52-year old still in university marching band

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2017
  • At 52 years old, reading teacher Dawn West is the oldest member of the West Virginia University marching band. Steve Hartman met her on the road.
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Комментарии • 163

  • @abby-we5tb
    @abby-we5tb 6 лет назад +523

    if you can survive band camp as a marcher at 52, nothing is impossible.

    • @frank683
      @frank683 6 лет назад +2

      abby facts

    • @diggitydart334
      @diggitydart334 6 лет назад

      Hunter Roseborough u suk

    • @jjayjae_
      @jjayjae_ 6 лет назад +1

      Hunter Roseborough Show style (HBCU) is 3x harder than this.

    • @sceu25
      @sceu25 3 года назад

      @@jjayjae_ DCI is harder.

    • @jjayjae_
      @jjayjae_ 3 года назад

      @@sceu25 I'm not going to argue with you on that, but I can say from personal experience that roll step is much less strenuous than high step and it's much harder to maintain nice tone quality as a woodwind while dancing or high stepping than it is when roll stepping. Roll stepping was literally created to alleviate many of the tone quality issues that come with high stepping, so the only reason I could possibly see DCI being harder in any way is the complexity of the shows.

  • @alaynajenkins9585
    @alaynajenkins9585 6 лет назад +542

    She could just be a director fr tho 😂

    • @Tay73452
      @Tay73452 6 лет назад +57

      Some people would rather be in a marching band than leading one

    • @jacoblong3541
      @jacoblong3541 6 лет назад +10

      TayTay3000isAwesome Yeah im going to college for music education and I’m gonna be in dca till my body gives lol

    • @robr2882
      @robr2882 6 лет назад

      Jacob Long or until you reach the age limit

    • @TheJesusSixSixSix
      @TheJesusSixSixSix 6 лет назад

      DCA/CI is pricey got any tips to help pay for it?

    • @jacoblong3541
      @jacoblong3541 6 лет назад +7

      Ryan Blank A job

  • @amywingo5598
    @amywingo5598 6 лет назад +197

    I was in the WVU Drumline in 1995. I remember Dawn, glad she's still in the marching band. We called her "grandma" back then and she was like 30! Good memories...

    • @shianneferrell8268
      @shianneferrell8268 6 лет назад +3

      Amy Wingo the name Grandma is still going strong and so is she!❤️

    • @blind_t2
      @blind_t2 5 лет назад

      Shianne Ferrell I wonder if she was there for their appearance at Macy’s about a year or so back.

  • @kungfuken432
    @kungfuken432 6 лет назад +157

    There's kids 30 years younger than her that don't run back to resets

  • @charethcutestory6197
    @charethcutestory6197 6 лет назад +169

    The band dir looks old and young at the same time

    • @ewediee
      @ewediee 6 лет назад +7

      Kaydee F. “How old are you?” Him: “somewhere between 7 and 60”

    • @NameIsNotAvailable
      @NameIsNotAvailable 4 года назад

      Ikr he looks like 10 year old with an old man filter

  • @jadenbise2976
    @jadenbise2976 6 лет назад +44

    She is living her best life... marching band truly is an ecstasy... it’s a high that you don’t want to come down from. All of the blood, sweat and tears make everything about an 8 minute show that will last a lifetime.

    • @lyncaho4507
      @lyncaho4507 4 года назад

      Very nicely said 👍👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Phoenix684
    @Phoenix684 6 лет назад +74

    Band is life! It stays in your blood for life!!!

    • @kellysquared2
      @kellysquared2 6 лет назад

      Феникс лионь YES!! 🙌🏻

    • @williamsturley6631
      @williamsturley6631 3 года назад

      Phillip: My granddaughter has opened a whole world of joy for me. She loves music, is very talented, and is a leader in her school's marching band. She has played jazz with the University of Michigan School of Music since she was 14. And lucky for me - she has drawn me into a whole world that makes me happy here at the end of my life. You're right music becomes part of you and its power to create happiness never diminishes.

