibana and many audience amazed by the style of Tachibana, Even they are straggling in getting to the national conference. That is why many people love to see them marching on the street. they bring happiness to the people (young and old alike) who watch them marching.
Don't worry about it brother, they do something to us....LOL I'm almost 65 years old and they have me tearing up like a little girl....don't tell nobody though....
The US Marine Commandants Own was and always will be Old School in everything even the music key they play but nobody has yet have put one over the Old School Marines.Old School you say?TELL THAT TO THE MARINES!
The way they angle their bell-front brass instruments doesn't look very pleasing to me, but the important thing is that it's uniform across the band. They do that well.
the fact that they are a foreign school that probably spends like 40 hours a week rehearsing. plus they are a foreign band competing in a rank of high school bands
What! Please, those are / were high school kids doing an incredible performance in music and choreography. I will be really upset if they did win that tournament. Even the flag girls produced magical moves, one being a butterfly 🦋. It was the intricate details that looked simple by sheer attention and practice.
@Ichliebegermany but theyre also in high school. if they spend 40 hours of practice a week then good for them, at least it shows dedication to music. ahaha
@kaikaichen Ummm...yeah the drum battles my line has been in were just plain too easy. At LEAST they can play their stuff. They seem pretty clean compared to the others we've seen.
Read Manny Boys review and respected his view initially but then as people replied, his views became very personal and moronic so at that point my respect for him became zero. If someone puts something on You Tube they must expect comments back but when they turn to being offensive their argument is lost as they are very shallow
目を引くだけなら橘かもしれません。でも，悪いですがこの精華女子の演技・演奏の前だと橘はあまり印象に残らないと思います。総合的に見て橘が下というわけではないです。ただ，この演技はほぼ完璧で本物です。本物の圧倒的な迫力の前には橘のステップも霞んでしまうと思うんです。というか橘以外の学校もこれに匹敵するパフォーマンスをするのはなかなか難しいと思います。 橘が偽物というわけではないです。橘の演技は見ていて笑顔になりますけど，橘からは言葉を失うほどのショックは受けたことはないです。微笑ましい，ステップしながら演奏するなんてすごい！とは思いますが「・・・・！！！」って程の衝撃を受けたことはないですから。盛り上がるのは盛り上がりますけどね。ただ，この精華のパフォーマンスは盛り上がるという次元じゃないんですよね。圧倒されてしまうんですよ。終わった後叫び出したくなるくらいに。何というか，あまりにもディオニュソス的で興奮せざるをえないんです。出しいている音が脳を直接興奮させてしまうんです。 この精華女子の前に橘を見ても精華女子の演技を見ているうちに橘の記憶が薄れてきてしまうほどの圧倒的なパフォーマンスだと思います。精華女子の後に橘を見たなら演奏力の余りの差に大人と子どもくらいの実力差を感じると思います。終了後のアメリカ人の凄まじい歓声からもこの演技に圧倒されたことは明らかだと思いますね。2018の橘とはちょっと種類の違う歓声だと思います。 衣装もステップも関係ないです。ここまでやられたのならもう凄いという言葉しか出ないと思います。方向性の全く異なる２校ですが，どんな学校もちょっとこの精華には太刀打ちできないんじゃないでしょうか？2009，2011の精華にも。2018の時の橘でさえ僕の中ではこの時の精華は越えていないです。橘は「It Don’t Mean a Thing」を初めてみた時は精華ほどではないですが驚きましたけど，ステップが見慣れてきたこともあり，特にここ最近は想定内におさまってしまいます。でも，精華は想定外のレベルでパフォーマンスをするんです。あくまでも個人的な感想ですけどね。一般化した話ではなく，単なる好みだとは思います。 この精華女子のパフォーマンスは目を引く・引かないなんてレベルのものではなく圧倒されてしまうパワーそのものだと思いますね。
Just because every meathead visual instructor in DCI teaches 10 degree or 20 degree horn angles doesn't mean that's the way it HAS to be, and every other way sucks. HBCUs or gramblers often use very low horn angles. In Japan they're more horizontal. Why? Most Japanese performances are indoor (gyms) with lower bleacher levels. Whether you horn angle is high or low, uniformity is what matters, and this band looks VERY uniform.
American find stuff to complain about all the time. Dang, if you didn't like the drill, look at videos of them when they are in Japan and you'll see why. They use mace drum majors and military style marching. Stop complaining so much.
