The Best Texas Aggie Band Halftime Ever - New Mexico Game at Kyle Field - 11/11/17
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- In its ninth halftime drill of the 2017 football season and its last at Kyle Field on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band executes its most anticipated formation, the 4-way Cross and is joined on the field at the end of the drill by the rest of the some 2400 members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets in forming the annual Corps Block-T. Musical selections for the drill are Our Gallant Infantry March, Strategic Air Command March and Cathedral Chorus. Texas A&M won the game 55-14.
Time Stamps:
Drill step-off - 2:05
4-Way Cross setup begins - 4:30
4-way Cross intersection - 5:35 to 6:20
Corps Block-T formation - 8:25
Corps of Cadets hump-it - 11:30
Absolutely mesmerizing block-drill stuff! This, from someone who lives and breathes corps-style 😮! Loved the inclusion of the end of “Russian Christmas Music”! (Great Gate of Kiev)
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Please watch The Ohio State University Band. They will blow your mind
Here is one for you. Keep in mind, this is recoreded on the camera microphone.
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@@rhiannon-bv9rk Jacksonville. State. University.
Ohio State, Texas A&M, etc. are fine programs, but they can't even be considered as in the same class as JSU.
If you ever find yourself with 10-15 min to kill, watch a JSU Marching Southerners show. Literally any of them from the past 20 years will do. I'm partial to the 2011 and 2012 productions "fire and ice" and "I'll fly away" respectively.
Have fun!
@@rhiannon-bv9rk agreed
70 years ago I played drums in Maroon band at TAM. I had a great time of my very young life. James Horrell Class 1950
How old are you now like 94
I’m a sophomore (16) I play the flute
Thank you for sharing James
Wow!
God bless Aggie!
This band is a must-see before you die. Literally. Watching their halftime shows is beyond belief; precision, creativity and musical skill like you'll never see it anywhere. Mind you, I'm a diehard Sooner fan but that's immaterial. If you ever get a chance to see the A&M Aggie Band, do not miss it. They are the finest college band in America.
I was so lucky to be able to see them perform at the Festival of Bands in Pflugerville, Texas
Played football at A&M. The band was practicing when we went out and still practicing when we went in. That could account for why we NEVER lost a half time.
I wanted to be in that band so bad. It never happened. I joined the Air force after high school and after 10 years in the military I became a police officer. The up side is I get to watch the Aggies march in the battle of flowers parade in San Antonio every year while working the parade as a police officer. I must say I have to hide the goose bumps and hold back the tears when they march by.. I love this band !!!
I was a Northsider. McInnis Hall, damn small, damn proud and the best hung dorm on campus (regardless of what E-2 claimed).
Edward Vargas 🙂 👍🏼
Tears too
Edward Vargas I’m sorry you did not make it.
Hard Cheese Ed but you persevered and did yourself proud.
We lived in College Station 1953-1955. Band practice every weekday morning at 5:30 am. I can still sing the Aggie fight song and that was 65 years ago when I was 10!
As a loyal TCU Alum I must say that the Horned Frogs always enjoyed seeing the A&M Band when you came to Fort Worth for a football game! You make us all proud to be Americans!🇺🇸
same here. Loyal Frog, love Aggie band.
My brother played trombone in the Aggie band in the mid '60's. I still get tears in my eyes whenever I hear them play. It still makes me proud.
Thanks for sharing that memory, Susan.
I come from a family of Aggies and many of my cousins as well as my Silver Taps son marched in the band. For me, it is always the best part of any Aggie football game.
Thanks for the video. My wife and I were at this game, and our son is a junior in the Corps (not band) and was also on the field for the block T. My kudos to all the young men and women who dedicate a large part of their college experience to serve in the Corps and sacrifice their personal time to be part of something much larger.
As a proud Scot I just love marching bands it's in the blood.
I lived near Edinburgh, Scotland🏴 where the Tattoo is held but I've got to say this band is exceptionally magnificent. Amazing to watch.
