2017 Ohio State Drum Major Tryouts 

I was going to say #1 with a bullet! He was crazy!

They both were amazing!! My fave was Konner.

You were awesome Konner

both deserved it. good job. 👍👏

Konner got robbed! Consistently better IMO 😎😎

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Jules Townsend ROFLMBO...you made me spit out my coffee!!!

Give me your internet,right now!😂😂😂😂

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@UGA REDCOAT ...se.

Lol

Rcity2332 lmaoooooo

Yep. Loved watching his running prance. Nice pointed toes.

His twirling sucks tho.. kept dropping it

Way sharper than the rest.

He had a knee injury but still managed those extensions that you mentioned. Konner Barr has some amazing skills and a high level of precision...loved the juggling... One seemed to be having a particularly bad day, perhaps over rehearsed or something else because he was fit and highly skilled. Either way, didn't think I'd watch more then two minutes but was fascinated to the end. The skill and discipline required for that "multi tasking" is underappreciated. Coming from ballet, I know that you keep going even when your muscles tighten and ache and your legs feel like lead. Compliments to all concerned, especially John and Konner.

He made me think of a shamwow guy

Better musical timing, too- he hit the beats precisely and timed the backbend more consistently

One of my biggest regrets as a young athlete was playing the sport too much and not spending more of that time in the gym.

Came here to say the same

Oh what fun

I mean extra practice tho

Those chops must be dead

Yes

Are you a dbz fan?😂 “Over 9000”

Huds

Yeah I feel bad for the contestants after#1 because he set the bar super high.

Hudson T. I'm not from usa is this stuff actually serious😂😂😂

Mike Studmuffin lol shut up

Kyle Woolridge Grant LoL

Jovonne Alexander lol you’ve always had to be, we high march for hours a day

Reagan McMillan football season before during and after school lmao people don’t know the struggle

Jovonne Alexander it’s always been like that my dude

Look up on here: Southern University- "Marching In" Bayou Classic 09' by Ervin Williams start 24 seconds in to see the band start actually marching in to the Superdome

Damn right we do

Lol right! He was like "I didn't come to play with you hoes."

He's John LaVange that's why he got it because he worked hard and peers seen that he really wanted it if you look up he's really hardworking guy

Yes

He was HBCU ready! 😲😲😲Go Buckeyes

Is he the drum major now?

Mike Studmuffin really? I know where I'm headed.

bee pot OSU takes TBDBITL very seriously. We had an f-ing scandal of hazing a few years back.

Congratulations you whoever got the 1000th like I was the 999th

Beatboxing has a whole other world. If you look up “GBB finals” you can find some pretty intense stuff

I’m a drum major and the nerves are just as intense at high school tryouts😂

I liked Morgan a lot too. Her baton twirling was A1.

Justin Winner The steadiest? He dropped it like 3 times in the second round where as Barr dropped it once.

itscold boi the drop never has anything to do with it the only thing that really matters is the recovery from the drop

i had the same problem but even in the drops it almost seemed like he meant to do it 😂, the confidence he carried throughout every single movement of all the events along with the athleticism displayed i thought made him an easy fist, although there was a runoff at the end

Justin Winner he’s the drum major at ohio state now

+JevaughnSmith2018, you and a lot of other folks! These were just the six finalists. Here in Central Ohio, if you see a kid (especially a boy) marching and twirling a stick, you know he's from a hardcore Buckeye family, and has a dream! Around here, don't *nobody* make fun of boys with batons.

Jay Privacy Oh, yeah! I was in a drum and bugle corps in the mid 60s and I never missed practice, because I loved Every aspect of it. Some kids would whine when the managers would tell us a parade coming up, but I loved the parades, the competitions - those were the best summers of my youth!

@@mariannesouza8326 Nice. Parents always said I'd miss those days in school. Well, that's not true. However, I do miss marching and symphonic bands.

They get paid at my University

@Barrier Boy nope, public University in central texas

Jay Privacy proud band and marching band geek rn

I doubt that. They happily play it many times during a game. It's part of their DNA.

