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

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  • Finale from our 2017 Star-Spangled Spectacular, featuring 94 piccolos playing John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
    Jeff Gershman conducting. Piccolo soloists: Margaret Shin Fischer, Kathy Johnson, Tim Hagen and 91 others. (We set the World Record last year with 189 piccolos.)

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  • @harrisondixon4039
    @harrisondixon4039 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5576

    I love how the brass is louder than 94 piccolos

    • @gingechicken7394
      @gingechicken7394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +383

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

    • @sluchztowne369
      @sluchztowne369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I don’t like you

    • @Ace1King1
      @Ace1King1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      They should have added 76 trombones and 101 cornets.

    • @bricelewis7869
      @bricelewis7869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

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

    • @djmotise
      @djmotise 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yeah, complete with horrific cracking. Blast. Splat.

  • @timmaher1167
    @timmaher1167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +946

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

    • @mythicalasgardian2245
      @mythicalasgardian2245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

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

    • @eesteinson92
      @eesteinson92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @thecheeselord5943
      @thecheeselord5943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheRonjoe223 Better off shooting all

    • @nicknyethesaxguy894
      @nicknyethesaxguy894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ronjoe i like that idea

    • @XprPrentice
      @XprPrentice 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Grace-wh8ky
    @Grace-wh8ky 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1541

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

    • @mina_takesthew
      @mina_takesthew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Dont judge a book by its cover mate

    • @nathanieloxford6288
      @nathanieloxford6288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @robertandhollyscorpiofan2697
      @robertandhollyscorpiofan2697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @natashamudford4011
      @natashamudford4011 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @trapjohnson
      @trapjohnson ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @ctatheist
    @ctatheist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +694

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

    • @lordmashie
      @lordmashie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "yes"

    • @hallieharker4384
      @hallieharker4384 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂🤣

    • @curtismathews1582
      @curtismathews1582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      AMEN and AMEN!!!!

    • @rightinthedome9973
      @rightinthedome9973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All of them?
      ALLLLLL OF THEMMMMMM

    • @ctatheist
      @ctatheist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rightinthedome9973 I do have to point out that 1 brass instrument is still louder than 94 piccolos... :)

  • @Dylan-zf4xh
    @Dylan-zf4xh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +924

    When 76 trombones and 110 cornets weren’t enough

    • @NkarpovichMixes
      @NkarpovichMixes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @uushdhbshfb6862
      @uushdhbshfb6862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      they definitely caught the morning sun

    • @inesdeerausquin5658
      @inesdeerausquin5658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @mettycandy
      @mettycandy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @james.randorff
      @james.randorff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @jeremysolomon2686
    @jeremysolomon2686 5 ปีที่แล้ว +189

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

    • @baritoneboy
      @baritoneboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @heidielliott4396
    @heidielliott4396 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1533

    Band teacher: Piccolos are meant to be HEARD.

    • @marshalldaviesofficial
      @marshalldaviesofficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @sailnekkid
      @sailnekkid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Luke-me8cf
      @Luke-me8cf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a drum major, I agree

    • @Hiroyuki_T
      @Hiroyuki_T 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @sydrefugia4197
    @sydrefugia4197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

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

    • @Halloweensam31
      @Halloweensam31 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too

    • @宮崎正行-p5z
      @宮崎正行-p5z ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @dwheald
    @dwheald 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2995

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

    • @oldgoat381
      @oldgoat381 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

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

    • @Tmj373
      @Tmj373 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Adding 1000 more would be 1093 piccolos too many

    • @kennethschechter7087
      @kennethschechter7087 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Never

    • @JDizaster
      @JDizaster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      David Heald Piccolocalypse

    • @jrfoleyjr
      @jrfoleyjr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @eldunari0291
    @eldunari0291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +288

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

  • @graciedavis7432
    @graciedavis7432 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2342

    Me: *sees title* oh god

    • @slayyyy1403
      @slayyyy1403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me toO

    • @Elizabeth-wv3jr
      @Elizabeth-wv3jr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      *clicks anyway*

    • @mochs62512
      @mochs62512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @JRenaeK
      @JRenaeK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Misfitzy Edits I LITERALLY SAID UH OH

    • @garrison_compcub2536
      @garrison_compcub2536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @kendrajohnson222
    @kendrajohnson222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

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

    • @Nymeria0
      @Nymeria0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @hellothere9848
      @hellothere9848 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Nymeria0
      @Nymeria0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @hellothere9848
      @hellothere9848 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @LileeBrewster-kk7bp
      @LileeBrewster-kk7bp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @DealerCamel
    @DealerCamel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3799

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

    • @DallasWinds
      @DallasWinds  6 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      Kind of sneaky!

