As a marching band member... we use things called drill books to learn the show. Each song is made up of many drill sheets and each drill sheet has a spot for everyone. Mark your points and plot how you move. Band camp usually takes about a week (10 hours a day) to put together a show.
My senior year of high school only the section leaders got the drill charts everyone else got position sheets. You sheet had your exact coirdinates for every set and the section leaders where able to check for mistakes.
Brian Hennessy my band did this. We got a sheet that was only our “dots” (positions) and the section leaders got the full drill book to check their section against and correct as needed
I too was in marching band and it was a lot of hours in the heat in the summer time during band camp and lord help you if you made a mistake. You were either running around the football field with full gear on or doing push-ups. So much practice goes into each half time show and I think its a real shame that they don't show them doing their half time routine anymore. They use to a long time ago. They deserve their time in the lime light as well.
I'm from Cbus and it's so fun to see other people experience The Ohio State Marching Band for the first time. They put such time and effort into not just their shows but also into the local community
The pushups part depends entirely on the band. Because upper arm strength only actually helps with Low Brass and colorguard, but some old-fashioned directors insist on it anyway to “build character.” My high-school band was pretty good and basically never used pushups above the section level-if the trumpets wanted to do push-ups they could, but full band time was for drilling the movements and music and most sections were too busy with more of that and things that actually helped them play better, like breathing and fingering exercises.
We call them TBDBITL - The Best Damn Band In The Land. They practice 30 hours/week plus carrying their full academic class load. Since they don't have time for jobs, all the marching band members get full scholarships that are funded by public donations, not the university.
MO BOBBA as a fan of a historical black college and university band imma have to respectfully DISAGREE WIT CHU ON THAT, OSU HAS NUTTIN ON FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY
Bands have people who develop the routines, formations, etc. Players memorize their moves; they really don't have the ability to look for the yard markers because they're playing while marching. So they'll get something like 15 steps forward, 10 steps right then 20 steps diagonally. Remember that the guides are different for each player so all the sequences mesh.
I know you just did a Ohio State video but pls react to the video "The Ohio State University Pregame traditions: Ramp and script ohio" this really shows why Ohio State is called the best damn band in the land
Dominant decade over Michigan? 😂 someone clearly can't keep score or do math in Ohio. 2003 -2011 is not a decade. Fail. Nice try though. Make sure to keep those pay checks going to Jim Harbaugh though for letting you have so many wins because we know you couldn't do it any other way. 💯😂 Not even 2012- now is even a decade. You 🤡s from Ohio need better schooling. How you don't know how much a decade is clearly explains all I need to know about the state. 💯😂
Calling OSUMB a drum and bugle corps is like calling a hamburger a serving of beef brisket. Yes they're both from the same animal, but they are very very very different things... The point of each is very very different
@@brianbethea3069 THANK YOU! I played piccolo and was heard! Me and 1 other girl while the other 2 played flute. It was a small school and a smaller marching band but we were heard over the trumpets sometimes
You should check out a tradition that the University of Iowa has. The Children's Hospital is near their football field and during any home game everybody in the stands plus the Iowa players and the opposing team will wave to the kids watching the game and when it's a night game the crowd will use their phones to wave to the kids.
The Childrens hospital is an amazing tradition, its so kind for those kids. As a Buckeye, much respect for Iowa! I really want to go to their state fair!
Most of the time they only get a week to learn the music and the formations. You should check out script ohio out as well. The timing required is insane.
@@CourtneyCoulston each show is designed at the beginning of the year by the band directors. It used to be done on paper but over the last 15 years technology has allowed it to be created on iPads. My son marched 1999-2004 and they got sheets that showed the movement (kind of like a rolodex). They had to learn the movement AND the music. They don't have the music (like other bands do) attached to their instrument. If you ever make it to Columbus, Ohio for game day at Ohio State, they do skull session starting 2 hours before game time. It's held indoor at the old basketball arena across from the stadium and they play their pre-game and half-time show (no marching) and welcome guest bands (high school or the other team's band if they're in town).
Practice, Practice is what makes them so great. The yard lines on the field help alot. Hardest part is everyone has to March at the same pace. I love those bands that perform at this level.
High school and college marching bands perform their competition marches at halftime as practice and entertainment. A rival high school around here used to have two marches: one regulation competition march, and one "asshole" march twice normal length to keep the other band off the field. The visiting band performs first, and they pulled the asshole march on us at our homecoming game...
We start in 9th grade, so by college, we are very used to the hours of practice and skills needed for this. Every high school in the south has a band like this, that does half-time shows every year.
@@bvm3925 We did. I went to a small high school in rural NC. We had 98 people in our graduating class. THAT small. But we won almost every competition we were in.
They have been a very consistent one of the top 10 marching bands in the world for decades. It may not be the most complicated, but "Script Ohio" really is their signature. If you watch a clip from halftime of a game, the Ohio State crowd always goes crazy for it, the stadium they use has the 5th largest capacity in the world.
I live in Ohio and our high school marching band copied Ohio State, and we learned a new show each week. Most other marching bands learned one show for the entire year, but we learned all of that in just a few days. The one guy in the Red and White, he is called the Drum Major, and if you could see, he had a really heavy baton in his hands. Weighted on one end,m and a heavy ball on the other end. Our drum major went to Ohio State to learn to do what that guy was doing, and our guy was unreal. Baton twirling tricks. Throwing it way up, he spins around a few times then catches it band his back, or under a leg. Just unreal and since its weighted, you have to have super strong wrists to work it. But yeah, we learned a show like that starting on Monday, and the game was on Friday, and we had it down pat by Thursday. 4 days to memorize 3 new songs and all of those formation changes for each song. OSU's band is know as the best damn band in the land, and when we had a show at their stadium, they would be there and all knew of us, and would call us the best damn band in the land, since they knew we were the High School version of them.
What makes this band awesome is that no one's spot is guaranteed. You audition EVERY year. And if someone in the band wants your spot, they can challenge you for it.
