Santa Monica High Viking Band Performs "On the Waterfront"

[msdawg2]

This is not 180..140 tops.

[sparkledust7788]

I did this performace in 03 when I was in HS. Ahhh the high school days. We had really fun choreography, until the color guard hit mit with their flags.

[jadebrew]

speed it up!

[Serenade0mega]

wow, memory lane much? freshmen year, first comp. ever, Brooks, Miguel, Ali and Myself (the euphonium section FYI), and i saw myself! damn and we just did our last comp. yestrday too. man on the waterfront for life!!!

-Teetz

(Class of 2010)

[Blanconecro7]

OMG! i remember this =] freshmen year. i cant believe how long its been since i performed this! Go vikings! ill miss you guys next year =]

~Andrew Blanco. Trombone

[greedycompany]

A good high school version of this is Williamstown High School from Kentucky. If you ever get a chance to pick up a copy of the 2007 state finals d.v.d. I highly recommend it. Actually there are a lot of good bands on there. just check it out. By the way, I played the horn solo at the beginning and this kid did a much better job than me.

[mexicankid140]

sixteenth runs at 2:55

[mexicankid140]

dude!! why is it so slow

[banddramalife]

um our on the water front is way faster and more up tempo and the solo in the beging is an alto sax.

[GreenChiliFilms]

Yes, I agree, this show is very slow and not very exciting. I understand you had little time and poor field conditions but I was expecting more from a band this size, atleast soundwise. My band is also doing this show this year, and we are much smaller than you guys.

[ChibiBorg]

Wow...I hear like no low brass at all O.O

My band is doing On the Water Front in our show but we take it WAY faster and more exciting than this ~.~

This is what I call a 'better safe then sorry',maybe a bit too safe is more like it =/

And can't y'all count to yourselves?Lawlz for the majors counting for y'all

[gabizou]

Here is the thing. This fieldshow was put on in about five weeks. Considering that we only practiced one hour a day M-F and three more hours on thursdays, makes it somewhat difficult to have the show clean. Also, try to imagine changing tempos with 150 people without anyone referencing time. Also, it is customed to have the drum majors count the first four beats to start the show in SoCal.

[thatniggaprocks]

also try marching on a dirt field were the janitors nor the school give care much about the band. our field isnt very familiar with straight hash marks. and seriously the show was pretty much just thrown together in like a month or so. and yet we were still clean!

[gabizou]

This is proof of our goodness. We both are in band.

[imalytleteapot]

yeah, our field kind of sucks. and we really dont have the time that most schools have to rehearse. and i must say, we still did a pretty damn good job given our circumstances

[GreenChiliFilms]

Hey what band are you in? We're doing this show too.

[ispithotfire216]

holy slow tempo batman

[gabizou]

What do you mean 'slow tempo?' If you're refering to the tempo change in the first movement, listen to the actual suite, and the new tempo was at 180bpm. Try marching that.

[ispithotfire216]

maybe its just because im used to hearing "on the waterfront" played by the 97 vanguard, which was probably at like 210bpm, but that sounds really really slow (like 150ish)

[thatniggaprocks]

yea dude were not vanguard. so dont expect the same things that vanguard does from a high school. and no it was 180