MEACHAM - “American Patrol” - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band 

Who's here not because of any reason but just to listen to this wonderful piece?

The conductor's performance is so elegant

I am voting for this one on Today's Marching Madness 2022 because I played this on the piano as a teen, since my Mom had the sheet music! I always loved this one!

We played this in high school in northern Illinois in 1955.

If I were in the percussion section, it would be a struggle to not bust into a swing after growing up listening to the Glenn Miller version!

This music makes me remember to my childhood game, Circus Charlie. Btw, the music so amazing!

This march recreates the experience of a listener watching a parade go by. It starts soft as the first band approaches, grows louder as the parade arrives, then fades out as it moves on.

Thankyou Capt. Glen Miller USA KIA 1944. American Patrol was one of his best

1:22 you can see the upper b flat clarinets raise they shoulders on the high note presumably for breath support, really cool and funny little detail!

...MAGNIFICENT-!!!

I'm hearing Columbia Gem of the Ocean instrumentals through the middle. Awesome medley and great tune.

Clara and I can't wait to play this! Clara's my clarinet.

BRAVO all! Awesome clarinets!!!

A great tune. ! I always picture it as a small group of destroyers sailing out of the distance, passing close by and then receding as they go on their way.

Fantastic!!!

I always loved playing this piece! Outstanding!

Beautiful playing. I love the slide show pictures.

Wonderful!!! Love it !!

oh my god， those photos are so valuable

I just had this stuck in my head and was trying to figure out if it was American Patrol or another patriotic song. This song is an absolute banger. We played a version of this last year for a band concert and it was fun.

Amazing show❤❤❤❤❤

It is the most beautiful thing that I heard and when I heard it, I felt a tranquility in my whole body and put me in a state of peace.

Hello. It's amazing music thanks god bless you and bless American people

This is perfect

Отличное исполнение и композиция. Браво ! В такие моменты я забываю за что презираю Америку.

Beautiful band, congratulations!

Wow! So in tune.

My Dad was in the Navy at age 17 in WW II and he always loved Glen Millers swing version of this in 1942.

The Piece that I always hear inside my head.

Hello, great band master great band thanks god bless you and bless American people

Such an uplifting tune and beautifully played.

My band does Sousa March Mania in my Middle School and I’m probably the only kid that cares enough to keep up with the bracket, which this song is a part of 🥲

Amazing

A execução está divina!

Who’s here because of band

iTS A CALL TO BATTLE ! Beautiful

2:18 Dixie! One of my favorite marches. It and Stars and Stripes Forever represent all parts of America equally.

Nice conducting and nice clarinet tone!

Great song

Americans all, and God bless them all.

I love the American Military. I love this Country. Every time I hear this piece it brings me to tears. My father loved this piece. He was a medic in the Korean War. I salute the American Armed Forces. However, Marines have a special spot in my heart. I have seen several RU-vid videos with this "American Patrol". This is the best musical performance and the best edited. Thank you so much.

Dixie for sure at about 2;22 beatiful thanks

i love the conductor's expression! so tough and controlling.

From Italy Tank You

This piece reminds me of the movie 'The Last Detail' with Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, and Randy Quaid.

Today in our age It is rare to get a music composed with such richness, substance, and glamour. For sure the good old timers had left a neat piece that could be arranged by different scholars of and yet never lose its originality.

_F R E E D O M I N T E N S I F I E S_

american patrol = dixie + columbia , the gem of ocean + yankee doodle

I love this march, maybe because I used to play clarinet. The dynamics of increasing volume in the solo clarinet, then having the others joining in, is really beautiful. The bands helped us win WW2, here is how. The Marines are not wearing their rank on their uniforms, but I like watching the Army and Navy bands too. The Army often wears a rank patch. I was surprised at how high a rank some of these guys and girls have, so I did some math to see how much the band costs in basic salary. I counted 55 marines in this band, for this march anyway. If they were all E5's it comes to about $3585 a month, so $2.4M a year. If the average rank is E8 they each make $60M a year, so it comes to $3.3M a year. Compared to what a professional civilian orchestra costs, this is probably a bargain. Back during WW2 I am sure there were thousands of military bands, certainly in the Navy each large ship had a band. At Pearl Harbor when all the BB's were sunk, one of the BB's bands, the Oklahoma I think, was lassoed into helping the code breakers decode the Japanese codes which we had broken. They were so good that they helped the code-breakers and Admirals position our 3 remaining Carriers in June 1942 for the Midway Battle. Which is why we won in 3 1/2 years. Thanks to the clarinets.

I came here because of the theme song of a South Korean kids show that had the exact same melody. If y’all are wondering what it’s called, the show is called "Chiro"

Nessas belas marchas militares americanas tem um SOUSA . Refiro-me a John Philip Sousa. Sobrenome bem português, muito comum no Brasil.

"Banda El Recodo - Patrulla Americana"

no clarinet "squeaks" ---great!

I came here cause this makes me remember the circus game from a sega console i think

I believe the conductor is a major, not a captain.

Esos son Mis Marines Mismo

Hit like for the Circus Charlie.

Pizzas are circles that come in squares that you eat as a triangle

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

When you vote for American Patrol, you are voting for a whole bunch of tunes!

I’m playing this rn and I’m in 8 grade

i Listen that musique in game of circus when i was a kid lol

Circus charlie 🎪😍❤️❤️👀

who first introduced "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" into American Patrol? I love it, but not found in all perormances.

Well, it's actually a medley. Could anyone please tell me what is the name of the march that begins in 1 : 28 ?

Lotsa BAMs

2:18 “Sound Dixie!”

respect from iraq

CIRCUS CHARLIE!!!

Circus Charlie :)

This is the greatest march ever.

pov your band director is making you do march madness

NES CIRCUS

Mi Esposa Ama a los Marines de USA ja ja ja

Want this played when two stars rise in The Wizzarding World of Harry Potter, at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida!

3:49

I remembered playing nintendo games called "circus", clown riding lion and do some fire-ring acrobat... Then popeye the sailor. Figure out, the song is "american patrol" 😇.

Lupet

♥️ 🇲🇹♥️☘ XIXXA

2:17

Since when is this song a Sousa march? haha- kind of a cool take!

Granny tomboy hehe.. happy 4th july

2:55

0:53

Waktuku mandi intro

Dooddoooddoododododoodoodorururuuurdoooo

Who else came here from Accent on Achievement Book One?

Conductor not yet a major?

Me

1:27?

Who's here because of Wii Music?

Whose here from Piano Tiles 2?

"It takes a certain kind of sadistic temperament to be a Marine!"

What’s the song at 1:27

You think they've cut Dixie from the charts since this was recorded?

I would not mess with her.

Charlie's circus

Well done. This unreconstructed old Jarhead appreciates those few bars of "Dixie," as it is surely an American tune.

When Mexicans shown up on the Great Wall of Donald

Faltou o swingue que era feito com Glenn Miller