Now you start to see why football is so popular here. Starting hours before the game, all the fans party in the parking lot, called a "tailgate party" after the tailgates of pickup trucks and station wagons used as kitchen tables for cooking lunch, with grills and such standing nearby. Then there are ceremonies in the stadium before the game starts. Then at halftime there's a show such as you just watched. Then there's aftergame parties. It's not just a game, it's a whole day experience.
@@CourtneyCoulston Wait there is one thing that will blow your mind. Drum Corps its still marching band but in a whole other level. They are loud as heck and Amazing. One of the drum corps are the Blue devils or blue coats there's a lot more.
@@ryanblizzard1410 hey that's great man! Cadets are great! Practice hard and learn as much as you can from the staff! I marched Bari/Euph for The Academy 2015-16 🙂
Ohio States Marching Band is just amazing. You should go check out their Hollywood Blockbusters Halftime. It's one of the most impressive shows I've ever seen.
Man, I love Ohio State's marching band. I've seen a couple of their half-time shows live, and they were a blast every time. If you decide to watch more of their stuff, I recommend watching their Script Ohio. It's incredible, really. And now, a recommendation for other good marching band videos- If you love complex and exciting performances by marching bands, I recommend you check out Drum Corps International (DCI) videos. DCI is basically competitive drum corps (marching bands) that tour around the country and compete in stadiums and the such. They are different from university/college marching bands because they compete and they don't belong to a school, as they are their own independent groups. Unfortunately, this year, due to the circumstances we are in the 2020 DCI season was cancelled. So, I think I'll recommend the DCI group that won during Grand National Championships last year- the Blue Devils. Their show was very artistic and theatrical, no dull moments with something always happening on the field. The shows title was called "Ghostlight". You can find a good video of their victory run after they won on the Blue Devils TH-cam channel, where the camera switches between members wearing GoPros and a camera up in the audience. It's very high quality and very awesome.
I was in marching band in college (not at ohio state but at another school in ohio) they use charts with dots and placemarkers on the field as reference points. We made it a point to not use lines on our practice field so we can memorize where to go without lines and using the people around you as your reference point with in the line. That said I went to Europe (performed at a soccer match and Euro Disney), Canada, and various other places over the years. We were corp style this is more military style. They were also brass only (there are no woodwinds only brass instruments)
Thanks Courtney, always enjoy watching someone react to traditions outside their realm of understanding. It's fun for me as well to learn other cultures. I'm an Ohioan who loves his Buckeyes and nothing is more fun than Script Ohio. Link to close up video to see these kids hard work: th-cam.com/video/WdWolVsKlAI/w-d-xo.html
They use software to design the formations. On the field you have to use the lines, hash marks, the count, and the people in the formation with you to know where you're supposed to be. In practice they will tell everyone how many steps to get from one formation to the next. Sometimes you go straight to it, other times you have to move as a line with others. Practice is a lot of standing around at first while everyone is learning to get set in a formation. Then it ramps up quickly when all the pieces come together.
This was nice. As someone who marched and played trombone, I realize the kind of work that goes into these shows. As someone who has seen about 100 halftime shows (from Rice University, to the University of Texas, Alabama, Ohio State, and countless high school shows), it's always fun to see the different bands' personalities. When push comes to shove, I stand by the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band. I don't know which video would be best, but a couple of other bands worth watching are Grambling State and Southern University. If you want to see craziness, those guys will leave you dizzy.
I did marching band in high school! We had band camp in the summer where we would start learning our music, and we'd also try to recruit incoming freshman coming to their freshman camp, so they'd get a chance to learn the music too. We practice for months! So we're ready as soon as the foot ball season begins. Once we've gotten the music and we practice marching in sync and following marching commands, someone choreographs the whole show on paper, and we learn it from there its easy when you have the lines on the ground. Everything is an 8 count, usually its a matter of making sure you're at the right line on time. I miss it honestly! Its such an experience to be in the show! And also bands usually battle each other in the stands, its fun seeing what the other bands bring to the table, and see who the audience vibes with more!
This was a college marching band, a different side of marching band would be Drum Corps. Basically instead of doing it for school and performing at football games and maybe some parades, drum corps is a different thing so you would audition in the winter, have a few weekends during the spring and then the summer is non stop all day rehearsing and performing for 9 weeks or so. I'd say you should start here. th-cam.com/video/4MF5XCSfc-w/w-d-xo.html that's carolina crown, they're based out of North Carolina and their brass is amazing
Can't go wrong with any of their halftime shows really. They do a different one every week for each game, generally with some kind of theme, so there are plenty to watch on youtube.
A tremendous amount of practice and hard work. I was in a marching band in high school and we started practicing 2-3 hours a day, every day, beginning in July and kept it up till November when football season ended. Lots of running, push ups, and choreography practice!
as a proud buckeye i can honestly say ive been waiting for this for awhile thank you so much for the entertainment as well as recognition for these great american sports moments im always excited for the content you provide thanks again!
Hi Courtney, I really enjoy how you react to the bands. You sincerely appreciate the time and effort that they put into their performance. You're great. SEMPER FI! Ooooorah!!
"That guy" is the drum major, who is basically the on-field conductor. I am not an Ohio State fan, but their band is really entertaining. They have a pre-game show which is one of the coolest traditions in college football called "Script Ohio". You need to react to that. If you thought the drum major was impressive in this video, you should see him in THAT routine. And yes, the big colleges do have scholarships for band members.
There are several halftime shows of TBDBITL "Ohio State Halftime Shows" There's Hollywood Blockbusters, Queen, One Giant Leap, etc... and of course "Script Ohio".
It's kind of like frame-by-frame animation. Each band member's music is marked and mapped out individually, so they know how many steps to take in which direction at each musical beat. It's incredibly painstaking to do, and requires a lot of practice.
May I suggest you react to these Historically Black Colleges and University bands, Jackson State university, Southern University, and Bethune Cookman University
The guy is the drum major. And all of these kids were in marching bands in high school. Mine, the Fort Recovery High School marching band, placed in a lot of international competitions including the Great Southern Battle of the Bands (1985) in Orlando and The International Marching Band Festival in Toronto (1981). We came in second both times. But the 1981 competition, we came in second by the song Hang Em High, the Clint Eastwood movie theme. Oh the memories.
