I like how the girl with quads just chillin havin a good time playin her beats n keep smiling most of the time... Hahaha

Let me provide a little context for this video. I was in Sussex Tech's band this year (graduated in 2017), and I'm somewhere in this video in the back. This year was the BIGGEST our band ever was, and probably the most talented drumline we had, either this year or the next. We did a drumline battle with Dover every year during 3rd quarter. Out of all HS bands in Delaware, only three were styled after HBCUs - ST, Dover, and Smyrna (although Smyrna may have changed things up a bit recently). The former directors of ST and Dover - Harvey Bullock and Lenny Knight respectively - were best friends and college roommates at Delaware State University. Their dream was to run the DSU band together. Thus, a friendly rivalry began between the two high schools after both of them became directors. Bullock was diagnosed with bone cancer my freshman year in late 2013, and had to quit while he made a recovery. Tech got a new director in 2014, Ian Kenney - a fresh grad out of Penn State University and former drum major of the Blue Band, to carry on the strong legacy of Bullock. While it had a rough start, he managed to pull together a fantastic program, which is what you're looking at now. He has since left Sussex Tech. Lenny Knight unfortunately passed away in March of 2017. Harvey Bullock WAS (read edit) the director at Delaware State University, fulfilling his dream with Knight watching over him. EDIT: Uhhh so apparently Bullock was caught doing some, uh, "stuff" with a dancer in the Del State band a couple years ago. Now he works as a brass instructor at a music store 💀

I had to watch this 3 times to figure out who won.... it was the girl on the quads

The young lady on the quads holding it down...

I could care less who "won"... this was very cool to watch and listen to! I love drumline battles!

Props to the girl on quads!! Last time I put on some quads I felt like they were gonna snap me in half haha

Homegirl on the quads killed it right out of the gate! Though Dover won this one.

Bro the way that guy dropped the stick and then just pulled a new one out and didn't screw up the entire thing was SMOOTH AS HELL that was dead-ass impressive!!

When you actually have funding for your school and the activities.

The smallest girl ( Sussex Tech) crashing them cymbals killed it.

WOW, those kids are having LOTS of fun and this is a lot of fun to watch because of it. Yeah, I see what people are saying about the lines not being clean, etc. I'm a Drum Corps vet and a clean drumlines is what I'm used to as well and such WOULD indeed be better. But, then again this clip goes to show that I guess with all of the fun that they're having; well damn, it makes me overlook some of the dirt haha. And that's what's up! At least they're having lots and lots of fun and that's all that matters. That's the way it should be! This is something to take notice to and this could be something to show to a beginning Drumline to nevertheless show how fun being in a Drumline could truly be.

Whoa I'm from Dover and I had no idea this went viral wow this is great, especially seeing people I know in this. This was really cool to watch lit

man... i gotta give it to sussex, they did hella good ! i loved every part, and they kept me guessing it was just mind blowing! and i love dovers color scheme ! the beginning with the sticks crescendoing was so cool ! i’ve never heard anything like it ! good job both of you guys ! (i know i’m 5 years late but still)

5:32 props to that snare girl for pushing on

Dover’s snares just sounded so much cleaner and they let their skills speak for themselves but damn that girl on the quads stole the show

Dover vs Sussex? Sounds like a bloody battle of the British! All this makes me miss the years I was in HS Band...way back in the mid 70s and then College in the early 80s! Was even a Drum Major in HS and College...some of the funnest years of my teenage and young adult life! Didn't hurt being in a Band of 200 in HS and won many awards, Good Times!

The first band was INSANE!!! I even love the beat inspired by the movie "Drumline" (2002) starring nick cannon. And then the tossing of the sticks in between beats and the choreography was Dope!!! I couldn't imagine how hard that was lol!!

Dayyyyyum!!! This was the dopest highschool drum line battle I've seen thus far!! Both were sooo damn dope I'd hate to be a judge! Those boys in blue though?? Those uniforms are killin it. Loved it!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

There's always that one drumline that goes all out turned up and sloppy. And then the other that plays for clean and "Professional".

This was the best thing about high school football games- the drum line battles afterwards.

I am an old man now, but when I was on my drum line, we had a Female Snare lead, and she kicked all types of ass. Now me being a Tenor player myself, I loved see this girl on the tenors kick ass, and smile the whole time!!!!!! Outstanding!!!!!!!

The First song is by a group called Rare Essence its D.C go-go the fact that these kids are playing a song most people don't know shows that they have a good band teacher keep up the great work guys both teams are good

Dover waved that ass period, I'm impressed over two high school lines performing like this!!!!!!

