Top 12 Best Marching Bands of 2024

[@charliemcdonald9247]

I march trumpet for Mason and this is my favorite season that I’ve marched so far. We had so much fun and experiencing this show as it came to life was something really special. Thanks for ranking us so high and loving our show as much as we do!

[@egancurry]

You guys are insane your guard is half the size of our whole band lol

[@Tobias11011]

We saw you guys at (I think) obetz stadium (beavercreek) and we loved that show bro. Y’all have such a large band and to see you guys on this list at NUMBER ONE is crazy❤

[@JackNasty19]

You guys did so well! Great show!

[@CJ37274]

During one of our competitions (I think it was at Springboro) we performed right before Mason which meant we had to warm up right next to them and they made our band look so small even though we had around 100 people

[@opem1383]

Shoutout to Flower Mound, if they'd have went to grand nats they'd have had a good shot at it all

[@killedbycrit]

Yeah a 97.2 is crazy considering hebron got a 96.15

[@misterbryton1213]

Proud American Fork mello here! Happy to see them make your list! We never made finals when I marched, but glad to see them do it again

[@mamaduck1136]

Dude I'm in the same sate as you and I loved your show this year!

[@loganbashore]

I was center snare for Tarpon Springs this year, and to say it was an awesome show to perform would be a complete understatement. The visual design was outstanding, and it was by far the best senior year show I could have hoped for to close out my time with Tarpon. In the middle of the season, we were hit with 2 hurricanes one after another, taking 2 weeks off out of our typical rehearsal time. It was definitely a challenge, but we managed to overcome the obstacles and deliver an extraordinary product that I couldn't be more thrilled about. Thanks for reviewing our program and for the kind words! (Expect those Chickens and Demons 2 beats soon 😈)

[@vincentpeix3850]

aye love from mount dora battery, yall were crazy!

[@loganbashore]

@@vincentpeix3850 I really appreciate that, thank you!

[@vincentpeix3850]

@loganbashore aj did yall right amen

[@loganbashore]

@@vincentpeix3850 YES HE DID AMEN!! Surprised you know him lol, he's such a goat.

[@vincentpeix3850]

@loganbashore ong he is.. hes the battery coordinator for seige which is here at our high school.. our perc tech jon otero invited him for one of our Saturday camps, hes a chill dude lowkey

[@ardubya]

Congrats to American Fork for having there first Grand National Finals since 1995!

[@therealflypiksel]

Thanks! I'm a freshman marching alto sax in William Mason. This years show was so much fun and I'm gonna miss it so damn much!

[@jamescrawford7529]

Thanks for the shout out for the Bridgeland drumline!! We think they’re pretty awesome too, but I may be a little biased-my son is on the line and was the snare solo at the top of the show.

[@GhostlyPigeon_]

I met a bunch of bridgeland kids and they were VERY cool. So proud of them, Cedar Park and Leander and I can’t believe I got to march on the same field as them. They represented us in the best way and I loved their shows- love from seven lakes!

[@AnirudhJp]

I was bass 3 for William Mason high school this year and it was the best experience of my life.

[@fwarkhamknight6104]

It better have been lil boy

[@AnirudhJp]

@fwarkhamknigjt6104 yeah I am so lucky to be on bass as a freshman in such an amazing drumline.

[@tommylikeschicken]

broken arrow my favorite, saw their sick uniforms everywhere walking across pasic 🔥🔥

[@jojabrock9997]

Tarpon springs is wild. I got to see them live, it is absolutely crazy

[@TheSuperPhill]

Hey EMC! I enjoy your marching band and drumming content. Thank you for ranking Mason #1 on your list! I am an alumni myself! You are an awesome drummer and again I like your content!