Definitely need to react to some drum and bugle corps performances! They’re epic. One of my all-time favorite shows was Spartacus by Phantom Regiment in 2008. Should definitely check it out.
Shoutout from Ohio. I'm not a big American football fan, but as a resident of Ohio... I can still say I enjoy all of these marching band dances from the games. Especially special ones like these 👍
DCI is freaking awesome. I think my favorite from recent years might be the Canton Bluecoats doing "Tilt" in 2014. th-cam.com/video/QcVPX7xtKnE/w-d-xo.html
Very old vaudeville joke: "Which state is tall in the middle and round on both ends?" They've done lots of tributes, the ones for video games and Hollywood blockbusters are pretty cool too. I was in marching band in high school, but we were nowhere near this coordinated. We were a lot better at sitting in the bleachers playing when there was a long pause in the game 😄
You need to react to Jackson State Sonic Boom of The South and Southern University Human Jukebox and North Carolina A&T Blue and Gold Marching Machine, you will shocked.
@@euramiles2092 People just say things like that bc they like it. This is objectively one of the best college groups out there. But I don't think people who are w/o music education can tell any difference...I think they should just stick to "i like that." I even saw one person who thought this band was better than a world champion drum corps lol 🤣 There isn't a college band that could ever compete in DCI. No chance.
I could tell the way you reacted to the Aggie Band, you would blown away by this one. How do they do that, you asked? Dedication, practice, and hard work.
The Hollywood movies one is definitely one you need to react to its quite energetic and there is a lot of things you would enjoy to watch. It'll blow you away honestly
The guy 'killing the game' is a drum major and he is spinning a baton, throwing it in the air and catching it, all while he's doing flips and cartwheels!
They do use the lines and hash marks on the field. They start by learning count offs for each move. Then they put music together with counting steps. Hours and hours of practice and you get the show. Oh and there are marching band competitions. Huge ones at high school and college level.
I gotta admit, their band is incredible. But you really need to react to the University of Michigan marching band. I’m a wolverine, and I hate OSU “with a burning passion,” although their band is one of the best in the nation. Go Blue!
Glad you appreciate marching band. That was an awesome show. Both of my boys March, if it wasn’t answered in the 1000 comments ahead of me they practice all the time is how they get it right. It’s all about timing because their March is also town with their music and they do not look at the ground. Their eyes are on the drum major to keep time with music so everything they do marching wise is from memory and practice. And you nailed it on the head all that while playing an instrument. So all the air a normal athlete would use to play their sport is being used simply to make sound with the instrument but yet they still move constantly. It is incredible. If you ever get to the states you’ve got to go see a marching band in person!! You are so fun to watch.
OMG! I've been waiting for you to do this a long time. I'm an alumnus to OSU and you seriously just watched one of the best bands in the country. They also have a football team that continously in the top 5.
How do they do that? simple answer is a lot of practice.. But seriously, the members of the band get charts of the drills they perform.. that are typically written on a grid of the football field. these charts will give each member a starting position, followed by each subsequent position, along with how many steps, and how many counts of the music expected to get there.. A standard in marching is either "8 to 5".. which is 8 steps to 5 yards, or "22.5".. which is 22.5 inches per step (which adds up to 8 steps to 5 yards.. just depends on who teaches.. this would mean that if marching in straight lines, you will hit a yardline each 8 steps (most marching band tunes are written in 4/4 time, so hit a line every two measures.. when making curves or gate type formations.. the steps timing usually stay the same, but stride distance is altered.. for instance, in a gate, the "hinge" would either march in place, just changing angle, while people on the end would need to expand their stride to keep the line of the gate straight.. again.. like I said, a lot of practice.
The steps they take are written in the music, by the musician as given to them, by the band director and his assistants, as instructions. In every measure in the music (4 beats to a measure), someone is turning in some direction. This is plotted out by the band director and his assistants. Students take their music, and head outside to the football field, to "walk" through it, and of course, using the field lines, (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 yard lines) on the field. Regular marching steps are 8 to 5, meaning eight steps within 5 yards. That is the speed a marching band takes (there are other speeds). Once the routine is learned, they then practice to perfection. Usually on a Monday to be ready by Friday night. The single person with the huge hat, and red coat is the Drum Major, and leads the band. Most high schools have a dozen or less tuba's, depending of size of high school. However, colleges/univ usually have 24. High school, and college marching bands are patterned after military marching bands. I am from the Great state of Texas, where football/half-time show is a religion here. However, the best college marching bands in the country are Ohio State Buckeyes, and Michigan state Wolverines. You should see them in battle, it's a site to behold. We've had marching bands here since schools have been in existence. Hope this helps.
Courtney, coming to you from Columbus, Ohio USA, home of "The" Ohio State University, the largest on-campus university in the U.S., over 50,000 students. The marching band is affectionately known as TBDBITL; "The Best Damn Band In The Land." The spectacle of this band being experienced live will literally make the hairs on your arm stand straight up. Imagine being in this stadium, filled with over 100,000 screaming and cheering fans. However, the ultimate thrill is to see their signature act when they perform what is known as "Script Ohio," where the band actually writes out "Ohio" in script. It IS breathtaking. I will provide a link to a video that certainly does not do the performance justice, but it will give you an idea. th-cam.com/video/Iar01OwPkAw/w-d-xo.html PS. Just finished watching a TV series from New Zealand; "800 Words." I'm a big, big fan! Love New Zealand TV/Cinema!
I remember marching band. I was part of the drumline and there weren't a lot of girls playing percussion back then. I played in high school and we were not as good as the university, but we got up extra early and prepared for months and worked our teenage hearts out. People sleep on marching bands. But music nerds are the bomb. Recognize and respect.
Hey Courtney you need to start watching the drum corps here in the states! Flat out the best of the best taking their summers and dedicating it to perfecting their arts and craft! They are amazing! I suggest starting with the top 5 closers of all time just to get an idea!!!
