They don’t have any business being that dope

Man. This level of commitment and maturity from EVERY member of the ensemble is rare, even at the world-class DCI level. Mad props.

Center snare bouta give himself whiplash

The head bobbing made me laugh a little ngl

Imagine getting a call time that allowed you to do a full run-through before semifinals. *cries in waking up at 3am*

I was in the Vandegrift Band from 2011-2013 and looking back I took for granted how exceptional of an organization it was. My free-time-hungry teenage self wanted something else but the discipline and commitment is incredible. Throughout, this isn’t just one of the best marching ensembles in the country but one of the best organizations, period. The culture was such a balance of perfectionism and meritocracy with inclusiveness and camaraderie when pretty much every other organization I’ve been a part of has had one, the other, or neither.

Congrats on your well deserved win at Grand Nats 2019! 1st time here and you won it all!

My band was rehearsing next to you guys and I loved hearing it during our water break

Hello I’m someone that represents the Ayala Band and Colorguard, and I was very impressed with the show and how you guys won the whole thing on your first finals performance! This will go down in history as something that we can’t even brag about, so congrats on your victory!

Saw this unit preform at BOA Austin bout 2 months ago. I genuinely didn’t think there was much room for improvement. They swept that comp. obviously. I’m a senior at a Houston school that had massive improvement this year but this? absolutely insane. History has been made.

man that center snare is a powerhouse

Im not gay but damn, the center snare

Saw their finals performance. Definitely deserving of 1st place it was just DCI at that point seriously p.s. not seriously. If you have a brain you know that BOA and DCI are separate fields of competition. I was a student at Carmel HS the year before this season and I still think this show took the cake compared to both of the shows I was a part of. It humbled me and showed me that we are all capable of truly amazing things and without this activity my life would be so bland. Remember to show love to everyone who is a part of this activity. When you get older and you can’t be a part of it anymore you’ll realize what a great thing it is that we have.

I can’t stop watching this. Their marching is so perfect it’s satisfying to watch

and this is proof that traditional grip isn’t always needed, THEY’RE SO CLEAN 🥵🥵🥵🥵

Cocky, audacious and in your face! Exactly the way percussion is to be played! Some of the sweetest writing in the business! 🤙

that’s what i call a good battery they give so much emotion into the drum and they perform very focused

Okay but how are their intervals so clean and perfectly placed

Must be nice having a big band. My mind was blown the first time I saw a band with more than 1 tenor drummer. Our drumline has 6 people this year dude.

ummmmmm I saw my cousin, wtf, I didn’t know this was his band.

This is out of this world! Top tier! Congrats on the championship!

5:27 - 5:50 is the best part of the show for sure. Congrats on 1st - best wishes from Avon

Congrats at boa! 2019 you guys did an outstanding job!

I'm a Castle HS, Newburgh, IN (Castle Marching Knights) band mom. Trumpet player class of 2019; she's now on scholarship at Ball State U. ANYWAY, I went to BOA and saw you in LOS. You were fabulous. Thanks for posting the video that hones in on the drumline. After trumpets, I cheer the loudest for the drumline. You did an excellent job being the "spine" that creates a structure for the rest of the musicians. Also noted: you had to ride the bus for several hours to get to Indy. So much hard, physical and mental work for months to get to this point of performance. God bless musicians, especially those who can play and march complex patterns at the same time. High Fives to you all (and your directors, pit crew, chaperones, drivers, boosters, school administrators, community donors, etc.)

THIS is what i mean when i say i want a drum line boy 🥰😳

Dang dang dang frickin' GOOD! OUTRAGEOUS! What precision! What skill, their moves were soooo intricately choreographed and could they have been more together musically? Kudos!! Band of Americas #1 2019!!

I could watch this all day.

bruh the camera movement bouta give me motion sickness 💀

Jaw on floor. North of Austin (and central TX generally) is just stacked. What these bands are capable of doing now is insane...nice to see a good group of them represented at nats, where they belong. Congrats on the win - totally deserved!

I go to Brandeis, I love you guys, I’m glad y’all wipe the floor with us at dripping springs.

i was so shocked to see this is an austin texas band, i live in fort worth and i would 100% move to austin to be in this marching band

Speechless speechless speechless.... kinda wish I could’ve seen the entire performance zoomed out lol

Holy crap. This is mind blowing.. great job, kids!

Amazing job today! Good luck tonight!

There is something symmetrically appealing to a matched grip line that is properly taught like this one. Stick angles, heights, mechanics, etc.. And the transference to all of the other percussion instruments must be something that has gone into the thought process of playing matched, not to mention the recruiting of a snare line each year. I mean, if a few guys graduate - you have tenors and basses and others in the line to draw from to replace them. Otherwise in a traditional grip line you are constantly having to train the left hands of young percussionists and to what end? To play snare drum in the marching band. Other than jazz drum set there is no advantage in my opinion. And this is coming from an old dude who marched under D.C.I. Hall of Fame member Tom Float and was taught by a guy who marched in the Air Force Drum & Bugle Corps! I applaud the lines I see going matched when they are properly taught. Bravo!!