Both schools have awesome bands without a doubt. I noticed as well the girl playing the quads for TECH was really enjoying it and made it look like a walk in the park.

ok but the girl with the quads killed it 🥺😪💕

That adrenaline-fueld "WHAT!" at the very end of this video is everything a marching band feels at the end of every show. Thank you, sincerely, former bandie.

My god..can't believe the level of both drumlines . My outmost respect ! gr from Holland 🇳🇱🌷

Both sets of Drumlines were PHENOMENAL.

8:41 *me in my head* - “Dover won”

Those kids with the quads were exceptional.

Ive always loved the drums in bands. Makes bands actually fun to listen to

Lord, so much RESPECT for ALL of these babies as my daughter was a BASS BEAST on her high school drumline but these DOVER DUDES DESTROYED!!!! May EVERY SCHOOL find funding for such dreams to become reality! 💖🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

love seeing our delaware schools get some shine... class of 96 delcastle here my boy went to AI dupont he went to hampton U became the drum major down there...

Dover played like a super professional HBCU and suxxex played like a high school, although they are both high school lines, twas lit tho🔥🔥

Excellent job to both high schools, better than some colleges I have seen ⭐️⭐️⭐️🔥🔥🔥🔥...Extra shout out to the ladies representing🤗🤗

Girl on the quads is badass!!!!

Muito top, uma pena no Brasil músico não ser valorizado... Vocês estão de parabéns!!!

I literally watched 5 seconds of Dover, and thought “what is ST doing here”

I’m from Seaford DE and I live in Iowa now . Didn’t expect to see this awesome performance from back east

Oooh!! This is hella fun!! Great way to represent your school! I am bowled over by the raw talent and fun they all exuberate!!

Who's red-headed uncle is that trying to play for Dover?

I’m not usually impressed with high school bands, but Dover did that!!!

My high school is more of a Corp style line. And it would be interesting to see us go against more of a show style line. We focus on clean beats and difficult rudiments while they focus more on the entertainment aspect

They did that beautiful in so good to see young people enjoying music & dancing they're all so TALENTED

It was all fun and games when they said lock and load until one em pulls out a gun and starts locking, loading and unloading 💀

Mad respect for the crash cymbal players. Damn I can only play about 5 minutes before it becomes too painful

That Dover team has some real showmanship….thought I was watching Drumline. Nice going!

Just BEAUTIFUL💝 Love and Talent! God bless America and All our Beautiful people❤

First the good i applaud these young men and women for getting out here actually using there talents Nd gifts to do something positive keep it up it will take your far The band in black in white : snares gotta clean it up guys would have been good but we’re all over Drum line in total needs more work rather than working on moves clean up your grooves and cadences before you start to add moves in , tenors def need to clean it up and work on your zones lower those iAds they not going anywhere choke back on the stick and work on stick heights Band in blue: work on being together some of the snares were looking at each other to figure out what’s next especially guy in the far left messed up but kept going good job bases clean it up you guys would have been great it it didn’t sound like the bass line was doing a flan when they were supposed to be together on beat quads good job held it down but stuck heights and control it’s not just about whacking Overall both drumlines did great and i applaud you both practice makes perfect keep working young ones you got this great job once again

I never knew the band was this exciting 🔥

Reminds me of my high school the Hepzibah Ga Rebels and theT.W. Josey Eagles of Augusta Ga way back in the early 80’s. Man what a blast. Bring back the battle of the bands

Sussex played the drum parts from the movie “Drumline” good shite

The first band definitely watch some film on MDFS after watching both bands they definitely watched some film on HBCU'S bands and others. For high schools they both did a good job.

Good job kids! It's so much harder to stay nsync than one thinks lol love how the mother is in the background cheering her child on that's awesome

Man I miss band, was on snares, then bass. Fun times! The football games and the competitions. Just maybe not the long nights of practice, and all summer long in the heat! Pays off though!

Was looking for an inspirational band and came upon the Dover High School marching band and found this to be AMAZING!! You all are fabulous artists and musicians. Salute!!🤗🤗🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🎵🎶

Im actually impressed that they guy on ghe blue squad lost one of his sticks, kepts playing like he was holding an invisible drumstick and then smoothely recovered when handed one from behind 😳😳😳😳😳

That first band is bad boy!!!! They tore that up! Best I ever saw! That girl on the right could've done better but besides that, I Was not expecting that! My first judgement was there about to get kilt! But then when they started I got so hype, and throughout the performance I almost lost my voice! They did soooooo good, almost perfect

Entirely unrelated but I love band uniforms! :D I've never seen one with a cape like Dovers! they look so cool!