Hi Ms, Courtney to answer some questions you had about marching band we as marchers know where to go by using what is called Dots Dots are like longitude and latitude of the field Ohio is famous for some crazy half time shows but there is much more to marching band than halftime. We have our own competitions that we go to with different shows every year. I do recommend watching a high school marching band we have some good shows too. if you would like feel free to watch my high schools schow from last year. I will leave the link at the end. We are the San Angelo High School Mighty Bobcat marching band and our show was called Classified and we placed first in class. I love the diversity of your channel and I hope you get the opportunity to go to all these sports one day. Thank you for providing me and the rest of your subscribers with hours of laughs and entertanmen. And if you have any more questions about marching band or NASCAR please feel free to ask. here is the link to the show th-cam.com/video/R7MhOIztPIE/w-d-xo.html
They know where to go because they get dot books and I saw someone already explained that. They have many rehearsals and 20-30 hours a week. The one guy in all white is the drum major. He carries the baton and usually helps with keeping time for the band.
Kids in the US state in band kind of early, they start marching in the 9th grade. Band students spend all their free time practicing before school, after school and after dinner during marching band season which goes from Aug. to mid Dec.
so the way my marching band worked, everyone was given drill sheets that had all the placements on them using numbers (like each person was assigned a number) and instructions on each page (like whether you hit the spot and keep moving or if you need to pause there etc and how many counts it takes to move into the next spot). for a while we used markers on the field so that we could easily move back and forth during practice. it took 2 weeks to memorize a whole halftime show and then we just practiced a lot for competitions.
I grew up in Columbus (home of OSU) and script Ohio is definitely something you would LOVE to watch! I'm not sure if they still do this but the band would go to St John's arena to *warm* up and would invite the visiting teams band to their "skull" session. We would be deaf and could still feel the drum beats when we left! lol
If you want to know a bit more about college bands, there is a series that is called "take the field" by college marching that goes to the individual schools and shows behind the scenes for practices and traditions and rivalries for each school :)
i used to be in marching band in high school and i miss it so damn much. it was fun but also extremely tough and kinda stressful at times. but i’ve never been in such good shape as when i was in marching band. it’s been like 6 years since my last show and i’ve regressed back to how tf do they do that??? even though i literally did it for 3 years straight lmao
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As a marching band member... we use things called drill books to learn the show. Each song is made up of many drill sheets and each drill sheet has a spot for everyone. Mark your points and plot how you move. Band camp usually takes about a week (10 hours a day) to put together a show.
Bro you’re living the life. Our band camp is one week of 8 hour days with another week of band camp of 12 hour days (8-8pm)
This one time at band camp...
My senior year of high school only the section leaders got the drill charts everyone else got position sheets. You sheet had your exact coirdinates for every set and the section leaders where able to check for mistakes.
Brian Hennessy my band did this. We got a sheet that was only our “dots” (positions) and the section leaders got the full drill book to check their section against and correct as needed
I too was in marching band and it was a lot of hours in the heat in the summer time during band camp and lord help you if you made a mistake. You were either running around the football field with full gear on or doing push-ups. So much practice goes into each half time show and I think its a real shame that they don't show them doing their half time routine anymore. They use to a long time ago. They deserve their time in the lime light as well.
I'm from Cbus and it's so fun to see other people experience The Ohio State Marching Band for the first time. They put such time and effort into not just their shows but also into the local community
I'm also from Columbus its pretty cool when their is a game also f michigan
Ohio is my state! And we love our Buckeyes!
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Ive got to see and meet some of them its so cool, in person theyre so good i about cried:,)
Boo Michigan state!! Go Buckeyes!
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“How do they do that?”
Dots on a page and hundreds of hours. Lots of pushups too
mjtechnoviking44 nah we do like 10 pushups a year
The pushups part depends entirely on the band. Because upper arm strength only actually helps with Low Brass and colorguard, but some old-fashioned directors insist on it anyway to “build character.” My high-school band was pretty good and basically never used pushups above the section level-if the trumpets wanted to do push-ups they could, but full band time was for drilling the movements and music and most sections were too busy with more of that and things that actually helped them play better, like breathing and fingering exercises.
Push-ups who needs those we use heavy props instead
They outgrew dots on a page years ago. It's all animated on iPads now
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There's a reason why the Ohio State Marching Band is called "The best damn band in the land."
Its only the best until you bring in Drum and Bugle Corps
Aunt Cynthia TBF we need to have some pride in something in Ohio :/
only people who go to OSU say that
@@Necracudda We have the band and cedar point. Those two things are the pride and joy of Ohio.
Para Digm I go to akron and I say that...
We call them TBDBITL - The Best Damn Band In The Land. They practice 30 hours/week plus carrying their full academic class load. Since they don't have time for jobs, all the marching band members get full scholarships that are funded by public donations, not the university.
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@@qtipmotha IO!
I’m pretty sure it’s not a full scholarship but I do believe every member has some sort of scholarship based on the huge donation this year
@@qtipmotha OH-IO!!!! God bless them all, they are a national treasure.
Yeah.... There's still a LOT of animosity amongst college bands when OSUMB calls themselves that... A lot of it from Ohio University 110...
As a resident of Ohio, I can say there is nothing wrong with the way you pronounce Ohio Courtney. You say it just like a rural Ohioian would say it.❤
Justin Henley I’m from Ohio too!
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Washington courthouse here, what about y’all?
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Best damn band in the land. Script Ohio is a tradition that u have to react to. Its amazing.
They are the best damn band in the land :)
As a Penn State fan, I'm gonna have to disagree with that😂
MO BOBBA as a fan of a historical black college and university band imma have to respectfully DISAGREE WIT CHU ON THAT, OSU HAS NUTTIN ON FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY
nah even high school bands better
@@micahwaring4446 - your wrongness has been noted 😁
Bands have people who develop the routines, formations, etc. Players memorize their moves; they really don't have the ability to look for the yard markers because they're playing while marching. So they'll get something like 15 steps forward, 10 steps right then 20 steps diagonally. Remember that the guides are different for each player so all the sequences mesh.
don't forget the hashes
I know you just did a Ohio State video but pls react to the video "The Ohio State University Pregame traditions: Ramp and script ohio" this really shows why Ohio State is called the best damn band in the land
She should also react to Ohio State's dominant decade over Michigan. The last time the Wolverines beat them was like a lifetime ago.
