How do compete with this band? 🥁

[@CWBchannel]

That’s the most “band kid” thing I’ve ever seen. A+

[@NotRadiance]

yes

[@artsy_kam3765]

Yes

[@spongebobsquarepants5436]

yes

[@pan_frogg]

Yes

[@OneOfFourLucasMains]

Yes

[@daviddelahoya151]

They used the school band budget for this prop. EDIT: *entire school band budget*

[@ricedup7826]

Districts budget.

[@cultofpersonalit1888]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johnson0618]

Me when the band budget is 0 dollars 💀

[@brynleemiller8636]

My band spent almost 12k on a bridge this year🥲

[@johnson0618]

@@brynleemiller8636 must be nice lol... nc school budget is garbage

[@brysonpabst8852]

you dont you grab your orange slices for halftime and make the trip back home

[@Wrecck12]

Engrish

[@jwaj]

The importance of commas

[@SoupyFuck]

What were you trying to say?

[@aldenweaver8237]

This was a band competition not a halftime performance?

[@yeahallthat]

agreed👍

[@Lukas-qu8xl]

this honestly isnt too bad, i was at a marching band assessment and one band did the exact same thing but it was spinning like 10 times faster, i didnt even understand how he could play

[@aki4357]

she usually spins even faster!

[@shad0wzucchini134]

Probably plans to be an astronaut lol

[@Elitegamer-of6ce]

Its not too hard, if the instrument is the same as when your standing it makes no difference, the only thing impressive is their ability to stay in time

[@gordonramsayslambsauce]

@@Elitegamer-of6ce This person probably can’t see the drum majors to keep in time, and I’d imagine they’re pretty dizzy lol

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@shad0wzucchini134 😂 makes sense

[@mrgar4446]

Director: All right you guys are gonna do great, just don’t be nervous! The band before us:

[@dudedude6892]

This literally was the band before mine at our first competition this year, luckily this was their show LAST year.

[@joldy1767]

@@dudedude6892 sounds like your band needs some work

[@theunderpaidworker]

*True Statement*

[@julianathompson173]

Hahahahhahaah

[@blackqweenmars]

Lol fr

[@gloriaolajimi6200]

“The world turned upside down” omg its hamilton 😭

[@quantumchaos7549]

Oh wow I didn’t realize 😮. That’s awesome!

[@BobTheMoose]

@@quantumchaos7549 lol same

[@nathangrim4420]

I hear what you’re hearing but I’m not so sure

[@thelunarwolf9060]

@@nathangrim4420 it is in fact the world turned upside down. Had to go looking for the original video and right as they start the people sing the world turned upside down. If you want to see the full thing you can search Westfield marching band 2021

[@Aaron-xg8mh]

THAT MOVIE AHHHHH MY GRADE WATCHES IT IN HISTORY WE SUNG THAT ALL YEAR any ways keep it going 123456789

[@lostcoastnomad479]

“Yeah I was in the band, instrument? No I spun the drummer.”

[@joekim9790]

They’re just training the drummer boys for if we ever go to war over the moon.

[@maddigrace]

Bro our show this year is space/moon themed

[@fridaee]

"mom can I have a drum set?" "No we have one at home" The one at home:

[@Syncopated_]

This is not how the meme works at all..

[@eraukah]

those are tenor drums, they serve a completely different purpose than a drum set and can be very expensive and difficult to play

[@Jkerr2400]

@@eraukah I’m hoping he didn’t think the tenors were a drum set

[@Jetsweepp]

@@eraukah I can play tenor. I don't really think it's hard tbh but maybe I'm just good

[@eraukah]

@@Jkerr2400 me neither

[@joshsouders4175]

For anyone wondering this is Westfield High School last year competing at James Madison University’s Parade of Champions

[@bigevilshark1958]

Yup I remember seeing this live at another competition I was at. Forgot which school but Westfield sounds exactly right.

[@ncduskrose]

@@bigevilshark1958 seeing bands like Westfield and TJs as a person in a 1A band is just like, Man is that what having an actual budget is like

[@AudreyGilyeat]

@@ncduskrose Westfield doesn’t even get a budget, it’s all from donations and the band boosters helping out

[@ncduskrose]

@@AudreyGilyeat yeah, we don't even have that at my school. Our school is sponsored by our local chic fil a, and all our money comes from basically just the band parents since our fundraiser selling an app went so terribly. We also have a band of like 40 people. Big bands are just so cool to us. (also Personal thing, EVERY OTBER BAND MARCHES BARI BUT MY BAND DIRECTOR REFUSES TO LET ANYONE MARCH BARI)

[@OGMarchingSwimmer]

It was crazyyyyyy getting to see this, especially as a Freshman who’s band was constantly performing last. Getting to JMU was insane, and we were not prepared to compete at a level like this lol

[@silenttomato1]

Playing that his hard itself. Playing that while spinning: 😵‍💫

[@Insomnia_tic]

It doesn’t even sound in rhythm

[@EBG...]