Did it need technique when the overall display and sound said it all. The display was tight and perfect. For those odd negative comments I've yet to see anything near this, dedication shines through.
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また、このフェスティバルの精華のショーを出場準備などで見られなかったアメリカの高校生たちが、ぜひ見逃した精華のショーを見たいと主催者に願い出て、翌日に前代未聞の配慮での特別演奏となった。
この出来事に生徒は全く動じた様子を見せず、いつも地域活動で演奏するプログラムを中心に昨日のショーを加え、２０分以上の演奏・演技を繰り広げてしまった。
昨日のショーが終わった後の観客の声援もすごいものがあったが、今日はそれにも増してその反応はすさまじく、最後に演奏したYMCAでは曲の途中から観客席の高校生が掛け声で演奏に参加してきて、さしずめスタジアム全体がどよめくという表現がピッタリであった。
いやあ〜何度も見てしまう。もうかなり前だけど、この音色の美しさとキリッとした洗練性は高校生とは思えないほど。オーケストラのような聴かせる力と魅せる力がえげつない！動きながらこの美音を保つのは半端ない努力だと思います。中学の時行進するだけでもガクンガクンしてたもん(^_^;)本当にすごい。
ＳＥＩＫＡの文字を崩さず掃けていく所が美しい
精華女子、日本でも凄いレベルですけど、海外は迫力満点過ぎます。どんどん世界の皆さんに精華女子の良さを見せつけて欲しいです。
This group is fabulous, on the field or in the concert hall! BRAVO to everyone!
まだ見てる人いますか？
いますよ∼😂
ここにもいます！
2005年ホリデーボウル・ミュージック・フェスティバル精華女子高校成績
精華女子高校とアメリカ各地の高校計13チームが出場フィールドショー部門 第一位
コンサート部門 第一位
ベストミュージック賞
ベストマーチング賞＆行動賞
ベストガード賞
ベストジェネラルエフェクト賞
ベストパーカッション賞
パレード部門 第一位
ジャズバンド部門 第三位
ベストミュージック賞
ベストマーチング賞＆行動賞
ベストガード賞
ベストジェネラルエフェクト賞
そしてこの結果、明日のホリデーボール決勝戦での単独演奏の権利を獲得して、この日５１回目の誕生日を迎える藤重先生へ生徒からの最高のプレゼントとなった。
マーチングでも手を抜かないサウンド、さすが精華女子高ですね。
I did an exhibition performance with my college in Japan and thought we were going to be the ones doin the schooling. Little did I know how serious the Japanese take their marching! The performance quality of some of the Jr. high's alone would make any great high school marching band in the US nervous. Just amazing, hard working performers.
だだっ広いアメリカの屋外フィールドでこのパフォーマンス！！、国内の室内でやる吹連マーコンでジャージ着てても魅せるあの演技力・・・座奏のコンクールでも違いを見せつける演奏力・・・いったい精華女子のウィークポイントってどこにあるの？ まさに全智全能・・・
ぜひまたローズパレードに精華女子を……
Simply amazing. This is possibly my most favorite marching show. Thank you so much for paying close attention to detail for getting it perfect! words can't express how much I appreciate this group! BRAVO!
Wow, what a great show and a fine band! Excellent music selections, great playing and really nice sounds.
演奏技術は吹奏楽部で日本の高校のトップレベルというだけあって迫力ある演奏やね！
誇りだよほんと！
男だから精華とは何の縁もないけど（笑）
あかん、嵌ったら抜け出せんようになる。土日を潰して観てしまった。
何度見ても良い
今の画質で見たい
I've seen this video many times-yes it has some characteristics of an early 70"s DCI show but the quality of the performance and the thematic material is still first rate. I love the ending-however the iconic version of the "Battle Hymn" is in my mind from the Troopers of Casper, Wyoming.
Such perfection. I would love to see this group preform a military marching routine such as we did in the 1970’s just to experience the thrill of the precision in execution and sound again. :). Amazing talent!
I'm guessing by now you've already discovered they HAVE in fact marched shows like that, but if you haven't I recommend watching this video. It'll blow your mind: th-cam.com/video/YyOntQNr78Y/w-d-xo.html
I lived in Fukuoka for many years and was always impressed by Seika. They are simply fantastic. The homage to Judy Ongg (Miserarete) at 4 minutes is tongue-in-cheek brilliance at its best. Wind is not blowing from the Aegean but from Kyushu! Keep it up, girls...