Okay honestly I'm in a college band and the drum major auditions are always the worst. Having to play the same thing over and over again without getting any feedback on it is super boring

ikarooz No, no. As a member of a college marching band, I can attest that we all get really sick of the fight song 20 times a game, over and over again

lordtacoz yup

Destini Moore All the wood & brass instruments player’s lips probably sore as hell from this song alone. I couldn’t even imagine a 4 quarter game.😂

"Janice W" That's right. He is not slender and light. He is a bit bulky to be doing that.. Also he does not look like a teenager.

Of his WHAT??? JANICE???

"Janice W" Yes, but also it seems that a person with a larger body type would likely develop knee, hip, and back problems if he or she uses such abnormal movements for too long.

Of his bladder, you're welcome

@@THB_DX 🤣🤣🤣

indeed

Agreed!

He got it too

That bar was lost in space cause of how high it was

Yup. I compared each person after to him

Bruh I mean this is probably their school’s fight song (idk for sure) If you don’t have your school’s fight song memorized by like day one idk what u doin in band lmaooo

That’s the funniest thing I have read of Facebook! You’ve got to warn a person. I almost chocked to death!

Im ending my night with ur comment..i got tears coming down!!! 😂🤣😭😅

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I was sad all day with tears .now I can't stop laughing

Might be the best comment of all time.

Hey that's the way we would like you.

Spartacus Aka How that gold taste Aka Fuck crassus bitch i live in america AND in ohio and i still can’t comprehend this shit

It's the only thing really awesome about living in Ohio tbh.

Spartacus Aka How that gold taste Aka Fuck crassus go to a historically black college after seeing this that's how it's REALLY DONE

dingus- it's tradition

@@joannathorman6069 except cp

I already watched this entire thing quite some time ago, but here I am again …thanks RU-vid lol😂😂😂

@@juliessister5562 I’m watching at 4:00 am, you are not alone

Nice to meet you Al G. Rhythm !

I must be a long lost cousin

He made the stick his bitch and fidget toy at the same time

No. 2 had a drop in the runoff.

Poor guy was too tall though. Bending over backwards looked so painful for him.

except for the "no sense of time" part..

@@leeroyholloway4277 Agree. He seemed off-beat/ slow/ dragging.

Elle Long omg I'm dead 😂 he really did show his dominance though

allwellallgood That Black chick was affirmative Action at its finest

Big Red shut up.

Elle Long What? you don’t like affirmative action ? Why are you so racist ???

Big Red well I’m black so probs not racist. And don’t come on to a fun post and be annoying. People like you are actually the WORST. Let people have fun.

Allison Lennox easy. 1) take off shoes 2) place hot coals on the floor 3) walk on them

It ain’t that hard lol just lean back and take long strides

I wonder if they run to class like that.

SJB Nooooo.... it's hard. It's really hard to do that gracefully and with precision. That first guy was unreal.

MrJamberee your right i'm in band and i'm obsessed with watching band videos, but anyways i tried to do it and i scraped my knee really bad

Nah m8 the RM corps DM would win

It’s called rhythm gymnastics

Relax, only Ohio State goes this hard in the drum major department (and some drum corps). Went to school at SJSU and our drum major was pretty run of the mill as far as drum majors go. Very talented, but he certainly wasn't doing crazy flips and cartwheels and splits and high kicks while catching his baton beneath his leg while he was taking us down the field. To my understanding though, Ohio State is one of the more serious college marching bands.

@@targetedandfiring4336 ours was in highschool. Heavy MMA kid tho so yeah, but dude could do everything except twirling. ironically, I taught him that because I grew up learning myself.