  • @jonathanbreckenridge4758
    @jonathanbreckenridge4758 6 лет назад +41

    She has a beautiful heart and is still young looking.

  • @MountyDawg20
    @MountyDawg20 6 лет назад +28

    Dawn LOVE her! I was there at the beginning. Nobody has ever loved it more!

  • @kaycancelled1475
    @kaycancelled1475 6 лет назад +78

    I'm low key jealous

  • @dalilagodinez7269
    @dalilagodinez7269 6 лет назад +28

    Where do you see yourself in 30 years?
    Me

  • @rattgurl
    @rattgurl 6 лет назад +14

    "what do you think you'll be doing in 30 years?"
    me:
    (i love marching band a hella lot)

  • @Sky-gd7cw
    @Sky-gd7cw 3 года назад +5

    Omg I’m so jealous of this woman. I’m graduating from my college in December and I don’t want to leave my band.

  • @readinguy24
    @readinguy24 6 лет назад +14

    I would love to meet her!

  • @michaelquevedo8467
    @michaelquevedo8467 6 лет назад +4

    When band is life

  • @aayzhuhh
    @aayzhuhh 5 лет назад +4

    I wanna be like that when I grow older. After college I’m not gonna wanna leave it all behind

  • @edjarrett3164
    @edjarrett3164 Год назад

    Wow! That’s so impressive and also mentoring the youngsters. It doesn’t get better than that.

  • @candace7486
    @candace7486 2 месяца назад

    Brings a tear!

  • @brothaNblue
    @brothaNblue 6 лет назад +92

    I'm so jealous.

    • @makaylahatesyou6703
      @makaylahatesyou6703 6 лет назад

      BrothaNBlue2 why?

    • @brothaNblue
      @brothaNblue 6 лет назад +4

      +memes are my life Because doing band, WGI, and DCI were some of happiest times of my life. It sucks that I'll never get to participate in them ever again.

    • @kellysquared2
      @kellysquared2 6 лет назад

      BrothaNBlue2 find an all-age DCA Corps near you!

    • @brothaNblue
      @brothaNblue 6 лет назад +2

      +Kelly Kelley There aren't any in CO where I live. Closest one is probably Minnesota Brass

  • @treestump6558
    @treestump6558 6 лет назад +5

    a true band geek

  • @robertboyce7919
    @robertboyce7919 6 лет назад +1

    I have a 52 year old that is still marking in a Drum Corps (North Star) and she is not the oldest in the corps. She started to march when she is 7 years old, quit to go to college at 18 and now she is back at it again. Oh, and she loves it.

  • @katchen2626
    @katchen2626 6 лет назад +6

    The real band geek

  • @bsoloist12
    @bsoloist12 6 лет назад +3

    Everything that was said here is correct! Ms. Dawn West is an amazing person and teacher! I had her all through Elementary school at PCES and learned so much from her! She was one of my favorite teachers and I knew she was in the band cause my dad had season tickets to WVU games through school and she knew where we sat! Every home game I spotted her and she would walk over after pregame and wave. She was always there for the students and her room was decorated in WVU and spongebob attire!

  • @2068anthony
    @2068anthony 6 лет назад +1

    I love this !!

  • @djcpegues
    @djcpegues 6 лет назад +1

    That’s so awesome

  • @kellylindbloom4144
    @kellylindbloom4144 6 лет назад +1

    She's awesome!!!!!