Dominant decade over Michigan? 😂 someone clearly can't keep score or do math in Ohio. 2003 -2011 is not a decade. Fail. Nice try though. Make sure to keep those pay checks going to Jim Harbaugh though for letting you have so many wins because we know you couldn't do it any other way. 💯😂
Not even 2012- now is even a decade. You 🤡s from Ohio need better schooling. How you don't know how much a decade is clearly explains all I need to know about the state. 💯😂
TBDBITL !!! for sure
@@justanotheropinionatedidio3866 You mad, bro?
@@justanotheropinionatedidio3866 Seriously? Since 2004 your team is 1 - 15. Not dominate at all. SMH....
Bands like this can make halftime FLY by. Enjoyed your reaction. Halftime shows like these are a great part of the football game experience.
Ohio State is one of the few bands in the country that only marches with brass instruments, no woodwinds. Basically its a drum and bugle corps.
I did not know that. Cool
Calling OSUMB a drum and bugle corps is like calling a hamburger a serving of beef brisket. Yes they're both from the same animal, but they are very very very different things... The point of each is very very different
It's not like woodwinds can be heard anyways.
@@jsaavedr1 You'd be surprised how loud decent piccolo players and saxophonists can be. Clarinets though... pretty hard to hear those.
@@brianbethea3069 THANK YOU! I played piccolo and was heard! Me and 1 other girl while the other 2 played flute. It was a small school and a smaller marching band but we were heard over the trumpets sometimes
You should check out a tradition that the University of Iowa has. The Children's Hospital is near their football field and during any home game everybody in the stands plus the Iowa players and the opposing team will wave to the kids watching the game and when it's a night game the crowd will use their phones to wave to the kids.
Yes, another one of the best traditions in college football. VERY emotional. Even the visiting team gets into it.
Agreed, definitely an amazing tradition and well worth checking out
The Childrens hospital is an amazing tradition, its so kind for those kids. As a Buckeye, much respect for Iowa! I really want to go to their state fair!
Yeah I agree one of the best traditions on college football it gives me chills every single time
It’s a really good what Iowa football does with this
Ohio states “script Ohio” is a pretty cool one too!
Please review this video Courtney.
Most of the time they only get a week to learn the music and the formations. You should check out script ohio out as well. The timing required is insane.
Definitely should check this out
Script Ohio is amazing.
A week??? oh my goodness. that's crazy amazing!! D:
@@CourtneyCoulston each show is designed at the beginning of the year by the band directors. It used to be done on paper but over the last 15 years technology has allowed it to be created on iPads. My son marched 1999-2004 and they got sheets that showed the movement (kind of like a rolodex). They had to learn the movement AND the music. They don't have the music (like other bands do) attached to their instrument. If you ever make it to Columbus, Ohio for game day at Ohio State, they do skull session starting 2 hours before game time. It's held indoor at the old basketball arena across from the stadium and they play their pre-game and half-time show (no marching) and welcome guest bands (high school or the other team's band if they're in town).
Practice, Practice is what makes them so great. The yard lines on the field help alot. Hardest part is everyone has to March at the same pace. I love those bands that perform at this level.
High school and college marching bands perform their competition marches at halftime as practice and entertainment.
A rival high school around here used to have two marches: one regulation competition march, and one "asshole" march twice normal length to keep the other band off the field. The visiting band performs first, and they pulled the asshole march on us at our homecoming game...
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Our band director would just have us go anyway
We start in 9th grade, so by college, we are very used to the hours of practice and skills needed for this. Every high school in the south has a band like this, that does half-time shows every year.
They may all have bands like this one, but which ones in particular perform shows like this?
@@bvm3925 We did. I went to a small high school in rural NC. We had 98 people in our graduating class. THAT small.
But we won almost every competition we were in.
The guy that leaves the band is called the “drum major”
ahhh i see, thanks!
Courtney Coulston The Drum Major performs with a metal baton. They’re amazing performers.
Except for The Ohio State Drum Major who is a glorified twirler....not correct? Just look at what he carries and exactly what he does during HT shows.
They have been a very consistent one of the top 10 marching bands in the world for decades.
It may not be the most complicated, but "Script Ohio" really is their signature.
If you watch a clip from halftime of a game, the Ohio State crowd always goes crazy for it, the stadium they use has the 5th largest capacity in the world.
Ohio states marching band is literally the best in the world
Best damn band in the land
Have to disagree. I have seen them in person, not bad, but I have seen better. I think the drum major being so spastic is a real negative
I have been a Buckeye all my life! they are great. But nobody marches like Texas A&M.
TBDBITL
@@randallsmith6617 Texas A&M is so underrated
I live in Ohio and our high school marching band copied Ohio State, and we learned a new show each week. Most other marching bands learned one show for the entire year, but we learned all of that in just a few days. The one guy in the Red and White, he is called the Drum Major, and if you could see, he had a really heavy baton in his hands. Weighted on one end,m and a heavy ball on the other end. Our drum major went to Ohio State to learn to do what that guy was doing, and our guy was unreal. Baton twirling tricks. Throwing it way up, he spins around a few times then catches it band his back, or under a leg. Just unreal and since its weighted, you have to have super strong wrists to work it. But yeah, we learned a show like that starting on Monday, and the game was on Friday, and we had it down pat by Thursday. 4 days to memorize 3 new songs and all of those formation changes for each song. OSU's band is know as the best damn band in the land, and when we had a show at their stadium, they would be there and all knew of us, and would call us the best damn band in the land, since they knew we were the High School version of them.
What makes this band awesome is that no one's spot is guaranteed. You audition EVERY year. And if someone in the band wants your spot, they can challenge you for it.
they suck
Now you start to see why football is so popular here. Starting hours before the game, all the fans party in the parking lot, called a "tailgate party" after the tailgates of pickup trucks and station wagons used as kitchen tables for cooking lunch, with grills and such standing nearby. Then there are ceremonies in the stadium before the game starts. Then at halftime there's a show such as you just watched. Then there's aftergame parties. It's not just a game, it's a whole day experience.
Ohio State's band is amazing, the timing you have to do for this is unbelievable
for real!!
