The Tennessee Circle Drill '09 - Pride of the Southland Marching Band

[tsaxman1]

I am an Ohio State man and I love the Buckeye band script OHIO, but this is AWESOME !!!!

[ZeppelinFan29]

I'm a Bama fan and I went to see us on the road a few years back. I love the MDB and all. But I was BLOWN away by this.

[themetalfan08]

No one can deny.... Tennessee has the sexiest band of all time :D GO VOLS!!!

[prideofthesouthland]

Go Vols! Go Pride! Keeping tradition alive.

[ReclinerParty1]

John Martin of GVSU totally wrote this drill! that is when he was drill writer for tennessee.

[dilusional1]

What does he say @ 3:25?The Chattanooga what?

[dilusional1]

Choo Choo?

[AngedeleCor]

absolutely awesome! there's good chance i'll be out there with a mellophone next year. :D

[hipper44]

god now im caught whether i want to try to join the usc band or the pride, fk

[WBBugleBoy]

@hipper44 You have GOT to be kidding.

[UTvol6]

we will be doing it there

[TrumpetHero11]

They showed a short part of it last night at halftime.

[brookieo5]

I hope they do the circle drill at the Chick Fil A Bowl

[Lurch900]

That was awesome!!!! Tennessee's Marching band is amazing..... I am gonna try to join it... I will play the tuba...

[efLuXx]

good. The section is small this year.

[sthrnblle1982]

I am a GA fan to the bone and this was my first time at Neyland......Damn that drill is badass....our bands got nothin on that......props

[rob403161]

ok, here's a question. Which fight song is older. "Down the Field" or "Fight Vols Fight" ? anyone? anyone? Is the last song played in the video "Down the Field"?

[Futurecoach16]

I want to say "Fight Vols Fight" came first, but I'm not positive. I do know that "March on Mighty Vols" was also one of the fight songs, but that one is not played anymore. The last song on this video is "Spirit of the Hill". It is the oldest tradition of the band dating back over 100 years.

[efLuXx]

It's called Spirit of the Hill, have no idea what it's derived from (if it is taken from one of the two you mentioned) Someone with more knowledge on it care to answer?

[trumpetdood]

no actually the song played on the way to the UT is the Spirit of the Hill

[cedmond3]

My last time doing circle drill in Neyland Stadium! Glad this was recorded!

[dihardmanu]

what songs were played during that halftime show?

[andreasgriffable]

I believe it was an orginal piece followed by elvis' CC Ryder, followed by chattanooga choo-choo, followed by will the circle be unbroken, followed by Rocky top. And ended with an original piece.

[ElGuapCakes]

I was in that mug.

booyah.

[pacelim]

Thanks for video taping it, since I am not from Knoxville and not able to be at the game, I am now able to watch my son marched the circle drill. Appreciate it. Go Vols!

[chaoticregiment]

dang pride's soooo small this year! still great as always though!

[wizardoforange]

You're right. In fact, it's so small they had to do some creative drill writing and mess with the geometry of the circle drill a little. It took me a while, but I came up with 168 winds. The final sunburst array is composed of alternating lines of 10 and 11, in 16 total lines, for a total of 168. It should be 12 in each of the 16 lines for a total of 192.

[utsax1]

Thanks for posting this so quickly! Wish I could have been there to see it in person....and the drubbing that was put on UGA!