FABULOUS FIGHTIN’ TEXAS AGGIE BAND FIRST HALFTIME DRILL 2023

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  • The 400 plus Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band First halftime drill of 2023. The Aggie Military Marching Band is phenomenal! The precision is amazing. And the Aggie football team defeated the New Mexico Lobos 52 - 10.

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  • @nw101971
    @nw101971 9 месяцев назад +237

    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 9 месяцев 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 9 месяцев 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 9 месяцев 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 9 месяцев 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 9 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @LinLing4911
    @LinLing4911 9 месяцев назад +302

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

    • @bradcallahan1194
      @bradcallahan1194 9 месяцев назад +2

      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 9 месяцев 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 9 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @LinLing4911
      @LinLing4911 9 месяцев 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 9 месяцев 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 9 месяцев назад +58

    Precision marching at its FINEST.

  • @waltonwarrior7428
    @waltonwarrior7428 9 месяцев назад +135

    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 9 месяцев назад +4

      You cant out band the Aggies

    • @jeffreysmith6604
      @jeffreysmith6604 9 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @kayreed1505
      @kayreed1505 9 месяцев назад +7

      My Dad marched in that band in 1932-1936.

    • @swedeheart214
      @swedeheart214 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@kayreed1505❤

    • @anncain2432
      @anncain2432 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @davidadcock8717
    @davidadcock8717 9 месяцев назад +41

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

    • @bw8349
      @bw8349 9 месяцев назад +5

      Texas Ex of 1979, I concur.

  • @Konastang18
    @Konastang18 9 месяцев назад +96

    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 8 месяцев 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 9 месяцев назад +48

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

  • @broadcasttttable
    @broadcasttttable 9 месяцев назад +51

    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.

  • @renonative
    @renonative 9 месяцев назад +31

    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.

  • @lewislambert4590
    @lewislambert4590 9 месяцев назад +105

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

    • @Konastang18
      @Konastang18 9 месяцев назад +2

      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 9 месяцев назад +1

      Great line! 😂

    • @Cat-no8ts
      @Cat-no8ts 8 месяцев назад

      Agree!!❤

    • @Landry_Longhorns_Fan
      @Landry_Longhorns_Fan 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @AlbertBryson-ek2wp
    @AlbertBryson-ek2wp 9 месяцев назад +49

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

  • @fishp4298
    @fishp4298 9 месяцев назад +40

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

    • @voiceofreason9238
      @voiceofreason9238 9 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @teschchr122
      @teschchr122 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @mitchginn2726
    @mitchginn2726 9 месяцев назад +28

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

  • @charleshunt7568
    @charleshunt7568 9 месяцев назад +23

    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.

  • @sarapiburn2523
    @sarapiburn2523 9 месяцев назад +16

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

  • @yelhsasnave2464
    @yelhsasnave2464 9 месяцев назад +13

    Freaking amazing! Gives me chills every time.

  • @CullenRTerry
    @CullenRTerry 9 месяцев назад +23

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

  • @buckbuckner3505
    @buckbuckner3505 9 месяцев назад +12

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

  • @Texas-Chris
    @Texas-Chris 9 месяцев назад +25

    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

  • @rosewashington9447
    @rosewashington9447 9 месяцев 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 7 месяцев назад

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

    • @dabrack9350
      @dabrack9350 6 месяцев 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.

  • @reiver569
    @reiver569 9 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @manatalk
    @manatalk 9 месяцев назад +16

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

  • @jamesbeaman6337
    @jamesbeaman6337 9 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @raider1tk
    @raider1tk 9 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @katielainedesigns
    @katielainedesigns 8 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @corytalash5174
    @corytalash5174 9 месяцев назад +7

    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!

  • @josemoreno3334
    @josemoreno3334 9 месяцев 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.😁❤🎼🥁

  • @valerieloeffler6174
    @valerieloeffler6174 9 месяцев 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.

  • @christineclark502
    @christineclark502 9 месяцев 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 ❤

  • @julie6092
    @julie6092 9 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @pskeck04
    @pskeck04 9 месяцев назад +3

    Absolutely Fantastic!!

  • @swaclyfe5727
    @swaclyfe5727 9 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @MeredithAnne88
    @MeredithAnne88 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @jmcslater1
    @jmcslater1 8 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @user-cl4eu2wp2p
    @user-cl4eu2wp2p 9 месяцев назад +6

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

  • @neninocencio9325
    @neninocencio9325 9 месяцев назад +4

    Wow, so beautiful and well performed!

  • @daisytheyorkiepuppyandhell4191
    @daisytheyorkiepuppyandhell4191 8 месяцев назад +3

    Whoever choreographed that deserves a medal !

  • @Lori-zh2hv
    @Lori-zh2hv 8 месяцев 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!!!!

  • @cfb3903
    @cfb3903 9 месяцев назад +6

    Now that's a MARCHING Band !!!

  • @robindelude3787
    @robindelude3787 9 месяцев назад +2

    Wow! That was awesome! Great job!

  • @ladychatelaine697
    @ladychatelaine697 8 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @melanieroberts3008
    @melanieroberts3008 9 месяцев 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

  • @bweaver760
    @bweaver760 9 месяцев назад +5

    Texas is the Republic the USA should be!

  • @veselka16
    @veselka16 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @bweaver760
    @bweaver760 9 месяцев назад +2

    This shows strong unity and Texas spirit!

  • @ChoralSea
    @ChoralSea 9 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @Jerry-hj1lb
    @Jerry-hj1lb 9 месяцев 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-yw8cl1tx3l
    @user-yw8cl1tx3l 9 месяцев 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.