  • @lookingfortalentedpeople
    @lookingfortalentedpeople 6 лет назад +157

    1:28 TRUMP' S Hair

  • @blahcrazy3640
    @blahcrazy3640 6 лет назад +4

    She was so pretty

  • @AboundingGraceBirth
    @AboundingGraceBirth Год назад

    I love this! I miss marching band! ❤

  • @user-gi3ro9rm9k
    @user-gi3ro9rm9k 6 лет назад +27

    If mb was a job, id take it

    • @abigails8507
      @abigails8507 6 лет назад +2

      Q _ Q drum corps

    • @tannersparrow5588
      @tannersparrow5588 4 года назад +2

      Uhhhh dci drum corps have a limited age range, 19-21

    • @classicalytrumpet9190
      @classicalytrumpet9190 3 года назад +1

      @@abigails8507 DCI costs around $5000 per season to be in it. You dont get paid

    • @sceu25
      @sceu25 3 года назад

      @@tannersparrow5588You can’t march DCI after you’re twenty-two. I’ve seen sixteen year olds march Blue Devils and there was a ten year old in Ink.

  • @mnsirens
    @mnsirens 6 лет назад

    BAND GOALS

  • @isacheesa4616
    @isacheesa4616 6 лет назад +1

    she's living my dream

  • @Oldguyfromwayback
    @Oldguyfromwayback 6 лет назад +21

    What a great story. Bully for her.

  • @emmaleblanc8825
    @emmaleblanc8825 6 лет назад +1

    Oh my god I wish I could stay in my band that long

  • @pyenme
    @pyenme 4 года назад +3

    This made me so homesick for the days I was in HS Marching Band - truly a life-shaping experience that still elicits an emotional response. I am 61, and I have fuzzy 1970's video of performances that give me goosebumps - and the cherished memory of marching in the Rose Parade when I was 15. Maybe only those who truly embraced the culture will understand. Hurrah for this lady who is still able to live that dream!

  • @highschoolnerd1810
    @highschoolnerd1810 6 лет назад +25

    But can she scream tho?

  • @Tamaraalkhateeb
    @Tamaraalkhateeb 6 лет назад +5

    I play trumpet. Will I stay in my college marching band forever??

  • @ProfSnipes1
    @ProfSnipes1 6 лет назад +1

    Nice!!!
    I️ know the feeling !

  • @kathrynh4008
    @kathrynh4008 6 лет назад

    She is my hero

  • @tobytcc930
    @tobytcc930 6 лет назад

    ONE OF US!!

  • @marsandbeyond3104
    @marsandbeyond3104 6 лет назад +10

    Why is this actually me though???

  • @DarkEpicPheonix
    @DarkEpicPheonix 6 лет назад +5

    If you can march in a band with golden sousaphones obviously nothings gonna stop you.

  • @lyncaho4507
    @lyncaho4507 4 года назад +1

    Why grow up? She's making a living *and* living her dream!! Anyone else jealous?😉✌️

  • @ideematterboyorryley6146
    @ideematterboyorryley6146 6 лет назад

    YOU GOOO

  • @poppybell2209
    @poppybell2209 10 месяцев назад

    Oh my god. She was “grandma” back in 2001 when I was also in the WVU marching band, the “Pride”!!!!

  • @sshyiam9687
    @sshyiam9687 6 лет назад

    The trumpet will live on forever
    Hail the trumpet!!!

  • @eugenechristian56
    @eugenechristian56 6 лет назад

    Nice keep it up!!!👍👍

  • @larenr9077
    @larenr9077 6 лет назад +1

    Dang

  • @meggrotte4760
    @meggrotte4760 3 года назад +2

    I think if I were her I would just start a after school program school for marching band why not

  • @etheriusmoon1809
    @etheriusmoon1809 6 лет назад +11

    me when I grow up xd

  • @Peccos
    @Peccos 4 года назад +1

    dang that note at 1:55

  • @Encyclopedist
    @Encyclopedist 6 лет назад

    Reading Buccaneers had at least one member who was over 50 when they won the DCA championship in 2015.

  • @katiemorgan8788
    @katiemorgan8788 6 лет назад

    Wish I could stay in high school band

  • @Dulchannel7789
    @Dulchannel7789 6 лет назад

    here in the netherlands its quite normal that people of this age make music in a marching band, my band is not related to a school it's a music society and we have young members from 9 years old to members who are about 60+ years of age. but there are also bands who keep young (under 16) seperated with a youth band.