Go Aggies...Go...
"God Bless America"
🇺🇸👏👏👏👏👏👏
baby go to an Ohio State game. There is no other
Here is one for you.
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@@rhiannon-bv9rk Agreed
69 likes I can't mess that up
Those "Top Secret" Swiss guys are always my fav at the Tattoo... If you want to see the top-notch pipe bands, Glasgow in August is the place to be, wouldn't you agree?
I n the fall of 1960 , I was a seventeen year old fish from Georgia, knew nothing about Texas A&M. I was in dorm 9 room 403 was woke up first morning with the band practicing, that performance is many hours in the making. Didn’t make it that fall, but later in life as a Captain in Vietnam I would sing the songs to calm myself, once an Aggie always an Aggie.
thank you for your service sir GIG EM!
WHOOP!
Thanks for your service, sir. And Gig ‘Em!
Thanks for your service of this country sir
GIG EM AGGIES!
John Lott Thank you for your service Sir, USN 89-95, I wanted to know if you knew my Father Don Shell. 1960 was my Father’s senior year in the Corps of Cadets of which I have the utmost respect. Dad said Fish who failed to salute a senior Cadet was in for a long day! Dad was a Chemist for ten years and put himself through Law School at night raising three children into fine Adults and will be forever grateful of his sacrifices He made for our Family along with our Mother. Dad practiced Law as a Title Attorney for Stewart Title most of his professional life. He put my Brother and Sister through school at Texas A&M and attended my Navy boot camp graduation in San Diego, CA. I remember our Company 230 marching during the graduation parade toward our designated bleachers filled with Company 230 Relatives. Soon as I made that final left oblique there was my Father cheering us on with his silver hair blowing in the San Diego wind I’ll always remember that moment. I wanted to be an Aggie but it just wasn’t meant to be but I always think of myself as one because I was raised by the finest Human being I will ever know my Father. Thank you for listening and God bless you and Texas A&M University’s Corps of Cadets building Men to lead our great Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen and Coast Guard! John Shell
Thank you for your service.
This is definitely one of the BEST halftime performances I’ve ever seen
The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band will ALWAYS win the halftime.
I was crazy about watching the Texas Aggie Band while studying for Masters in 1975-76. I still enjoy watching the Band 42 years later all thanks to CZcams.
I'm from the UK and this is why I LOVE America! It's just so cool.
31 years since graduation. . . and I still get chills watching/hearing them perform.
I've viewed this film about half a dozen times, and it's incredible.
As a man from England, I've not seen anything like this. I could picture this fighting Aggie band putting on a display for HM Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. It would certainly make a change from her Majesties Coldstream Guards at trooping the colour. What a band eh.👍
With kind regards from South East England.👍
Jonnie you’ve got to make it to Texas for some BBQ, Tex Mex and a fighting Texas Aggie football game (and midnight yell) with some two stepping in college station. Put it on your bucket list!
@@emmarose6590 Many thanks.😃👍
I was fortunate to have a son in the Aggie band for four years and then my next son the following four years- they never disappoint! Go back to the intro and listen where Colonel Brewer says “ now forming at the north end of Kyle Field..approximately 60,000 plus fans will shout with him, “The Nationally Famous Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band!” Also, may I point out the cross formation during Strategic Air Command - this drill has to be drawn by hand. It cannot be done on the computer program because, in fact, two cadets would be in the same place at the same time! Love the Aggie Band!!
Yes, Come on Over. My Dad went to A&M, did the drills then joined the navy for dental school just as WW2 broke out. More WW2 Officers graduated from Texas A&M than from all the other military schools combined. Watch the movie "To Hell and Back" it's the story of Audey Murphey who was the most decorated soldier in WW2 and up until lately, the most decorated ever. Dad always asked, "Do you know what they call an ex Aggie?
√
Boss.
It's a good place to send your daughters to school.