That was AWESOME!!! Such a strong sound with clear tones. Very crisp and clean formations with an incredible guard! New fave!
素晴らしい、感動した、知らなかったです、ありがとう😊
完成度がすごいな．すばらしい
さすが精華！鳥肌がたつ演技です。究極を見せれば普段の演技の延長で最高のショーとして成り立つ。
The Seika Girls can beat ANY American band or DCI drum & bugle corps!! I have watched this video 100+ times!
They'd win BOA assuming they didn't get penalized for design. They'd definitely win DCI Open class as well. As for World Class I think they could make finals, but they'd have trouble beating the Top 5 corps.
2005年でこの音とパフォーマンス‼️
凄いの一言👀
京都橘高校の動画からおすすめではじめて見たんですがこちらも高校生レベルをはるかに越えてますね😃
早稲田摂陵中学校・高等学校や大阪桐蔭の海外遠征も鳥肌立つですよ!
まぁ、特定の音楽クラスとか入部に既にプロ養成の当たりは他の学校と違いますが…………見て損は無いですよ!
glad to know I'm not the only one that can get a GIRL to put some sound out on a baritone!! Great job, Seika! I've seen some other video of them, so this show was just for this festival in the USA... I wouldn't judge their marching purely on this performance!
From my second hometown... FUKUOKA!...Love them!
Japanese are always perfectionists...they take things seriously....
Uhhhhhh, yeah. That was intense and incredible. Trumpet solo. Awesome!! You never see this much tightness with most bands here. The town over from mines has a really good marching band. But after seeing this, they would not stand a chance. Amazing job Seika girls!!! :)))))
藤重氏のブログに当時のエピソードが複数回にわたり綴られています。ご覧ください。
昔の映像もっと無いでしょうか?
素晴らし過ぎる～!
I must applaud their PERFECT horn angles. If my own marching band flute section could be that precise, I wouldn't have to yell at them ever again. :)
スゲーーー！スクールバンドの域を軽ーく超えてる👏👏👏👏👏
さすが精華は凄いですね。他の高校と比べても洗練さが群を抜いています！
個人的に橘高校のエンターテイメントな演技が１番好きですが、そんな私でも精華の演奏は毎回素晴らしく感じます。
さすが、精華だね
My band (mostly college/university retreads still playing after almost 30 years) played in Osaka and Kyoto with the Tachibana Girl High School marching band 15 years ago - the musicianship was excellent and their marching skills were amazingly good. Yes, they practice a lot, but they still take all required general classes (while touring around the world at the same time, somehow!) I am glad to see that there is at least one other very high quality band like Tachibana. I see a few of their videos are in the suggestion column over that way ----->
Well i have to say, although i like tachibana very very much, but seika is much much better than tachibana...
Tachibana needs to fight very hard every year for marching contest finals and get gold award every 4~5 years. Seika's target is to get full score. Gold award is just a piece of cake for them.......
Both Tachibana and Seika are great marching, but each group have their own identity. Seika focusing on synchronize marching and good sound. A typical marching band that always aiming for the perfect score, Tachibana on the other hand are still fixed on their vision to bring new experience and unique style of a marching band that made them famous, that is up to this date many school band already adapting the style of Tachibana and many audience amazed by the style of Tachibana, Even they are straggling in getting to the national conference. That is why many people love to see them marching on the street. they bring happiness to the people (young and old alike) who watch them marching.
WTF is wrong with me!? I teared up at the beginning of the show.
Don't worry about it brother, they do something to us....LOL I'm almost 65 years old and they have me tearing up like a little girl....don't tell nobody though....
New world Symphony always is a tear jerker. 1989 Phantom regiment plays it the best
The Blue Machine -- wonderful performance.
トランペットソロ、ガードさんがリフトしてるの?
凄い!
The US Marine Commandants Own was and always will be Old School in everything even the music key they play but nobody has yet have put one over the Old School Marines.Old School you say?TELL THAT TO THE MARINES!
The way they angle their bell-front brass instruments doesn't look very pleasing to me, but the important thing is that it's uniform across the band. They do that well.
素晴しい！
いつ聴いてもいいな
これはやばいな・・
Damn, I'd kill to get into a drum battle with some of their drumline.
It's so old-school and symmetrical, though :)
I like that myself.
unfair.! LOL
they were a machine on feild. SIMPLY AMAZING.
