Five of America's Best College Marching Bands Ohio State University's
marching band calls itself "The Best Damn Band in the Land", and not without
reason.
The all brass and percussion band is the largest of its kind in the world,
and there is fierce competition among undergraduate for one of the spots on the
192 member band. Their signature song and formation is the Script Ohio, where
they perform a complex series of looping maneuvers which eventually result in
them spelling out, in cursive, "Ohio".
The Ohio State Band has been running since the late 1800's, and helped to
pioneer Cheap Christian
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such as script writing, the use of instruments designed specifically for
marching, and moving formations. The OSU band has performed in inauguration
parades and before NFL games, as well as at every OSU home game. If you can get
onto it, this marching band is truly the best college marching band in the
nation.
The University of Michigan's marching band, or the Michigan Marching Band, is
almost as famous as Ohio State's. Its 350 members come to school weeks before
classes start for the grueling "band week", wherein they practice their music,
formations, and drills in preparation for the school year. Their signature is
their drum major's back bend, where the hapless major leans backward so far that
their head touches the ground while the entire stadium watches.
Football games are daylong affairs for the marching band, who start preparing
at 7:30 in the morning the day of the game, and then work Christian Louboutin a
tight schedule of practices and performances throughout the day. While the
Michigan band usually confines their performances to University of Michigan
games, they are nonetheless amazingly dedicated and involved, and anyone on this
band will have a great experience.
3 Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB) The LSJUMB is
Stanford University's scatter band, and bills itself as "The Largest Rock and
Roll Band in the Nation". The band is more notable for its theatrics than its
music. Unlike many other university bands, it is almost entirely student run,
founded by rebellious students in the early 60's. It performs at many games and
student events, and has become legendary for its volume.
The band, true to its nickname, mostly performs classic rock songs, although
it takes great pains to vary what it plays, never repeating the same song on a
single day. The band has been banned from several college campuses for their
hijinks for example, they were briefly banned from performing at Notre Dame
after their conductor directed the band using a wooden cross as a wand. However,
perhaps their most notable controversy was "The Play" Christian Louboutin
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flooded the field before the game was over, allowing Cal to score a winning
touchdown.
While the Stanford band may not be as musically serious as some of the other
bands on this list, they are, without a doubt, one of the most enjoyable bands
to be a part of and to listen to.
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