My Pit's The Pit - McLean High School Marching Band - Best HS UPIKE Documentary

No one likes like the pit. That is a fact of life.
Support the McLean High School Marching Band!
Meet Marimbae, Zendaya, Vanqueesha, Jack, Belle, Evan, Tammy, James, Johnny, Jimmy, James, Jungalo, Brittany, the Drumline, and the Pit Crew in an adventure of percussion!
Awards & Nominations:
- Selected for the Bethesda Documentary Film Festival
- Selected for the Reel Genius International Film Festival
- Best High School Documentary - UPIKE Film Festival
- Selected for the Student Art Film Festival
Website - www.joshleongstudios.com

[@buttowskigaming7946]

My school hates our pit, they drag our scores down majorly in competitions since there is only two of them they get judged for not being loud enough

[@uneedmusic6887]

Buttowski Gaming then get more

[@epilepsyup8618]

Symphony yeah they can't help being the only ones interested

[@sixelz]

Buttowski Gaming Then the judging is wrong unless they aren’t playing to their full potential.

[@jonathyncoleman2342]

My school had the same problem this year. Especially if the pit isn’t mic’d up they bash a pit for playing to soft

[@Mediocre_Music]

Buttowski Gaming Whip em on a cymbal and synth and just put more moving lines in the hornline 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

1:33
Girl: "This is my marimba. Her name is Marimbae."
Brass Player: "Nobody likes the pit!"
Girl: *drops mallets and walks away*

[@kaileyroseheckler4516]

I have never seen anything more relatable in my life.

[@lolzorgfykys]

This is my new favourite video on youtube XD

[@ameliatruong446]

This video is amazing cause I play marimba in my marching band and everyone always gives the pit crap about how they “don’t march” so we don’t work as hard, but honestly you try doing 45 second 4 mallet runs at 164 bpm while having 6 blisters that won’t go away

[@stevenguo2296]

IM ONE YEAR LATE TO MEET ANY FRESHMAN FROM 2014. I'm a student at Mclean from the class of 2022, hello my upperclassmen that i never got to meet.

[@ethanisnotcool3499]

everyone in pit knows the feeling as soon as the drum major going and down we rush our instruments off the field. our pitstruments names are... vibraphone - cleo, xylophone - crappy, big newer marimba - kelon, small old marimba - rose, and the bells don't have a name because nobody likes her :(

[@YellowAlaska]

This was really awesome! Loved it

[@joshleongstudios]

Thanks!

[@LordFF5256]

Man, in my marching band nobody was vocal about hating us becuase most band kids liked us before we did pit. And I was the only one who named my instrument. I played a marimba who I named Billy Bob McGintie, and he would hold my water bottle in his mallet bags so that when the pit had a break, I'd take out my water bottle and stare at wind players and drink water while watching them march

[@575andy]

this is so relatable in so many levels

[@viscosity7893]

My trombone is named Michelangelo because it’s old but it’s a piece of art and my trigger trombone is named Quick Draw because... well you know

[@kamilee4123]

At my school, I A M T H E P I T. Seriously, I'm the only person who does the melodic stuff. Of course, we don't really have a true "marching band" that's separate from the concert band, it's more like we just kind of march and do pep band stuff during band class in the fall. (We're really really tiny.)
Also my bells are named Meredith, the main xylophone I use is named Jamie, the kind of crappy xylophone is Zoe, and the chimes are the Tubey Bois (because chimes are also called tubular bells).

[@mweise48]

Awesome, very creative, fun and funny !!!

[@ryanstansberry3214]

Once my band director told somebody on tenor drums that of he doesn’t start acting right he’s playing in the pit. Even the band director makes fun of us :(

[@granthamilton1918]

I live in Farifax too! I’m going into west po.

[@takinoborudesu]

omg i love this

[@zeconorya]

YEs I AM THE THUMBNAIL

[@phantmdraws4898]

I’m so proud of you

[@ricorobles5232]

marchers say that pit and drum line have no talent and are lazy but without pit nor drumline all the musicwould soud boring

[@trigonomosm8637]

1:38 the mallet went straight into the resonator

[@Lemurboyy]

This was nice

[@chloebarraza8016]

this is so accurate omg

[@sierraestrellita]

A neighboring county pit feeling you Intensely. My vibes Ebenezer relate with an extreme case of being an old old old wreck of a man.

[@user-tq7ui7lg1m]

3:08 omg that's such a small rain stick, at my school it goes up to my shoulder

[@JJJBoys]

Al Rose now now no need to compare sizes

[@TheSoftballstar1261]

YAY BAND!!!!! I miss band! I know Mr. Weise! I was in the marching band for GCM from 2009-2012! 3:46 hi Mr. Weise! He plays the trumpet 😅! I play the flute! I had Pauly V (Paul Vesilind, Mr. V, the Ves, PVes) as my band director! I love Mr. V! My mom was in charge of the uniforms when I was in the band! I grew up playing the flute! #bandgeeksunite! I'm a band geek!

[@kungfuken432]

lmao I love this

[@alyssalewis7068]

We had a competition this season and they were the only 5A school

[@valentinatran8554]

Wait. What the fuck.
Lmao this is so true
And people call me shy when I'm not, and I'm the pit synth
JMHS here hi

[@cosmicrows]

I named my gong Yao and my bass drum Pearl. I need names for the wind chimes and cymbals.

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

Marimbae

[@createnewhandle_]

Whatever happened to traditional snares? Do people not use them anymore?

[@johnmoran8515]

Okay pit

[@Realfireymations12]

Belle From meta Runner :⁠-⁠O

[@uberjuggernaut]

Jade = Bae

[@jadedeatherage4320]

duh

[@alyssalewis7068]

My flag’s name is Alfred

[@samrobinson9711]

Whos the marimba girl? I recognize her.. I think I know her.

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

Sam Robinson Marimbae the Marimba
JK I don’t know the girl’s name

[@granthamilton1918]

FCPS man. Wphs

[@parkerjones3694]

Ew matched grip