[@andrewlee390]

❤ That drum feature with the bari sax

[@IB.MID115]

Beautifully Narrated and great commentary! These shows must’ve been so fun to watch in person

[@nathanrawson9745]

im happy bridgeland is finally being noticed by eric. they placed well in WGI scholastic world placing 8th in finals. i wanted too see them so bad in a ranking, so im happy theyre hard work has paid off.congrats to the bridgeland band

[@pularis1629]

Leander kid here God our show was so fun. Also the clip you showed was not the final version of our show. I’m just sad cause our best run (by quite a bit) was prelims. We got 8th. Then we got bumped down to 12th in semis and finals. I had my best run in finals though, so at least there’s that

[@thespanishinfluenza1]

the bari sax solo that broken arrow had was incredible

[@knxfebxbe_]

i marched clarinet in rabbit season, my last year in band was the most fun year ever. it was a great senior show -mason🐰

[@gunn944]

Hey EMC! I think you should do a video on rating University Drumlines, talking about their participation in the band their drum choices and if they have a cool custom wrap that as well! Going over the songs/cadences that they play would be sick as well! That Would be a video I feel alot of people would watch especially if they’re considering joining a college/university Drumline in the future also seeing a your opinion on said university Drumlines would be entertaining!

[@ECH0BO0M_5O5]

So glad to be mentioned my EMC! I was the Electric Strings section leader for AF this year. And I played the electric Cello. Im so proud of all the bands that went this year. Yall did amazing!

[@ECH0BO0M_5O5]

AF means American Fork FYI 😂

[@jeremyquiros5483]

I knew Mason was going to be your favorite. It was easily my fave.

[@Aggktty]

Bro you need to do Texas bands next.

[@t0mn00k6]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@pIanetarium]

💯

[@gavinskok3661]

As someone from Zionsville HS, I can confirm that right before BOA Semifinals and Finals, we rented our stadium to Castle HS for them to practice their show. (you're welcome Castle)

[@gbassist]

as someone who marches castle, thank you

[@C.R.R_Music]

I marched with Irondale and we were I believe the only band from Minnesota there, our show was also based on Piet Mondrian’s art (we picked it first)😂 it was called composition no. 24 in red, yellow, and blue. I am a freshman and this experience is something I want to do again and again. Congratulations to Avon high school it was the only show we watched when we arrived it was absolutely phenomenal.

[@steverman2312]

YOOO i live a few minutes from dobyns bennet! In fact, the footage you used for them is in my college’s dome lol

[@Santii1529]

I’m a trumpet for tarpon and we didn’t get the props till late august and our hardest challenge was the two hurricanes

[@jaxonwright8584]

You should rank the Indy super regional finalists!

[@ZebraCat117]

My band competed in the same circuit as American Fork this year (UMEA), so it is awesome to see them at Grand Nationals!!!! I’m glad we weren’t in the same classification, because we would’ve stood no chance 😅 I was able to play Vibraphone in the pit this year for Clearfield High School, which was a lot of fun. GO FALCONS!!!!!!!

[@colersen]

I saw American Fork at USU in October and my friend literally starting bawling his eyes out. It was a truly amazing show

[@NoxxNah]

Castle was always in their own class during our invitationals it was wild lol, we got to warm up next to them during another invitational and they sounded great

[@Andreas42a]

You need to do the top 12 best high school batteries next ❤😁

[@jakeroberts9097]

What did you think of Catawba Ridge High School? We got 2nd in 2A behind Tarpon Springs (of course) and 19th overall. I know that’s not crazy but if you could give a thought that’d be nice. I’m a senior so this was my last year, but I’ll get to see my brother perform for three more and I think we have a shot because our area is growing massively. This was only our fifth year marching and sixth year as a school btw.

[@Thetipsyknight]

Our small class c band was behind Carmel and I’m happy to se we finally “made it on an EMC video” we are Edgewood high school

[@Starwarsnumber3rots]

I'm in the American Fork High "Spot On" band 8th in the nation!! Yay

[@NeverAgainIV]

Greetings from the Friendswood High School Marching Band!

