been an avid fan and follower of the Kyoto Tachibana band ever since seeing this video. and lately had a deeper appreciation of their song selection of their performance here. specially the part when they played the star wars opening theme and followed by the Cantina band song in the star wars movie mixed with a short sing sing sing version. love KT
What an excellent band. Their performance in the Rose Parade was great. Excellent sound, choreography, dancing and ENERGY and HAPPINESS. The really enjoy pleasing the crowd.
They performed at Disneyland, Pasadena Bandfest, Rose Parade, and shows at luckily selected high school concert. Wow, coming all the way from Japan and sacrificing their holiday leisure time, I truly want to take off my hats and salute to these young, talented high school students with such superb shows. I really hope they had valuable experience and memory for trade off!
I am pretty sure it was for those high school students as USA is one of Japanese favorite destination to visit especially California, Hawaii and NY. Besides, they get to visit Disneyland(Original) and home stay experience with great American families. I am pretty sure they had an experience of their life time and will never forget it.
@@pan9497 But you need to realize that they actually practice within those 5 days to keep it up. I used to be in marching band in Japan for 5 years 20 years ago, and there's no single day of actual rest. Japanese marching band practice is no joke. At least 6-8 hours of playing instrument and marching simultaneously were just the basic. But for Tachibana, they are committed more than that by gathering into their sub groups to keep up daily tune and body choreography to maintain stamina and body physics.
@@Kuma40 Kuma40 tbh im sure they didn't mind the last few days' practicing because of the excitement to perform and just being in US. Exhausted? Definitely. But the pride and memories they got trump it all. If they didn't enjoy their time and experience then, why would they rejoin the parade for the 2nd time again right? Also they have to pay the trip fees by themselves
@@pan9497 Of course they had the best experience and such, but you are underestimating the fact that they still performed numerous shows at Disneyland within those five days, not only just this one in the footage. Yes, they may had couple of hours to explore and have fun at theme park, yet I'm pretty sure they still spent hours of practice for their own sub units at morning and night time, regardless. If you've never experienced Japanese marching band, then you're just seeing the tip of iceberg. I'm saying they're sacrificing their leisure time because even if their directors allowed them to have full rest day offs, the drum major lady and sub group leaders still coordinated choreography! That's how they're dedicated!
as a precussionist i cannot even fathom just marching and playing BUT HOPPING AND SKIPING AND DANCING AROUND WITH HEAVY/COMPLEX INSTRUMENTS WHILE HAVING THE BRIGHTEST SMILES IMAGINABLE??? Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band truly are the orange devils and they will forever have my respect
This is what marching choreography should look like they have set the bar very high for marching bands everywhere sometimes bands forget precision and timing are everything with Coreo unfortunately some bands just look plain sloppy trying to do something cool because timing precision and playing at the same time is very hard and needs to be rehearsed a lot this is an excellent performance and example of what a lot of rehearsal time can do make no mistake the kids from Japan worked hard to earn that trophy and money one of the best bands I've seen in my lifetime I ❤JAPAN
To me and to millions of others around the world, they are the number one School marching band. They are so EVERY THING. I thank God for them and God bless them all and Japan.
@@TheNighthorn Exactly. :) They leapt at the chance to get into the orange uniform once more and come on this tour to the US. And who wouldn't? This is their life for three years during High School and they are a tight group who have a lot of fun together. If I'm correct at least one of the alumni girls are a professional musician today. I don't know if their is any more of them that have gone pro other than Mita-chan. :)
@@amethyst1826 A device for catching rabbits in the woods. Also, a drum with spring-like wire on the bottom head to create a rattling-type sound. ..Joe
もう何回も見てしまいますが、今想うのは コロナ影響で家出れない時、橘の動画を見て、勇気や感動、そして元気のもろもろをもらいましょうよ というとこですね。 アメリカも、ヨーロッパも、みんな、がんばりましょうよ コロナとの戦いに負けないように。 関係者の皆さんや応援する人、みんなが健康で幸せで居られますように。 thanks for all ..,
@@kenp.6474 ill have to agree with you after watching Riverdale HS march playing Stars and Stripes Siempre..but still they lack the Kawai Factor...Nobody can beat the Americans on the Sousa Marches..
Yes, the PA announcer made a few silly comments, but at least he did help quite a bit behind the scenes to make sure that the band's performance went as smoothly as possible... I do want to mention the work of one of Tachibana's staff members, namely the one woman who served as the interpreter for the band. She was everywhere, doing the English translation for the band members, accepting the award for the band, marching on the parade route supplying water and checking on their health, and even pointing oiut to the PA guy that the band needed stationary microphones on he field for the solo artists. She deserves a lot of credit...
Late correction - Green Band only allows individual schools to participate once every 5 years, but composite "All-Japan honor bands" can attend more frequently. KT will hopefully attend in 2023/2024. Start saving :)
Yes, you can see her at about 6:52, or so. She was the interpreter, and shortly after she immediately thought to ask the PA announcer about adding standup microphones for the soloists, right before they were about to perform.
Did I hear correctly. Is her name Imiko? Also, during the Tournament of Roses Parade, She is one of the ( W.I.B. ) " Women In Black ". Hip-Hip Hoo-Ray! For the " Women In Black ".
This is so insane, holy shit. Just walking while playing can be difficult, but all those dances, holy shit respect. And all in perfect unison, seeing them hop and dance in unison was incredible.
@@TakahashiTakami Even more remarkable considering that half of this band consisted of recent graduates who were not used to training so much anymore...
I found out that in the march pass, Ron and her deputy drum majors were waving at the start, to the man himself, Professor Hiramatsu of Kyoto Tachibana, who I am sure was extremely proud of the students in for filling his dream.
