The Thunderer by John Philip Sousa

[jhungomez35]

nice military music!

[newyearjew]

@ProddyRyan

I don't understand. They always wear red.

[ProddyRyan]

Just a quick question... Why are they wearing red tunics apposed to their normal blues?

[vaq33ens]

@ProddyRyan Since the early 19th century, military drummers and buglers wore the "inverse" uniform of the regular troops. In other words, the Marine musicians would wear red tunics instead of blue. The idea was to make them look different and more visible than the fighting troops. The musicians were primarily used for signaling orders to the fighters via drum cadences and bugle calls. The "President's Own" Marine Band continues the tradition with the red uniforms.

[ProddyRyan]

@vaq33ens oh right! thanks for the fast answer!

[jpritch2]

nice , metered open rolls... its so hard to get some players to interpret the snare parts correctly.... but this is the way it was done and should be done.... always. thank you!

[TravellerFellow]

May God ALqys BLess the COrps and R.I.P John Phillip Sousa. Semper FI!

[fishyfilms1]

00:30 has the horn yay i dont like piccolo

[fishyfilms1]

00:30 has the horn yay i dont like piccilo

[h8aification]

yay clarinets!! i love you!

[h8aification]

@AlyssaLuvzPicklez mine too !!!

[agatematt]

It has become a tradition that many marching bands --- from high school to military (both foreign and domestic) come marching into the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. to stand before the grave of the March King, John Philip Sousa, and play one or two of his pieces in honor of the true master of the musical genre.

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Very well done.

[Diehardtwihard27]

My elementry school and all the other elementary schools in mount olive played this at our distric band concert I play alto sax but I didn't hear it in this one

[9598dad]

WHERS THE ALTO SAX

[XxJJxX13]

@9598dad 1:30 behind clarinets?

[donmoseslerman]

Music like this sends goose bumps down my spine , what inspiration , Sousa was a genus. Too bad we don't have the talent to score more pieces like this today and by the way the marine band was first rate! bravo!

[piegirl212]

Did anyone else hear a little girls say "get down!" right at the end?

[TravellerFellow]

God Bless The Corps

[Disssister]

Lol the piccolo was in the back looking all alone

CLARINETS OWN

[meanite]

Go female trumpet player!

[OldAccountWasHacked]

Heh, please ignore the sarcasim, but are they trying to "wake the dead?" :)

[kotetsu131]

Man it never ceases to amaze me how tight these guys are.....you just can't get any better.

[Live4Flute4Ever]

Is there a piccolo part normally?

[vaq33ens]

@Live4Flute4Ever Yes, Sousa no doubt wrote the part for piccolo and flute. Since this band is a scaled down version of the President's Own, no flutes are marching and only the piccolo part is covered.

[Live4Flute4Ever]

@vaq33ens Oh, alright! The day before break my director breaks the news that that's what we're going to start this piece next week. And I just switched over to piccolo like a week ago, so I'd really rather not have to play this on flute because I'm still having quite a difficulty at switching from each one quickly....

[OldAccountWasHacked]

@vaq33ens No flutes?,wake up & look closely.. there are flutes in the band you see here

[stefan1708]

Die eine wackelt immer..:) mit der Flöte .. aber nicht schlimm..

[Live4Flute4Ever]

Is there a piccolo part normally?

[mg42barracuda500]

trombone and trumpet all the way

[ohgeewiz]

playing for dead people ?

[JeffHaney1224]

@ohgeewiz thats sousas grave they are playing at i think they may be paying a tribute to him

[OldAccountWasHacked]

@JeffHaney1224 It is?, I did NOT knoiw that.. goes to show what us canadians know

[SamHagagaga]

@JeffHaney1224 That's a statement that embodies the sentiment of "duh." It was the celebration of Sousa's birthday.

[maddmoose4]

this is great, but no one beats KMS marching band. no im kidding u guys are WAY better then us!

[TravellerFellow]

as Bands go, I don't think it gets any better than the Marine Band. the one at 8th & I. (I think that's the designation). USMC 69-70 72-76 Al Hail The Marine Band, Semper Fi guys. May God BLess America and The COrps.

[sbd650]

Marvelous ! ! ! *****5***** :)

Best regards

[heycolslaw]

I liked my old high school band's rendition better with the Bennett arrangement. the dynamics were better,& the drums finished with a 7 stroke roll!

[stefsue6]

Rock on piccolo!!! :)

[agbz]

They are so awesome!!!!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!!

[aboveordinary]

There paying for the long since past John Philip Sousa who wasa famous leader of the marine band and composed many famous american marches such as stars and stripes forever, on his birthday

[TheBetterGuy999]

im supposing that they are playing for a fallen comrade due to the fact that they are in a cemetery

[cedarpoint100]

@TheBetterGuy999 That comrade is one John Philip Sousa, who never knew any of the band members.

[loufalce]

They played this in the "Dirty Dozen".Great band, fine music.

[steelersfanhawaii]

"The President's Own" is the finest band in the world - Go Marines, semper fi, HOOOOORRRAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

[steelersfanhawaii]

@steelersfanhawaii not to mention also Sousa is the best American composer, ever!

[MrMrBast]

they do so smoothly in the scale parts. great performance

[TrumpetMarine84]

who are you looking at Amy?

[Dford16]

@TrumpetMarine84 You sound great!

[perltech]

Wow this is freakin unbelievable for being live! What a great performance by the USMC on this song! 10 stars! FABULOUS! GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!!

[suppeople21]

i played it at the viking fest in poulsbo washington.. we sound way different

[bigbrotherseason09]

like it!!!!

[silveryad]

Wow!!! Thank you for posting this!!

[twidc2012]

excellent performance! i really enjoyed this...