FABULOUS FIGHTIN’ TEXAS AGGIE BAND FIRST HALFTIME DRILL 2023

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @nw101971
    @nw101971 Год назад +260

    When you think “surely they can’t think up of a more complex routine” then they came up with this, a quite brilliant routine. If there was a vote for “Best marching band in college football” Texas A&M gets my vote.

    • @voiceofreason9238
      @voiceofreason9238 Год назад +4

      My high school band marched military style so I love the traditional marching and music. Of that military style, no doubt A&M is tops in what they do.
      Best marching band? I'd be tempted to go with two marching bands you've never heard of, RCC Riverside Community College which is a training ground for new Blue Devils ideas. The other would be North Texas University, which has a fantastic music program. Nobody in the country beats their drumline which is virtually the same battery as the Santa Clara Vanguard.

    • @mtnairpilot
      @mtnairpilot Год назад +10

      While some naysayers may point out that a lot of this is "follow the leader" and that only the first in each file needs to know what they're doing, this style of marching is absolutely unforgiving of error. If someone in the FTAB makes a mistake, 50,000 people will know it immediately. That isn't the case with most marching bands. It adds a different level of pressure.

    • @johngordon6526
      @johngordon6526 Год назад +4

      @@mtnairpilot It still is really impressive. I've been on the opposing band side. We all say ours was harder, But it is like: "I had to learn all these positions and whatnot, and then you follow. meh, it's been 20 years, let me bitch about song selection =p T+M is just going to get applause and our audience doesn't get our technicals. (I'm jeaolous a bit at least =p)

    • @brenda121143
      @brenda121143 Год назад +8

      I just stumbled onto this, thankfully. Tomorrow my wonderful husband who was a veteran of WWII would have turned 100 years young. Shortly after his return from the war he enrolled at Texas A&M. He graduated as a member of the Class of 1950 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a very proud Aggie and taught me the love of A&M and the fighting band.
      He was 1LTC ENOCH T. DARBY
      Gig 'EM Aggies!

    • @phyllisarrington7436
      @phyllisarrington7436 Год назад +3

      Congratulations...you must be proud of that grandson of yours. 👍

  • @LinLing4911
    @LinLing4911 Год назад +319

    YES! And our grandson is right out there marching wih his tuba!!!!!!!! Gig 'EM Aggies!

    • @bradcallahan1194
      @bradcallahan1194 Год назад +3

      Is it true that you have to be in the ROTC/ military program to March with them? My son is a 10th graders in his HS drumline and loves this band!

    • @jamesbeaman6337
      @jamesbeaman6337 Год назад +3

      @@bradcallahan1194yes, you have to be in the Corps of Cadets, which is an ROTC program, however you don’t have to be committed to be commissioned into the armed forces upon graduation.

    • @trapezemusic
      @trapezemusic Год назад +9

      Just for the record, he is playing a sousaphone aka as a marching tuba.

    • @LinLing4911
      @LinLing4911 Год назад +8

      Also just for the record, it's mostly called a "bass" , he says, and neither of the above terms . Most people recognize "tuba", though.

    • @janettamcgee8124
      @janettamcgee8124 Год назад +5

      Many people don't know what a Sousaphone is or identify it with that wrap around horn that people carry while marching. So, it is genetically called a tuba. The coolest tuba players EVER march in the Aggie Band.

  • @barneshomestead1240
    @barneshomestead1240 Год назад +63

    Precision marching at its FINEST.

  • @jmcslater1
    @jmcslater1 Год назад +5

    I vote Aggie band for Super Bowl Halftime Show! Please!

  • @davidadcock8717
    @davidadcock8717 Год назад +46

    Lifetime Longhorn here: Always love watching the Fightin' Aggie Band!

    • @bw8349
      @bw8349 Год назад +6

      Texas Ex of 1979, I concur.

  • @waltonwarrior7428
    @waltonwarrior7428 Год назад +146

    Next year in 2024 will be 50 years since I graduated from A&M. Watching the band never gets old and they never cease to amaze.

    • @nancyh9125
      @nancyh9125 Год назад +5

      You cant out band the Aggies

    • @jeffreysmith6604
      @jeffreysmith6604 Год назад +3

      Congrats. You graduated from a great college. And Aggies are boss

    • @kayreed1505
      @kayreed1505 Год назад +7

      My Dad marched in that band in 1932-1936.

    • @swedeheart214
      @swedeheart214 Год назад

      ​@@kayreed1505❤

    • @anncain2432
      @anncain2432 Год назад +1

      My Father is 94 and still a huge Aggie fan and so is my brother.