@@CourtneyCoulston they also do a movie one with Jurassic park and pirates of the Caribbean
@@CourtneyCoulston Wait there is one thing that will blow your mind. Drum Corps its still marching band but in a whole other level. They are loud as heck and Amazing. One of the drum corps are the Blue devils or blue coats there's a lot more.
@@brandonmireles3249: 1995 Blue Devils show...thing of beauty!!
@@CourtneyCoulston Michigan is better
You should definitely check out Drum Corps International or DCI for short! It's Marching band on steroids!
my friend's son was one of the trumpet soloists last year for SCV!
Im trying out for snare drum for the cadets out of allentown next year
Highly recommend watching Carolina crown dropping the hammer
@@ryanblizzard1410 hey that's great man! Cadets are great! Practice hard and learn as much as you can from the staff! I marched Bari/Euph for The Academy 2015-16 🙂
imuawarriors Awesome man, for which show?
'Kyoto Tachibana High School Marching Band' is also an amazing marching band that's played everywhere. 'Blue devils' as well.
Ohio States Marching Band is just amazing. You should go check out their Hollywood Blockbusters Halftime. It's one of the most impressive shows I've ever seen.
Man, I love Ohio State's marching band. I've seen a couple of their half-time shows live, and they were a blast every time. If you decide to watch more of their stuff, I recommend watching their Script Ohio. It's incredible, really.
And now, a recommendation for other good marching band videos- If you love complex and exciting performances by marching bands, I recommend you check out Drum Corps International (DCI) videos. DCI is basically competitive drum corps (marching bands) that tour around the country and compete in stadiums and the such. They are different from university/college marching bands because they compete and they don't belong to a school, as they are their own independent groups. Unfortunately, this year, due to the circumstances we are in the 2020 DCI season was cancelled. So, I think I'll recommend the DCI group that won during Grand National Championships last year- the Blue Devils. Their show was very artistic and theatrical, no dull moments with something always happening on the field. The shows title was called "Ghostlight". You can find a good video of their victory run after they won on the Blue Devils TH-cam channel, where the camera switches between members wearing GoPros and a camera up in the audience. It's very high quality and very awesome.
I was in marching band in college (not at ohio state but at another school in ohio) they use charts with dots and placemarkers on the field as reference points. We made it a point to not use lines on our practice field so we can memorize where to go without lines and using the people around you as your reference point with in the line.
That said I went to Europe (performed at a soccer match and Euro Disney), Canada, and various other places over the years. We were corp style this is more military style. They were also brass only (there are no woodwinds only brass instruments)
Thanks Courtney, always enjoy watching someone react to traditions outside their realm of understanding. It's fun for me as well to learn other cultures. I'm an Ohioan who loves his Buckeyes and nothing is more fun than Script Ohio. Link to close up video to see these kids hard work: th-cam.com/video/WdWolVsKlAI/w-d-xo.html
It's my pleasure! :)I appreciate you tuning into my channel! Thanks for the link, I've saved it :)
The work kids in college marching bands and in DCI drum corps do is just amazing.
As I mentioned after the Aggie video, I'd really like to see your reaction to the OSU band's "Script Ohio" routine. The best!
O-H-I-O!!!!! I live in Southern Ohio & it was awesome to see this video being watched by you!!! We ❤ our Buckeyes!!!
Yes, check out Script Ohio. It is a great college tradition
They use software to design the formations. On the field you have to use the lines, hash marks, the count, and the people in the formation with you to know where you're supposed to be. In practice they will tell everyone how many steps to get from one formation to the next. Sometimes you go straight to it, other times you have to move as a line with others. Practice is a lot of standing around at first while everyone is learning to get set in a formation. Then it ramps up quickly when all the pieces come together.
This was nice. As someone who marched and played trombone, I realize the kind of work that goes into these shows. As someone who has seen about 100 halftime shows (from Rice University, to the University of Texas, Alabama, Ohio State, and countless high school shows), it's always fun to see the different bands' personalities. When push comes to shove, I stand by the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band.
I don't know which video would be best, but a couple of other bands worth watching are Grambling State and Southern University. If you want to see craziness, those guys will leave you dizzy.
There is Drum Corps International which is essentially marching's major league and people pay to see them compete, the shows are wicked awesome
“ Hee-hee”-Micheal Jackson
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I did marching band in high school! We had band camp in the summer where we would start learning our music, and we'd also try to recruit incoming freshman coming to their freshman camp, so they'd get a chance to learn the music too. We practice for months! So we're ready as soon as the foot ball season begins. Once we've gotten the music and we practice marching in sync and following marching commands, someone choreographs the whole show on paper, and we learn it from there its easy when you have the lines on the ground. Everything is an 8 count, usually its a matter of making sure you're at the right line on time. I miss it honestly! Its such an experience to be in the show! And also bands usually battle each other in the stands, its fun seeing what the other bands bring to the table, and see who the audience vibes with more!
Forgot to mention, Ohio State's band is called, "The best damn band in the land" And we buckeyes love our band
The first time I saw that tribute, it made me cry. I hope Mike knew how much we loved him.
They know where to go because they are giving “dot sheets” they tell them every move they need to make and every place they need to go
This was a college marching band, a different side of marching band would be Drum Corps. Basically instead of doing it for school and performing at football games and maybe some parades, drum corps is a different thing so you would audition in the winter, have a few weekends during the spring and then the summer is non stop all day rehearsing and performing for 9 weeks or so. I'd say you should start here. th-cam.com/video/4MF5XCSfc-w/w-d-xo.html that's carolina crown, they're based out of North Carolina and their brass is amazing
Can't go wrong with any of their halftime shows really. They do a different one every week for each game, generally with some kind of theme, so there are plenty to watch on youtube.
There is this thing called summer band, typically where school bands practice different routines for their marching performances.
I really like their movie tribute show. It’s even better IMO.
A tremendous amount of practice and hard work. I was in a marching band in high school and we started practicing 2-3 hours a day, every day, beginning in July and kept it up till November when football season ended. Lots of running, push ups, and choreography practice!