[@t0mn00k6]

……..as EMC skips 2023 and misses Hebron, Pearland, Bartlesville, Blue Springs, Round Rock, Keller, Brownsburg, and Fishers. XD Love your content btw, and a Pearland marcher! I loved seeing these shows live!

[@Wraithfish]

Bro and flower mound and vandy

[@GhostlyPigeon_]

woah what’s up! Y’all’s show was so. Good. The uniforms and the musical aspects, the marching, the concept! - love from Seven Lakes

[@RedDogMamaHD]

I just saw Avon High School in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! I recognized them immediately because of this video!!! 9:13

[@haagerz]

As a fellow student of Ohio, we are all so proud of Mason. Their performance literally never stopped. We were staying at the same hotel as them and they had themed posters outside their rooms. I am so happy they are getting the recognition they deserve!!!!

[@mightya]

Fifty years I started my marching band career as a high school sophomore a a member of the drum line. During my 3-year run we marched at the King Orange Jamboree parade on 12/31/74 and won the PA state championship (large schools) in 1976. Back then bands were comprised of musicians, rifles, flags, and majorettes. Nothing on the sidelines. No props on the field. No dancing girls. No keyboards. Times have changed and I’m not sure for the better. Watching this video I am both awestruck and saddened.

[@voiceofreason9238]

I am your age and was also a drummer when I graduated in 1974. I love the old stuff but the new stuff is better and those musicians are 10X better my drum section. Same with horns and show design. Much better now. :)

[@elivate5660]

I saw you in the convention center! All the bands were stunning!

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

Halfway thru Prosper, I had the thought “why has nobody used the Mondrian motif yet? Lo and behold…

[@mightya]

Give me top marching band over the halftime dreck at the Super Bowl all day long!

[@Randomname2908]

You should rank indoor winds!

[@AdrianG28]

My friend marches at leander so it was cool seeing his school on here

[@Greglandman158]

I’m the Bari player for prosper high school I man I wished we made a big structure too

[@HE360]

Gosh, I wonder what happened to Blue Springs High School from Missouri. They originally beat Broken Arrow in the BOA Prelims here in Missouri. But, I guess Broken Arrow caught up and went to finals.

[@cohenwatson7667]

i don’t think blue springs went this year, they’re usually a finalist band when they do go

[@ItzArianna]

These performances are insanely good!

[@christinashelby6083]

You still need to tell us why Brave Little Toaster is your favorite movie!! (I remember as a kid thinking it was kind of odd.) I don't need to start one of those, "Day 1 of asking for..." things, do I???

[@ibreadboy]

You need to review flower mound high school 2024. There show was incredible to see at state championship, and scored a 97.2 at boa super regionals. Sad they didn’t go to grand national

[@PedroMartinez-tt7lr]

Great video

[@deanspercussion21]

my friend made me do a blind test for marching bands and for castle high school i thought it was the blue devils 2023 during the opener lol

[@elliottdavid7405]

I go to Tarpon, much appreciate your comments!

[@sydneydumoit]

Me when Bridgeland is mentioned by EMC: 😊

[@mrgamerguy5920]

I second that (being the goofiest freshman trombone there)

[@Henrick_the_weeb]

Indeed

[@GhostlyPigeon_]

love you bridgeland- all of 7L

[@Jaxsonp771]

Castle is my school. Nice

[@ThomasMetal75]

I used to be in Percussion Ensemble (as well as the marching band) in high school, and I think its much more impressive when the group has no conductor. Maybe I'm the outlier here. I think its much tougher and takes more discipline to perform without a conductor. As a performer, I take more pride that I had to perform with only my classmates on the floor.

[@the.alexkim]

Bridgeland battery is no joke 🔥🦋

[@Henrick_the_weeb]

The director knows how to teach

[@Ryan-lv9zp]

10:03 my college has a large drumline too, but probably bc it's a college and not a high school but it's 10 snares, 10 cymbals, 7 basses and 6 tenors

[@openocean9370]

bro forgot every single texas band

[@CJSleme]

I guess they just weren’t his favorite shows?