  • @blakejohnson9823
    @blakejohnson9823 4 года назад +3

    Did she realise she can just take drum corps instead of college band forever?

  • @sagesparks1578
    @sagesparks1578 6 лет назад +3

    I'm gonna be like her

  • @sethdgeorg3900
    @sethdgeorg3900 6 лет назад

    I'm from west virginia

  • @Srgfowler
    @Srgfowler 6 лет назад

    JSU Marching Southerners has an older person like that he is in the same class as me.

  • @sonnykilgallon825
    @sonnykilgallon825 6 лет назад +3

    And still looking fine.

  • @rebeccawoods8579
    @rebeccawoods8579 6 лет назад +9

    okay im highkey jealous

  • @pngiles8984
    @pngiles8984 6 лет назад

    Morgantown is one of those places where the rules just don't apply (unless you're the MPA)... regardless, this is still a neat story! Go 'Eers!

  • @christianmclaughlin8945
    @christianmclaughlin8945 6 лет назад +11

    Why doesn’t she do DCA then?

  • @evanblalock9744
    @evanblalock9744 6 лет назад +1

    Well the drum corps alternative

  • @spamaccount1513
    @spamaccount1513 4 года назад

    Why not do dca?

  • @morgangreenlee2091
    @morgangreenlee2091 6 лет назад

    What was the song they were singing at the end

  • @ZanSingsOkay
    @ZanSingsOkay 4 года назад

    Guess I know where I'm going to college

  • @Emmett--Draws
    @Emmett--Draws 6 лет назад +1

    35 years of marching???? Whaatttt???

  • @kenfaulkner2695
    @kenfaulkner2695 6 лет назад

    Someone tell this woman about DCA

  • @Zlnfgz
    @Zlnfgz 3 года назад

    When the cause and effect form an unending cycle....

  • @oldaccount64
    @oldaccount64 6 лет назад

    TRUMPET IS BAE. I play trumpet

  • @Mika-hv1sx
    @Mika-hv1sx 4 года назад

    Me at 50:

  • @people-shit666
    @people-shit666 3 года назад

    band is so good and I am in band I play the trombone me and my band friends Locked 1 of our friends in a locker it was funny Our teacher Told us to get him out of the locker

  • @kadegainey5123
    @kadegainey5123 4 года назад +1

    This is cool but I would recommend most people just find an all age drum Corp

  • @daniel_k_music
    @daniel_k_music 6 лет назад

    This is gonna be me

  • @Chocolategirl2204
    @Chocolategirl2204 6 лет назад

    this is going to be me

  • @kittensneezes
    @kittensneezes 6 лет назад +4

    Same though

  • @afdsadf147852369
    @afdsadf147852369 6 лет назад

    DCA? Damn.

  • @Dominos104
    @Dominos104 6 лет назад +11

    That's what DCA is for...

    • @ryanberardi68
      @ryanberardi68 6 лет назад +1

      Dominos104 you march? I do

    • @Dominos104
      @Dominos104 6 лет назад

      Ryan Berardi I marched Atlanta CV before I aged out and I'm going to audition for them again this season. DCA is such a great activity.

    • @jacoblong3541
      @jacoblong3541 6 лет назад +1

      Dominos104 I’m trying out for them too

    • @rileyrazor
      @rileyrazor 6 лет назад +1

      Yay! CV!

    • @ryanberardi68
      @ryanberardi68 6 лет назад +1

      Im the tuba section leader at bushwackers!

  • @drpeppers59
    @drpeppers59 6 лет назад +1

    At least she plays trumpet

  • @depressionbynicole-.
    @depressionbynicole-. 6 лет назад +4

    I'm From WV lol and I'm in the high school band (Preston Marching Knights)

  • @aprilcrane6913
    @aprilcrane6913 6 лет назад +1

    I’m confused on the I love a good parade thing. Is he just ignorant or do they do parades and field shows cause it looks like they do field shows.