Not that hard. Percussionists learn playing on multiple drums before highschool so once you're in highschool, though it is very intimidating, its not as hard as you'd think it is. Bass is actually harder depending on the music you write.

[@silenttomato1]

@@EBG... learning to play multiple drums is very helpful before marching band but I do know some songs or cadences like jig 2 are really challenging on it

[@TheBeefSlayer]

It’s not any harder to do it spinning. The drums are in the same place.

[@TheBeefSlayer]

@@Insomnia_tic that’s because of the speed of sound and everyone being far apart. The pit drums are closer than the band so you hear them first.

[@thisdoesnotexist5246]

I was at a comp once and there was this one part that this really rich high school did where they had a color guard member wear a giant red dress and then they fucking pretended to burn her on a like 65 foot tall stake as if she was a witch, and then the dress “unfurled” and turned into like a 50 foot “tent” of sorts below her. They were doing some kind of narrative based performance with like a story. Shit was nuts.

[@gruswig688]

"so, what are your talents?" Him: Her*

[@aki4357]

ik this is unimportant but its actually a girl! she’s such a inspiration 🥲

[@gruswig688]

@@aki4357 ohh my bad I'll edit it thanks for telling me 💪💪

[@aki4357]

@@gruswig688 mostly said it because she slayed! u did nothing wrong :,) i’m just trying to be extra and make sure she gets appreciated. trying to phrase everything right-

[@gruswig688]

@Black Licorice 💕💕

[@rockstarbma]

@Black Licorice So rare these days ☹️

[@2weird2be]

BROOO THATS MY FRIEND I GO TO THAT SCHOOL THATS CRAZYYYYY

[@yahoo12345jojo]

When you're ready to intern for NASA but your parents want you to do band first

[@bellman4336]

Biblically accurate drum set

[@wastrelperv]

Beautiful.

[@haha_nope9024]

Golden comment lmao Underrated

[@Thetastycookies7]

Not even funny u know for a fact that was never mentioned in the Bible, don't joke about about the Bible.

[@bellman4336]

@@Thetastycookies7 ima joke about the Bible all I want. It’s a free country brother

[@Thetastycookies7]

@@bellman4336 I'm a girl and if you want to choose to do that, just know that you will get punished for that so repent of your sins and turn to God

[@mr.matthews67]

Remember when Slipknot had something like this?

[@simmonslucas]

Dude it was wicked!

[@sbFreakinxRican]

Joey in the air levitating in a giant cage over the stage

[@SlipknotFan47]

Yea Joey would like spin around and had like a chair installed to it…

[@mattfrench8372]

Tommy Lee did it first

[@Tyler.254]

Joey Jordison

[@inkie9548]

absolute slay to any band kid that can survive that fr i’m a guardie and CANNOT IMAGINE doing that 😭

[@macncheese9344]

As a band kid, I'm not surprised they didn't put the whole drumline in one of those😂

[@blackqweenmars]

That would be so cool rotisserie chicken, drum line

[@ncduskrose]

this is Virginia not Texas

[@redfangtherainwing122]

Bro got discombobulated in the zero gravity simulator you see sometimes at museums

[@mnesia3817]

the best comment my marching band ever received from a judge was him asking for more cymbals?? he really made it clear he wanted more cymbals in that tape

[@triskits_mmm]

I could see that. Cymbals make a nice SSSSSSSSSSssssssssssss sound which I really like

[@JohnWuzntHeer]

Bro what this is the high school we competed against. Crazy part is they didn’t even come first for a the competitions

[@alainaking7530]

what hs is it (assuming its some texas band)?

[@JohnWuzntHeer]

@@alainaking7530 Actually it’s Westfield High School in Virginia

[@_R_R_R]

@@JohnWuzntHeer yeah i was with liberty high school i got to watch it too

[@vibby1004]

we competed against these guys too, actually insane

[@aki4357]

yooo independence band here! i think westfield did come first at jmu

[@Mikemikemike13579]

"guys look what I built over summer vacation!"

[@DustinSmith796]

That’s gotta be the sickest Tenor drummer I’ve ever seen

[@SocksThePup]

Flat earthers be like: THIS IS PHOTOSHOPPED

[@BandKidBambi]

XD

[@kalexambing2507]

When they take the band competition too seriously. 😂

[@crickets8978]

Mans didn't put his uniform away nicely so his punishment is hamster ball

[@faithfrancisco9829]

Haha 😂 Fr

[@LilKream]

They may have beat us last year but yesterday we took first! Love you Westfield, u guys are awesome!!!

