between hebron and ba, i must say, i really do enjoy this performance. Both performances of hebron and ba are in a league of its own. Visually yes i do feel more attached to ba’s because of how spread and fluid it is. the music of hebron however just blew me away. on the other hand, a big congrats to ba and their spectacular performance! what an amazing show

Why aren’t the talents of these young adults not on display during super bowl halftimes instead of the garbage we have to stomach every year?

I love how the intros for BOA haven't changed in 20 years. Same inflection, same patterns, same everything. Awesome!!

I have watched this nearly thousand times and EVERY time I watch it I notice something else that I had not noticed before. This is 100 % absolutely PERFECT!!! Record breaking winning score VERY well deserved. Congrats.You all are INCREDIBLE !!!!!

Hands down the best highschool marching band program i’ve watched

Wow this is an incredibly moving emotional tear jerker and it ABSOLUTELY moved me and brought out pure raw emotion but what makes it even MORE emotional is the quiet sniffles of crying in the crowd especially the people who were recording this video and at approximately 8:35 you could really hear the sniffing and that is exactly when I lost it and started crying myself also. Just so absolutely and incredibly emotional and in a very good way !!! CONGRATS on the first place win !!! You all definitely deserved it and probably worked VERY hard to earn it. 💞💗❤💚💜💙💛💓👍👍👍💪

crazy how the best high school marching band in the world is just a few miles down the road! congrats and much love from bixby!!

The beginning of the show made me wanna cry for someone reason but y’all’s show was so beautiful and the first place spot was totally deserved (from Raleigh NC)❤️

Marching band isn't about winning. Too many people talk about who should have won what... believe me, in the end, nobody outside of marching band is going to care who won anything when you're out in the real world. Enjoy marching band while you're in it, but stop judging how "good" a band is based on scores. Scores can fluctuate with judges and no band is ever the same between years either. What really defines a "good" band is how much effort they put into improving over the course of the year. Even if it's not top end material, any band who has worked hard deserves to be recognized regardless of placement. In the end, a score is just a number that doesn't define you, your organization, or anything. It's just a one time number.

I went to this school! This was my junior year, the whole school was proud of everyone involved. They got the highest score ever achieved in a national tournament, with a score of 99. Super cool to think about all friends I had who were in that, all great people. The band was very stressful though, and joining it basically became your life for 4 years(Most people join when they are freshmen, since they start giving tryouts in 8th grade).

I am an old dinosaur (52). I recall my marching band days with great fondness. In fact, as a "nerd" back when I was a kid, I found school very difficult. I was picked on and bullied, but in marching band and music, I found a home. I found a family. Outside of the band hall the world was awful but in those walls and on that field I was SOMEBODY. I parlayed that experience into 6 years of marching DCI and in DCI finals three times (Freelancers 87-92). So I think I am somewhat qualified in saying that THIS is as good as ANYTHING on the field at DCI. AND another thing... I don't profess to know diddly squat about guard but this guard REALLY impresses me. I mean in this fixed high camera position they are really selling their choreography. Body lines and shapes read very clearly from beginning to end and teh equipment work is clean as a whistle.

Yukon kid here! This show was the highlight of the marchin year tbh :)

I wonder what would happen if Hebron were to compete at Grand Nationals this year. Would have certainly been a very close score. I like the feel of this show and I also really like the feel of Pen Striped as well. I would just like to accept a tie, though in the end, it doesn't matter.

Thanks for the post!

Just got done watching the encore at BAHS! Heard about this video! Thanks!!

me wishing my band could do something like this but then remembering we’re a class 1a and 75% of our funding got cut off(fr our props for this year were foam boxes that our director got at a garage sale😂)

I felt jealous at oba because southmoore got 10th and broken arrow won. I was just being a salty little child though and I can see through the judges’ eyes now. Truly magnificent performance.

HS Marching Bands have certainly changed (not all of course) since I was in Marching Band....way back then lol. I remember a time competing vs BA, and other OK Marching Bands, and beating them. Unfortunately there were no OBA or National Finals back then. This show was outstanding but, I'm old school and traditional lol. I was in Marching Band so long ago that, little ole Okmulgee High School had a 235 member Band lol. So, so long ago 😢.

I can’t wait to try out to do this only a few more months

2021 Program: Edge of Eternity

Definitely earned the title National Champion. Wow

I played in the first band to perform that day

IM IN THE PRIDE THIS YEAR!!!! hoping to go to nationals eventually

Absolutely beautiful! Such a moving performance

show starts at 1:38 for anyone interested

I’m from Broken Arrow and I love watching all the other bands I’m so glad we got to win but I’d rather loose and enjoy everyone else than win and brag about it, even winning I feel like people should shut up about Hebron vs us, we’re both amazing bands. I don’t enjoy winning I enjoy being on the field and hanging out with my section and making an impact on other people, making them happy. Nothing in marching band is about winning it’s about impacting others and putting everything you have into the field.

my band couldn’t go to Grand Nationals but this summer we are! It would be amazing to go up against broken arrow -lwmb player

Absolute masterpiece

To all of you who enjoy marching band as much as I do, I kindly ask one thing of you.... Please, when you're watching a band perform in person, DO NOT clap or cheer or give a woo hoo in the middle of the performance! We are suppossed to HEAR what the hell is going on. Let everyone know how you felt about their performance when its all over.

BA was epic. Personally, I think Carmel was best. And Vandy and Hebron seemed to better musically. But only BA was epic in 2021. And "epic" wins championships. No complaints. This show has a relentless pace, one, continuous tempo, from start to finish. Even during the 'slower,' melodic middle segment, you can still feel that underlying pace driving the show. Loved it. Progressive. Unique. Epic.

Someone please explain to me in detail what it takes to train brass musicians to push such efficient amounts of air through the instrument and to maintain stamina throughout a demanding performance like this? The dynamics seem to be rising and falling at the same rate among each player, intonation is so so good, tone quality of course, phrasing ending together,etc.

What song are they playing at the hit on 4:08 on the video?

I thin kthis band needs another 50 members. HOLY FREAKING CRAP I dotn even want to think about the logisitics of transporting that mob on tour! 🤯😬

What song are they playing at the hit on 4:08?

It's unfortunate that so many talented musicians don't have the privilege to receive this level of music education at their high schools. $$$

what is the beginning song called

Goddang mention BA vs Hebron once and you’ll start WW3 in the replies lol

Team tigers go

3:45 12:06

Does anyone know what the entire show music is called??? It’s so pretty😭

Hebron music and music execution in 2021 blew this away. Sorry.

I miss the days when bands would actually wear their uniforms with the school colors. It was intimidating and fun and if you were in a top band like I was they would automatically know who you were. Now it’s become a stupid trend that DCI has started it doesn’t spirited anymore.

BA 2021 was great. Avon and Carmel were good but Hebron 21 was special iMO. Since BOA doesn’t judge guards Visually I give it hands down to Broken Arrow but that music demand and execution from Hebron would have taken GE. This was by far my most favorite show that BA ever has fielded.

This has to be a joke right? I mean it sounds just like DCI

I liked this show but I think Hebron’s is better

Great show but not record breaking. Seemed like the same thing whole way through. As a non hebron student, hebron >

good show but hebron >