Nishihara HS - 2002-03. Half the band is 15/16 year olds
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- With 1/2 the band as 15/16 year olds (1st year students), Nishihara takes Second at Nationals with the HIGHEST SCORE, But loses on the amount of categories won (Electoral College if you will :P). This is my second favorite show composed by Takaesu Sensei (teacher) next to the 2000 show which is by far the best show I've ever witnessed in any High School Marching Band. Highlights: Unbelievable speed at the end!
これすごいよねぇ。
何年経っても見てしまうよ。その都度感動する。よく挑戦したよね。早すぎるよ
沖縄の西原高校さん。今でも好きです。熱情もよかった。
i loved the band arrangement of the piano sonata. All of these japanese groups choose great music to play. I think its unfortunate that for all of that talent the japanese audience don't really seem to know how to express their appreciation. I don't think they've been introduced with a standing ovation. It would have been well deserved.
I agree. Americans and Dutch express much more appreciation for the great Japanese band. Sometimes, I want shout at the Japanese audiences :"Don't understand the quality of what you are seeing?" But lately they are getting a little more enthusiastic .They need to know that overall, the Japanese have the best high school bands in the world - my humble American opinion.
You did it again, enamourned, enthralled, amazed and overjoyed by the preformance. I had to keep reminding myself they were only 15 or 16, at 17 I still havn't been part of something that amazing, thanks ton for the vid!
My father was an instructor for the old VK back in the late sixties and early seventies. I, as a 6, 7, 8, and 9 year old love camp up in the mountains. That was some great times for us kids. Hence, my statement at the end of the video.
Kanto high school. Prior to the nationals began, Kanto was given an award, "their 25th finals". So the writing was on the wall. Kanto was good, but there was no comparision. Kanto was conservative, trying nothing difficult. Nishihara was playing to win, receiving applause after applause, & then getting a huge roaring ovation during the last part of the show. Nishihara blew Kanto away in everyway. Nishihara got revenge the next time they met though, in the 2004 nationals which I have posted.
SPECTACULAR. Before this video, I could not even imagine how in the world a marching band could perform Moonlight Sonata M. III, so when I heard it, I was in total awe. The ending is AMAZING. NISHIHARA FTW!
I have to post this AGAIN! cause I just can't believe it after seeing this again. When the supersonic speed kicks in at the 8 min mark, After 45 seconds of absolute top gear running formations that look great, they form a big diamond in the middle marching backwards from 3 smaller diamonds (2 rotating) TOTALLY BLIND, and the final diamond looks perfect! I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT!
Very impressive marching band. Very enjoyable to watch both the band and the dancers
Very nice. Japan has come a long way since I was there in '83 with the Blue Devils. Thanks for posting.
2002 was the season. The Championship is Around Christmas 2002. This show is like an encore for the parents which is usually held around the 2nd - 3rd week of January. The Japanese school year is from April 2002 to March 2003
Ninjas...they still exist in band kid form (hell yeah!!!)
Not only is the band like ninjas. the colorguards are just as amazing
i am in love with your opener! Wow amazing!
I cried watching this movie. So wonderful!!!!!
I think the whole show is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Most people recognize the slow movements, but the lesser- known fast movements FLY!!! Bravo on the arrangement from piano to marching band.
Hey....you are a goddess for marching this show. I think the crowd should react more often for what went on with the music and visuals.
Good job.
Much like Drum Corps rules. Also, they practice like drum corps, over 50 hours per week, every week, and that's after school & weekends. That's more than a full time job (after school). The real hero in this is the instructor(s). He has a full time job, and then has this 50+ hour per week extracirricular activity. The dedication in this is much like Drum Corps. The instructor was a '96 cavalier horn.
Really, the best high school show ever in my opinion. Fast and loud!
I thoroughly enjoyed this... thank you...
the entire third movement is the most amazing thing ive ever seen, guard is absolutely astonishing.
litterally just got goosebumps. O.O
Amazing. I am in marching band and though my first show ended up getting us several Grand Champions it was nowhere near as good as this band is.
oh man... they are great ,, really great..
