Ambassadors of Harmony - Man of La Mancha

[cck523]

2:25 and on is pure raw awesome male voices beasting on this song

[TheBandGeekInvasion]

To quote someone else who watched another Ambassadors of Harmony vid: "Help.. my computer's stuck on replay." <3

[imasinger58]

I pay for my own travel, costumes, make-up, hotel and food. I am not 'sponsored' by Gator Aid or Nike. It is all worth those 6 minutes onstage and feeling that gold medal being placed around my neck. I share the company of the Mark Spitz's, Steelers, Yankees, Ohio State and every other CHAMPION in this world!

[ComputerGeek365]

We are doing this song in my mens i can only hope it comes close to this.

[Doctoroctogonapus56]

they did this song so amazingly well it just blows my mind

[MrColtsfan2233]

@justinbiberluvr1 lol because I live in MN!

[EVLWNS]

I am seriously addicted to this song, especially the "I am I, Don Quixote/ Lord of La Mancha" parts. Absolutely thrilling.

[LaurenceTristan]

Jim Henry is a Legend!

[LittleBitOfFreak]

It's so beautiful i could cry :)

[Mythic219]

The conductor seems sooo seedy when he says "Man of La Manchaaaah"...

[Mythic219]

The conductor seems sooo seedy when he says "Man of La Mancha"...

[Wilfred1360]

@Mythic219

Actually one of the nicest guys you would ever meet.

[droxyy]

My dad sent me links to these performances. My friends and I are really enjoying these. Thanks for sharing.

[W6OWH]

Absolutely Amazing! Thanks so much for posting this performance... I have sung in choirs in the past but nothing that is as much fun as this. Hope the choir does more.

Bob the scienceguy.

[Jazzbeu55]

This is great . They not only sing it well, but they really capture the spirit and meaning of the song. My major criticism of Barbershop is usually that the stage antics and focus on the conventions of the style kill any meaning in the song other the the most superficial. On this one though, this group got it right--that was exactly how Don Quixote saw himself.

[narutobiggestfan]

I think I just fell in love with AOH. Sexiest rendition of this song I have ever heard.

[MrColtsfan2233]

@justinbiberluvr1 I am a man and I wish I could be in AOH! I'm in a men's group, and I would legit give my left leg to be in AOH.

[HIVisaLIE]

add some chicks

[FierySockHat]

Dr. Henry is a badass

[MrESchwab]

Does anyone know what arrangement this is? Is it an AOH original or is it available somewhere? 

[Micah238]

@MrESchwab Check out this link:

harmonize.ws/davidwright/arran­gements

[HIVisaLIE]

@MrESchwab -it's called the fag version

[The6double]

IF YOU LIKE THIS VIDEO THEN LOOK AT AOH SINGING 76 TROMBONES!!!!!

[antiFoolishness]

Awesome music, good performance but boring as hell.

I'm a musician and a composer, I appreciate the music and the knowledge of the composer A LOT, and I adore classical music but this is IMO very boring, even for 3:54 minutes, I won't be able to listen to it for an hour.

[Wiiownz16]

@ilikemetal667

You are so very right, I don't know why music is hated so much, especially when it came BEFORE sports... I'm in an Annual All State Choir, we do around 16 hours of singing in two days, it DOES take a toll on you.

[croetzjr]

this is awsome

[tjbiker49]

Can't stop watching this - can you believe at least 100 times so far . . . . the BEST performance I've ever seen - - Powerful, Rich, lots of depth and Creative . . .

[tanzhangqing]

great performance!

[swaingles]

Bravisimo, guys! You rock. I really, really like it very much. It's been a long time since I last found such an impressive work. Congratulations from Argentina.

[jij828]

awesome! bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[JudgeSteelflax]

bnbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb. sorry, tomato piece in the keyboard...

wooooooooooooooooo MICAH wooooooooooooooooo

[rockandroll204]

Bravo!!!!!! I am wanting to get in a Barbershop chorus. I LOVE watching you guys. You guys are GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bobary8]

Who are the guys in the front? Are they lead, or bass?