[@sohum_g]

me who plays the tenor for my band and seeing this with my heart rate spiking:

[@zepanzer9598]

Im a tenor player aswell and our first comp was last saturday. In our closer me and our other tenor player goes up ramp props but they were slick and i fell HARD. Luckily I recovered and got props from the judges, and to top it all off we got 1st place in our division (4A) best percussion overall and reserved gc.

[@sohum_g]

@@zepanzer9598 that’s fire bro. hope the drums are alright 😭😂

[@figurinechamp6881]

Makes me miss marching band contests back in the day. No props. No Gimmicks. Just marching bands.

[@caylasvideos7382]

playing the quads like that takes skill

[@notneean]

nah that dudes training to become an astronaut

[@ryanrossiter9279]

WOW!!!! Can not wait for the next one 🙌

[@TheOfficialTarynTots]

They take playing the quads to a whole new level.

[@rorykirklnd8957]

Bruh imagine that gets off it's track and rolls across the field He can play his own chase scene music as he Mows down the entire opposing team

[@thearbyarbiter]

bro is training for the angry band director space program, where he drops a stick and the director sends him to the sun.

[@beanz_8193]

BRO TURNED INTO A HUMAN CENTRIFUGE LMAOOOOO

[@spencerflorey16]

Those state marching competitions are getting real competitive they must be looking for an edge

[@ncduskrose]

Virginia Competitions are clearly that intense. I don't know about the scores at that exact competition, pretty sure this was the highest scoring at parade of champions that year, I could be wrong though, but the first competition in the vmbc circuit that season they came second in their class to a science school

[@ncduskrose]

for the record, there were 5 bands in Westfield's class, And all had 83.98 or above Westfield with an 86.25 and the group that beat them with an 88.38 on SEPTEMBER 18TH

[@CesarMartinez-tl7yf]

Forget spiderman we got spinningman

[@unknownplays113]

This years show is crazy with the trombones.

[@Harskee]

Kid 1: Dude I’m in band too, I play tuba, what do you play? Kid 2: I play the drum spinner

[@ammlins]

This is especially amazing because Westfield’s band isn’t really funded by the school. This is all them!

[@PanFried3gg]

Am I the only one who sees the guard in revolutionary era uniforms?? Drippy as fuck

[@brandonfromtheelevator4086]

stop ohmygod??????? thats so funny geuektktkf hoping and praying for a brooklyn tea party show theme now

[@buddyholly855]

because they're playing Hamilton, i believe!

[@Crustywaffle01]

Kid’s better than half the kids in my band 💀

[@yakeesantiago1307]

Why is that necessary 😂

[@evangelion8793]

Cause it’s impressively hard and looks cool

[@f4llen.LE4VE5]

It’s for…. ✨Pizzazz✨ bands will do ANYTHING to out-do the other bands, but we all have good spirit towards each other!!

[@_-.alexiss.-_1404]

@@f4llen.LE4VE5 exactly like we always show love to the other band when they show love to us (like wave to then and all that jazz) but if they wanna try us like a battle of the bands during the game we will go for it and not hold back

[@nathangrim4420]

GE

[@umbrellahat]

It's not. But it is cool.

[@ConnorUbetcha]

He’s training for when he goes to space so he can still play via zoom

[@lenni_3812]

slipknot: "taking notes"

[@felixarts8010]

bros on god mode 💀

[@TheRealCantaraBella]

Because a drummers life isn't complicated enough

[@kristinmoreno9203]

WHAT?? AMAZING! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@Justanotherpersonontheinternet]

Dang, and I thought our drum line had a neat party trick where one of the drummers held another drummer upside down while the guy upside down would play the song.

[@Thebirdemoji]

Look it's Benson from regular show

[@medsine68_]

my first thought 😂

[@YuuSen]

😂

[@jito-electro_1362]

Let’s not forget. They judge mostly off marching and sound performance. So while this looks cool and honestly looks like a dark souls boss, you just gotta be good. Or you can cry on the bus home.

[@TheLyricsGuy]

This is actually a special drum kit. It’s designed to amplify the drum sounds in all directions and make the drummer extremely dizzy.

[@gator_productions]

It's very rare for people to get dizzy on those because you never make a full rotation

[@mac23806]

This guy is training for the NASA orchestra

[@FlarkusChunswen]

Ah, yes. The James Madison University Parade of Champions. Recognize that stadium anywhere. This is probably Chantilly or some gnarly, rich band. Edit: it's Westfield. The last Parade of Champs I played in (18 or so years ago), Chantilly took it. I can remember sitting about right where this camera is. Our top bass marked a good five or six hashes too far in the way in and stayed that way until the ballad, if i recall correctly. Ah, good times.