My band is amazing and I still wish we could be this good.
It's different here. The school year is from April until march. Summer break is 5 weeks starting mid-July. So the new bands are forming the shows & strategies. Most bands will start practicing their shows now, and gear up for the 1st contest in either sept or Oct. Nishihara will practice 7 days a week, 12 hours a day during the 5 week summer break. The championship is around Christmas. There is a show in Jan & then it's orchestra until March (the end of the year). So the answer is no.
Sorry about that, You're right! This is the 2002-03 Show. Which to me has the best ending I've ever seen in a High School show.
I liked it a lot ✨💖
That was awesome!!
that is obnoxiously ridiculously amazing. they would kick the shit out of any high school band here in the states.
Jesus, those last 2 minutes... I've never seen a high school marching band move that fast!
Id love to see a show they would stand for!!!!1
what the freaking F just happened at 8:07 onward?! this is amazing!!
No standard step style and application, not a crab step. Just twisting torsos, etc. Just done exceptionally well. 8)
Kind of funny. People think of Japan (or stereotype) as the technologically advanced society, but in this realm they keep tech out of it, whereas the USA is all over synths.
There are bands here that use props, etc. In Japan, it's a marching competition, & it's judged so. I feel, as many DCI old timers, it really detracts from good marching, like you just saw. This is late 70s early 80s DCI style Marching with 2008 formations at it's best. No electrics, dancing, singing, everything is judgable OBJECTIVELY. Where interval, step size, togetherness, make rotating large formations a work of art; & the marchers win or lose the competitions, not the designers of the show.
BTW, the 2005-2006 show that I will have posted next Sunday (22nd) does contain "a little" more of the current US trend. However, they were only playing exhibition. It's Japanese rules that if you win the nationals 2 years in a row, you cannot compete the next year. So they did more of a "show" (but still no electronics, & props were a minimum). Contained good marching though. 2005-2006 Exhibition was way better than the 2001-2002 exhibition show. Check out the 2004-5 overhead & nationals
OMG if it were me would have ended up forgeting to breathe cause i need to remember the piece and the steps!! @_@ NISHIHARA HIGH SCHOOL SAIKOU!!
Great!
great
i march center snare, we're very good, but these kids would blow us out, much respect. i still think our drumline's better than their's, buuuut that's cause we're known for our percussion, even though our horns are pretty amazing too, these guys totally own us. i can't wait to do drum corps, i'll feel better about myself then after watching this haha =P
Sweet jesus 8:07 to the end.... that is friggin amazing... intense speed
Haha, the last minute or so, I bet the drill writer said "I'll bet you can't march AND play this!" That's amazing!
There are some high-end BOA bands that would compete for sure. Broken Arrow, Lawrence Central, Carmel, among a bunch I'm overlooking could probably give them a run for their money. Some of the cleanest drill I've ever seen though hands down.
very true
The whole show isn't the Moonlight Sonata. It's just the beginning. The slow part before the closer is the Adagio. And then there's some that I can't remember the name. I think the closer is a symphony, but I don't know what it is.
What is the song during the drumbreak? I been trying to find itt, but I couldn't find it.
Nishihara is awesome!
i love beethoven and this makes me so happy.
Does he? Then that would be awesome, but hard for the groups b/c of so much running.
Show is awesome!
Sorry, I was having problems (crowded, foot placement, etc) plus I was still sort of new at this recording thing.
these kids seem very very disciplined, and with 50+ hours a week put into this, that's very intense. my highschool's marching band only puts in about 20-25 at the most a week, and like i said, that's at the most!
again WOW!!!
I accidently removed a post concerning posting on Google. You can repost if you like, sorry.
OMFG!
Concerning the discipline comments. It's different here. You choose your high school (anywhere in Japan). You have to pass an enterance exam to earn your right to attend high school. If you pass, you can attend. High schools here are usually known for something. Nishihara is known for it's band, volleyball, & 1 other sport that I can't think of now (not it's brains..., so the entrance exam is easier).