  • @chadmcphee6083
    @chadmcphee6083 6 лет назад

    What kind of tuba section just lets them just lay all round?????? No lines?

  • @andreweinmo1657
    @andreweinmo1657 6 лет назад +2

    For those of you who saw my earlier comment, sorry for being snarky. Had a pretty bad day and was letting off some steam. I didn’t know DCA was an all age group. I thought it followed DCI rules but I guess not.

  • @tubadude07
    @tubadude07 Год назад

    so wait, is she in school again and just doing MB for fun?

  • @oshura2506
    @oshura2506 6 лет назад

    They're corps style how can you find that fun

  • @colecoffee7794
    @colecoffee7794 6 лет назад

    Id rather DCI or Highschool Marching Band

  • @jayleanpina7459
    @jayleanpina7459 3 года назад

    Why don’t they just hire her as the marching band instructor or something??? Lol, i mean idk if that’s a thing but surely there is something.

  • @bluesamuraientertainment9863
    @bluesamuraientertainment9863 6 лет назад

    If she's been in college for a long time imagine the paychecks lol

    • @gerardoburciaga4757
      @gerardoburciaga4757 6 лет назад

      Warframe Productions YT it's not that much tbh if you are in college and doing marching band it can atleast pay off 1 year term class at most 2

  • @haroldgilbert9202
    @haroldgilbert9202 6 лет назад

    And she has adult braces, too.

  • @leightonandrade8755
    @leightonandrade8755 6 лет назад +2

    But she still gets sausage lmao

  • @pharella8815
    @pharella8815 6 лет назад

    300th liker.

  • @martinnorlin4811
    @martinnorlin4811 Год назад

    We've got two 70 year olds, take that

  • @kams7170
    @kams7170 6 лет назад

    Grandma? She's only 52. I'm sure the kids in the band have mothers that age

  • @earlviney5212
    @earlviney5212 3 года назад

    Should have joined drum and bugle corps its better.

  • @TheMudsnake
    @TheMudsnake 6 лет назад +2

    As much as I love band, this just seems kind of weird.

  • @dancouldbeonfirebutheschoo2817
    @dancouldbeonfirebutheschoo2817 6 лет назад +5

    Can't she just do DCI?

    • @slepp3843
      @slepp3843 6 лет назад +2

      DanCouldBeOnFire ButHeSchoosesNotTo she's too old now.
      DCI is 13-21 yrs

    • @dancouldbeonfirebutheschoo2817
      @dancouldbeonfirebutheschoo2817 6 лет назад

      Pop But but she's not too old for highschool?

    • @riddlebobby
      @riddlebobby 6 лет назад

      She could do the DCA circuit, there's no age out limit

  • @ishmamahmed7742
    @ishmamahmed7742 6 лет назад +5

    I thought that you're not supposed to hold the trumpet up that hugh. The saliva comes back down

    • @lucasunruh6124
      @lucasunruh6124 6 лет назад +2

      That's how you know you're doing it right haha. I play trombone so it has more space for spit to accumulate but even slightly above parallel it's a problem.

    • @ishmamahmed7742
      @ishmamahmed7742 6 лет назад +1

      Lucas Unruh lol brass problems

    • @chrispyb1916
      @chrispyb1916 6 лет назад +1

      It's called box

  • @gabrielebisu1682
    @gabrielebisu1682 6 лет назад

    If only dci had a increase with age cap to 28

  • @Abby-wj5je
    @Abby-wj5je 6 лет назад

    Why not do DCI why still a university

    • @TomAndJerry87
      @TomAndJerry87 6 лет назад +1

      She aged out like 30 years ago lol
      She should do DCA

  • @christianboose444
    @christianboose444 6 лет назад

    Geez, I wish I liked marching band that much. But I hated it.