[@MrWizarddog]

This is exclusively BOA Performances

[@Anonymous-t4z5e]

Literally said Leander and Bridgeland 💀💀💀

[@dennisfield100]

…plus cedar park, and prosper, from Texas

[@PedroCuevas1023]

The likes of Hebron, Vandegrift, and FlowerMound did not go to Grand Nationals this year which is the competition he is reviewing as his “favorite high school show of the year.” This comp is considered to be the best of best from across the country but without the likes of these powerful Texas bands each year I truly don’t feel as if it would have ended the same. Vandegrifts first time at Grand nats ever in their schools history was 2019. I find it a little funny that not only was it their first time but also the year they win. So to answer those of yalls questions he didn’t forget he only rated the tx bands that went to BOA Grand National Chamionships, so before you are so quick to flame someone else for a comment that is very much correct do some more of your own research before you try and discredit them! @Anonymous-t4z5e

[@RVVDont]

Looks like a winter drumline is gonna have to pull through with a brave little toaster show.

[@pollincollingaming]

EMC!!! You should watch Forney High School 2024, I think you’d love it

[@shadow_kingdom8944]

I was there for American fork spot on

[@BertSCPSL]

Can you add snares below the tenor drums? Its a cool idea where it’s kind of like your snenor drums, but its tenors with the literal snare line thing under it Edit: call it the Tenare drums hehe

[@samanthahicks5034]

LET’S GO AF (I’m in the other Utah band that went to Grand Nats)!!!

[@kevinisnostress]

Have you seen? Cywoods? That’s a pretty good show.

[@Mmm_Chezburgerz]

I'm a front ensemble marimba player and to be honest I just went through the video to see if our band was in this because we won 3A Texas State championship. It was really fun though, all the roadies said they zoomed the jumbotron on me a bunch and that I was really red 😬 We played against Prosper HS in a marching invitational and us being a 3a got destroyed lol.

[@carterpresley966]

Hey, it would be really cool if you could give a review my band, James F. Byrnes, and our show this year! We unfortunately couldn’t get the funds together to go to nationals, but we won state in South Carolina, and we beat Dobyns-Bennett at the Tennessee regional, who ended up placing tenth at nats! Love your videos and all the best, my guy!

[@nostalgia6578]

To be honest, I am digging the HS bands more than some of the drum corps of DCI. The "corps style", introduced by Jay Wanamaker for marching percussion back in 1981 (I think), has been embraced by field band conferences nationwide, including New York State's. The only field bands who have stayed traditional (and do a great job of it) are the bands from the HBCU campuses.

[@sammipanda3046]

Can you do ranking of usband shows?

[@Mapex_178]

This is video #1 of me asking EMC Productions to Try remo controlled sound on marching drums I will keep doing this untill EMC Tries remo controlled sound and make a video on it.

[@cheeseistastyyyy]

Personally my favorite was Jefferson Forest High School. They were at VMBC championships in Virginia this year, their show was called Parkour.

[@vinceghio]

Review the Point Loma High School 2018 championship performance in the SCSBOA 3A championship. Show was called escape and was written by band coach

[@strange_cherryy]

I saw you there but didn’t get to say hi!!

[@dancingtrex6614]

We got 13th😅 so maybe next year… but castle’s show was my favorite. I love their uniforms!

[@C_owen1]

Omg I play in prosper and my favorite KZbinr featured me in his video

[@CoopersHyper]

7:06 Pearland 2023 Props!

[@LWMS-band]

Wish you could react to Tarpon Springs High School Florida show for this year. They got first place at camping world and my band went to there competition and holy “smokes” there show was amazing

[@jojabrock9997]

Yeah, I was there too. Their show was so fricking awesome, too bad one of the tenors tripped at the end.

