He's currently the drum major at Alabama State University.

@@ShowtimeWeb I was hoping he'd continue where he left off in College. I'm glad he's doing his thing and continuing the funk fest.

I said the same thing, he is bad.

A racial draft was held and he became a black person along with Eminem.

YO! I just re-watched that Dave Chappel skit so I'm dead over here 🤣@@PrivateSmiles

I had the same thing happen to be but it was get it brown girl and look they got one brown girl because everyone else was white and I was dancing sort of better than most of them 😂

Right! I was like I know he gets annoyed/tired of hearing that 😅😭 but he’s doing an awesome job

🤣🤣think its a natural reaction

Right 😂😭

@@VictoriasUniverse k

India Modest these are highschoolers ???

@@alangreen7681 yuppp

What I was thinking. I’m a musician and Fourth of July parades were hard for most high school kids to play through. U get tired so easy, it’s not not like regular marching band movements

It's a college team

@@victoriasalinas5636 It's a high school. Jefferson Davis High.

I used to be in a marching band it takes practice practice practice!!!

Same!!! 😂

It becomes muscle memory. I practiced three days a week in the summer for the marching band. Then again, our marching style was different. Very interesting this band is, very large as well. Glad to see the numbers when some music programs are suffering. Wonderful job! These guys deserve all the recognition in the world.

😂😅

Hours and hours of practice.u gotta love it to devout that much time 2 it

B Frank504 his nickname is actually “Vanilla Funk” at the school.

@@haydenduffey6969 he said J because his name is Justin

Emmanuel Bennett I know. Was just puttin it out there

Ummm great job all these young folk.. why you got to point out race?

patricia lesueur notoriously a black school.

THE BAND HAS BEEN REBOOTED AND UPGRADED 💯 KUDOS TO THE INSTRUCTORS/TEACHERS/MEMBERS! SOUNDING GREAT 👍👌💃👑✊🙌✊🤴👸💖💯💯💯💯

Somebody said this is a HIG SCHOOL BAND! Can you believe that!? They are cold.

I was thinking that same thing. Awesome young men and women

I thought the same thing. They are outstanding athletes to be able to perform at this level and with such intensity for SO LONG.

Marching band members in general work a shit ton of hours every day just for a 10 minute halftime performance. Wanna talk about dedication? Think about it.

@@ghyprh Band members NEVER get the credit we deserve. I had a shirt once that said: "Tonight's football game will be played before and after the main event of the halftime." Or something similar. I got it at a band event.

Alyce Avary Yooo, I got that exact shirt

Right!!!

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Oh toes... Toes on tha balls a ya feet! 😂😂

J Bentley 😂😂😂😂

*Right!!!!!* 💙

Them girls beautiful for real! 💯

@Dias06 Because this is America, where racism is rampant and Black pride is important.

yea i agree brother .. its unfortunate it should just be talented kids regardless of color they all had to work hard to get where they at but this is america ....

@Dias06 That is their race.

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Oprah Winfrey in the house lol

He's at Alabama

@@BritgirlTX he’s at Alabama state university

YES.

Terreva Arrington Yeah color guard needs a little work tho

@@jasmynjay3855 opinions aren't wrong or right. They just are. You just disagree.

That’s not college level. Unless by college level you mean community college level, which is still basically hs level. Sorry. It’s not a bad sound for a hs but let’s not over hype it.

Lol yeah right

I'll bet that they sleep like baby's every night from being so exhausted. 😂😂

I've never marched in a band like this, but I've done some long parades, and I can confirm the exhaustion after its done

I played trombone in a marching band. Marching in full uniform is always exhausting, playing accurately just makes it harder lmao

An Alpha with class and skill!

Whoever instructed these kids, deserves an award. I know in parades it’s easy for a band to be relaxed and not care as much. However, these kids kept it up the entire time. Also, the tone quality of the band is pretty good too. So many bands stop caring about performance and only care about showmanship. I’m a fan of this.

God bless you. I bet you are fantastic too!!!

Justin's nickname is Vanilla Funk !!!

It's vanilla funk!

I was just thinking about that with the whistle. Their stamina (the whole band) is legit

I watch him more than my action movies and I'm 77 years old. He is best or beast of the rest.

Me too! I thought the part where the ladies (majorettes) came up and joined in alternating w/the drum majors was the best. Very interesting, and as usual, done on a professional level. What a treat this group puts out every time.

They are not majorettes. They are the dance line

I know! 🤣😂

This video should come with a WARNING! Don't try this at home 😂😂😂 This guy is incredible! All of them are inspired. It's not easy. This is serious performing arts for a HS band.