橘の流れでここに来たが驚愕、これ凄いよ、素晴らしい演奏、CGの見事な旗さばき、ダンス、新体操の選手？こんなの見た事ない、14年前のだから今は？最近の動画あまり出てないが。
th-cam.com/video/IMIPV_ngzUI/w-d-xo.html
holy hell!!!!!! their gaurd is clean!!!! thats amazing! props to them
エンタ―テイメントの橘 マーチングバンドの洗練された精華 どちらも素晴らしいです。
とにかく美しい🤠ありがとうございました🤓
awesome girls.
second song is "Tonight" from West Side Story
Fantastic display.
ちょっと古いが（2005年）この動画を見て、橘ファンの私が・・・スゴイ！ 素晴らしい！ 精華女子が有名な理由、人気のある理由が分かった。よく京都橘と比較して、ちらがレベルが上とか、どちらが良いとか言っているコメントを見かけるが、そんなの関係ない。 良い物は良い、素晴らしい物は素晴らしい。
精華女子も応援しているよ。 オレンジの悪魔ファンクラブ（非公式）のメンバーより
the fact that they are a foreign school that probably spends like 40 hours a week rehearsing. plus they are a foreign band competing in a rank of high school bands
元々メートル単位で練習しているマーチングをヤード対応にフォーメーション調整したのかなぁ？ オープン会場でのワンラインカントリーって迫力あるね！
*Seika Girls* 💕💕💕🎷🎺🎶🎶🎶👍👍👍👍👍
格好イイですね。マーチングでも座奏でもいつも素晴らしいサウンドを聴かせてくれる精華、玉名女子、柏、習志野の四高校は日本の宝ですね。そこに九州の女子高がまたひとつ加わりそうで頼もしい限りです。
淀川工科と伊奈学園も入れたげて；；
it's the finale!!!!!!
I PLAYED THE LAST TWO SONGS FOR MARCHING!!!
HAHA ALL GIRLS :D so goooodddddd
素晴らしすぎて泣きそう❤
wow just wow
芸術の域に達しているこれを見て、多才な精華女子は制約の多い吹連のマーチング向きではないと感じます。
あそこだと衣装がジャージでバドワリングなしとか、マーチングの華というものを削ぎ落としたものしか見られませんから。
pasha73526
1999年 M連 全国大会 初出場にて
内閣総理大臣賞受賞
2002年 西原に負けたけど
第2位だったよね。
そのほかに、この映像もそうですが
日本代表で、世界大会2回出て
2回とも総合優勝してますよ。
勿論 衣装を着て バトンもいます。
吹奏楽連盟のマーコンのジャージは、
彼女達の先輩からの伝統と
誇りなんです。
派手な衣装を着なくても、
しっかりとした動き 重厚なサウンド
皆さん方 ご存知のはず。
訳のわからん事 書かないように！
i would like to be in that marching band. surrounded by japanese school girls!!!!!!!!!!! yeah and their band is great!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it's more of a college-style show than a high school one, isn't it?
What! Please, those are / were high school kids doing an incredible performance in music and choreography. I will be really upset if they did win that tournament. Even the flag girls produced magical moves, one being a butterfly 🦋. It was the intricate details that looked simple by sheer attention and practice.
I meant did not win by the way, sorry for the typo
観客の声援も見たかった。
@Ichliebegermany
but theyre also in high school. if they spend 40 hours of practice a week then good for them, at least it shows dedication to music. ahaha
Drill....y u so symmetrical....
@kaikaichen Ummm...yeah the drum battles my line has been in were just plain too easy. At LEAST they can play their stuff. They seem pretty clean compared to the others we've seen.
It looks more like a musical show than a drill show....if you know what I mean. o_o
AMEN!
Read Manny Boys review and respected his view initially but then as people replied, his views became very personal and moronic so at that point my respect for him became zero. If someone puts something on You Tube they must expect comments back but when they turn to being offensive their argument is lost as they are very shallow
これはヤバい
Horn angles. But also horn angels. ;)
Here's what they can do in concert: th-cam.com/video/nFHmtXKjumg/w-d-xo.html
Aimachi or Nishihara should've came to kick ass!
I don't think so. Seika has 21 gold medals in a row in the All Japan competitions.
uh oh @ 8:13 here she cooommmeesss!!! LOL
hey thats not what he said
1977 Phantom Regiment
音がいいね!