    • @markcuscooper5571
      @markcuscooper5571 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Where are they

    • @bobbob123ful
      @bobbob123ful 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Markcus Cooper watch the video

    • @markcuscooper5571
      @markcuscooper5571 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      bobbob123ful I figured it out at the end

    • @janAlekantuwa
      @janAlekantuwa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +231

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

  • @laurapitner7573
    @laurapitner7573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    It makes 100% sense that this was in Texas.

    • @joelfred2900
      @joelfred2900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      EVERYTHINGS BIGGER IN TEXAS!!!

    • @hallieharker4384
      @hallieharker4384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂🤣 For REAL!!!

    • @2023-Sucked
      @2023-Sucked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @bonetonelord
    @bonetonelord 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5536

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

    • @dougmontgomery1868
      @dougmontgomery1868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

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

    • @neilvu8695
      @neilvu8695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      😂

    • @demef758
      @demef758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @awildfilingcabinet6239
      @awildfilingcabinet6239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

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

    • @johannaweichsel3602
      @johannaweichsel3602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

  • @roxanner9859
    @roxanner9859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

    • @katylake212
      @katylake212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Congrats to you! Fantastic job!

  • @brad5286
    @brad5286 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3492

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

    • @randombullshitwithhalfachr774
      @randombullshitwithhalfachr774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @yeahoh2222
      @yeahoh2222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Idunno

    • @IAMDAVEAMI
      @IAMDAVEAMI 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @ders972
      @ders972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @markalshouse7484
      @markalshouse7484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      94 Piccolo Players: "Hold My Beer"!

  • @wesleypeters4112
    @wesleypeters4112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    The unfurling of the flag gave me goosebumps.

  • @sovidquack8418
    @sovidquack8418 6 ปีที่แล้ว +451

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

  • @ambrosiusrex
    @ambrosiusrex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

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

    • @defox5019
      @defox5019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The future is now thanks to science!

  • @djcfrompt
    @djcfrompt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +779

    Stars and Stripes Wars: Revenge of the Picc

    • @jaynepoullos9344
      @jaynepoullos9344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      USA FOREVER! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

    • @TomMSTie1138
      @TomMSTie1138 ปีที่แล้ว

      Commander, execute Order 94!

  • @katylake212
    @katylake212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @martincraig9613
      @martincraig9613 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @susamogus12345
      @susamogus12345 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @ayrtonhockaday
    @ayrtonhockaday 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3201

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

    • @NobodyNowhereKnowhow
      @NobodyNowhereKnowhow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +217

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

    • @AllStater09
      @AllStater09 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

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

    • @zorukah6513
      @zorukah6513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      they sound like whistles

    • @ahuddleofpenguins4842
      @ahuddleofpenguins4842 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      the trumpet was miced

    • @MusicalJeanAz
      @MusicalJeanAz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meaning?

  • @mikeggg5671
    @mikeggg5671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

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

    • @zombiemom6701
      @zombiemom6701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @scottishhellcat
      @scottishhellcat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This piece does showcase trombones very well.

    • @blackbirdfly0128
      @blackbirdfly0128 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @natashamudford4011
      @natashamudford4011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trombone players were always good kissers.😘

    • @scottishhellcat
      @scottishhellcat ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Antraeon
    @Antraeon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +814

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

    • @alamedavigilante
      @alamedavigilante 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      MinuteWOMEN. They look to be all piccolo women

    • @zaappp1588
      @zaappp1588 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @strasbourgeois1
      @strasbourgeois1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alamedavigilante🤦

  • @tomshiba51
    @tomshiba51 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @jordancheema591
    @jordancheema591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1393

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

    • @tseries6622
      @tseries6622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @kimberlyyy222
      @kimberlyyy222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tseries6622 hahahahhahaha trueee lol

    • @defox5019
      @defox5019 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tseries6622 when i tryna snag some subs

    • @keeganfinley5404
      @keeganfinley5404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Who let birds in the theater???

    • @cobblestonegenerator
      @cobblestonegenerator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tseries6622 whoosh...

  • @josephstalin6549
    @josephstalin6549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

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

  • @commandersalamanders1225
    @commandersalamanders1225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3506

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

    • @RegalPlatypus
      @RegalPlatypus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Commander Salamanders Came here to say this.

    • @harleecrossette9616
      @harleecrossette9616 6 ปีที่แล้ว +293

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

    • @orionlopez8707
      @orionlopez8707 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@harleecrossette9616 O O F

    • @juliancarlo3374
      @juliancarlo3374 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't get it

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @valeriejohnson6512
    @valeriejohnson6512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

  • @chichow08
    @chichow08 6 ปีที่แล้ว +680

    I was wondering where all those piccolos were hiding.

