Day In the Life Of Marching Band

[@oliviagarnett4239]

Yall have like a four course meal. At comps we usually get like chips and a water. If its further away we might go somewhere. 😂

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah we had parents who were happy to cook. So the band bought ingredients at Costco. And the parents make like pasta and stuff. It’s easier to buy in bulk

[@captainjirk9564]

I don't even know these kids but after watching this now I do. Through the universal connection of marching band. We were united across years, a timeless connection. Something really special is in this video and it doesn't take a whole lot to figure it out.

[@CarlosPuchol]

That is precisely what I tried to get out of the video

[@waisaaa]

OKAY BUT I CANT HELP BUT NOTICE THAT YOUR PLUMES LOOK LIKE THOSE MOPS IN A CAR WASH 😂 I LOVE IT

[@CarlosPuchol]

Bahaha. Yes. Yes they do!

[@Baby_Man_Crow]

They need to wash their car some how XD

[@raffaelevinzon9687]

Tbh if ur not in marching band, ur missin out on so much fun

[@CarlosPuchol]

Soooo trueee

[@allisonlee5168]

and pain lol

[@CarlosPuchol]

Omg. Yeah. It’s a workouttttt!

[@CarlosPuchol]

No Way! you switched on and off the field. that's pretty cool. must have been a lot of coordination to practice with both sections.

[@jewels4236]

So true

[@reaganthompson1766]

Wow its cool to see how diff bands are, im in north texas and have 2400 kids at my school with a 300+ person band and striking how differently the bands work even though we still have our little chants and cheers

[@reaganthompson1766]

Im a wakeland hs, we at the san antonio state competition if you want to see it

[@CarlosPuchol]

Wow. It’s funny how even so far away a lot of the quirks and chants and stuff are so similar! And yeah. I’ll have to find you guys!

[@shrimpman9545]

Reagan Thompson dang we have 3400 kids and only 120-ish people in our marching band

[@alexandriatelgenhoff5102]

Reagan Thompson I'm at Aledo hs!

[@CarlosPuchol]

I love this community! Everyone is friendly

[@mishka6248]

being in a small band seems like such a cool experience, because everyone is friends with everyone!

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yes! Definitely had some “grass is greener on the other side” moments, but small band was awesome because everyone was very close

[@stop4683]

Came here for the title, but stayed once I saw this was at my school's comp haha. Hope to see you guys back again this year!

[@CarlosPuchol]

Me too! I probably won’t be filming tho!

[@stop4683]

Carlos Puchol Ohhhh haha sorry I just realized that you were just their videographer and not one of the band members, my bad. Great vid though btw!! It’s so awesome that you did this

[@CarlosPuchol]

I was a band member but when I shot this I was an alumni!

[@stop4683]

Carlos Puchol Ah, that makes sense. Dang though that’s cool, it must be a lot of fun being able to relive high school marching again & to see the new generations for a day

[@CarlosPuchol]

It was great! All the fun with non of the work haha!

[@alextomtom5531]

Awesome vid brings back so many great memories my 4 years in high school marching band they were the best 4 years of my life miss them terribly....the early morning practices, Friday night football games, competitions and parades.

[@CarlosPuchol]

I completely agree! It was like having a social life with friends that loved the same stuff you did

[@scherzo7224]

I didn't know they did choir. 😂

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah. We tried to sing our part as much as possible. It helps with internalizing the pitches and what other part are around you.

[@Nick-xf3yw]

I currently go to this school and am in marching band. It’s crazy watching the band from years past. I see friends who are older now but still go to the school. Awesome vid and I’m glad I found it!

[@CarlosPuchol]

Share with your friends! Maybe Johnny will have me back to make another video

[@zav.i]

5:26 this chord reminds me of the Bluecoats ballad in 2014 Hymn Of Axciom

[@CarlosPuchol]

It may be. I don’t remember tbh

[@SKP_Joos]

Its the same key I think... i hear what ya mean🖒

[@CarlosPuchol]

Beautiful chord. And that’s a beautiful hymn

[@hayleyturnau9762]

Ha! I love it 😂 Marching band is the best!!

