Avon Marching Black & Gold 2015. "Black Gold". BOA Grand National Finals.

Richard Hinshaw Visual Design. www.richardhins...
2015 BOA Grand Nationals, 3rd place.
Artistic Direction and Color Guard design by Daniel Wiles. Music design by Jay Bocook and David Reeves.

[@KyloBarley]

Avon resident here, I’m currently in middle school, picked trombone and became the best trombone player in my school, earned the band directors award in 6th grade (840 6th graders in my school), made all region band 1st trombone, trying for all state. I’m just baffled my town is one of the giants of the marching world, joining the marching band in a couple years. Also my band teacher has a wall of all state gold awards from 2006. Go orioles!

[@korialogo]

GLGL kid!

[@KyloBarley]

@@korialogo all region was a banger

[@KyloBarley]

@@korialogo I didn’t do all state tho cus getting in was hella complicated 💀

[@Aztex_]

Gl man! I graduated from Avon in 2022, hell of a ride! Enjoy it while you can, lol.

[@ag225-ml]

look at how sick hard that drill was? The music sounds like Hebron 2021! Did they get a new director? Why don't they sound like this anymore?

[@CDAWGS123]

Matt Harloff is now the main director. Jay Webb retired after 2021. Marching band as an activity has changed a lot since I marched (2012-2015). Definitely more of a visual style now than it was 10-15 years ago

[@rylandcook5237]

Avon Drum and Bugle Corps sounding tasty

[@TheSoftballstar1261]

🤣

[@amberaikins387]

Marching band goals, right here. 😍❤

[@macwinlin]

That Bocook work starting at 11:06 from The Cadets 2007 hits. Love it! Very memorable tunes.

[@nolanl2086]

ya know i am in fishers, and we thought we did pretty good. Its easy to forget why avon and carmel are the top dogs when you havent watched them in awhile. They are just so good

[@kevenrosa.]

7:28 😍YESSS OMGGGG

[@andrewhxrris]

Today, November 10th, 2018, we played old hundredth (the chorale in the beginning) for the freshmen in this video. They’re veterans now. Any Avon kid will know what I’m talking about. I couldn’t be prouder of them. March on.

[@CDAWGS123]

Andrew Harris wish I was apart of that. I was in the Pit so never got to experience that final Old Hundreth. Still always emotional hearing it on the field every performance

[@andrewhxrris]

happy 4 years lol i aged out and I’m tired of it lmfao

[@zenipinheiro2878]

I LOVE MARCHING BANDS

[@pinks_heart104]

I'm in the color guard at HamiltonSoutheastern High School and when we went to compete at Ben Davis this year, some people came up to me and a few other guard members and they were like " Hey you're Avon right?" XD we just looked at them like how could you think we're Avon???? Avon is way better than us

[@KyloBarley]

Avon resident here, when my 6th grade teacher was introducing us to the band, he told a story where JAPANESE STUDENTS were exited to meet the Avon Band 😂

[@bentheslug1588]

7:20!!

[@TheSoftballstar1261]

😱

[@theaskew]

That brass impact moment was incredible!

[@wheniwasyourage4418]

It was ok considering how many of them there are that battery was sick.

[@kenm6835]

@@wheniwasyourage4418 and who are you? 😂 you have no idea what you’re talking about.

[@owenb362]

Video starts at 1:51

[@owenb362]

I'm from Avon Indiana in that same band program with The Wagoner etc.

[@chrissanders1043]

thanks

[@lukabetts301]

The sad thing is that a small band like mine would never be given this opportunity because it isn't funded like all these huge bands that go to nationals.

[@adamhills3925]

My band is smallish and we are funded all through parents and fees but we are still able to travel to Nats

[@tbonetime3568]

Tristen Naquin they're able to go because their school gives the funding to go and the skill brings them to finals

[@troyharkcom6441]

School funding is actually rarely the case for things like BOA. State marching contest is normally the only thing the school board will fund but the rest is done by fees from the students. These groups have fees up to $1000 to afford the trips done and props made

[@VenomEmperor]

@@troyharkcom6441 No wonder my school's marching band is nowhere as good. I don't remember the fees being that high. I wish our music and arrangement was at least as decent as this.

[@BookGuy1]

@@troyharkcom6441 only $1000?

[@wendysfriesready296]

6:27 ur welcome.

[@jnwpercussion]

hello wendy

[@wendysfriesready296]

@@jnwpercussion hello

[@andrewhxrris]

Why does the description say 3rd place when they got 2nd that year? 97.00 baby

[@MrDallasboi]

They should have won!!

[@keriannemusic]

What song is at 8:12?

[@jakey477]

lacrimosa

[@paulietteburnett7270]

Hello Primary Princesses And Prince Terrica Markeisha Tamara Joley Marwaun Johnnie Milo Caron Julian Judaism Judah Jude Judgment Judged Judge's Action Activities Law Lawyers Kings Kingdom's 🤴 👸 👑 ♠️ 🏰 📖 📜

[@donnie1150]

Woodwinds?

[@MyRickbo]

Check out at 7;30 Look familiar?

[@yvonnesun641]

There are 3 conductors...

[@justhappy7765]

Yvonne Sun that’s what marching band has, and they are called drum majors☺️

[@yvonnesun641]

Trinity Gram omg, I did not know that, thank u for telling me that 😁

[@justhappy7765]

Np

[@badvibebryan1798]

Big marching bands like avon only have the capability of a good and clean sound....drill....meh. Also it's not a surprise that avon has a lot of props...at least they got a school that actually cares about the band and fine arts program.

[@w0lfman394]

Avon receives zero funding from the school. There is actually a referendum in place at the moment that will cut the arts if it passes

[@iggydaddies3831]

Avon is an example of PARENTS that want their children to succeed... and actually get out there and get involved.

[@KyloBarley]

I swear my schools (avon resident btw) the biggest room in the whole building besides the gym, is the band room lol!

[@loudplanetlive5080]

Backing tracks and synthesizers. That's some weak shit right there. DCI started a bad, bad trend.

[@zanemeek9042]

DCI is inherently conservative - it's too risky to try things like that until they've been proven at another level so I doubt DCI started the trend. Plus, it's not as though the kids don't have to play or march. It's an "in-addition-to" thing, not an "in-place-of"

[@WapoStudios]

Not really sure what these "backing tracks" are unless you're talking about the atmospheric synth parts. The winds playing in the beginning are in one of the oil rigs, so that's not backtracked at all. I'm 100% sure everything here is being performed having seen this show multiple times.

[@sarahgalassini5188]

Wasn’t this 2014?

[@josephstalin4961]

If this was judged based on difficulty it would be last

[@KarlaLopez-sp8dc]

Why would the performance be based on difficulty its mostly all about how well the music is played not how well or very big and extravagant the performance is

[@jakey477]

Joseph Stalin quite falso

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

Joseph Stalin For a high school marching around 180 at some points not really. They keep the forms remarkably clean for a high school while maintaining a good sound and staying in time. Granted they do jazz running occasionally (as in without playing and just going to the sets) but they don't do that half as much as a lot of bands these days, especially when you look at the Woodlands.

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

Nicholas DiPalmo I really wish that I could give this about 10 more likes

[@joshuaferry2095]

You don’t get judged on how hard the show is, you get judged on how well you do it.