Somewhat surprising to find you dont have college marching bands.
@ 5:43 I bow down to this band. It takes discipline and many hours of practice and repetition to perfect this type of maneuver. Nice job!!!
I agree. I was in band and these counter marches they are doing are difficult. Precise lines and steps just amazed me!
I'm not sure how they pulled this off lol. My band would probably be dominoes
YOU SHOULD BOW TO NO ONE ONE, ONLY GOD. WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL? AND DID EVEN GO TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL?
Do you think any High school marching band can do that?
JULIE WALSH shut up your god is evil.
I saw this in person and honestly it was the best day of my life
Live a bit more . Lol
I believe you are correct! #gigemAggies
I’m a vegan...
I imagine it was unforgettable
As a Brit, I would love to see this marching band.
Sometimes in Super Bowls they show us some crappy artists that more than half the audience do not care for. We should have a show like this at half time.
Couldn't agree more. The HBCUs, A&M, Ohio State.... Any of them (or all 3 in one of those extended halftimes....would be head and shoulders above the all-too-quickly forgotten whats-their-names they get to perform every year. It would be cost effective, the participants would never, ever forget math they were part of it , there is zero chance that they would embarrass the NFL....and you know what else? It would just be nice. A 30 minute period in the NFL season where it isn't actively trying to squeeze every last penny from it's viewers.
I despise (ab)normal Super Bowl half time shows, and mutter this same thought every year. There are deeper things than pop culture that people can appreciate and enjoy.
I feel like something more like DCI or a top High School Band would be more impressive
@@zedzen3690 this is why no one likes interacting with DCI fans. The people are even more boringly smug than the shows. Yall can just stay in the lots doing "warm ups", yall look best for me there, you know, since we're sharing.
@@tubadude-2269 sorry boring college pep songs and a big t are more boring than actual music and drill
As much as I don't root for teams from Texas I will say that is the best half time drill I have ever seen in my nearly 75 years. Stunning to watch. Mike Mather - US Marine.
Mike here is one for you.
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For me the most amazing thing is when they go into a close order continuous counter march, no space for any error/misstep and with an instrument!, and they are all on step and in perfect alignment as it seems to go on for minutes in a tightly bunch part of the field, and then they end the continuous counter and all come out one end like they were just taking a stroll in a park. The base drums have it the hardest on the close counter, having to dip their big drum down to avoid obstructing the rest of the band as they make the turn. Totally awesome GIG’EM ‘75
4 years in the Mairnes and 30 years as a Confederate infantry reenactor, and I'm here to tell y'all THAT is some damned fine drill!
Absolutely stunning. I could watch this band for hours.
Michigan alumnus here. You have the greatest band on earth. I’d go to a game just to see them!
John Joseph you are only saying that because the greatest band on earth just happens to be your rival.
THOSE PERFORMERS FROM TEXAS A & M SHOULD GO HOME AND CRY ALL DAY AND NIGHT. THAT SCHOOL IS COMMITTING CRIMES
AS I WRITE THIS. DOGS AND PUPPIES ARE GETTING KILLED AND CAGED IN COLD STEEL CAGES. GOD SHOULD STRIKE THIS SCHOOL DOWN NOW.
Apparently you never made it down the Big House while you were there. Nothing beats the Michigan Marching Band paying Hail to the Victors while marching in the block M formation in front of 100,000 plus fans singing their fight song. I enjoy the A&M Band March but Hail to the Victors was called the greatest marching band song ever written or performed by the father of marching bands-John Philip Sousa.
@@austingates4518 Michgan State? Oh, you mean that party school down south that had to learn how to do the script O from the Wolverines.
So proud to be an Aggie -- no one does it better than the Corp and the Fightin Texas Aggie Band.