    • @libbyrohrer1850
      @libbyrohrer1850 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol same.

    • @rotunda57
      @rotunda57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @2023-Sucked
      @2023-Sucked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @dougdavidson5825
    @dougdavidson5825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @thomashogan4908
      @thomashogan4908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Relent, oh God my savior!

    • @anonymousrandom1664
      @anonymousrandom1664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly when that flag rolled down I almost teared up too

    • @inwalters
      @inwalters ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @ivelissediaz9583
      @ivelissediaz9583 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @josephwarra5043
      @josephwarra5043 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen!

  • @rogainepahdilla644
    @rogainepahdilla644 6 ปีที่แล้ว +315

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

    • @steveholton4130
      @steveholton4130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes but BEES have no sense of Rhythm.

    • @margaretbonassar709
      @margaretbonassar709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @rotunda57
      @rotunda57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @kimberlycampbell1100
    @kimberlycampbell1100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

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

  • @splodinatekabloominate846
    @splodinatekabloominate846 6 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Have to do this with Rite of Spring with bassoons

  • @johne6081
    @johne6081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The piccolo solo is sheer compositional genius.

  • @Matt-no7gg
    @Matt-no7gg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1045

    WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS.

  • @wilmaschaller1378
    @wilmaschaller1378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @Quaker-tc8ue
      @Quaker-tc8ue ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @sachseco
    @sachseco 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

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

  • @Williameagleblanket
    @Williameagleblanket 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

    • @jaynepoullos9344
      @jaynepoullos9344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @PABWECG
    @PABWECG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +309

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

  • @jimmymiller77
    @jimmymiller77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @alexisboivin6637
    @alexisboivin6637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +714

    RIP the audience's ears

    • @RoseCadenza
      @RoseCadenza 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would've gone deaf. XD

    • @cliffordcrimson7124
      @cliffordcrimson7124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If it can't be from gunblasts and a drummer boy on the Contitution's gundecks, this is the best way to go deaf

    • @megatronsroyalemissary382
      @megatronsroyalemissary382 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      F

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@megatronsroyalemissary382 How are you still alive?

    • @megatronsroyalemissary382
      @megatronsroyalemissary382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex Jamieson Death is but a social construct

  • @paul16451
    @paul16451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This single piece of music is really the sole reason anyone ever chooses to learn to play the piccolo.

  • @natehollingsworth1927
    @natehollingsworth1927 6 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    wow for once I can hear the piccolos

    • @ElfriedeRose
      @ElfriedeRose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      eyyyy you never sat next to one then!

    • @PhoenyxRysing
      @PhoenyxRysing 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @maddyterrell0
      @maddyterrell0 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @midwesternrail4729
    @midwesternrail4729 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is the most stereotypical thing of brass. They will always defeat 992,837,012 piccolos with just 1 french horn

  • @AnnaZverina
    @AnnaZverina 6 ปีที่แล้ว +421

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

    • @flippordie6609
      @flippordie6609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @garycitro1674
      @garycitro1674 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @flippordie6609
      @flippordie6609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @srishaaniyengar2877
      @srishaaniyengar2877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anna can I borrow your piccolo?

    • @AnnaZverina
      @AnnaZverina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ethanyax
    @ethanyax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @usetobethemagicpillownowit9130
    @usetobethemagicpillownowit9130 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1083

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

    • @rocioanguiano2480
      @rocioanguiano2480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The magic Pillow pic is really loud regardless

    • @johnathandoe5357
      @johnathandoe5357 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

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

    • @madaxe
      @madaxe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lucky for anyone who listened to this

    • @alexanderbelov6892
      @alexanderbelov6892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

    • @gingechicken7394
      @gingechicken7394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The magic Pillow trumpet was miced and out of tune lol

  • @carmium
    @carmium 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @airguy71
    @airguy71 6 ปีที่แล้ว +201

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

    • @timesthree5757
      @timesthree5757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Those colors don't run.

    • @unitedstatesofamericareal
      @unitedstatesofamericareal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      HECK YEAH IT DOES!

    • @jaynepoullos9344
      @jaynepoullos9344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

    • @wonderfurret8223
      @wonderfurret8223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @pitstopchr
      @pitstopchr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      America fucking blows.

  • @KangWili
    @KangWili 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @spartangoku7610
      @spartangoku7610 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, a DBZ reference without mentioning the Piccolos!

  • @MartyLJ57
    @MartyLJ57 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

  • @mboomer88
    @mboomer88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

  • @gmangwilliam
    @gmangwilliam 6 ปีที่แล้ว +241

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

    • @turnersugg
      @turnersugg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where did you find this info? I’m curious

    • @RoseCadenza
      @RoseCadenza 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @steveholton4130
      @steveholton4130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pulled it out of a tuba.

