Coast Guards March

[southernpride9811]

i love this march, i also love KL King my school only play his marches

[CrunchGirl123]

My band geek friends and I were all going on a weekend church retreat the week before a concert when were playing this. We would all just sit around the fire humming our parts, and we got the weirdest looks from people! :D This will always be the only non-circus march I truly love.

[Nikoeab]

We played this two years ago in 9th grade. We had a band of about 80 people. 15 trumpets, 4 horns, 4 tubas, 6 trombones, 14 clarinets, 16 saxes, from bari to alto, 14 flutes, 4 misc. woodwinds, and 8 perc.

[CrazyMeg1652]

Cool! Our 7th grade band will play this at our next concert, but we go slower than this.

[TinaMarie715]

Yesterday, we sight read this song. And the whole band fell in love with it. We are doing it for our next concert in May.

[JamesTJoplin]

My Middle School All-districk band played this. I loved playing it. I played Trombone.

[maat369]

i play flute, and i'm absolutely in love with this song. :D

[Picapacapopo]

We just played this song at a competition. I play trombone and just hated the trio. It was so hard to get it to sound in tune with the rest of the band.

[spartan31696]

i love this song i play crash lawl i poped one of my cymbals playin at 70 XD

[BeckyWrightMusic]

hii!! awesome job!! what age group was this?!?!! :) you guys were good!

[DrWackoProductions]

9-12th grade :) Gracias!

[hinsojd7494]

Great performance! I especially liked how you slowed down at the repeat of the trio and sped up!

[rachthebandgeek]

I liked that too!

:D

[mccrie407]

playing this for 9th grade though a bit slower

[xxselenamichellexx]

Im playing this in my eigth grade band :] i find this song really fun :D

[jkman10]

We are playing this. II hate this march. I hate playing it because i'm a horn and I hate the tune at the Trio. I asked my director if he was going to pick a march to play please pick sousa and he said no.

[rachthebandgeek]

Aw xD

Yeah our horn (yes, we only had one lonely horn) didn't like this one.

I don't think. Well that was two years ago.

[AFJROTCGIRL]

@jkman10 i know how you fell my lung's felt like they were going to fall out of my chest

[conroeboy]

how big is this band? :D we are playing this march for U.I.L. Competition. was it difficult?

[rachthebandgeek]

Hmm, I think that year we were about thirty-something. This march really isn't that hard :) Good luck at competition! :D

[conroeboy]

well for a band that small its pretty amazing! and well thanks!

[TotalSaxSap]

Did you find this song difficult ot play?

[rachthebandgeek]

Nah. It's in cut time though

[anthonysteelflex]

i hate cut time it sucks and the songs sound retarded

[druminaway]

Played way too fast. This is a Karl KIng March, not a Karl KIng Galop like Rough Riders. Play it like a normal march 120 beats per minute. Good accenst on the cymbals and bass drum!! Rollie Jensen, drummer, Karl KIng Band, Ft. Dodge, Iowa

[rachthebandgeek]

sweet! thanks for the advice

[Mixeddrink64]

thank you for posting this! since i can't find it on napster, smartmusic, anywhere... i play in a community band and we were handed this kinda late. it's easy to play but i find music even easier to play anything if i hear a recording first. y'all sound great!

[DrWackoProductions]

haha thanks!

that's one good reason why i put these videos on here.

[caityluvschris3]

at my school were playing this as our contest music, its my favorite piece and its really fun.

[rachthebandgeek]

mm yes. i love the break strain in this one :D

[damesha313]

that baritone is really doing a good job

[rachthebandgeek]

we have realllllly good baritones :D

one of them went to all state like three years [maybe two..] in a row!

[theguitarstrumpet]

Good job for not slowing down at 1:00

The clarinets in my band have a problem with that.

Great low brass.

[rachthebandgeek]

thank you :]

[ayer456]

my school plays it and it sucks

[HIMCKYSK8]

us too... its boring we played the big cage last year it was super fun

[sASsYgIrLy4545]

were doing thing piece for a 7th and 8th grade spring concert and i think its a cool piece. im a trombonist so i kinda dont get a real melody in like, any pieces. even tho the low brass doesnt exactly have the melody, i still think its pretty cool.

[loranagirl]

weird.... my school is playing this song for a 7th+8th grade spring concert too!!! and im a trombonist too!!! (the only girl for that matter...)

[aphrodite1017]

wow.. that is weird... im the only girl 2... ahaha. its sooo hard being the only girl!!!!

[Hersheys79]

so are we.....

[beejmeyer]

Terrific! I'm a band director at a Christian School in Deltona Fl and can certainly appreciate the smaller band size. We have about 45 in our upper group which is a combination of 6th-12th grades. You all play very well for a smaller ensemble, clean and careful attention is evident. I always tell my kids it's quality not quantity we're after. Best of luck to you all in the future!!

[rachthebandgeek]

thank you!

[firestar124]

My school is going to get to play this with the presidents band.

[crateshuter]

geez robbie be a little more creative, we did this a few years ago in my freshman or sophomore year, cant remember which :P i miss you guys and keep up the good work!!

[rachthebandgeek]

when did you graduate?

our concert is december 16th if you wanna come see us

[crateshuter]

i graduated 2006 :)

[iberachel]

ah okay

what did you play?

[rachthebandgeek]

pfsh.

trumpet?

how lame.

flute's not at the top of the score for no reason :D

[troopjunior]

what did you play?

[oam94]

Hey wer doin this song for our march of the seazon we have more percussion in it tho

[danamiddleschool]

were play thiz song 2 in araia california. our middle school band has 60 ppl and our high school band has 500

[rachthebandgeek]

500!?!?

we have 60 in our highschool band xD

[pianojake94]

Yeah, well we have less than 30 in our high school band.

[rachthebandgeek]

well technically, that was just marching season. but when this was recorded we had about 30ish in concert

[DCTubaPlayer]

I was playing the tuba in this lol

[zppln38]

haha wow

im in band at my school

and were doing this song

we just got this piece a couple days ago

it sounds really nice

[rmorecook]

Wow - nice job - what school is this? I like the part that kicks right at 1:00 and again at 1:27 That little bit there was used as the news intro at WIBC Radio in Indianapolis for many years. Bob M

[rachthebandgeek]

thats pretty awesome :D

this is dawson county in ga

[Ehrenamtlich]

AND ALSO THE TUBA and SEAN ROCK THIS ONE!! -paterick

[simonw1485]

very nicely played. and yes this arrangement is by James Swearingen