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I miss my years at TAMU! Campus, Extracurricular Groups, Tail-Gates, Standing as a member of the 12th Man, watching the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band at halftime, and everything else that comes with being an Aggie. The best years of my life. Now that I'm getting older I realize how my time at Texas A&M made me the person I am today. I just bought my burial plot at the Aggie Field of Honor so my body can face campus and Kyle Field forever, as my souls looks down from Heaven on Campus with my fellow Former Aggies in the Eternal Muster! JTG, Esq. Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of '04!
I’m still in grade school but I’m so excited to go to A&M when I’m older :)
BONFIRES! YELL PRACTICE!
@@caitlyngrange611 Highly Recommend it. Wish I had gone there. Talked 2 of my cousins daughters into going there. The youngest graduated last spring.
Amazing performance at all levels! The absolute discipline to pull this off and make it look so mind blowing! It was neither simple or easy!
I saw them at a Kansas State game in the early 70s. The Aggies (we were all Aggies, but you know which ones I mean) were leading the Wildcats in football at the half, but shouldn’t have. But still, after the halftime show, they got a standing ovation from the KState fans. They were absolutely amazing.
These folks are a damn fine band. So much talent and discipline.
That bugle call in the beginning always gives me goosebumps
me too
And the TV stations think we would rather hear halftime “stats”? It’s time we showcase the “REAL” talent on the field! We need to contact the networks and tell them to put the halftime band show back on. Who give a crap about who ran more plays or how fast they did it?
lawyers9 I couldn’t agree with you more! God bless the Fighting Texas Aggie Band and Texas A&M University!
Maybe it'd stand a chance if all colleges and universities supported their band program as A&M does
the aggie band is a national treasure
The formations and cadences are incredible! Such precision. The Aggie Hymn is so majestic. A&M is fortunate to have a band this superb.
"REAL" talent on the field! Too bad no one pays 70$ a head to watch people in band, which is funded by the football program.
I’m so glad you posted this! I’ve been feening for some FTAB awesomeness. I was a CT (class of ‘05) and always razzed the BQs, but it was just a “sibling” rivalry.
Every Aggie has the utmost respect for the Nationally Famous Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band!
Thanks and Gig ‘Em!
A-WHOOP!!!!!
Fantastic.. Can't even understand how is that possible
Sp1ke 1 Computer simulations have concluded that the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band’s drills are impossible. Yet they go out each week and prove the computers wrong.
Watch from 5:40 when he zooms in on the meat grinder. Computers can’t account for the syncopated contortions the Band members use to pass by one another in such tight confines!
GIG ‘EM AGGIES!!!!!
A-WHOOP!!!!!
Practice and discipline.
Paghamllo
Ags rule. Class of 7690
Amazing skill and dedication from an old man in England.
I saw them perform when I was at the U of Arkansas in the late 80's, simply fantastic. Blew away our respectable Razorback band.
Yes, I was born and raised a Razorback fan and heard the Aggie Band over the radio coverage of Southwest Conference games long before I saw them in person later as an adult but could tell from the precision and crispness in their sound that they were something special. Now, that I live in San Antonio, I have had the pleasure and honor of seeing them perform on a regular basis. Up until the time TAMU joined the SEC the Aggie Band did not receive as much national recognition as they deserved and were a bit of a Texas secret, but not any more. The whole nation is beginning to catch on to just how special these young men and women are. Kudos to TAMU!
Still makes my eyes water up after all these years…
Coming from a Portuguese guy from Europe, this is bloody amazing!
If you're impressed by this you really should watch The Ohio State University marching band.(The Best Damn Band In The Land.) This is nothing compared to what OSU does, the choreography in their halftime shows is Amazing!
Christopher Lewis HAHAHAHA. Yea no. OSU band is cute though they do have that going for them at least.
Go check Jackson State Marching band
Well done, Aggies. A University of Texas ex was impressed.
so nice to hear and see snare drums that sound like snare drums, not like machine guns. And traditional grip snare drumming with leg drums. Outstanding!
That was the most 4 exceptional 4 way cross that I've seen from Texas A&M forever.
