Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums. Caden Cunningham's Graduation March.

[@NeTxGrl]

Nice to see young people doing something positive like this and honoring our heritage.

[@starmotorsports8937]

I got the pleasure of practicing and performing with these guys and their truly amazing.

[@kamikazeyamamoto4545]

The sounds of battle that challenged the most powerful nation/empire in the world, defeated it and created the greatest and freest nation in the history of mankind.. This is the sound of freedom. It gives me goosebumps and makes me proud to be an American. God Bless those brave Colonials, a ragtag bunch of farmers and simple common folk that took up arms against tyranny and won. God Bless America. (salute)

[@vostokcosomonaut5205]

Ahhh yes when France and her puny allies took on Britain and lost.

[@fast1919]

Don't get to carried away now

[@timesthree5757]

@widhbnw efDwdwDW Um yes they did challenge. Yes, they were British. Yes, they fought British rule. Yes, they did win. It does not matter what you were it matters who you are. Yes, you should challenge the government when they raise taxes. However it was not really the taxes that was the issue. It was the lack of representation in parliament.

[@footscorn]

I think I'm going to vomit.

[@aemmcla9505]

Very cool video of the fife and Drums in Colonial Williamsburg. Thank you for uploading this. Awesome

[@samuelveniere4203]

Totally amazing. 'would love to see you guys in Quebec!

[@csvickers151]

Wow the fifes and drums a well known British tradition that Iv not seen even here in Britain for a while. But just a quick question why are they not in blue coats and still wear the red coats of the British army of the time??? Is it more to do with heritage??

[@craigjc3]

During the American Revolution the non-combantants(musicians) wore the color of the enemy so they would not be fired upon. This is the Virginia State Garrison Regiment.

[@Cicero1689]

Why do you think that is? 🤔

[@jnlaf]

Very enjoyable video,,,thank you..

[@bartenderextraordinaire919]

Joe .LaFata Thanks for watching Joe. I think this is a great performance. Very high energy and crisp drumming.

[@alfredrodriguez7106]

They should be in a movie with that pays tribute to that era. They look like the real deal. ( Where do they get those beautiful uniforms I wonder?)....

[@craigjc3]

The instruments and the uniform are provided by Colonial Williamsburg.

[@alfredrodriguez7106]

@@craigjc3 i.see.. are they available for public purchase..by any chance??? Would make a great cosplay.... Ty for responding...

[@craigjc3]

@@alfredrodriguez7106 The Colonial Williamsburg costume shop tailor makes them for the Fife and Drum corp. If you were buy one from them it would be $2K.

[@alfredrodriguez7106]

@@craigjc3 ... wowwww..not surprised though... But maybe one day..lii just do it...the looks I would get are Price less so it's Worth the price... Ty for responding.. (all the best.)

[@danbailey8182]

Fantastic. Now how heavy are those snare drums?

[@spencer_fife_and_drum_john9152]

They really arent that heavy

[@crosbonit]

When I went to colonial Williamsburg, the fife and drum corp that played and marched didn't' look this fancy. They only had on white shirts. But the drumming was more inspiring that this. I would have run out and picked up a musket to fight the Brits if I were around back then if I had heard what I heard at Willliamsburg.

[@michaelriordan8265]

you only beat us because we had been fighting the rest of the world.. and your lot wouldn't have known how to sail to England.. Americans don't even know how to march

[@summerrosesutton3073]

Were the musicians back in the 1700s considered as "non-combatants" by the opposing forces and thereby not subjected to being fired upon? OR were they considered "fair game" and easy targets? Are these band members portraying Pre-Revolutionary War band members, or after the War started and was in effect?

[@craigjc3]

Correct. The musicians were non-combatants and were not to be fired upon. The Colonial Williamsburg F&D portray the Va state garrison regiment which was active during the Revolutionary war.

[@summerrosesutton3073]

@@craigjc3 Thanks Craig. Colonial Williamsburg is most definitely on my "bucketlist", hopefully for 2019. I want to visit the entire "historical triangle" in that area. Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg.

[@craigjc3]

Video credit to Mr. Baker. Thank you!

[@thomascooke6149]

Was that SOMF at the end??

[@spencer_fife_and_drum_john9152]

Yes

[@starmotorsports8937]

Hey do you know what ear plugs they use during practice?

[@Fireinahorn]

05:45 was a pretty awesome tune

[@craigjc3]

Thanks for watching. Here is a video of just that tune. Carlin is your Daughter ready? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHK0eamFgceMrpY

[@kamikazeyamamoto4545]

Their yelling reminds me of the "Rebel Yell" made famous by Confederate soldiers during the next war fought on American soil less than a century later.

[@mister-v-3086]

Among the drummers: In the front rank, far left, that boy is wearing a white epaulet on his left shoulder. No one else is. Please, what does this signify??

[@Drumstyx939]

The white epaulet on his shoulder signifies him being the rank of First Sergeant, which is an appointed leadership position within the corps. The first sergeant serves as an assistant to the section leader, who wears a red epaulet.

[@mister-v-3086]

@@Drumstyx939 Thank you...I may have more questions, later

[@Drumstyx939]

No problem! I’ll be glad to answer them!

[@Punisherfan123]

So much horse dung on the road. Someone should've cleaned that beforehand, did you see how many people had to step in it?

[@portagoosey]

They have people that go every morning with huge vacuums to clean the horse droppings. They can't keep up with it during the day, and the fife and drum corps are trained to walked right through it. The whole point is to keep things authentic during open hours. Vacuums aren't very authentic.

[@Emotator]

Are these supposed to be soldiers of the continental army?

[@craigjc3]

Yes. They are American field musicians. They wear red because they are Non-combatants. Thanks for watching.

[@vids4kidstv]

Why do they wear red?

[@craigjc3]

+Vids4Kids.tv good question. Fifers and Drummers are Non combatants so they wear the same color as the enemy.

[@vids4kidstv]

Thanks, that makes total sense :-)

[@dawnperkins3094]

As non-combatants, they wear the colors in reverse. So the revolutionary uniform was blue with red trim, the non-combatants would be red with blue trim.

[@vids4kidstv]

Oh, that makes perfect sense 😄. Thank you

[@taylorwilliams6866]

War was considered a gentleman's game, and in that gentleman's game, it was considered bad form to knock out your opponents means of communication. What if they wanted to surrender or retreat? This would have been impossible without the aid of the fifers and drummers, so this is why they wore the opposite colors. The continental army wore blue coats with red facings, so the fifers and drummers wore red coats with blue facings. This considered themselves neutral.

[@Sam-sr1jx]

Those red ranks.

[@gatolocoverga152]

rule britannia in america

[@timothyfogarty2461]

I'd never wear that red coat

[@jerematthewjohnson223]

we lobsterback offense my family has been here since 1723

[@vostokcosomonaut5205]

cringe.