  • @charlayned
    @charlayned ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @edivo9386
    @edivo9386 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @timesthree5757
      @timesthree5757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is nothing wrong good ol' American pride!

  • @badguy1481
    @badguy1481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @LouisEmery
    @LouisEmery 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

  • @Thefilmgurusoriginal
    @Thefilmgurusoriginal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Tears to my eyes. Ive watched this maybe 100 times

  • @Rob-bz5nn
    @Rob-bz5nn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @antm64
    @antm64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SWEET! Couldn't help but smile at the joy of hearing so many wonderful musicians play this beautiful composition! Well done!!

  • @bitsywillmott6881
    @bitsywillmott6881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @StephenBryen
    @StephenBryen 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The greatest Stars and Stripes performance ever.

  • @lynnpeppa1
    @lynnpeppa1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @ted3bare
    @ted3bare 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @autumnrryan8453
    @autumnrryan8453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @luisvaldescovarrubias4791
    @luisvaldescovarrubias4791 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @johnpolhamus9041
    @johnpolhamus9041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sousa would be so proud!!

  • @genesgonewalkabout.aussiea1117
    @genesgonewalkabout.aussiea1117 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is absolutely the best rendition of this music I have yet found to date. Gets me all teary eyed every time.

  • @nicolascicero5999
    @nicolascicero5999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how 3 trombones are louder than 94 piccolos

  • @danseitsinger6737
    @danseitsinger6737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mattmichaels3217
    @mattmichaels3217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

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

    • @tanyab7318
      @tanyab7318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @WannaAstro
      @WannaAstro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me, the only bass player in my orchestra class:

    • @cyberfangzed
      @cyberfangzed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @CBK20
    @CBK20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm going to have this played at my funeral

  • @francesbeauchamp4932
    @francesbeauchamp4932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @locofinchaviary
    @locofinchaviary 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One if the hardest instruments to play in harmony. This is MAGIC

  • @emily-xj3xv
    @emily-xj3xv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @bethoakes7964
    @bethoakes7964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ellisperdue8321
    @ellisperdue8321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

  • @thomastarwater2989
    @thomastarwater2989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @andrewmelita400
    @andrewmelita400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I didn’t even know this many people played piccolo

  • @JmesFloyd76
    @JmesFloyd76 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love to hear the piccolos, reminds me of the fife and drum, may there be always Stars and Stripes forever.

  • @saunieh
    @saunieh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @marciajacobs1105
    @marciajacobs1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Here's to Milton Chase, a clarinetist in his youth with this organization., in memoriam.

  • @northshoresinger
    @northshoresinger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And now... with 9400% more PICCOLO POWER!!!

  • @kellyfreebairn6191
    @kellyfreebairn6191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this too much

  • @TheCatAteMyShoe
    @TheCatAteMyShoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @mshappyapple8663
    @mshappyapple8663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mannycarrillo6595
    @mannycarrillo6595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @strongsmarthappy5970
    @strongsmarthappy5970 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @hollyv4565
    @hollyv4565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

    • @MajesticRosie
      @MajesticRosie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holly V ...you are kidding right

    • @OneVintageWitch
      @OneVintageWitch 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was also my favorite part

    • @TracySmith-xy9tq
      @TracySmith-xy9tq 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @aldojardines3325
      @aldojardines3325 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell nah

  • @BamaBigSid
    @BamaBigSid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @ruthbarlow9253
    @ruthbarlow9253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @watercolornyc
    @watercolornyc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Suddenly decided to listen to a march...this version is THE BEST. Brought back so many memories of being in my high school marching band!

  • @art.demirjian9721
    @art.demirjian9721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @shotarohidari7417
    @shotarohidari7417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Respect to the man up top who stood up when the flag unfurled.

  • @nolanboles8492
    @nolanboles8492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @jefffoutz4024
    @jefffoutz4024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank You, Thank You, Thank You ! ! ! Mr Sousa would be impressed ! ! !

  • @2listening1
    @2listening1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

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

    • @hallieharker4384
      @hallieharker4384 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      2listening1 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @sir9integra9jr
    @sir9integra9jr 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. the slow pan from the three piccolos to the 94 piccolos at the back. the 10000 foot American flag. the cavernous echo of them all playing together. a work of art

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      10000 feet ???

    • @sir9integra9jr
      @sir9integra9jr 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@RonGerstein google “hyperbole” and it’ll make more sense

    • @sir9integra9jr
      @sir9integra9jr 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@RonGerstein google “hyperbole” and read the definition. it’ll make more sense. american education has never been fantastic but jeez i would have expected better comprehension of figurative language