[@CarlosPuchol]

I love it too! Marching band is a way of life

[@CarlosPuchol]

Today I found myself doing breathing exercises at work

[@ketchupfries7521]

I've only marched in one parade. We didn't do anything cool just walked as best as we could, but I was also a freshman. This all looks so cool!

[@CarlosPuchol]

We had training for it

[@lolitscreamer9871]

our marching band is like the same way we warm up sing our parts just got fun play our songs and all have fun at the same time !!

[@CarlosPuchol]

That’s the best way to do it!!!

[@starrynight5050]

Lol I'm in the James Logan marching band so I sort of flipped when I saw this. Hope everyone had a good time and comes again!

[@CarlosPuchol]

Definitely!!!!! Great to see a Bay Area band on here!

[@sailorsavvy9690]

I LOVE the Newsies!! So cool that you all know!

[@CarlosPuchol]

They ALL know! It was awesome to watch

[@ismaelcarcamo9250]

Gotta love the announcer “the score is 70.05. I say again 70.05 is the score” 😂😂

[@karlwilker579]

Nice to see a band that likes the Newsies.

[@CarlosPuchol]

YEAH! Love it!!

[@TheGhostOfTK]

On the bus I have to sit beside an annoying conversation controlling kid and I asked my director"can I ride on the roof" he said If you were Spiderman I'm looking for a spider and working on some gloves as we speak 😂😂😂

[@CarlosPuchol]

HAHAHA. well lmk when you get it up and running

[@JoLynnPaulsen0402]

It's so fun watching how other bands work! I absolutely love summer marching band with the parades. but marching season only consists of two comps for us and it's a lil sad. it's always cold during our football games too, ugh!

[@CarlosPuchol]

Oh man. Where are you at? You should come down and join a season in CA with us

[@baileywychulis723]

Man I wish we had tables to sit at during competitions...Also you should see if you can follow our band, we're the Liberty High School Marching Band based in CO Springs 150 ish people and weird staff and kids all around

[@CarlosPuchol]

If you get me an invite then I can try and be there

[@jakelabovitz9646]

You should see if you can follow our band for a day. We’re in Cupertino (Homestead High). We have a 200+ person band. Also, is that the Independence High competition? We might have been there.

[@CarlosPuchol]

You invite me and I’m there!

[@CarlosPuchol]

DM me on insta! @pucholvlogs I’d be happy to make a rendition of Homestead High. Talk to the Director and lmk!

[@jkitchen2003]

The snares are playing match grip smh

[@Natearl13]

Jackson Why does it matter lol

[@arosalez11]

@@Natearl13 Match grip is lazy teaching/lazy learning

[@Natearl13]

Alex Rosalez I guess, but traditional grip is just really uncomfortable. The sticks always cut my fingers when I use it.

[@arosalez11]

@@Natearl13 traditional gave me a hard time at first too, but you have to practice it and get calluses, just like 4 mallet Burton's grip or 4 mallet Stevens grip

[@arosalez11]

@@ian-go1ih Modern snare drums are snare drums used for concert band. If we're talking marching snare drums, then many (if not all) marching snare drums are manufactured to have a tilt so that you can play traditional, like back in the days where soldiers carried around the field drum.

[@kaylinanglin2520]

So much newsies ahahahahah

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah! It was their field show that year! It was super cool to watch!

[@nicholasjohnson6133]

How many trumpets are in this band? It's hard to tell from the pictures. Let's go high brass!!

[@CarlosPuchol]

Hmm. I want to say at least 6. So probably between 6-10 trumpet players

[@nicholasjohnson6133]

That's cool. Our band has about 16

[@CarlosPuchol]

Wow!!! That’s awesome. Basically double. That’s insane!

