London New Year's Day Parade 2009 - musical items #1

[rzautcke]

What is the name of the song the Slinger Band is playing??

[whitevanman999]

"run runaway" by slade - which was based on the tune from a 1800's hymn called "there is a happy land"

[pucknstick86]

Yeah AI DUPONT MARCHING BAND!!!!!!!!

[giantsquid93]

The tigers played the same song and cadence as they did in the rose bowl thing

[AIbandgeek10]

We never change cadence, or olympic spirit.

@giantsquid93

[brokencyde123456789]

AI AI AI AI

go tigers

[xXxSirConstantinexXx]

Is there any reason that the parade is more american than british and that the american flag appears all the time?

All the people I know around Europe call UK the 51st state and mean that this country has become a culturaly and political satelite state to america. is that true or is there a reason that this parade is more american then british?

Ive always defended britain against these attacks but when I seethis I can see why they wonder. but I guess there is a logical explanation :)

[Phillip210]

Sorry to take so long to reply. Of course you must remember that I only show the bands in these videos (because they are what I enjoy watching at the parade) but most of the parade, which takes 2 1/2 hours, is made up of British carnival floats from all the London boroughs and elsewhere. There are very few British marching bands, but we do not have the same tradition. Maybe there is a parade somewhere else in the world that all the British bands fly out to take part in!

[LUSC14]

im there every year =) i do the security! =P

[uuuhmanda]

i cant wait to march in this in 2010! im so excited to go to london! :D

[Phillip210]

I look forward to seeing you march!

[melody1717]

WOO, go Slinger!!! It was such an amazing experience to play in the parade and to even be in London... I loved it there! I definately want to go back. Thanks for posting this video though!

[Phillip210]

Thanks for your comment - I'm glad you had a good time in London. Do come back - with the UK economy as it is, we love to see overseas visitors!

[HunkeyDorey101]

Thank you so much for posting the video! GO SACRED HEARTS. Wish I coulda been there with them, but seeing it is pretty awesome. THANKS!

[Phillip210]

Thanks for your comment. I'm sure the band had a great time in London, but it is freezing here and most Londoners would jump at the chance to go to sunny Hawaii just now!

[HunkeyDorey101]

I agree!! I hate the cold; they taunt me by telling me the temperature when

[HunkeyDorey101]

(woops, sorry for cutting myself off there) it's 80 degrees F there and 20 here. Haha.

[Chick6517]

Definitely a good video! I always see so many nonsense videos on you tube now. Most of them are pretty funny, but it&TBPSQUOs nice to see these kinds of videos once in a while.

[Phillip210]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[brambleclaw23]

wohoo stpauls rocks!! i was on that bus!!

[Phillip210]

I hope you had a great time in London!

[brambleclaw23]

i did!

[AIbandgeek10]

I am from AI duPont, all the bands were great, it was our sixth time in that parade!! very excting, how did everyone else enjoy it?

[Phillip210]

Yours was the very first band to appear in the parade I think.

[lupe808]

hEYY PhilliP

MUCh MAhAlOZ 4 PUTTN; dA ViDEO

UP OF dA ShA bANd!!!!!

hOPE YU hAVE A SAfE&&hAPPEh NEW YEAR(:

[Phillip210]

Thank you - and I hope you have a great 2009 too!

[baylie808]

heyy im in the sacred hearts band and

mahalo for putting this up!:)

[Phillip210]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[BoxmansBabyGirl6661]

Woo! Go Slinger!

That was honestly the best week of my life.

Thanks for putting this up here!

<3

[Phillip210]

It is a pleasure - doing the video is not a lot of trouble. I'm really glad you enjoyed London, especially as it was so cold. Mind you, if you are from Wisconsin, I'm sure it is much colder there!

[BoxmansBabyGirl6661]

Yeah...it is.

We're supposed to get a temperature of -30 or so tomorrow(thursday)

Yay fun...

[balla21kcv]

haha i'm from sacred hearts and it actually wasn't as cold marching as i thought it would be haha XD

[Phillip210]

I'm pleased to hear that. I hope you had/ are having a good time in London!

[kitsu101]

lol i'm part of the sacred hearts marching band and we were really excited to go to london because it's out of the country! lol i was really excited to get off of hawaii...it gets quite boring after a while and london was sooo much fun!

[Phillip210]

I'm glad you had a good time. For my part, I should love to be in Hawaii right now - all that surf and sunshine!

[2kidsincollege08]

Thank you! This is the first chance we got to see our son! We're in the U.S.

[Phillip210]

It's a pleasure. Thank you (and the other parents) for taking on the expense and effort involved in sending him and the other band players over here to perform for us. I hope he has (or has had) a safe journey home!

[giantsquid93]

SLinger Drumline is second to none

[Phillip210]

I can't comment, as I have not seen all the other marching band drumlines, but they were certainly good!

[elementkid5211]

who r u gjambor (SLINGER ROCKS!)

[gjambor]

Thanks for video taping the bands, it's the first chance to see our band (Slinger).

[Phillip210]

It's a pleasure to do it for you.

[iPillowsx]

Lol, SHA xD

Makes me wish that I was in band now ):

London seems fantastic :P

grr...and kristen got to go ;_;

Goo LANCERS!! (sacred hearts academy)

[Phillip210]

As I watched the Sacred Hearts, I was thinking it is pretty amazing that they would have been willing to leave sunny Hawaii to march in freezing London in the winter! I hope they had a great time neveertheless.

[elementkid5211]

GO SLINGER WOOOOO!!!:P

Hi Amanda!!

[Phillip210]

I hope she had a good time. It was very cold on the day of the parade - but maybe warm in comparison with a Wisconsin winter!

[elementkid5211]

thats my sister at 7:00