  • @teschchr122
    @teschchr122 8 месяцев 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!

  • @user-kb9cu4rl9z
    @user-kb9cu4rl9z 8 месяцев 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.

  • @kenguier8464
    @kenguier8464 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @jeffclaterbaugh3962
    @jeffclaterbaugh3962 8 месяцев 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 😊

  • @KenWesaw-up5wf
    @KenWesaw-up5wf 9 месяцев назад +4

    Gotta love college football traditions

  • @teresaspinks6053
    @teresaspinks6053 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @prairiestorm5045
    @prairiestorm5045 9 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing performance!!!😊

  • @brenda9029
    @brenda9029 9 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing!
    They have to be so proud of themselves.

  • @rowdylang4508
    @rowdylang4508 9 месяцев назад +2

    ❤ A marching band.❤

  • @deb7834
    @deb7834 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @krisdobie8596
    @krisdobie8596 7 месяцев назад +1

    Always the best 1/2 time show in the nation!!!

  • @calicocritterscrafts886
    @calicocritterscrafts886 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @mikee.5158
    @mikee.5158 9 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @juliehare3403
    @juliehare3403 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @tammystevenson4710
    @tammystevenson4710 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @MM-km5zf
    @MM-km5zf 8 месяцев назад +1

    We are TEXANS! nothing less is expected : )

  • @Texan27
    @Texan27 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @davidm.6643
    @davidm.6643 7 месяцев назад +2

    Simply beautiful. 🇺🇸

  • @krissie354
    @krissie354 8 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @traceybaytops8681
    @traceybaytops8681 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Cat-no8ts
    @Cat-no8ts 8 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @nancymartin2580
    @nancymartin2580 9 месяцев назад +4

    There are many good bands, but the Aggie Band is the best in the United States 😊!!

  • @tammybrown4410
    @tammybrown4410 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @ivellbullock784
    @ivellbullock784 9 месяцев назад +5

    Their marching band has been outstanding for many decades.

  • @mariefrabutt3969
    @mariefrabutt3969 8 месяцев назад +1

    They are absolutely awesome!!! Fantastic!!

  • @DeborahJoshua24
    @DeborahJoshua24 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @ritatodd1070
    @ritatodd1070 8 месяцев назад +1

    And in the Texas heat, Bravo Aggies, amazing.

  • @maryshumate4629
    @maryshumate4629 9 месяцев назад +7

    Impressive..it's very difficult to play perfect and march perfect formations simultaneously!

  • @pqtus4557
    @pqtus4557 8 месяцев 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.

  • @chappy675
    @chappy675 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @sharonyoung8251
    @sharonyoung8251 8 месяцев назад +3

    My granddaughter graduated fro A&M 3 years ago. Love watching this marching band. I’m not a fan of the “show” type bands mist high schools have now. This precision is so perfect. ❤❤❤

  • @pnotuner1
    @pnotuner1 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @lisasullivan3555
    @lisasullivan3555 6 месяцев назад +1

    Nothing like watching this band at Kyle Field! It’s amazing!

  • @vickystevens6123
    @vickystevens6123 9 месяцев 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.

  • @pamelatheobald
    @pamelatheobald 8 месяцев 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 8 месяцев 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 ❤

  • @junerenfer8211
    @junerenfer8211 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @nancyk8790
    @nancyk8790 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @nathanielmadden4235
    @nathanielmadden4235 9 месяцев назад +1

    We need to see these bands!!!!!!❤️🙏🇺🇸❤️

  • @kellyward1031
    @kellyward1031 8 месяцев 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 2 месяца назад

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

  • @anncain2432
    @anncain2432 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @deborahwheeler4302
    @deborahwheeler4302 8 месяцев назад +2

    In High School (1968-1972) our High School Band marched in the same military style as Texas A & M Marching Band. The style of marching military was, then, always sharp, crisp, and defined in every move: Always turned heads! Just as we did then so The Fighting Texas Aggies Marching Band reacquainting and bringing back memories of “band practice”, parades, half-time marching routines, and Marching Competitions.

  • @maryjane-rx4sq
    @maryjane-rx4sq 9 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely Amazing!

  • @mr.random4681
    @mr.random4681 Месяц 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!

  • @user-iq6no4ik5i
    @user-iq6no4ik5i 9 месяцев назад +2

    Husband an Aggie, son an Aggie, two grandsons and a granddaughter...all Aggies. Other grandson in his junior year...an uncle and several cousins...all Aggies. And I'm an Aggie at heart...they just wouldn't let me in back in the mid-50s!!! And we all know the FTA Band is the best...any time, any where!!!

  • @reneemartin9041
    @reneemartin9041 9 месяцев назад +2

    Mesmerizing!!!! WOW!!!

  • @cynthiadavis474
    @cynthiadavis474 9 месяцев назад +1

    All my family for 4 generations are Aggies!❤

  • @joyousjoy4ever
    @joyousjoy4ever 8 месяцев назад +1

    THE FORMATIONS WERE EXCELLENT! 😊❤❤

  • @anitabrantley5202
    @anitabrantley5202 8 месяцев 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.

  • @pamclince8205
    @pamclince8205 9 месяцев назад +1

    Absolute PERFECTION!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @louisejboykin33
    @louisejboykin33 8 месяцев назад +1

    Freaking AWESOME!!! 🥁🥁🥁🥁

  • @smithereens7710
    @smithereens7710 9 месяцев назад +2

    Oh my wow. This is something else.

  • @broncodeviltexas
    @broncodeviltexas 9 месяцев назад +2

    Outstanding!