Absolutely INCREDIBLE !!!! DCI level for sure. Shows that you don't have to play traditional grip to be clean and look good. Incredible talent for a high school group. Well deserved 1st place. Battery looked amazing. Such a clean line. I've watched this run twice and it amazes me each time. Wonderful performance !!!!

Excellent performance. When I was in band in school half the band I was in wanted to goof around instead of work hard. So much more is accomplished when you have an entire band working hard. It also helps to have other advantages like having a big city band that way you can get plenty of sponsorships to bring in money for experienced staff. More money doesn't always win but if you have more people to help clean things faster, the cleaner it can be.

my band could NEVER. 😔😔 love sent from john b. connally hs 💗💗

absolutely amazing.

Amazing snare tuning.

Wow, absolutly great. Best regards from Germany

Excellent drumming! My favorite licks are at 3:50

the fact that theyre this clean at a high school level with that many snares is insane

love my vandy drumline

What in the world are they practicing in? I can't imagine many facilities that are large enough to stage an entire marching show.

wow that was awesome! I wish we had drumlines like that here in Mexico :(

The reverb in that room only made the show sound more badass, especially in the ballad.

Ohhhhh nice JP. Loving the snare tuning :D

Can u tell every song in this performance ? Such a beautiful performance

I thought they did a great job.The video looked blurred at times. I am impressed with these drummers and this band from Austin Texas.

Great job, I hope they go to grand nats next year since my band didnt this year... It'll be cool to meet their brass and hang out-Camdenton Pride of the Lake Marching Band Tuba Chick

For some reason center snare reminds me of wybie from coraline. Great show btw.

If I had to say Dut that much as that kid did, my mouth would be tired

Whoever the center snare is, I just wanna talk 😅😉

That is a really tough book. Great job, everyone! And..nice writing.

also the snare line is like the amount of our whole battery lmaooo

Nice!! Really interesting to see match grip on snares, my school does that too

the matched grip has kinda grown on me after watching this

I don't think I was a high school student! Very great✨

Just living proof that you can play match and definitely have a great drumline and play harder music with match grip. Shout out to them. They're awesome.

The coordination tho. This is grt if yall dont win then idk wat could beat it. Big ups to ur band director.

That was pretty badass ngl

This cleanliness makes me sad that our drumline's trash. I would love to march in a group like that

i was looking forward to seeing yall at vista ridge. We competed with you guys in 2019 at a comp and yk of course you won 1st but it was amazing to see you guys perform.

What was their show music?

Okay, Vandegrift's line is ballin'.

Still here in 2021

Are they sponsored? Because they have some serious gear (and probably the finest percussion instructors). They sound incredible. These young people probably don’t realize how lucky they are. There are many talented and gifted musicians out there at very underfunded schools with little opportunity, whose talents are languishing.

the basses sound so good wtfff

I personally am not the biggest fan of matches, but those snares KILLED IT

U go drum line … send me to flash backs of my day on the tenors

Isn't this school from Leander and not exactly Austin?

Head snares @?

Gosh i miss band class

Damn solid for a High School!!

This is insane 😱

So this is the show that whipped my bands asses a few years ago.

We had to practice outside in 110° heat when I was in high school. Man, these kids are blessed. No wonder they’re so focused, they’re not about to catch heat stroke

Do they have instagram?

Insane!!

Imagine having a whole area to practice in instead of using a parking lot used for students after school I-

ok but the drumline boys can get it 👀 im a flute player

Damn! Kids are ballers!

They're so good I wish they had reflectors just for the feature XD

Once, during a competition, this one band was so large that when they all did “Hut,” it shook the whole stadium and everyone got a fright. That was an interesting experience.

That one quad players drums are tilted like I feel that so much my set of quads are tilted to the left and tilted downwards and marching a show like that ain’t fun

A band’s placement is proportional to the amount of snares they have

i wish my high school did field marching

Finally! A matched grip drumline wins! Matched grip doesn’t get enough respect

it's a shame most texas lines aren't heavily involved in wgi like they are in BOA

Can’t believe these guys are high schoolers

Vandegrift is like the SCV of BOA

I guess we only get to see the drumline?

The center snare reminds me of Ben stiller in dodgeball lol

i WIIIIISSSSHHH

Leander ISD - 1st and 5th! Amazing! IMO Leander was top 3, Vandegrift clear winner! And I'm a Leander fan! Well done Vande... a classic masterpiece that may be tough to beat for years! Leander Radioactive is pure fun & rock n roll!

So they are play match grip and it is still clean. However in my opinion traditional grip looks visually stronger.

I understand that people think traditional grip is better, but most don't understand that when playing traditional, it needs to be played THE RIGHT WAY. A lot of drumlines play flat handed. That's one of the reasons my Drumlines always play matched. It's easier to play and clean matched than traditional. Teaching the basic fundamentals while learning to play traditional is a lot of work and everyone doesn't gravitate to it like others. Not saying that's why Vandegrift doesn't do it, but matched grip is better when building a Drumline and also when cleaning music.

respect, they got courage to march match

No one is gonna mention that they have two quadlines? Hello???