What I noticed about the band nerds... later in life all that nerd work pays off. They're the ones rocking the stage with live bands... they're the horn sections that make an average band way ABOVE AVERAGE.

It's a shame this comment only has 144 likes ??? This was the most important statement in this Thread. 👏

same ... saw them in my YT feed last night and I watched vlogs for like 4 hours!

@@BritgirlTX You got the feed at the same time as me. So addictive! Up till then I'd been binging watching ATL Roll Call | Jive Biscuit 2020 etc.

Yep....in a chocolate city

@@craiggrainger8571 well you can always use a marshmallow or two or a few, in your hot chocolate, just like you need whipped cream! Makes it even sweeter, and pretty. Just like you put icing on a cake. I’m used to it, I grew up where we have many ancestries I always say certain parts of la cajun creole, french indien people are like our dark chicory French cafe au lait cafe, some of us just have more steamed milk in us and others may be dark chicory! It just depends but one thing I GUARANTEE we all are Jolie (pretty) people, because we come from a rich variated ancestry. Just like the Yazedi’s in Iraq that Alexander the great and his men married into. We had the tribal people’s first then they married the Spanish them the French came, later the west African and island people came, then more Europeans came in early 1800s from Holland, maybe even sooner. But they named zwolle where we have a lot of Spanish indiens that because the guy that named it is from Holland and that’s his home towns name. In fact some people say they are “dutch cajuns” because they are light and fair. That’s does not mean they aren’t native or la French people, they speak the patois. Just like any other ls French person. The Choctaw tribe speaks French like many tubes cause they fought with French and cajuns against la Bretagne (Brits) so that became the Choctaw French language, creek spoke its, so did my defan papas tribe.

@@foxibot that. Is. SO. COOL!!

@@filthyapostate4217 it is.

What does To Da Sky mean, I'm not familiar with that term.

Neecee811 look up pubbylongway on KZfaq or IG. He started that when he did commentary on this band lead by John Justin😂😂😂

@@Ilove2teach52 thank you for enlightening me Latisha!

Ber Je so because a random white kid dances with black kids he deserves a round of applause?🤔I think not 😕yes he’s talented and he’s clearly worked very hard at being a drum major but just cuz he’s white and the other drum majors are black doesn’t mean he’s a national hero or should be💯

ATeam doesn’t matter if the school is 94% Mexican or 94% Chinese the boy doesn’t deserve no pedestal or praise for doing exactly what all the other drum majors are doing💯yes he was very good and so were the other drum majors 💯he doesn’t deserve a pedestal just because and neither does his parents 💯and don’t you fucking dare say that he has to be twice as good to succeed at anything in life or “to be taken seriously “ because you Wilding out💯BLACK PEOPLE have to work twice as hard to get what he could have handed to him get your facts straight and have a nice day

@@myaathegreat9349 I very much agree with your perspective. It would seem that the 94% black student population should maybe make a stand to change the name of the school rather than praising the drum major that can go anywhere in America and readily receive praise more so than the black drum majors within their own state at the University of Alabama or Auburn University. Love your mindset.

ATeam not mad but clearly you are💯and your race doesn’t define your ignorance💯so you being black has literally no effect on this whatsoever so you could’ve kept that. I also did band through out high school in a predominantly black school and the point remains that he’s done nothing special 💯let’s be real about this he was hyped and over praised simply because he was a kid dancing alongside black kids💯end of discussion

Gotta give it up for him just for his admiration of our band life!!It's so swagged, and unique!!

I was just thinking that. 22 years ago I was a captain of the flag Corp and that is tiring in itself

Hilarious 😂

Shut up 🤣🤣🤣

Bahahaha I needed that

I laughed out loud. Thanks! 🤣💜

It's a serious task, especially in college. The first thing my instructor told me was "if anyone outside of the band touches your drum, I want you to beat the shit out of their hands"

Yes ❤️❤️❤️

What about the other drum majors??

Hahaha!! Right!!🤣

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They do.

I look forward to it everyday living in this beautiful city. The heartbeat of this city has slowed down, but it’ll be amazing once it wakes back up. ❤️ humanity is not a virus.

Now have them perform during our marching season at a parade.. 😏 These kids KILT it though. I love it. The staff is great and their hard work shows..but that ASU stadium is NO JOKE in August

A lot of people overcorrect in marching band in order for their feet to be straight, because our feet naturally go out. It feels unnatural but you get used to it. This is likely the result of just tons of training and muscle memory on their part

I've never seen drum majors this extra. Is this a regional thing?

hm? what happened?

Oh this comment is pure gold! 😂 Walk on the balls of ya feet!

To da skyyyy!!😩😩