一人一人がしっかり音出てて強い!
でも目を引くのは橘なのかなぁ。オレンジ色って惹きつけるし目立つ。パフォーマンスも激しさが目立つ方が盛り上がるのかな。
目を引くだけなら橘かもしれません。でも，悪いですがこの精華女子の演技・演奏の前だと橘はあまり印象に残らないと思います。総合的に見て橘が下というわけではないです。ただ，この演技はほぼ完璧で本物です。本物の圧倒的な迫力の前には橘のステップも霞んでしまうと思うんです。というか橘以外の学校もこれに匹敵するパフォーマンスをするのはなかなか難しいと思います。
橘が偽物というわけではないです。橘の演技は見ていて笑顔になりますけど，橘からは言葉を失うほどのショックは受けたことはないです。微笑ましい，ステップしながら演奏するなんてすごい！とは思いますが「・・・・！！！」って程の衝撃を受けたことはないですから。盛り上がるのは盛り上がりますけどね。ただ，この精華のパフォーマンスは盛り上がるという次元じゃないんですよね。圧倒されてしまうんですよ。終わった後叫び出したくなるくらいに。何というか，あまりにもディオニュソス的で興奮せざるをえないんです。出しいている音が脳を直接興奮させてしまうんです。
この精華女子の前に橘を見ても精華女子の演技を見ているうちに橘の記憶が薄れてきてしまうほどの圧倒的なパフォーマンスだと思います。精華女子の後に橘を見たなら演奏力の余りの差に大人と子どもくらいの実力差を感じると思います。終了後のアメリカ人の凄まじい歓声からもこの演技に圧倒されたことは明らかだと思いますね。2018の橘とはちょっと種類の違う歓声だと思います。
衣装もステップも関係ないです。ここまでやられたのならもう凄いという言葉しか出ないと思います。方向性の全く異なる２校ですが，どんな学校もちょっとこの精華には太刀打ちできないんじゃないでしょうか？2009，2011の精華にも。2018の時の橘でさえ僕の中ではこの時の精華は越えていないです。橘は「It Don’t Mean a Thing」を初めてみた時は精華ほどではないですが驚きましたけど，ステップが見慣れてきたこともあり，特にここ最近は想定内におさまってしまいます。でも，精華は想定外のレベルでパフォーマンスをするんです。あくまでも個人的な感想ですけどね。一般化した話ではなく，単なる好みだとは思います。
この精華女子のパフォーマンスは目を引く・引かないなんてレベルのものではなく圧倒されてしまうパワーそのものだと思いますね。
1日一回は見てる
What's the name of the first song?
Amazing.. One thing. Brass horn angles SUCKED. I'd assume they don't have high horn angels in Japan, cause otherwise I'd assume they would have them.
Just because every meathead visual instructor in DCI teaches 10 degree or 20 degree horn angles doesn't mean that's the way it HAS to be, and every other way sucks. HBCUs or gramblers often use very low horn angles. In Japan they're more horizontal. Why? Most Japanese performances are indoor (gyms) with lower bleacher levels. Whether you horn angle is high or low, uniformity is what matters, and this band looks VERY uniform.
@@takigan I agree.
今更ですけど、
本当に素人なんで、
精華女子高等学校って
Ｍ協会?でしたか?
基本的に吹連のパレコンに出ていましたね。昔は３出でコンクールに出場できない年がありましたから，その年にＭ協のコンテストに出ていたと思います。
America needs to rethink its teaching method!
日本の高校マーチングのトップチームが外国でパフォーマンスするとどの国も教育方法を再考しようとするの影響力凄いな（笑）
お願いだからRoseParade出て欲しい
Whats the third song?
凄い…！(;ﾟдﾟ)
how is it unfair?
このとき俺小２
@sigh123456789
It's one of the themes from Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony.
American find stuff to complain about all the time. Dang, if you didn't like the drill, look at videos of them when they are in Japan and you'll see why. They use mace drum majors and military style marching. Stop complaining so much.
this seems kinda unfair.
Not US. Japanese.
Who's the idiot who let one of Japan's best band programs compete? :P
good show but kind of dissapointing that they had so many halts
@Jackcar141
Interesting... IMHO their drumline was the weakest section.
mostly a crowd pleaser. im not seeing much technique here.
Did it need technique when the overall display and sound said it all. The display was tight and perfect. For those odd negative comments I've yet to see anything near this, dedication shines through.