[@yckio5524]

Where are the baritone saxophones?

[@CarlosPuchol]

I don’t think we had any Bari’s that year! I know, so sad :(

[@ellielegler338]

wow. that's pretty accurate, at least for a smaller band like I'm in. the food though, wow

[@CarlosPuchol]

I think we were pretty pampered

[@mckenzye8433]

this video helps a lot cause i’ll be marching next year!

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yay. I’m excited for you. You are going to have a blast!!!

[@amelia2381]

do they not have shirts they're supposed to wear under their uniforms? My band (and I'm sure many other bands) get dry fit shirts the we specifically wear under uniform.

[@CarlosPuchol]

We have t shirts they we wear. And then we wear gym shorts as well!

[@CarlosPuchol]

I see...do your regular clothes resemble what the uniform looks like?

[@anonymousfrog1334]

Lyla Laycre really? I’m pretty small (5’ and a bit underweight) but I’ve always just worn the uniform and rolled up the pants. We got new uniforms this year that are a lot more adjustable so it’s for now.

[@kburton10921]

OMG! A Newsies show! Why can’t my band do that that is amazing!

[@CarlosPuchol]

It was so much fun! It was great!

[@lyrics4you355]

Marching band is amazing!😭💓 Yesterday was our last football game and it's hard saying bye to the people that have to leave u just get in touch with them so much that at the end it's hard saying bye😭❤️

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah. It was definitely hard to say goodbye. I miss it very much

[@lyrics4you355]

Yeah😪😭

[@CarlosPuchol]

I understand!

[@joydre3384]

hi! i was wondering what group you’re in at comps. my band looks around the same size, and we’re 3 open (we write our own shows). are you also 3?

[@CarlosPuchol]

I think the comps we were at went my A rating. So our band was 1A. Now (like today) this band is about 70 people and I think they qualify for 2A

[@caracowman3954]

9:53 what was that noise.

[@CarlosPuchol]

Your guess is as good as mine

[@connor3308]

I wish my band would do Contras, and I’m jealous of the kid with the black alto, except heck the altos long live the tenor sax

[@ketchupfries7521]

Isaac yea someone in my band has a black tenor, I would kill for a black tenor.

[@rainalyles7487]

I miss marching season so much

[@CarlosPuchol]

I miss it too. I want to find a way to get back into it

[@gjana]

I love how almost everyone here is already in marching band, and don't know why they're even watching this.

[@CarlosPuchol]

Hahahahahaha

[@amelialeonard5761]

They are playing newsies, my heart has melted

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah!!!

[@allysonpaz4366]

Haha i love like how they use school buses when my school uses charder buses everywhere, even when the school is 5 minutes away

[@CarlosPuchol]

The school buses tend to be more available for us.

[@allysonpaz4366]

true but also i guess a big part of it is that i go to a rich high school idk maybe thats something

[@CarlosPuchol]

That could also be why lol

[@JessGainz]

Nice! Is that Santa Clara CA??

[@CarlosPuchol]

+Jess Gainz yes it is!

[@ange1ito]

ima keep it real wit you chiefs, this was good and all but the music sounds boring.

[@CarlosPuchol]

I understand! It was an ok field show!!!

[@paigea.3394]

Unfortunately most bands have no say in what they perform. My band director won't let us choose because he doesn't think were advanced enough for some of the better ones.

[@CarlosPuchol]

Our band director keeps our field show secret then announces it once he has decided

[@paigea.3394]

@@CarlosPuchol same with ours. We have an auction dinner in March and towards the end of that he'll announce the theme of the next year's show.

[@CarlosPuchol]

Ahh. That’s cool. Our director just held a meeting with the band in the theater to reveal the show

[@JohnSamuelJackson]

But I gotta say, congrats on first place with 70+ points

[@CarlosPuchol]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@catmos6924]

Dem memories tho

[@CarlosPuchol]

YEAH! I MISS IT!

