Fightin' Texas Aggie Band Halftime Show - South Carolina Game at Kyle Field on October 31, 2015

The seventh halftime performance of the 2015 season, marched with 363 members, on the campus of Texas A&M University, includes Miklos Rozsa"s Parade of the Charioteers from MGM's 1959 epic film Ben Hur, Pentland Hills March and the National Emblem Trio.

[@paigeleigh2554]

I have never seen anything like this marching band. They are absolutely phenomenal. Next year, I am travelling throughout the US and I hope to see this incredible band. Bravo, Texas! X

[@ericmares8036]

Those maneuvers are scrambling my brain. Incredible!

[@kathrynmaxwell5910]

Go Aggies. They are the number one band in the country love the Aggies.

[@michaelj3504]

The oblique drills are incredible!

[@Windmill97]

Our Aggie Band always wins at half time.

[@clifffam8955]

Never been an Aggie fan, as I'm a Longhorn one! However, I've always loved their band for many years. Hate that they don't show these halftime performances anymore on tv broadcasted games, so thanks for sharing this! I think the Aggie and Longhorn bands are the best there are! Love 'em both!

[@larryrucker]

This is the best "precision marching" I have seem performed by any college band. Congratulations to all those that took part in this wonderful display. Great job!

[@dakdixon1298]

Omg yalls fans are pouring IN the stadium for this one James B! I've never seen that but I know why! Glad y'all increased the SECs halftime GPA!Tight as Hell! 😎

[@jongord1148]

What a great display.

[@doc559]

🏆🏆🏆🙏🇺🇲🇨🇱 Thank you for sharing Do proud of these extraordinary young people. Best of the best

[@dedrickp]

Man, I want me a band like this one day

[@saidtheactress]

Extraordinary!

[@stretchy1016]

The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band is the #1 best college marching band in the whole state of Texas!

[@howardbaxter2514]

Southern Catfish if the football team was like the band or the Fish Drill Team we would win the National Championship every year.

[@namasivayamm9234]

execellent performance. thanks to all

[@dexterbakersr.1539]

What a famous hard working band✊🏾😃

[@keithhanes970]

I don t how they run in to each other. This is awesome love it

[@annlopez151]

Fighting Texas Aggie Band is AWESOME! Whoop!

[@sueblyzes3234]

Fantastic

[@lynnboyte9187]

They not only have to remember their steps but their music.

[@beldaantoine9505]

super ! bravo (from France)

[@ericmares8036]

That PA announcers voice is pretty cool.

[@lynnboyte9187]

Nine other like this amazing band.

[@maninthevan53]

amazing

[@2009grifin1]

If you are going to march that style that is the way to do it. I am tired of hearing some Big 10 bands claiming to be the best in the land. Have they not seen the Aggie Band?

[@Oldag75]

"Perfect" is just not a sufficiently powerful description for this performance.

[@BCSchmerker]

Here, the Charge dismount started farther from the end zone than I noticed in previous vids. Could be useful for a pre-game march when A & M happens to have an NCAA interconference game at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, USA - got me thinking what harmonized descant would be appropriate for mounting the field to: *AGGIE WAR HYMN / COMBINED BANDS OF THE TEXAS A & M CORPS OF CADETS f/ UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY HELLCATS* (J. V. Wilson/G. Farleigh) Copyright control The Cooperman® field drums used by the Hellcats are considerably larger in scale than A & M's older-model lug-tuned snares, so would come out bassier. The bass drums are fairly consistent in internal volume, as the smaller heads of the 'Cats' Coopermans are set to greater depth than A & M's lug-tuned basses. The 'Cats' single-valve field trumpets would be ideal for an F/Bb version of the To The Colors trumpet call.

[@blairquinney214]

No one-- and I mean NO ONE-- about Aggieland wants to challenge tradition, but if the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band COULD get even more sound out from their drums (and they tend to get plenty) then it would be better. Like butter on butter makes butter better, better.

[@keithbarber1167]

W H O O P ! ! !

[@cherylwine7790]

How many buses does it take to get all these kids to a game

[@chad5656]

May I ask why some have on boots and some do not?

[@jamesbeaman6337]

+Chad All senior members of Texas A&M's Corp of Cadets wear English riding boots when wearing Class A or Class B unifoms, including those in the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band.

[@chad5656]

Ahhhh ok...very awesome...Thank you James!

[@CCMDrummer]

Why are they called the "Fightin" Texas Aggie Band? Who are they fightin?

[@ObamAmerican48]

Nice Ben Hur cover.

[@nomimalone7520]

Are these all texas a and m students?

[@Ken35806]

Yes. They even have to buy their own instruments. Compare to West Point, which has hired musicians.

[@royhoco5748]

to steal a phrase from the "little rascals" R E M A R K A B L E !!!

[@tanawilliams7498]

Hook em Horns! How many Aggies does it take to change a lightbulb? 4 1 to hold the bulb and 3 to turn the ladder round and round

[@kmills62]

Those tuba players are hilarious...looks like someone in their wading boots stalking prey.

[@shadowstorm1989]

+Kenneth Mills For the marching band version it's called a sousaphone, but functionally the same as a tuba. You might not be able to hear it in this recording, but when the last line of the band (which is a solid line of sousaphones) does a 180, the students let out a grunt for each 90 degree turn.

[@jamesbeaman6337]

Just to piggyback on what Michael said, within the Aggie Band, those are called Bass Horns due to the rivalry with the Texas Longhorns. The word tuba, you see, contains the letters "tu" which is the the traditional derogatory term for that little school in Austin. It is known as "tu" to Aggies because of the refusal to recognize it as The University of Texas but rather Texas university since everyone knows that Texas A&M is the better university between the two.

[@johnspencer4635]

+James Beaman And only one reason why. James Earl Rudder.

[@mikem9252]

their band is awesome...but kind of like their fball team...dont do much in the second half...

[@ObamAmerican48]

OK, so you guys can walk in between each other in an orderly fashion to marches. Don't they ever want to mix it up a little? Yes, I know the "M" in A&M stands for military, but come on. Let's try something else.

[@Ken35806]

It stands for Mechanical