That’s the Drum Major, and he’s constantly throwing his baton 30’ in the air, but can’t see it from this distance.
as a proud buckeye i can honestly say ive been waiting for this for awhile thank you so much for the entertainment as well as recognition for these great american sports moments im always excited for the content you provide thanks again!
"How do they know where to go?"
Rehearsal. Lots and lots of rehearsal. Mostly, you're positioning yourself relative to others.
Hi Courtney, I really enjoy how you react to the bands.
You sincerely appreciate the time and effort that they put into their performance.
You're great.
SEMPER FI! Ooooorah!!
"That guy" is the drum major, who is basically the on-field conductor. I am not an Ohio State fan, but their band is really entertaining. They have a pre-game show which is one of the coolest traditions in college football called "Script Ohio". You need to react to that. If you thought the drum major was impressive in this video, you should see him in THAT routine. And yes, the big colleges do have scholarships for band members.
Look up Drum Corp International. Those bands are the major leagues of Marching Music.
I personally enjoyed the Hollywood movie theme more but this one is good.
Oh yeah that's a good one!
I also enjoyed the Queen tribute.
There are several halftime shows of TBDBITL "Ohio State Halftime Shows" There's Hollywood Blockbusters, Queen, One Giant Leap, etc... and of course "Script Ohio".
I'm an Ole Miss fan, SEC, same conference as the Aggies. I LOATHE Ohio State but I was going to recommend them. Their band is top notch.
It's kind of like frame-by-frame animation. Each band member's music is marked and mapped out individually, so they know how many steps to take in which direction at each musical beat. It's incredibly painstaking to do, and requires a lot of practice.
May I suggest you react to these Historically Black Colleges and University bands, Jackson State university, Southern University, and Bethune Cookman University
The guy is the drum major. And all of these kids were in marching bands in high school. Mine, the Fort Recovery High School marching band, placed in a lot of international competitions including the Great Southern Battle of the Bands (1985) in Orlando and The International Marching Band Festival in Toronto (1981).
We came in second both times. But the 1981 competition, we came in second by the song Hang Em High, the Clint Eastwood movie theme.
Oh the memories.
Definitely need to react to some drum and bugle corps performances! They’re epic. One of my all-time favorite shows was Spartacus by Phantom Regiment in 2008. Should definitely check it out.
Awesome show... I also loved the Bluecoats doing "Tilt" in 2014.
Shoutout from Ohio. I'm not a big American football fan, but as a resident of Ohio... I can still say I enjoy all of these marching band dances from the games. Especially special ones like these 👍
Check out anything from DCI you won't be disappointed
DCI is freaking awesome. I think my favorite from recent years might be the Canton Bluecoats doing "Tilt" in 2014. th-cam.com/video/QcVPX7xtKnE/w-d-xo.html
Very old vaudeville joke: "Which state is tall in the middle and round on both ends?"
They've done lots of tributes, the ones for video games and Hollywood blockbusters are pretty cool too. I was in marching band in high school, but we were nowhere near this coordinated. We were a lot better at sitting in the bleachers playing when there was a long pause in the game 😄
You need to react to Jackson State Sonic Boom of The South and Southern University Human Jukebox and North Carolina A&T Blue and Gold Marching Machine, you will shocked.
Gerald Braswell: Grambling vs. Prairie View halftime is a good time too!!
Facts
That’s what I was going to say. “Best dam band in the land?” According to who?
@@euramiles2092 People just say things like that bc they like it. This is objectively one of the best college groups out there. But I don't think people who are w/o music education can tell any difference...I think they should just stick to "i like that." I even saw one person who thought this band was better than a world champion drum corps lol 🤣
There isn't a college band that could ever compete in DCI. No chance.
I could tell the way you reacted to the Aggie Band, you would blown away by this one. How do they do that, you asked? Dedication, practice, and hard work.
Try Ohio state marching band. Spongebob the great buckeye chase
I was in the F
Courtney if you like Ohio States Marching band you need to react to their ramp entrance. Awesome.
The guy doing all the fancy flipping is called a 'Drum Major"
Thanks!! :)
The Hollywood movies one is definitely one you need to react to its quite energetic and there is a lot of things you would enjoy to watch. It'll blow you away honestly
As a buckeye fan (Ohio State) I really enjoyed this reaction. We have the best damn band in the land
The guy 'killing the game' is a drum major and he is spinning a baton, throwing it in the air and catching it, all while he's doing flips and cartwheels!
O-H-I-O!
They do use the lines and hash marks on the field. They start by learning count offs for each move. Then they put music together with counting steps. Hours and hours of practice and you get the show. Oh and there are marching band competitions. Huge ones at high school and college level.
I gotta admit, their band is incredible. But you really need to react to the University of Michigan marching band. I’m a wolverine, and I hate OSU “with a burning passion,” although their band is one of the best in the nation. Go Blue!
LOL. Michigan owned and operated by the mighty Buckeyes!!
Gotta check out the band cause the football program ain't worth a shit lmfao go bucks!
Carl Clarke I feel like I’m being “targeted.” Too bad the damn refs won’t call you out for that. (Sound familiar?)
Glad you appreciate marching band. That was an awesome show. Both of my boys March, if it wasn’t answered in the 1000 comments ahead of me they practice all the time is how they get it right. It’s all about timing because their March is also town with their music and they do not look at the ground. Their eyes are on the drum major to keep time with music so everything they do marching wise is from memory and practice. And you nailed it on the head all that while playing an instrument. So all the air a normal athlete would use to play their sport is being used simply to make sound with the instrument but yet they still move constantly. It is incredible. If you ever get to the states you’ve got to go see a marching band in person!! You are so fun to watch.
The best damn band in the land will not disappoint. They always put on great shows. Script Ohio is always great.
And their fans will be as toxic and have zero class as possible towards their opponents too.
OMG! I've been waiting for you to do this a long time. I'm an alumnus to OSU and you seriously just watched one of the best bands in the country. They also have a football team that continously in the top 5.