And I thought some of the stuff we do in my high school band is advanced. This is amazing!! It seems like it would be awesome to be in that band:)
Thank you for this great video. Excellent sound and video. It’s better than the official video from Texas A&M.
That is awesome. It's hard enough to stay in step....and keep in line...and play a musical instrument at the same time. Very cool..
My second favorite College Marching Band. Theirs precision and martial marching style is mesmerizing. I love that 4 way cross
I loved it when I heard an Ohio State grad - who was in their band - say after A&M’s halftime, “That was absolutely insane! Mind. Blown. Nothing I’ve ever performed or seen before compares!!”
Correct sir; you’re honest, and correct.
I'm a Nebraska fan and the Aggie Band is the best I've ever seen!
Mark Olson Osu
Of course they are, they're from Texas!
Well then, clearly you've never seen OSU. They're not called T.B.D.B.I.T.L. for nothing.
@@christopherlewis1315 I don't need to see them to know they're not as good as the Fighting Texas Aggie Band.
@@albertwells8393 I guess ignorance is bliss! LOL.
OMG. Truly magnificent. From South Africa. !!! Wish I was born in the 🇺🇸.
As in the great racehorse in 1979, a Spectacular Bid. Greatness, blessed by talent speaks for itself.
Much respect to the Texas A&M Fighting Aggie Band. Wish y'all well with your New coach, Jumbo Fisher, a great hire by your savy AD. Hope we can again meet up one day on the gridiron. Until then...Your fellow Texas brothers and sisters down here in Austin.....Hook 'em!
Hook 'em Horns love the respect for tamu gig em
Im interested to see what Herman can do for yall and Jimbo can do for us. Gig’em
we need to lock down texas in recruiting keep all our better recruits dont go to bama, notre dame, lsu, oklahoma,osu etc.
Hook 'em Horns. Even though you at TU have consistently beat our butts, the Aggie War Hymn doesn’t reference beating Alabama, Georgia, or LSU! The A&M vs. Texas game on Thanksgiving is a tradition that needs to be begun again! Beat the Hell outa TU! Gig Em Aggies! Class of 70/Squadron Six.
We have tried to get them on the schedule for two years now and they have said no. To Hell with them
Will always have love for corp of cadets especially for Texas Aggie band
Awesome! Few college bands could ever attempt this precision. Too many of today's college bands are mostly boring arcs and little movement. One day soon, colleges may fill the field with marching drones. Great job Aggies!
Now, I know why Texas is the best state 🖤
There are not enough of the letter "O" in the word "smooth" to convey the way i feel about what this marching band performed in this video.
Holy truckload of OOOOOOOOOs.
Edit: watch this video on 1/2 or 1/4 speed to see the intricacies of this art. Then watch it on double speed to see just how seemless and truly smooth this performance is. One mistake would be like a domino effect, and can easily happen but it does not (maybe some mistakes did happen, but they are almost imperceptible here). Just amazing that someone wrote this choreography and that these team members performed it so flawlessly.
Just beautiful.
I did detect a mistake, but the ability to quickly rectify the mistake seems to be something this team was also taught, because the "mistake" really went by quickly and almost undetectably with no ill effect. That is also talent i credit to the teachers and coaches.
Of course there will be mistakes or mishaps - and the ability to handle them gracefully is what makes this team, teachers and coaches top notch all the way. These skills will serve them well in life - these skills of foreseeing and averting disaster, skills of planning, skills of teamwork, skills that every school should be teaching in every subject - not just in marching band.
What is being taught is equally important as to the WAY it is being taught. And here, the lessons and the method of teaching seems very effective!
Watching this band gives me the chills.
I was there! It was the first performance I'd seen live and it was amazing!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Beats any SWAC band any day.
Freaking amazing. I want to go back to college and go here.
I'm a Ohio State fan first......but Texas A&M second. Great footrball team in tough conference. BUT......the Aggie Marching Band is #1 in the Universe!!!!! Thanks for putting this video up.