[@Ash.Music.Covers]

Are men allowed to join color guard?

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yes. Anybody can join color guard!!!

[@Ash.Music.Covers]

Okay

[@cheyenneramirez7939]

OH MY GOD! Is that Logan High School? I've competed there twice before! They have turf and not real grass -_-

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah!! I believe it was at Logan! They change the grass all the time. But sometimes it’s like a carpet. And it leaves colorful fibers on your shoes after!

[@avjinderdool2180]

Same. Our score yesterday was 72.81. We also got fourth 🤗

[@CarlosPuchol]

No wayyyy. Niceeee!!! Congrats!!!

[@JaMierhaMcfadden]

Im in a marching band but its a community marching band called dream nation

[@CarlosPuchol]

Wow! And how do you like it?

[@JaMierhaMcfadden]

@@CarlosPuchol i love it its fun

[@CarlosPuchol]

Good! I love it too. It’s such a blast. Is it still going on with Covid?

[@silvericiclez]

You guys march contra????

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yes. We do now. When I was there I marched the Sousaphone. But shortly after they started marching the Contras

[@haileyvelazquez339]

My schools marching band has 30-40 people in it plus maybe 15 people for colorguard.. usually smaller than that. This is weird for me😂

[@CarlosPuchol]

I totally understand!! Also, I miss marching band too!! Send this video to your band members and keep the love for marching band alive!

[@justinbrooks4880]

Where my trumpet squad at??

[@CarlosPuchol]

That’s me!! Wasssup!!!!

[@minivansegway]

Reset/top of the show

[@CarlosPuchol]

UGH. that was the worst when we were like 10 mins before the end of the practice.

[@kaitlyncraig2384]

No gauntlets??

[@CarlosPuchol]

Lol no. Not in that band. I was at a different high school before Santa Clara and they had gauntlets, and I remember they were a pain to put on!!!

[@localremuskin6924]

My band is a cult I swear. We are just a ton of crackheads at times. (AheM PRACTICE) but then we have our really fun and serious times when for example our detector broke a drumstick and it hit him in the face. Many memes were made. But like serious times when we need to practice. It's so much fun and I'm excited to do this for all four years of highschool plus 8th grade. (The county does this thing if basically you want to be in highschool marching band as an 8th grader your allowed to but you must take one fine arts class for at least a full semester

[@CarlosPuchol]

Wow that’s awesome! That’s the way to keep a strong band. Get the 8th graders curious and interested so they start high school with friends in the marching band! I have a recurring thought where everyone that has ever been in a marching band was in the same marching band. I feel everyone has the same experience and the same vibe. Everyone in these comments say similar things and I thinks it’s so great!!!!

[@animallovers4263]

The one girl wore a tank top under her uniform! That is a big no-no.

[@CarlosPuchol]

+AnimalLovers at what minute

[@animallovers4263]

Carlos Puchol 2:29

[@CarlosPuchol]

+AnimalLovers that's a sports bra. Then the overalls on top

[@animallovers4263]

Carlos Puchol Still. At our school, you have to have at least a short sleeve shirt on because otherwise your underarms rub, get sweaty, and ruin our jackets.

[@CarlosPuchol]

+AnimalLovers I see. When I went here we would get the overalls dry cleaned after every show. And the tops would get cleared after like 5 shows.

[@joemurgolo4917]

snares with matched grip SMH, what happened to traditional.

[@CarlosPuchol]

To each their own, i guess

[@caitlynnclark6652]

Yall have to memorize your music???

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yes we do. It sounds daunting but it’s not that bad!

[@caitlynnclark6652]

@@CarlosPuchol I've got lot first 2 movements done but the 3rd one is so hard and there is no way imma be able to memorize it

[@CarlosPuchol]

If you were able to memorize the first two movements then you can get the third one! I promise

[@tiarascott4127]

I don't see any trombone's I'm pissed

[@CarlosPuchol]

+terrance Scott sorry. But I can tell you for a fact that all the baritone players also play trombone. In the marching band we just used baritones.