[CMDRCAREY]

my choir is singing this in the spring concert

[ndsburn]

incredible,

im genuinely amazed how the got that clap so crisp at 0:42

[JDtagster]

so cool

[homfencing]

Heh....at 2:59...looks like someone saw "Blast!"

Good performance.

[aohgirl]

this is so much better than the movie! every song redone in a cappella or barbershop i find that the remake is ten billion times better!

[danielwomer]

What a sound!

[Aleera]

wooooooooooow ! watched that whole thing with my mouth open, no joke! haah, that was brilliant!

[Faithwalker]

My jaw still drops everytime i watch this. It's incredible.

[corocsd]

Fabulous

[mrkilltron]

super amazing!

[travelnkitten]

wooo hooooo!

[yokomoko03]

WOW!

[rdoran8728]

Utterly fantastic.....I am curious...are those guys really with Hawthorne?

[davec727]

I have been in this group for 15 years, and I have no idea what "Hawthorne" is, so probably not :)

[SurfDCI9]

rdoran was referring to the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corp. They've played this as there show before and the uniforms that you are wearing for this performance are there uniforms as well as the guard work.

[JeanieSinclair]

I saw A KID NAMED JOE in Montreal and couldn't believe my ears..And I'm a woman barbershopper with an International Chorus going off to competer in Nashville shortly. You guys are fantastic!

[artichoke25]

What a great choir. Not the greatest recording, tho.

[The5feet11]

who is he? he is the great and musically amazing prof of sound. he is a gentleman and a destinguished internationally renowned quartet champion 2 times. I am so proud to call him my family. you go boy........

[psansone5]

Who is he?!! That is my wonderful cousin

Jim Henry. He is just amazing! That smile is who he is! Wonderful job Jim.

His talent is endless believe me! Sis

[mapogiroy]

Jim is one of the finest gentlemen I know. Years ago he was my instructor at Harmony College, and he was marvelous. Then, whenever I saw him with the Gashouse Gang at performances in Minnesota, he always made a point to greet me, because he remembered me. That was a great feeling, believe me!

[cerealrulz]

shame about the volume, but brilliant song!

[heliturtle5]

Dude i know a two people in that quire and they're so SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

u guys rock!!!!

[Fredu999]

Hah, I know Jim (Henry)

[aohgirl]

Sooooo much better than the movie! I love the medley (If You Love Me, Really Love Me) you guys are doing! It's so beautiful!!!!

[ForceElite]

I was right!!! That IS him! He directed our District Honors Choir a couple of years ago!!! ROTFL! What a small world!

[ForceElite]

The director looks REALLY familiar--who is he?

[jg984507]

That's Jim Henry. Bass of Gas House Gang. =)

[IanScott750]

What an amazing performance

[wolverineks]

that spiral move at the end made the whole set!

[trumpet23]

Stolen straight from Blast, LOL

But awesome just the same =)

[ny13isles39]

amazing

[davidbickel12]

That was AWESOME!!!!

[InAweofElliott]

Simply glorious!

[tallymcgee]

gotoenterprises, You "strongly" disagree? Well I strongly disagree with you. It's a fantastic arrangement by a standout arranger, David Wright. It's entertaining, great chords, creative and unique. Judging by the reaction of 10,000 people in the audience I'm guessing I'm not alone on my opinion.

[6x9equals42]

It is needless to say that music is subjective... neither view is necessarily "correct"...

[gotoenterprises]

The group is really good, but I very strongly disagree with just about everything the arranger did; the "Hear me now, oh thou bleak...gauntlet to thee!" should really be in unison -- it'd be stronger that way.

[paramore97]

Wow, they are better than I knew. I saw them at '07 Accapalooza, loved, but I didn't realize they were this good.

[ilikemetal667]

I really didn't want this to turn into a flame war. Some people have sports, other people have music. One may have more fans than the other, but the passion in both groups for what they do is evident. As a member of AOH (who is 16 years old), I can say that the annual International Convention is the Olympics for this stuff, and we prepare for it just as hard as a college bowl championship. While hobbies vary between people, it is appalling that a person would insult the passion of another.