  • @Konastang18
    @Konastang18 Год назад +98

    Freaking a work of art.
    Whomever designs these marching flows and maneuvers is genius. Amazing!!!
    My son is in JROTC. He is a fantastic driller and marching cadet. He will fall out of his chair when he sees this!!
    Nice work A&M!!!

    • @attsealevel
      @attsealevel Год назад +1

      Whoever (nominative case). And I too was thinking same thing - so clever (put a big smile on my face just watching it)!

  • @kaygresham-szabo4182
    @kaygresham-szabo4182 Год назад +51

    I have always been a Longhorn at heart, but I know greatness when I see it see it. The Aggie Band is fabulous!

  • @lewislambert4590
    @lewislambert4590 Год назад +116

    Whether a good season or bad season, halftime is ALWAYS won by the Aggies.

    • @Konastang18
      @Konastang18 Год назад +3

      WELL SAID!!! And I am not even an A&M grad. You don’t have to be to appreciate this level of awesomeness!!

    • @anncain2432
      @anncain2432 Год назад +1

      Great line! 😂

    • @Cat-no8ts
      @Cat-no8ts Год назад

      Agree!!❤

    • @Landry_Longhorns_Fan
      @Landry_Longhorns_Fan 10 месяцев назад

      Texas got the better halftime performance we make a hook em in the field, a Bevo, and more 🤘🤘🤘

  • @AlbertBryson-ek2wp
    @AlbertBryson-ek2wp Год назад +50

    What a performance. Your band is definitely the best in all the SEC. I am proud University of Kentucky grad.

  • @yelhsasnave2464
    @yelhsasnave2464 Год назад +14

    Freaking amazing! Gives me chills every time.

  • @fishp4298
    @fishp4298 Год назад +41

    I am amazed at the complexity of this performance, especially for the FIRST game of the year. KP ‘83

    • @voiceofreason9238
      @voiceofreason9238 Год назад +3

      Agree! The individual execution is well beyond most marching bands first show of the year.

    • @TheSapphireSprit
      @TheSapphireSprit Год назад

      You should see it in person. Always gives me the chills it’s so great!

  • @broadcasttttable
    @broadcasttttable Год назад +53

    Its one thing for a band's musical director to have a vision. But to implement that vision and teach it to 400 musicians, paying attention to the myriad details while never losing the big picture is mind-boggling.

  • @charleshunt7568
    @charleshunt7568 Год назад +24

    I’m an Oklahoma Sooners fan, but I gotta tell you, I saw them perform the last time they visited Norman, And that was down right Cool.

  • @reiver569
    @reiver569 Год назад +7

    As an old band kid, I love watching this band.

  • @rosewashington9447
    @rosewashington9447 Год назад +12

    ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!! I could watch this a million times! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! SIMPLY AMAZING! AND, NOT A SINGLE COLLISION, EITHER!!!! WHAT IMMACULATE PRECISION! IT'S FLAWLESS (AND MIND BLOWING, TOO)!!!!! WHAT A SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 100%! CONGRATULATIONS!

    • @michaels656
      @michaels656 Год назад

      Cmon down. It’s a great atmosphere and time in Aggieland. Gig ‘em.

    • @dabrack9350
      @dabrack9350 Год назад

      Does anyone know the music they play? the marching can be so mesmerizing I don't really hear it. UT Austin class of '69 and a huge fan of the Aggie band.

  • @mitchginn2726
    @mitchginn2726 Год назад +31

    Best college marching band in the world. No one else is close.

  • @sarapiburn2523
    @sarapiburn2523 Год назад +17

    Grandson at A&M in second year. So proud of him and this great band! His mom and dad are AGGIE graduates too!💜💜💜

  • @katielainedesigns
    @katielainedesigns Год назад +3

    I am a University of Houston graduate but my husband and oldest son are Aggie Alums! Gig ‘Em 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @CullenRTerry
    @CullenRTerry Год назад +24

    We’ve won not only the halftime, but the game too!

  • @buckbuckner3505
    @buckbuckner3505 Год назад +14

    THE NUMBER ONE COLLEGE BAND AT HALF-TIME, OR ANY TIME, PERIOD. GIG'EM..!!!

  • @manatalk
    @manatalk Год назад +17

    In high school during halftime of my football games I would sneak out and watch our marching band... they were awesome 👌

  • @renonative
    @renonative Год назад +36

    This should be halftime for the Super Bowl. Ohio State isn't shabby either. This type of marching needs to be so precise. So much better than the last few SB halftimes.

