Sadly… unless you’ve attended a Texas A&M football game, you’ve likely never seen, what is the world’s largest “military style” (and last of few remaining) “marching” bands.
In this case, the “Aggie Band” was invited to perform at the Houston Texans professional football game in “Reliant Stadium”, as part of honoring the 10th year anniversary of the air attacks on New York City and Washington DC.
At one time, Texas A&M had the largest military “corp” in the country, as participation in ROTC was mandatory… (which is no longer the case). The Aggie Band has maintained it’s marching style through the present time and typically has around 350 members.
The manner in which the “jock mentality” has so taken over televised football games, you will rarely see more than a small “snippet” of such a performance.
For those “Internet” surfers who may have seen “military band” performances in Norway or elsewhere in Europe… (of which I’ve watched such “videos”)… and having seen the Texas A&M band perform at many, many events… I could only quietly remark to myself, "You ain’t seen nothin’ "…
Please forward the below URL … as such a performance needs to be seen and appreciated…
http://vimeopro.com/aggiebandshow/2011halftimes/video/28955604