Holy Jesus both drumlines were really good. You see the first half and go "okay, so these are the good ones that are gonna win." Then you see the second half as go "Oh..." Both of these drumlines are pros

When you thought it was your dover high school band but the colors are way different lmao. But this dover band is rly amazong. Better than ours

Anything is possible with hard work and determination kids. Let's get a sportsmanship handshake at the end yall

Oh they definitely been watching the Spartan legion out of Norfolk Va! They did a great job!

This band is totally awesome!!! shows one thing , we need the total variety that Jehovah gives us !!!

I think that the St xpress won but Dover did put up a great fight and great job to both bands drumline and I'm not biased about going to tech

That girl on multiple drums is a legend ☝🏽

its like Sussex more organized but Dover have better skills.. both winners for me :) thank you

Great job to both drumlines for great displays of musicianship. That second drumline came ready to play though.

The first drum line suffered from what I call “popcorn syndrome”. However, they were definitely cleaner than my high school snare line. But they used a LOT of arm movement. Use the wrists! Girl on tenors....amazing. Bass line, kinda sloppy but had a few good runs. Second drum line...some popcorn but a bit cleaner by far. Also, they looked more polished and practiced. Technique was good. You can tell the schools that have the money for band programs vs those that do not. My opinion, first drum line played something a bit more technically challenging. Second drum line kept it simple. Which equates to cleaner runs...less popcorn. Dover wins.

Sussex had me in the first half not gunna lie but Dover maaaaan! Shout out to both squads tho amazing effort 👏

Looks like so much fun! Wish I had done this when I was in school

Thanks for this Band show it was awesome ☺️ ☺️ loved it ma weight till the Dover High School Band comes on thanks a million

"Personal foul, Dover High--Giving them the BUSINESS!"

Dover whooped ass in this battle. Great drumming by Dover.

so the first bit that dover did is the cadance we use to march in on Friday nights we call t-minus and it's one of our students and fans favorites

straight up love this!! who else has seen the movie Drumline?

I prolly couldn't control myself I was there! They killed it

Although Dover won, the other was having a whole bunch of fun which is what matters to me. It makes me miss high school band lol. My college drumline is so much different.

OMFG!!! THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME! I kept getting excited minute by minute! UUUFFFF!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Quedé enamorado! En Argentina no existe esto en las escuelas, una verdadera lastima! La chica del tenor 😍

Only 6 minutes in. That's impressive. Well-done.

When he dropped his stick and just kept flowing like he had one!

GO DOVER HIGH I SEE YOU. KEEP DOING YA THANG I SEE YOU AND I AM MOST PROUD OF YOU ALL. GOOD JOB. I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND I LOVE THE PERFORMANCE. GO DOVER HIGH.

I was entertained by Sussex High band 9/22/18 and now I would love to see Dover next year at the Norfolk State University High School Battle Of The Bands.

Chick on quads vs chick on bass drum WOOT!!!

Thanks for Posting Teyqua.

As a band student, I love drum battles

A remarkable display of young humanbeingism! These are the keepers of our future. And they will triumph. Magnifently. ❤️

never seen a white drumline using straps usually see them with hornest...nice tho

Hate to say this, I ain't even from the area. But Sussex is college level for sure. Tight, relaxed, and confident. One of the best I have seen

As a member of my school Drum line, all I have to say is... Holy crap. Okay maybe that’s not all... My drum line is no where close to this. Then again, we’re only a year old now and we consist of 2 high schoolers and a bunch a middle schoolers, 5 being only in sixth grade (not including myself), which is the grade you can join in. So for many of us, and not just the sixth graders, we’re only about 2 1/2 semesters old. Even the people who were there last year started 3 quarter, so they aren’t TOO MUCH more experienced than the rest of us. And just for the record, we learned all out base cadences AND the song we play at halftime in the football games in just 15 hours (we all had a week in the summer where we learned the basics, so it was 3 hours everyday for 5 days), so if you consider it, yeah, there’s some sort of missing element that makes it sound so clean, but we’re pretty darn good.

All of these children are soooooooo wonderful!!!!!!!!

the girl snare player has my whole heart

The best come back that the blue team could've done was to say at the end, "At least we didn't drop our sticks!!"

A long way from the Sousa Dover use to play when I was there in the 80's

Thank you for sharing this. I loved it all..

Dover won that battle. Don't care what any one else thinks

I’d be in the back hitting the little triangle and being like oh the other teams got nothing on us.

straight out of the 80's! nice!

Good job guys and ERIC of course, but I gotta give this thumbs up to the ones you were facing. But it was close. Both sides were truly Outstanding !