[insignialead]

well said, ilikemetal667. I agree 100%. I personally don't care for football, but I'm not going to bash it just because I don't like it. Wouldn't it be nice to get the same kind of respect in music? That would be nice...

[Bighead6365]

I'm 19 and have been singing barbershop for 3.5 years now first competition I ever went to was this year(2005) Well its now 2007-2008 and I'll be going to my 3rd convention and I would never give this hobby up. I don't care how "manly" you are bring anyone to a good barbershop rehearsal and it'll put tears in there eyes a give goosebumps on there arms.

[Zmeister002]

1st off, the commercial was 7 minutes, not 15 and the ambassadors did not pay for it, the owner of wehrenberg is a fan and former member, and wanted to put it up.

2nd, im pretty sure AOH has more fans..than you will ever have. We have fans throughout the entire the world.

I myself am 18, and a member of the chorus, as Bighead6365 said I would never give it up.

[COMALiteJ]

Would you happen to have a video of your 2003 Montréal performance of "Just a Kid Named 'Joe'" that you could upload here on YouTube without violating too many copyrights? ;-) ("Shine," the second song in that set, is already here [see Related Videos])

I challenge clevelandpi or anyone else to watch and listen to that, and manage to keep your eyes dry.

Oh, and clevelandpi, if you think that Barbershop is just for old people, Search "Westminster Chorus" here on YouTube.

[usmcmarine23]

@ilikemetal667 It has been a long time since that performance. Well done. GO AOH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ceacea25]

@ilikemetal667 And for the people who have sports as well as music, there's drum corps.

[Yobgal]

@ilikemetal667 That's horseshit. AOH devotes a couple of hours on Thursday nights to rehearsing. NCAA champions work substantially more than that. That part of your comment is undeniably stupid. The rest of what you said is great, but you can't claim that you work anywhere near as hard as a top NCAA football team.

[MrMortHD]

@Yobgal I am a part of a High School Drumline. I would say My argument is comperable to that of the AoH member, we practice 4 hours mondays and wednesdays and 7 on saturdays. For you to say music types don't put forth effort is, just a bit ignorant.

[Yobgal]

@MrMortHD Try reading what I actually wrote. I've taught some of the top drum corps and WGI indoor lines in the world. I make my living in the marching and pageantry world. A lot of DCI groups work at least as hard as an NCAA championship football team. What AoH does is nothing comparable to a top NCAA squad. I never said music comes without effort; I'm calling bullshit on the claim that a few hours in an air conditioned auditorium is the same as spring training, summer practices, or hell week.

[thefrosh151]

@Yobgal While I can agree that you may train in harsher conditions, I am willing to put money down that these men (indeed, any championship caliber barbershop chorus) have better cardiovascular training than just about any NCAA athletics team. DCI is just insane, combining the most intense and grueling parts of both worlds. Those men and women are their own special breed.

[Yobgal]

@thefrosh151 Either you don't understand what cardiovascular means, or you're arguing just for the sake of arguing. I'm assuming the guys in AoH do some great breathing exercises. That is NOT the same as training cardio. Cardio is working your heart, and involves keeping it pumping at an elevated rate within a target range over an extended period of time.

I'm not entirely sure why you tacked on that comment about DCI at the end. It seems irrelevant to the rest of what you're saying.

[KatherineXIX]

@MrMortHD Yep. Being a musician - or a good one, like these guys are - is hard work.

[Wilfred1360]

@Yobgal

Or take the kick-backs!

[jerrodl]

@Yobgal Everyone who reads your post is now dumber for having done so.

[Zxulo]

@ilikemetal667

"it is appalling that a person would insult the passion of another".

Don't pay attention to idiots and their smallness. Just keep being excellent. What else matters? If you want to see eye-to-eye with worms, you're going to end-up getting your belly dirty.

best,

wcn

[JordnBee]

@ilikemetal667 Were you the "One and only bass" in "Seventy-six Trombones"????