The Ohio state band is known as " The Best Damned band in the land"
How do they do that? simple answer is a lot of practice.. But seriously, the members of the band get charts of the drills they perform.. that are typically written on a grid of the football field. these charts will give each member a starting position, followed by each subsequent position, along with how many steps, and how many counts of the music expected to get there.. A standard in marching is either "8 to 5".. which is 8 steps to 5 yards, or "22.5".. which is 22.5 inches per step (which adds up to 8 steps to 5 yards.. just depends on who teaches.. this would mean that if marching in straight lines, you will hit a yardline each 8 steps (most marching band tunes are written in 4/4 time, so hit a line every two measures.. when making curves or gate type formations.. the steps timing usually stay the same, but stride distance is altered.. for instance, in a gate, the "hinge" would either march in place, just changing angle, while people on the end would need to expand their stride to keep the line of the gate straight.. again.. like I said, a lot of practice.
Yea, us "muricans" do things things differently. Makes life interesting.
The steps they take are written in the music, by the musician as given to them, by the band director and his assistants, as instructions. In every measure in the music (4 beats to a measure), someone is turning in some direction. This is plotted out by the band director and his assistants. Students take their music, and head outside to the football field, to "walk" through it, and of course, using the field lines, (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 yard lines) on the field. Regular marching steps are 8 to 5, meaning eight steps within 5 yards. That is the speed a marching band takes (there are other speeds). Once the routine is learned, they then practice to perfection. Usually on a Monday to be ready by Friday night. The single person with the huge hat, and red coat is the Drum Major, and leads the band. Most high schools have a dozen or less tuba's, depending of size of high school. However, colleges/univ usually have 24. High school, and college marching bands are patterned after military marching bands. I am from the Great state of Texas, where football/half-time show is a religion here. However, the best college marching bands in the country are Ohio State Buckeyes, and Michigan state Wolverines. You should see them in battle, it's a site to behold. We've had marching bands here since schools have been in existence. Hope this helps.
Courtney, coming to you from Columbus, Ohio USA, home of "The" Ohio State University, the largest on-campus university in the U.S., over 50,000 students. The marching band is affectionately known as TBDBITL; "The Best Damn Band In The Land." The spectacle of this band being experienced live will literally make the hairs on your arm stand straight up. Imagine being in this stadium, filled with over 100,000 screaming and cheering fans. However, the ultimate thrill is to see their signature act when they perform what is known as "Script Ohio," where the band actually writes out "Ohio" in script. It IS breathtaking. I will provide a link to a video that certainly does not do the performance justice, but it will give you an idea.
th-cam.com/video/Iar01OwPkAw/w-d-xo.html
PS. Just finished watching a TV series from New Zealand; "800 Words." I'm a big, big fan! Love New Zealand TV/Cinema!
You REALLY need to check out their video game themed show. The nostalgia made me cry...
I was just thinking earlier you should do a reaction to script Ohio. At least you already did a reaction to the most impressive band, aTm
I remember marching band. I was part of the drumline and there weren't a lot of girls playing percussion back then. I played in high school and we were not as good as the university, but we got up extra early and prepared for months and worked our teenage hearts out. People sleep on marching bands. But music nerds are the bomb. Recognize and respect.
Ohio State marching band is the absolute best in all of college football.
Oh good! I'm so glad you chose this one because it's the most epic one I've ever seen! This was really fun to watch!
As much as I dislike Ohio (I'm from there), I love the OSU Band.
Hey Courtney you need to start watching the drum corps here in the states! Flat out the best of the best taking their summers and dedicating it to perfecting their arts and craft! They are amazing! I suggest starting with the top 5 closers of all time just to get an idea!!!
Interesting factoid:
There are NO woodwinds in the Ohio State marching band....😏
What are woodwinds?
What are woodwinds?
Clarinet and saxophohes, are woodwinds.
And piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, and bassoon
@@michaellailer9818 I thought saxophones are metal. But woodwinds aren't made of wood? I never played a marching band instrument.
Hi Ms, Courtney to answer some questions you had about marching band we as marchers know where to go by using what is called Dots Dots are like longitude and latitude of the field Ohio is famous for some crazy half time shows but there is much more to marching band than halftime. We have our own competitions that we go to with different shows every year. I do recommend watching a high school marching band we have some good shows too. if you would like feel free to watch my high schools schow from last year. I will leave the link at the end. We are the San Angelo High School Mighty Bobcat marching band and our show was called Classified and we placed first in class. I love the diversity of your channel and I hope you get the opportunity to go to all these sports one day. Thank you for providing me and the rest of your subscribers with hours of laughs and entertanmen. And if you have any more questions about marching band or NASCAR please feel free to ask. here is the link to the show th-cam.com/video/R7MhOIztPIE/w-d-xo.html
They know where to go because they get dot books and I saw someone already explained that. They have many rehearsals and 20-30 hours a week. The one guy in all white is the drum major. He carries the baton and usually helps with keeping time for the band.
Kids in the US state in band kind of early, they start marching in the 9th grade. Band students spend all their free time practicing before school, after school and after dinner during marching band season which goes from Aug. to mid Dec.
I was in the band from 2015-2018 on baritone! This video is one of the reasons I wanted to join! So cool to see you react to this!
so the way my marching band worked, everyone was given drill sheets that had all the placements on them using numbers (like each person was assigned a number) and instructions on each page (like whether you hit the spot and keep moving or if you need to pause there etc and how many counts it takes to move into the next spot). for a while we used markers on the field so that we could easily move back and forth during practice. it took 2 weeks to memorize a whole halftime show and then we just practiced a lot for competitions.
The high school ones are really cool too. We have a national marching band competition; it's incredible how much dedication these kids have!
I grew up in Columbus (home of OSU) and script Ohio is definitely something you would LOVE to watch! I'm not sure if they still do this but the band would go to St John's arena to *warm* up and would invite the visiting teams band to their "skull" session. We would be deaf and could still feel the drum beats when we left! lol
If you want to know a bit more about college bands, there is a series that is called "take the field" by college marching that goes to the individual schools and shows behind the scenes for practices and traditions and rivalries for each school :)
i used to be in marching band in high school and i miss it so damn much. it was fun but also extremely tough and kinda stressful at times. but i’ve never been in such good shape as when i was in marching band. it’s been like 6 years since my last show and i’ve regressed back to how tf do they do that??? even though i literally did it for 3 years straight lmao