What is your favorite high school band ?

• Thinthickbigred

  queencitybuckeye;502646 wrote:You need to get to other parts of the state. Two powerhouse areas in particular are Columbus and Dayton. The top bands from those towns can give anyone in the state or the country for that matter a run for their money.

  
  I havent seen to many Cinci area bands . St X played us up here years ago and they had boy cheerleaders but no band . Middletown played us a few years back they brought a nice crowd but no band . Watterson from Columbus played us a few years back and I dont think they brought a band . a few thousand fans though. Who are the better bands down that way "Cinci"
• Sonofanump

  Toledo Scott is by far the most entertaining I've ever seen.
• REDDEVIL

  Louisville and Massillon have great bands. Our band is ok, but most of the band parents take up space at the game and don't even pay attention to the game or cheer for the team. I think that they should have their own section at the game, and possibly their own thread on this site! This is for football/sports.
• gamauter

  

  Lakewood has a great band. The trouble is they could probibly beat the football team.
• Thinthickbigred

  REDDEVIL;503426 wrote:Louisville and Massillon have great bands. Our band is ok, but most of the band parents take up space at the game and don't even pay attention to the game or cheer for the team. I think that they should have their own section at the game, and possibly their own thread on this site! This is for football/sports.

  
  I kind of see that with other teams . You have a seperation . Steubenville band interacts with the football team ,because we consider them part of the team . We really do . They mean alot to the football players . They are not treated as a stereo typical "band geek" like you see in so many bubble gum movies . Our band is cool ,and always has been .
• justcompete

  TS1227 & TheQ-
  My wife was in the Salem band in the late 70 - early 80's. She has pictures of them performing script Ohio. They had a ton of members.
  I have to second the Hudson Swing Band. They are fun to watch.
  The best band in Columbus is Grove City. However, I don't know what they are like after the program was discontinued for a year.
• Art Modell

  

  Art Modell;501294 wrote:Big Red has the best band,football team,cheerleaders,players,coaches,stadium,bleachers,pressbox,restrooms,lockerooms,lights,scoreboard,schools,teachers,pa system,school buses,cafetarias,boosters,fans,concession stands, and parking lots. Oh I forgot, they have the best goalposts also. If you dont believe me just ask Thinthickbigred.

  
  I almost forgot the most important thing of all. They also have the best Alumni Center even though it's bankrupting the county.
• Thinthickbigred

  Art Modell;503581 wrote:I almost forgot the most important thing of all. They also have the best Alumni Center even though it's bankrupting the county.

  
  What are you complaing about when some sort of state social services has taken care of you your entire adult life .
• GoChiefs

  

  Logan Chieftains Marching Band.
• holdingout

  ManO'War;502196 wrote:Big Red's Band represented Ohio in 2 Presidential Inaugurations, when IC can hang that on their wall, then we'll talk.
  
  BTW, Edison was invited to play a game at Heinz Field, does that make them a great football team??

  
  BTW ,same could be said about Big Red marching at 2 Presidential Inaugurations. Does that make them a great band?? I've watched the Inauguration parade many times. Some bands looked and sounded great, both other bands didn't belong there. Maybe Doug Applegate got Big Red's band to march as a political favor. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
• Thinthickbigred

  Big Red band was the first to do those dance routines along time ago .They wowed everybody in the stands . I am extremly proud to say yep we got the best football team in the OVAC and the best band to go along with it . Maybe alot of it has to do with our fight songs but Ive known alot of Central people that would get fired up when the Red band would be doing pregame . Let me put it this way Northwestern may have a great technical band and they march and play their halftime music really well . But Ohio state band takes the field and the whole stadium awakens up We are Ohio state and you guys are Indiana . or northwestern or whatever . Ask football players it is they who the band ultimitly plays for
• outdoorsman

  My kids got back from the Steeler game and had a blast. Hats off to IC for getting the invite to play in the game. Gotta tip my hat to the band directors at the highschool and the gradeschool, for building such a huge, talented band. Enjoyed all the text while they were there, with the blow by blow details.
  
  Way to go ICHS, for a job well done and another great performance. You guys earned it and deserved it.
• Thinthickbigred

  That game made me sick . I wanted to be 4-0 before Rottenburger got back.
• outdoorsman

  Thinthickbigred;506959 wrote:That game made me sick . I wanted to be 4-0 before Rottenburger got back.

  I thought this was a band thread. Laffin...........
• BR1986FB

  Very small school and probably underappreciated but I was very impressed by Southington Chalker's band/halftime show. They had maybe 10-15 kids in the band but one was sitting at a drum kit and another one or two were on bass & electric guitar. They did "Enter Sandman" by Metallica and a Ramones tune. Best HS band I've seen in the last 7-8 years.
• Thinthickbigred

  BR1986FB;510468 wrote:Very small school and probably underappreciated but I was very impressed by Southington Chalker's band/halftime show. They had maybe 10-15 kids in the band but one was sitting at a drum kit and another one or two were on bass & electric guitar. They did "Enter Sandman" by Metallica and a Ramones tune. Best HS band I've seen in the last 7-8 years.

  
  That is pretty cool.
• URLoser

  I have no aliance with IC or Big Red.. but when it comes to their bands.. I would pick IC.
  Big Red band is good, but IC is above and beyond.
  It cracks me up that SOME Big Red people think that because their announcer says: The Best Band In the Land, they automatically think it's true! HA
• queencitybuckeye

  URLoser;510571 wrote:It cracks me up that SOME Big Red people think that because their announcer says: The Best Band In the Land, they automatically think it's true! HA

  
  Northwestern's announcer does somthing similar with their band, it goes over great with the visiting Buckeye fans.
• BR1986FB

  queencitybuckeye;510605 wrote:Northwestern's announcer does somthing similar with their band

  
  So does Gene Simmons before a KISS concert.
• Art Modell

  

  URLoser;510571 wrote:I have no aliance with IC or Big Red.. but when it comes to their bands.. I would pick IC.
  Big Red band is good, but IC is above and beyond.
  It cracks me up that SOME Big Red people think that because their announcer says: The Best Band In the Land, they automatically think it's true! HA

  
  I understand you're new here but you have to learn that BigRed has the best of everything.:rolleyes:
• vball10set

  Anthony Wayne Marching Generals
  
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• mtp2013

  

  not miami trace's, too many nerds
• McKAlumni07

  

  Im partial to The McKinley Bulldog Marching Band lol... but as the announcer guess I should be =)
• Thinthickbigred

  Art Modell;510727 wrote:I understand you're new here but you have to learn that BigRed has the best of everything.:rolleyes:

  
  We obviously dont have the best football team.
• TheQ

  Thinthickbigred;503484 wrote:I kind of see that with other teams . You have a seperation . Steubenville band interacts with the football team ,because we consider them part of the team . We really do . They mean alot to the football players . They are not treated as a stereo typical "band geek" like you see in so many bubble gum movies . Our band is cool ,and always has been .

  That's what I enjoyed about the BR band when I saw them for the first time at a playoff game last year. You could tell that the band was really into what they were doing. They stood and played on the field behind the team while they were warming up. It was very entertaining and even got me fired up even though I was supporting the opposing team. A lot of schools and directors could learn a few things from the way BR incorporates their band into the Friday night experience.