  • @jamesbeaman6337
    @jamesbeaman6337 Год назад +7

    Thanks for recording and posting, Bbew. Wow, 40 basses marching the first drill! That might be some kind of FTAB record.

  • @corytalash5174
    @corytalash5174 Год назад +8

    This makes me miss my dad, Kyle Field, and College Station so so much! Dad played a coronet in the Aggie band, he was class of '54.Hope he can hear this from heaven!

  • @julie6092
    @julie6092 Год назад +3

    HOLY MOLEY!! 😳😳 This was one of the *most BRILLIANT* things I've ever watched!! 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @pskeck04
    @pskeck04 Год назад +3

    Absolutely Fantastic!!

  • @raider1tk
    @raider1tk Год назад +7

    I raised my family in college station. My daughter is now a sophomore there and she makes me very proud!!

  • @josemoreno3334
    @josemoreno3334 Год назад +16

    I never get tired of watching them perform. I played both tenor and base drum in my high school marching band in the mid 1970s in Los Angeles. It was a lot of fun. I loved it.😁❤🎼🥁

  • @christineclark502
    @christineclark502 Год назад +5

    Holy crap! Can’t get anymore perfect than that!!! Precise straight lines are amazingly hard to do. I give props to the ones carrying the heavy instruments and drums. The routine was eye catching to say the least, BRAVO AGGIES ❤

  • @Theetonii0430
    @Theetonii0430 Год назад +3

    im HBCU and i can say OMG this was so AMAZING!

  • @Lori-zh2hv
    @Lori-zh2hv Год назад +3

    Popped up on my u-tube... THIS was great to watch! It is not easy to play a musical instrument & by a one note you've got to make so many steps after a yard line on the field a left or right or go back and so on and so on. I remember being in the marching band at the school I was going and I loved the hard work we put in to it. The teacher was Mr. Decker. Yelling "Mark time- Mark time!" Fabulous teacher!!!!

  • @davidm.6643
    @davidm.6643 Год назад +2

    Simply beautiful. 🇺🇸

  • @neninocencio9325
    @neninocencio9325 Год назад +4

    Wow, so beautiful and well performed!

  • @reneemartin9041
    @reneemartin9041 Год назад +2

    Mesmerizing!!!! WOW!!!

  • @Texas-Chris
    @Texas-Chris Год назад +26

    I know my Grandfather is watching from heaven, he was a Singing Cadet Class of ‘62 & ‘66 he passed this past June, so Jimbo has to win it all for the Class of ‘66 and my daughter who will be Class of 2028 !!! Gig’Em

  • @veselka16
    @veselka16 Год назад +2

    Beautiful! The precision, commitment, beauty, and enthusiasm!

  • @TheSapphireSprit
    @TheSapphireSprit Год назад +2

    I absolutely love these guys! It’s always, for me, way more of a pleasure to watch them than the game! Gig ‘em!

  • @ladychatelaine697
    @ladychatelaine697 Год назад +4

    Wow! What discipline these guys have! Good job, everyone! ❤🇬🇧

  • @smithereens7710
    @smithereens7710 Год назад +2

    Oh my wow. This is something else.

  • @robindelude3787
    @robindelude3787 Год назад +2

    Wow! That was awesome! Great job!

  • @melanieroberts3008
    @melanieroberts3008 Год назад +3

    This is one of the best shows I have seen they were beyond words. Great job. I know the extra time you have spent getting this ready. My granddaughter is in a high school band . So I know it takes a lot to get it right. Be proud you were great. And thank you for letting us see it!!’nnn

  • @ChoralSea
    @ChoralSea Год назад +3

    Every Year.....They Just Get Better and Better.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @Annette-h9m
    @Annette-h9m Год назад +6

    My granddaughter is also there with her tuba,so proud😊

  • @ritatodd1070
    @ritatodd1070 Год назад +1

    And in the Texas heat, Bravo Aggies, amazing.

  • @juliehare3403
    @juliehare3403 Год назад +1

    Thanks for posting the entire show from run on to run off!

  • @louisejboykin33
    @louisejboykin33 Год назад +1

    Freaking AWESOME!!! 🥁🥁🥁🥁

  • @teresaspinks6053
    @teresaspinks6053 Год назад +2

    WOW!!! SIMPLY AMAZING…WHAT COORDINATION, WHAT PERFECTION … SUCH DISCIPLINE …. JM SPEECHLESS 😘🥰

  • @bweaver760
    @bweaver760 Год назад +6

    Texas is the Republic the USA should be!

