St. Augustine HS Purple Knights Marching 100 - 2014 Pasadena Bandfest

[@EddieWilliamsqueknight1987]

St. Aug was the only band that received a standing ovation as they came of the field. Not bad for a bunch of 6th and 7th up to 12th graders. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Mr. Hamp never had to deal with such young bands. In other words stop comparing this mostly middle school bands to St. Aug High School bands of the past. 

[@09mrslick]

This band is really good and am I to assume you guys are the best in New Orleans

[@ttimothyss]

I'm so proud of my school, great job PURPLE KNIGHTS!!!!

[@w.stewart3532]

Loved every bite of it reminded me of the old st.Aug c\o 96

[@bmw504]

Rise Sons of the Gold and Purple!!!

[@ericavicks8978]

I agree Eddie I saw you at the football game

[@BOY504NOLA]

Love You and Miss You Hamp.

[@vsims0071]

Love This Band My Brother's "SMA 1984"

[@jdjufu]

Absoulutely Phenomenal #ProudTubaMom of a Purple Knight (8th grade)

[@numarktt1]

My Alma Mater is simply amazing!!!

[@JohnWilliams-rb3ge]

Thanks for the support and love

[@pharaohyusef]

So proud to be a Purple Knight! Hampton would be proud. I love my alma mater!

[@daddybigt]

They don't only play well they look good doing it...

[@mauriceboykin4422]

Ok expert

[@hmic55555]

They were blowing forreal! Great job!

[@director1914]

I enjoyed that show. Congrats to the Marching 100. You guys always do a great job representing not only New Orleans but minority bands in general

[@chetpichon9846]

Stop tha hate they looked and sound very good

[@Its.myjae2]

st.augstinge will always be one of the best

[@LilAli26]

Greatest band in the land

[@chetpichon9846]

Man stop hatin that's shame people really hate tha Aug like that

[@brianbrownnnooo]

Oh Hail St Aug St Aug St Aug!!!!!!!

[@maliososr1]

So proud of my lil brothers!!! DMajor c/o12

[@bayouboy97]

Puuuurple!!!!

[@gee610]

I so glad that they were able to make the trip. Mr. Hampton would NOT be proud of this performance. So not St. Aug of the past. Keep pushing boys.

[@gee610]

After watching this again, ya'll really did a good job. Made me proud all over again. It's a Purple Thing, sometimes we can be so hard on ourselves. I love it. What makes it so amazing is that there is really no competition for The Marching 100, so we compare to ourselves. That's what makes this band, this school remarkably different and great.

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

A JOHN MCDONOGH TROJAN WAS DIRECTOR OF THIS BAND!But Mr.Hampton wanted Mr.Herbert to take the Aug.I love Ed but the band hasn't been this good since Herbert left.Sorry.

[@EddieWilliamsqueknight1987]

Thanks I guess. Lol! But who do you think was doing all of the music and field shows when Herb was there? Herb never touched the band. And I mean EVER.

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

@@EddieWilliamsqueknight1987 Yal were all caught between a rock and a hard place.I just wish you had more to work with.

[@centralpicks]

This is too southern for me. Still phenomenal!

[@BandlifeProductions]

Every high school band in Louisiana does it like Southern

[@centralpicks]

Yup

[@1970sBestMusic]

ST AUG HAS THEIR OWN STYLE..THE MARCHING 100 WERE DOING PRECISION DRILLING BEFORE DR GREGGS ARRIVED AT SOUTHERN IN 1969

[@1970sBestMusic]

A," another is a row of diamonds. Hampton put in long hours creating these formations, but he doesn't have one clear favorite. "If you're good at this, your best formation is probably the next one you're trying to do," he says. Hampton recalls the genesis of his program, more than a half-century ago. For the first decade, he spent nearly every summer at marching band workshops in the Midwest, where he learned the art of intricate field routines known as precision drilling. The idea originated with the Romans, he says, who carefully mapped the movements of thousands of soldiers, where they started and where they stopped. He absorbed all these ideas and then brought them south, to his own Purple Knights. To him, marching and precision drill are simply forms of dance, "ways of marrying the rhythm to the music." Today, many bands practice precision drilling. But Hampton did it first and the best, says Isaac Greggs, who for 34 years has been the acclaimed band director at Southern University. "I am a precision genius," Greggs says, "but I got into it because I saw St. Augustin

[@1970sBestMusic]

Today, many bands practice precision drilling. But Hampton did it first and the best, says Isaac Greggs, who for 34 years has been the acclaimed band director at Southern University. "I am a precision genius," Greggs says, "but I got into it because I saw St. Augustin

[@nathanbeard3142]

my band is better than this and we have to play against mb's like Avon, carmel, and center grove.

[@BandlifeProductions]

And we care because

[@fountainmedia4683]

What's the name of your band? I wish to see a video of the band you say is better.

[@johnathanclark8206]

BandLife Productions what high school band did u marched w ?

[@mauriceboykin4422]

Yeah ok if you say so, bring it down to new orleans so we can see those big bands that can only play when they're only standing still and if you there are some more bands in nee Orleans that will light you up

[@mauriceboykin4422]

@@fountainmedia4683 it dont exist

[@Leagues88]

This was boring af!

[@BandlifeProductions]

But u watched the whole video tho lol

[@mauriceboykin4422]

Why because they don't sideways when they try to March like a lot of so call marching bands that should be called walking bands with a million dollars worth of equipment and 6 dollars worth of sound

[@screaminphi]

They suck,, being doing the same drill for years and they arrangements suck.. I’m being honest!!