決して入学試験が簡単ではありませんよ。卒業生には東京大学に合格した生徒もいますよ。西原の名誉のために‼️
thats great! why is it inside? a need concept that is new to me.
Actually, my wife does like the shows. But I think that it was the fact that she was "left holding the son" that got me that look, LOL. Good catch though. BTW, you were with the VK?
haha cute kid. Anyways, I wish I could go to school in Japan just for the music programs there... here its a great program where I went to HS, but people had no discipline. Thats why we always ended up taking 2nd... no one would shut up.
Also, check out the rest of the videos I have posted. I have a DCI STYLE ELEMENTARY BAND and they kick Butt!!!
HOLY CRAP! You cannot see that ending in a BOA show. And japan has a definite lack of GE on their shows. American shows have all these props and costumes and specialities that you just don't see in Japanese marching band. But then again Japanese marching band isn't being performed on a gigantic football feild.
Spectacular trumpets. I can't say much more than that.
As I wrote in another one of my videos, This is Japanese culture. Only the band freaks, like me :), are loud. And people look at us if we're disturbing their ability to watch the performance (no disrespect intended, just the truth). Afterwards, they'll say it was unbelievable. But during any performance really, most Japanese people will sit fairly silently until the performance is finished.
Does anyone know what their closer is? It sounds awesome!
Are Japanese bands not allowed to use electronics?
hey herbs4mike. i was wondering will you have the '06 and '07 shows posted soon?
Avon's drill is AMAZINGLY clean, and yet is nothing compared to these kids. They could easily content with even Div. I DCI corps.
Indoor? ive not seen one indoor before its always on a football field like our hs marching band
AND THIS IS ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND? Japanese people are nuts.
na.. the only band in the states that can compete with this on a respectable level is Lassiter... Check out the 02 show on here. Hands down the best low brass and woodwind sound i've ever heard from a highschool marching band.
Most bands are gigging between the 35's and in fromt of the field center. No one's gettnig credit for fiels spread and not wiorth the risk. The ones I see doing it have a pretty large band.
Also, your comment "STOP (like I can do something about it now) MOVING THE CAMERA..." is about 5 years too late. You needed to give me that advice before this show :) It gets better as the show goes along though. Hopefully that's some consolation :)
wow O.O
how about when you heard the appassionata? :)
asians are not necessarily any more skilled than an american, BUT, their practice ethics and their cultural views on skills in general (I suppose they think of skills as if you can make a collection of them) are more uniformly spread across individuals, for example, where they can play something like this (which I personally wouldnt find so difficult) US high school bands have people who dont practice and dont try, and those who do practice usually dont as much (in other words, PRACTICE)
Some students are from a 1000 miles away to play music here. So if you always screw around, they'll kick you out. & after you just spent all your junior high years preparing for to go to Nishihara. What a waste to get kicked out of the music program or the school. Different mentality. Highschool here is not an entitlement, you have to earn the privilege. & then you have to follow the rules so that you don't get kicked out (no pregnancy, smoking, serious law problems, etc.).
japanese bands are amazing!
have a look at these (national band competitions in malaysia) (search 11th MSSMBC and look for Nan Hwa, CHWS, Keat Hwa)
we're not as good (no colour guards etc)
but we're ok i suppose (no match for japanese bands!)
@gilom2nd sounds like Beethoven to me.
no. They're playing Beethoven.
uh, he's trying to get everything in the picture. Why don't you go record something for us to enjoy?
wow i get goosebumps at 8:40 and 8:51...an amazing ending and an amazing speed at 8:16. i wish the audience would show a little more enthusiasm and applause lol.
oops..... i meant "neat" haha
@radlikewhoa you mean disliked?
ME?
"Students standing in the stands dancing" is not the only definition in the book for "exciting". You can pander to the lowest common denominator and get that....
omg wow why are asian kids so much better at everything than american kids or anywhere else damn it! hehehe like for real they are playing like beethoven or like back music. and then there is a part in there where it sounds like the flight of the bumble bee
Your wife looks pissed.
Dat high note at 8:50 just made me jizz my pants
uh, have you ever watched a top level BOA marching band? don't be racist
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