Ditto , I was a high school drum major too . This guy , LaVange , is perfect 😮

What exactly is a drum major? for the laymen here please :)

@nofurtherwest3474 Traditionally, a drum major is basically a conductor for the marching band. The role is far simpler than a conductor, though, as the sole responsibility while on the field is to show the time to the band and color guard. They do not create the time, that is percussion's job. Sometimes, they add special signs like raising or lowering their left hand to indicate crescendo or decrescendo, but that is not always the case. This type of drum majoring is mostly used by high schoolers and drum corps international among other high-level competitions. College drum majoring is a completely different story, and I am uncertain about its role in marching bands, but it is most prevalent in schools like Ohio State University and the University of Washington, among few other colleges.

Caleb Hedemark nope, I did too😅😅

If you watched the video up until the 10 minutes mark then you would know that everyone performed the same routine then switched to performing their own routine later.

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Good for her! 😃 I really liked her sparkle!

She was awesome and had an amazing smile. I am really happy to hear she made it this year!

Thats awesome and well deserved. She shines like the 🌞!

Very good spinner

you're the girl stop playing

Yep, I'm an Indiana fan watching this, too. I always have respect for the marching bands (I was a band nerd, myself) no matter the school, even though I feel bad for this group being stuck having to support OSU. I remember when I was a kid, my grandpa would always take me to the Saturday home games at IU and we would go into the stadium early to watch the Marching Hundred pre-show. I always loved watching them play/perform. During the homecoming game, they would invite the band alumni to come and play with the current band and that was always a hoot. There was this older guy, at least in his 50's at the time, who had to have been a drum major back in his day, and I've never seen *anyone* twirl and throw a baton as good as that guy could. He would even have two or three going at a time without missing a beat, and I don't think I ever saw him drop a toss. He was amazing. Anyway, I had a lot of fun watching these tryouts. It brought back some really good memories for me.

Wolverines suck

fandoms are so fucking stupid

Christopher Draper haahaha

It is

Core sucks ballz military is better

I know! I’m thinking even the ones that weren’t as good had amazing physicality

U have to be in shape for this.

jasmine heim , I have a major earworm now.

No you don't get tired of playing a song in band if you really care to be in a band......

jasmine heim lol

It's the only song they know.

@@basicaccount9486 you do you just do you put up with it cause you like being in a band but after practicing a song/routine/march over and over and over and over you just get sick of doing it you do it though because you like being in the band ive done a few stage performances and by the time im halfway through rehearsals ive said my lines and done my bit so many times i honestly hate it with every fibre of my being and so do all my colleagues by the time were getting close to final rehearsal were not even hanging around we have the timing down so well we just hang out elsewhere nearby head backstage about 5 mins before were due on stage go on do out bit go off and hang out with the others backstage or outside whove also done there bit we hate the performance we loved it at first and we will love performing it for everyone when the day comes and even once its over but the monotomy of rehearsals makes us hate doing it over and over the fact we love acting and entertaining is why we go through all of this though

Completely different from HBCU. Their drum majors are very masculine with emphasis on dancing skills_ not twirling batons. Time for me to move over to Jackson State sites.😍.

@@bjwilliams True that it is different from my HBCU. All of my other marching bands was predominantly white. I just added my own Flavor. Friends & Family are still Smiling and talking about my Marching from over 50 years ago. I enjoy it all, just as I do All kinds of music. Best regards.💜💜💜 Auntie Ellen

Awwww wish I could've seen your performance.

Love you 😘

Yes, Ma’am! At fifty-seven, this former majorette is exactly the same!

Erick D Me too. I kept wondering when in life they had that thought like- drum major; that's what I want to do in college!

Jenn Feeley 😂😂😂 career goals

they prolly didnt know about that they were gonna do it till like either highschool or college

Yes they do. They really do.

Some people seriously do lol

I feel like that too. They're incredible but after watching the first guys, I knew he would win. His head almost touched the grass laying backward that far.

😂😂😂 great comment

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Yeah. I liked her. Hopefully, she'll try again.

I heard that Konner Barr became drum major the following year, and Morgan Davis became assistant drum major. Correct me if I’m wrong

I liked her best, too. Just a great spirit & smile throughout! 😃

@@titanqueen7217 yes. Originally John was major and Konnor was assistant. Then I assume he graduated and that Konnor and Morgan both moved up.