  • @helend222
    @helend222 Год назад +1

    Amazing, Hours of practice. Well done.

  • @MHester-m3f
    @MHester-m3f Год назад +6

    They make their performance look so easy - the mark of the best performers. Thanks to all members, leader, anyone else involved. Just beautiful! How many band members? Couldn’t even try to count. As always, Go Aggies! Texas Aggies, of course.

  • @Jerry-hj1lb
    @Jerry-hj1lb Год назад +6

    A Sooner fan geez what an unbelievable band. I would love to see them in Norman when Texas A&M comes to town before long.

  • @user-kb9cu4rl9z
    @user-kb9cu4rl9z Год назад +3

    Wow, wow, wow. So astounding. It's hard to believe those are people counting their steps in complicated patterns while playing music! I truly love marching bands. Kudos to this incredible performance! I could watch this over and over.

  • @vickystevens6123
    @vickystevens6123 Год назад +1

    Well done, Aggie band that was such an amazing halftime. Wow, I am just so thoroughly enjoyed watching that. Go Texas Aggies. My older son graduated in 2014 from A&M.

  • @traceybaytops8681
    @traceybaytops8681 Год назад +1

    OOOMMMGGG!!! Absolutely Amazing!!! Brilliant presentation!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

  • @nancyk8790
    @nancyk8790 Год назад +1

    Woooow!!! Amazing!!!! Now I need to see more! Tremendously well done!!

  • @tammystevenson4710
    @tammystevenson4710 Год назад +1

    You guys should be so very, very proud of you band. They are wonderful!

  • @jeffclaterbaugh3962
    @jeffclaterbaugh3962 Год назад +2

    On an icy cold New Years morning in downtown Dallas over 50 yrs ago my love for music and this band began as they marched by playing the fight song , I still can feel the bass drums 😊

  • @CeruleanTalon
    @CeruleanTalon Год назад +22

    Watching this reminds me of how much I miss half-time shows. Instead we get to watch old farts sit around and recap what we just saw.

  • @Texan27
    @Texan27 Год назад +1

    Making Texas proud! Luv you Ags. Bringing back good memories.

  • @bweaver760
    @bweaver760 Год назад +2

    This shows strong unity and Texas spirit!

  • @pqtus4557
    @pqtus4557 Год назад +1

    I have no clue how they figure out how to do the maneuvers, but they are amazing. I watched at normal speed and then high speed, both blew me away. Thanks for all the hard work and effort, so enjoyable to watch.

  • @brenda9029
    @brenda9029 Год назад +2

    Amazing!
    They have to be so proud of themselves.

  • @Cat-no8ts
    @Cat-no8ts Год назад +2

    FABULOUS! The football field isn't big enough to hold these guys!! ❤

  • @ginapeel1924
    @ginapeel1924 Год назад +1

    Wow! That was fantastic!🎉🎉🎉

  • @pamclince8205
    @pamclince8205 Год назад +1

    Absolute PERFECTION!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @MeredithAnne88
    @MeredithAnne88 Год назад +4

    And this is why A&M is the best. Absolute precision.

  • @cfb3903
    @cfb3903 Год назад +6

    Now that's a MARCHING Band !!!

  • @daisytheyorkiepuppyandhell4191
    @daisytheyorkiepuppyandhell4191 Год назад +3

    Whoever choreographed that deserves a medal !

    • @meganroth369
      @meganroth369 Месяц назад

      May I ask who is the coregropher of these amazing formations. Regards Megan from South Africa

  • @mr.random4681
    @mr.random4681 6 месяцев назад +2

    Invictus has to be one of my favorites by far! Now I just gotta wait for them to do Joyce's someday!
    And the "Block-Buster" in the drill was absolutely perfect for the first strain. King never disappoints! Only mistake I saw was one lady who I believe turned into the wrong section of the block in the block-buster, and then miss a left turn which I believe she shouldn't have been taking if in the right, but she had a hasty recovery and did a great job of making it look purposeful! The Aggies never disappoint!

  • @prairiestorm5045
    @prairiestorm5045 Год назад +2

    Amazing performance!!!😊

  • @valerieloeffler6174
    @valerieloeffler6174 Год назад +2

    They need to bring college marching bands back to NFL games. I ha d the great experience of playing at both the Bears and Packers games. Early 70's.