[clevelandpi]

These guys SCARE ME. They look constipated when singing. QUIT PLAYING THE 15 MIN COMMERCIALS IN THE MOVIE THEATRES OF ST. LOUIS. OK WE GET IT YOU SING LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE. I thought it was a comedy at first.......but no wait there is more.....cut it down to a 30 sec promo and save my madness.

[AdamWirth]

hey, obviously the movie theatre add did the right thing because you are on youtube looking for them you stupid ass. And they placed 2nd in internationals. but you probably dont know what that means...

[clevelandpi]

@nd in internationals ohh wow. I played in a NCAA College Football bowl game. Who do you think has more fans me or them. Yah i had to find them on here to send to friends to goof on not tell them how much i love them. I know its like the jr olympics for music. How many albums have they sold. I know Pavoritti just died, are they going to take his place in the musical world......I would leave them alone but they violated my movie previews I can not let that go.

[jakaepsilon]

You obviously have a shriveled idea of what is worth wasting your time on. You played in a bowl game. Congrats; how many brain cells did you lose in the "bargain?" Probably enough that you think that it's kosher to find the youtube clip of the commercial that pissed you off, for no other reason than for existing, piss on the comment wall and call that a complaint.

[COMALiteJ]

Actually, they've sold quite a few albums.

Barbershop is, along with Jazz, the comic book, the Broadway musical, the Hollywood movie, and a VERY FEW others, a truly American art-form, invented HERE in the USA.

Opera, as great as it is, is European. Should you not support your nation's artforms?

Among the members of this Chorus (one of the best in the world) are the four members of Vocal Spectrum quartet (arguably THE best in the world). Look for them here on YouTube.

[SexyOperaGuy76]

Opera, like many other popular artforms, has been embraced by this country and made a part of it's own culture. Not all opera is European, although it's beginnings are of European descent (though the same could be said about most forms of music). So, supporting barbershop is, for me at least, no different from supporting opera. Besides, some of the best barbershoppers are classically trained (ie, Jeff Oxley).

[msdwyer89]

just because you played in a bowl game all the sudden gives you the right to bash these men... to work with some one as talented as Jim Henry is worth more to more people than to simply chase a guy with a football... to do what AOH does takes more practice, more concentration, more skill than to do what you do... also actually sorry to dissapoint you but AOH, Jim Henry, GHG, and Vocal Spectrum have more fans than your little football team and are known throughout the world.

[clevelandpi]

Dude you are 19...........why are you on here supporting these silly guys, You should be out trying to pick up some girls and maybe having some fun with the opposite sex. Not watching these strange looking men who sing old show tunes from the 1930's.

[AdamWirth]

dude, im over it. i have a girlfriend. i like these guys and its not all old men. many of them are under the age of 30. i plan on joining some day. i just dont want to see someone putting them down. they are really good.

[msdwyer89]

search jim henry's gold medal moments and you will understand why these guys do what they do... but until you watch them, stop bitching about them, honestly... i was all-state soccer, and could have easily been a football star if i wanted to... its not "silly" you simply dont understand and you mock it because you dont understand... music has more power than football, no sport is as influential as music... and to bash this music and what these men put so many hard hours into doing is wrong

[merryohg]

This isn't a competition piece.

[MizzouKitten]

Ahhh!!! So... amazing... I could be moderately biased, half my family was in this chorus at one point... :P Still, I think this has been my favorite competition piece so far.

[letno58]

Wow! Love this.

[Msubound07]

i love this song..when i saw them in concert i almost died! being there and hearing it is so much different than hearing it over the internet

[Arkavon]

They sang some other songs too. Does anyone have them?

[bassinger07]

when they sang this is slc, i just about soiled myself when they did the spiral thing at the end :-D

[Arkavon]

Believe it or not, it was actually much better when we saw it live at BABS. Truly spectacular!

[TimDrew]

I agree, it was really superb there.

[HanneloreX]

Yes, David Wright makes fantastic songs! And 'Man of la Mancha' is one of my favourite songs. I just love this video and how the choir moves and sings!

Greetings from Germany!

[Arkavon]

Wish I was that good...

[coneric]

David Wright makes the craziest songs.