[@crane1984]

This year’s POC is coming up next weekend! Go Dukes! -2022 grad

[@OGMarchingSwimmer]

Literally just got home from POC lol, reading the wrong hashes is just a tradition at JMU since they just tape on HS hashes with blue tape lol

[@a_turkey4803]

Westfield won!😊

[@Salty_Creamsicle]

The absolute madman

[@crabruler1590]

Holy shit I was there. I was there watching that one drummer dude.

[@myisonu4639]

Astronaut contender in the making for NASA.

[@psychodboy1511]

Joey Jordison, band camp 1987. (colorized)

[@tanchwa3740]

You should see what some high schools get up to during indoor drumline season

[@justinmoore1136]

You can beat gimmicks with a higher, more consistent group skill

[@blackqweenmars]

This is making me even more excited for competition season

[@reimisugimoto3617]

I'm marching tenor this year... unfortunately there are more people in this video than our entire band. We are poor. No spin :(

[@elismith195]

What band do you march for?

[@reimisugimoto3617]

@@elismith195 It's just my high school marching band. We switch to concert after football season ends

[@elismith195]

@@reimisugimoto3617 no I know, I was asking what high school you played for

[@reimisugimoto3617]

@@elismith195 Oooh yeah I know you probably don't have any bad intentions, i just don't share personal information such as my school online lol. Just a safety thing

[@elismith195]

@@reimisugimoto3617 oh that’s fine. I was just wondering in case we might compete or something. We don’t have much budget as well so we’re relying on fundraisers to afford. The show is supposed to be huge tho, I’m really excited

[@judecrawford2351]

When you have to compensate for skill

[@Zephxxr]

?

[@jadonatienza6486]

There band is actually pretty good!

[@AudreyGilyeat]

I was the flute that was on the knee scooter for that season, last time I checked Westfield doesn’t give the band any budgets. Only reason how we have props is the band boosters/band parents

[@KKIcons]

Yeah our local school is so poor all they can afford is a recording of a band, and it isnt even a good recording l

[@jonathantunick7288]

Holy crap! I was competing in that competition against this school…. We got our asses kicked😂

[@javiertorres2193]

Wow, the tens in attendance must have gone wild!

[@r_u_s_t_y]

I couldn't. They folded us at JMU too lmao.

[@pattypoh_]

Our band used that too during last season, so it's good to see other people doing it to

[@sirmobixie4835]

I was dumbfounded when i saw this part of the show

[@nightdreamer2315]

Bruhhh she’s incredible for being able to play like that !!!

[@andrewhewson6631]

When you just showing off.

[@honeydumpling1863]

omfgg like Motley Crue that’s actually sick as shit go lil mann!

[@natalieramirez6998]

He's going to throw up after that

[@A.B_equestrian]

This is iconic 🥲

[@ceciliacrawford2289]

Do your best! That’s all it takes!

[@tiggert4002]

The kid is training to be an astronaut. And if that doesn't work for her, drummer.

[@xxnvytechxx6417]

It was crazy competing against these guys at JMU POC. Definitely a great show

[@enderclan2647]

You beat them with… two spinning drummers

[@REKONZE41]

They couldn't stick me in that rotating neutron for 1 million dollars

[@-Charlie-A-]

This show was so cool to see in person, I march in the same division as this school, and they are super rich.

[@joanster612]

omg and they are clean and the colour guard seems clean to and they sounds pretty good.... scary

[@glazednephrite]

I remember my band teacher showing us this last year… the look of awe on his face 😂

[@God-eo9zj]

Holy shit that tenor player is the goat

[@kenzieshipper2653]

If they did not get outstanding visual affect I swear

[@cs3473]

I'm seeing this a year later and thinking Tommy Lee would be proud...

[@peachpie3207]

most talented man

[@The1BooberFraggle]

Its giving.... Spinner man, the Mandarins show last year

[@justabirb5015]

Bros experiencing his gs

[@WateverWatever04]

my man is training for nasa

[@speedyclub2365]

so proud

[@tryorse8340]

He must be training to be an astronaut

[@lubrew5862]

The 7 people in the crowd looked pumped during that “performance “.

[@aslmx1918]

Band director was a Motley Crue fan

[@JDK45ACP]

Gave it a thumbs up because it looks like a tough thing to perfect. But, you could still be musical and win in contest without the gimmick. Great band, great sound.

[@blujjen]

Imagine if this was a marching band and they just rolled them down the road 😂

[@CHRISPYakaKON]

Bruh save this for Winter Percussion lol

[@nicegoodstylish]

Since when did NASA start training their astronauts at high school football games

[@leep1285]

Let's get this guy ready for NASA