[@LWMS-band]

@ really??? On the tarpon springs competition at there school? I didn’t even see that since I went to get consesions and they started so I had to watch from below

[@jojabrock9997]

@@LWMS-band No, at camping world. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

[@ryebreadtastesfunny]

@@jojabrock9997boa orlando

[@matthewwilliams841]

glad to see AF on this list

[@ThouBeanyOne]

Please do a favorite hs Drumline vid

[@overcastfamily215]

The whole season we had to go against Amarican Fork and there crazy good

[@kaelmcdonald6274]

PLEASE Review Mustang High School 2024!!! They have a crazy weird show and it is such a cool story... great music and drum beats!!! Please give it your honest review!

[@Steve.Simpson]

Shout out to Prosper High School. I love our band. ❤

[@Fritodito101]

I’m here from Panther creek gonna be a freshman I got to see them we didn’t make it far but we did well

[@haleylichtie8684]

EMC 3 things i want to say 1. American fork is a silly name ( in Utah we have a Spanish fork as well 2. what did you think of the trombone solo 3. Being a band competing againist American fork is funny, becuase they have won state roughly 25 years in a row.

[@bw1667]

yeah its hardly a surprise that AF gets first and bingham gets last. happens every year

[@ChasingCloud22]

American Fork is good Bingham is good as well The division is full of good bands

[@Josh-r5x]

American fork gets its name based on the city. It is named after a fork in a road between a canyon.

[@drummerboy7380]

Tbh, the crowd could stand up when they play and hold out the last note like they do in DCI. Like dang. The crowd just seems dead until then.

[@FranklinEvans-q9d]

Imma bout to be in marching band next year, I play Tuba, but I do know how to play percussion @EMCproductions!

[@aaronbains4199]

Hey bro! I’m a junior tuba The instrument is really fun… especially when the percussions blast behind you 😅 Do you know if your high school band uses sousaphones or contras? A sousaphone is worn while a contra is carried like a trumpet High school band is a blast, hope you are excited! 😆🔥

[@FranklinEvans-q9d]

@aaronbains4199 hey bro! The high school that I'm going to uses sousaphones, and I am excited for marching band, freshman year next year!

[@N.i.c.k.l.e]

I live in Broken Arrow and saw them perform live the same one in this video and it sounds 1000 times better live am dead ass

[@idfk9578]

Wish more bigger bands matched contras

[@tydeckards6667]

Like here if you were one of the bands that performed here 👇

[@kerfrazl]

dixie heights high school!!

[@JohnKinsella-eg1kl]

I marched trumpet in the Lincoln way marching band (golden age)

[@rionarihsan]

broo can you do Indonesian dci or soundsport review or reaction or maybe ur top 5

[@jt_plays_drums]

let’s go tarpon springs florida represent

[@Urlocaldeulsionist]

I’m a senior for Prosper high school and I’m so glad to see our show finally getting recognition! You talked about us with more respect and enjoyment than a lot of other creators have, I really appreciate the thoughts you had. I’ll be honest when I first saw the boxes I thought we should’ve make a giant tower too 😅 but we did make small prop towers during the ballad so perhaps that counts, anyways thanks for including us on this list, it was a great final season for us seniors.

[@Randomshit43]

Love it

[@Popooodapooo]

Can you do WBA bands next?

[@kronosinvader121]

Ofc Castle was on this list😭 I wish our band was as big (our school is just down the road)

[@Joshye-ng6on]

Hey you should check out Western Carolina pride of the mountains. They. Are HUGE

[@Ash4342-l4w]

Cedar park’s show was sweeny todd hence the name

[@susanacker8120]

I don’t know how they did it, but Leander somehow got the sun to shine in and blind the audience during the prelims, while the band did their sunglasses show 😎

[@Infinitebrawl]

You should check out WBA Grand Champion ships