  • @philipc2025
    @philipc2025 День назад +1

    RUclips has recently introduced me to marching bands. Now I can't stop watching them. I am blown away by what I'm watching, especially when I consider the amount of work involved to present the finished product. Coming up with the choreography, executing it, the amount of rehearsals required..... I think this band should get themselves along to The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

  • @junerenfer8211
    @junerenfer8211 Год назад +1

    Made my heart beat fast to watch this band. wonderful!

  • @pattyolson3842
    @pattyolson3842 Год назад +2

    That was awesome!

  • @tammybrown4410
    @tammybrown4410 Год назад +1

    That was off the chain!! I loved it! Thank you for sharing this. 😊

  • @pnotuner1
    @pnotuner1 Год назад +1

    Never watched the Aggie band before.
    That was the craziest set of drills I ever saw.
    Very impressive

  • @krissie354
    @krissie354 Год назад +2

    That was so cool!! OMG I can only imagine the hours and days it took to perfect this! I love it!!

  • @DeborahJoshua24
    @DeborahJoshua24 Год назад +1

    They worked very hard, and it shows! Excellent!!!!

  • @anncain2432
    @anncain2432 Год назад +1

    He ands down the most exciting university marching band!!! Grew up watching them!

  • @ivellbullock784
    @ivellbullock784 Год назад +5

    Their marching band has been outstanding for many decades.

  • @kenguier8464
    @kenguier8464 Год назад +1

    Amazing, I enjoy the program every time I watch it which is quite often.

  • @mikee.5158
    @mikee.5158 Год назад +5

    Thank you for posting this very well shot video!!! Mine never look this good.

  • @calicocritterscrafts886
    @calicocritterscrafts886 Год назад +1

    Outstanding as usual!! 👍🏻 Gig ‘em!!

  • @chappy675
    @chappy675 Год назад +2

    Nothing beats a great precision military 6 to 5 marching band. They are so regal. And they are becoming more rare.

  • @avalonshipman7376
    @avalonshipman7376 Год назад +1

    So awesome!! My brother, sister in law and a cousin are aggies. I was in band through high school but never seen what we looked like like this. Lot of work too, remembering your steps and the song you're playing. Miss it.

  • @michelemead841
    @michelemead841 Год назад +2

    Outstanding

  • @mariabencze-ei6eg
    @mariabencze-ei6eg 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you very much for sharing this enchanting band.
    So those who can not attend personaly, at least this way can see the sinery of one part of the Great TEXAS. and their capabilities.

  • @kellyward1031
    @kellyward1031 Год назад +2

    Band always wins! I absolutely love the college bands. I even find myself crying I’m so caught up in all the pomp and circumstance. This was amazing.

    • @pache2112
      @pache2112 7 месяцев назад

      Whenever the Bugle rank sounds 'recall' my eyes start leaking

  • @deb7834
    @deb7834 10 месяцев назад +1

    Im from England so, of course, i love a good marching band. This was wonderful to watch. Just brilliant. 🤩

  • @carmencampana3329
    @carmencampana3329 Год назад +1

    Wow, bet they are in great shape! Great show!

  • @fastgurrrl
    @fastgurrrl Год назад +1

    Wow! Amazing teamwork. Well done!!!!!!!!!

  • @scottreaman5637
    @scottreaman5637 Год назад +1

    The best band in the land!!!!
    🤠

  • @davidkrugs6466
    @davidkrugs6466 Год назад +2

    Just awesome to all those amazing members. Such talent and concentration. Never saw anything so well perform. ❤

  • @pamelatheobald
    @pamelatheobald Год назад +2

    I know my late band director was watching from on high and smiling!! Our high school band was a “military style” band, which prided itself on precision, straight lines & perfect formations. I can certainly appreciate the hard work, dedication and creativity it took to produce this show!!! What a FANTASTIC BAND PERFORMANCE!!!

    • @adelvecchio1029
      @adelvecchio1029 Год назад

      So interesting! My name director also died and was extremely precise in everything he did. Our band went to, and won, many competitions. Early morning practices, Friday night games to perfect routines, and a desire to be the best ❤

  • @anitabrantley5202
    @anitabrantley5202 Год назад +1

    That was awesome. I so miss getting to see the bads at halftime on TV. We used to get to see at least part of the halftime show, but no more.

  • @peaches5712
    @peaches5712 Год назад +1

    Military precision at its best!!

  • @broncodeviltexas
    @broncodeviltexas Год назад +2

    Outstanding!

  • @brucejenner5856
    @brucejenner5856 10 месяцев назад +2

    That was so impressive to see.

  • @thegreyhoundgirls536
    @thegreyhoundgirls536 Год назад +1

    They are amazing! Very talented!