[@dexterletterman3800]

Tiara Scott a lot of better bands don’t allow trombones in their marching band.

[@CarlosPuchol]

Aww that’s no fun! We had very few low brass players so we thought it would be silly to have a trombone section on 1-2 people

[@TJWins225]

The color guard is for real bigger than the band.

[@CarlosPuchol]

It really is. That seemed to be the case every year

[@TJWins225]

Dang

[@disco5005]

this is cool and all but we have 8 people in our marching band

[@CarlosPuchol]

Nice. I’ve been close with 13 in the marching band.

[@aliseely]

My band sings but not when performing

[@CarlosPuchol]

That was the first time it happened during a show. It was good to integrate into the show since it added a new aspect that wasn’t usually seen on field shows

[@aliseely]

We sing take me home country road and baby shark

[@aliseely]

Marching band is really fun

[@CarlosPuchol]

That sounds like so much fun. It’s definitely a culture

[@JohnSamuelJackson]

This band is wayyy to hype, I mean, you should be hype, but it's not a good idea to be that hype in uniform.

[@CarlosPuchol]

They go all out all the timeeee

[@AngelHernandez-cr5dl]

WHERE THE HELL ARE THE TROMBONE'S WTF

[@CarlosPuchol]

All the baritone players are trombone players originally. But I can tell you they were very cool baritone players

[@realitycheck9845]

Some schools switch trombones to baritones. Honestly, for me, the change was much easier

[@CarlosPuchol]

To each their own.

[@devillede]

man your marching band is small. ours has 365 people.

[@CarlosPuchol]

We learned to make peace with it. Everyone was friends with everyone!

[@illianadurbin3894]

Ours is 400 lol

[@CarlosPuchol]

Wow. Impressive! Whereabouts are you roughly?

[@ddalgi_liz]

My band is like 20-30 people

[@CarlosPuchol]

Also VERY impressive. Both big bands and small bands have their pros and cons!

[@mianagyfilm]

The tenor sax that was keys down triggered me so much. DONT DO THAT

[@CarlosPuchol]

I feel you. It’s ridiculous how those school instruments are misused. People don’t learn until it’s their own property

[@TJWins225]

It's such a small band.

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah! It just means you get to know everyone really well

[@rinxnix]

AM I BLIND BECAUSE I CANT FIND ANY TROMBONES

[@CarlosPuchol]

We had people playing baritone instead! We were a pretty small band. Like 50-60 piece band. But it’s also easier to transition a trumpet player like my self over to baritone instead of trombone since the valves tend to be quicker to learn than positions

[@CarlosPuchol]

Haha. Yeah!!! It’s true. We filled the Denny’s private room after every competition!!!! My freshman yeah we had trombones doing suicides

[@dexterletterman3800]

Adrianna Williams you usually don’t march trombones in better marching bands. Look at the bands that made it to finals. It’s a higher class type thing.

[@rinxnix]

I’ve made a mistake uhhhhh okay😂. i’m only in high school so this is all i know. im in suicides and its really fun so thats why i noticed lol

[@CarlosPuchol]

At least in our area in California we have a bunch of bands that march trombone. So I understand +AdriannaWilliams . Our band was just too small to have a section for trombones with two people

[@aidansilva529]

They look like minions

[@CarlosPuchol]

Maybe they should do that as a field show then!!!

[@funnygamer6458]

Thats a small band

[@CarlosPuchol]

Yeah. It really is!

[@aaronwhite02]

Damn, that's one cocky ass band. Hope your ego doesn't hit you on the way out. 😉

[@CarlosPuchol]

Lmaoo

[@Nick-xf3yw]

I currently go to this school and am in marching band. It’s crazy watching the band from years past. I see friends who are older now but still go to the school. Awesome vid and I’m glad I found it!