This band is phenomenal!!!!!
I watched it so many times but I can't have enough, so I have to watch again and again💯👍
Dear Texas, you make America proud ❤
So sad to see military marching die off slowly, it is truly an art
Military marching is a waste of time and resources.
moncorp1 Inc just curious, how is it a waste of time and resources?
Absolutely wonderful. Hard work and practice paid off for sure. Loved it.
Truly astonishing! Nothing comes close to this.
This band is great! I thought FSU's Marching Chiefs were good, but this band blows them away!
Nobody can touch TAMUs band.
A true marching band!💜💜💜🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Chill bumps! Thank you!
Any well-composed music performed well is a HUGE treat! Tyvm TA&M !!
SO AMAZING !!!! BRAVO
I love when they do the Cross of St Andrew, which is Scotland's National flag.
So proud of the Aggies in my family. A&M is a terrific school.
Not an Aggie fan but that half time show gave me chills. I’m an Aggie fan now.
My online friend called James told me to saw his college, Texas A&M, and it was amazing 👍
It's like watching a large living organism.
Makes me proud to be an Aggie.
Gig'm Aggies!
This my friends is why they’re called he best band in the land. You don’t see UT or OSU or LSU or anyone else doing this
They may be the best band in the land, but they aren’t the best damn band in the land. Jokes aside though their marching styles are very different, comparing these bands isn’t a very valid comparison. Osu does very modern, designed drill halftimes, this band does very military style marching and drill, and LSU does a lot of “hype” music and marching. All styles very awesome in their own respective ways
I admire the Aggie band very much as a former drum major and involved in music my entire adolescence. I grew up in College Station; numerous cadet friends growing up.
The band is brilliant around line dressing; precise all around. Then, we have the running on and off field, pre and post event. A synchronized entry and and exit was the most simple event of the day in my experience.
I just want to say I do support Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M. I’m really happy that Texas A&M is coming back to the big 12 as well as Arkansas. God bless Texas, Longhorns and Oklahoma but I’m glad that a few or other teams are coming back to the big 12.
One of the most impressive things I've ever seen. It's almost like organized chaos. And so easy to forget that while they all marching these amazing formations they're also keeping time while playing their instruments.
Love to see this well trained marching band show, form Thailand
The crossover at the 6 minute mark is amazing.
God bless A&M and the Corps. The band wins the day. Gig'em
Amazing job !!! respect from France !
Great video! Their marching and formations have always amazed me! And love the majority of the music they play too. Just one of the best bands their is!
The timing of the cross walks is brilliant
The precision is absolutely flawless. How is it possible to do that and play good music at the same time? I could've done without the garbled dialogue from the announcer. Important information to be sure, but not the right time for it.
Not only the BEST college band, also by far the largest, best marching
Clearly you've never seen OSU's marching band. T.B.D.B.I.T.L.
Here is a high school band for you. Recorded on the crappy camera microphone.
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This is so amazing so incredibly wonderful Way to Represent Our FREE America Aggies U Rock!!!
#gigemAggies ♡♡♡ :)
Outstanding thanks for the great performance
Bene C h
Outstanding performance young band members, bravo ! 👏 💖
The best marching band ever!
The Most Gorgeous thing I've ever SEEN! I watch it all of the time!
Incroyable! What a feat of choreography and diligent soldiers, that most likely eclipsed the game itself, FCOL.
Great job recording this magnificent work!
The PRECISION of this routine, WOW!
Absolutely Amazing !
Fantastic! It sure feels good to be an Aggie!
Just utterly jawdropping. Much
My daughter getting ready to apply for this wonderful University. Great video and thanks for sharing. #goaggies!!!!
Elisa Monast good luck and Gig ‘em to her!
James Beaman, thank you so much 😊
Well done, A&M. Worthy of The University of Texas.
Ohio state marching band? Never heard of 'em this is the best damn band in the land! All support from a Minnesota fan