Now that's what I'm talking about!

I have been a big fan of marching bands since I was a kid. I marched in high school, and was fortunate enough to march in Purdue University's All American Marching Band for 2 seasons. I appreciate the The Ohio State University band's precision, Ohio University's Marching 110 is just as funky as the bands throughout the South, and Stanford is just a hoot to watch, but I've got to tell you, University of Tennessee's Pride of the Southland Band is the epitome marching bands.

My parents and I visited Commonwealth Stadium on the University of Kentucky campus last Saturday to see Perrin march, and watch the Vols take on the UK Wildcats (finally found someone they can beat). The Pride marched their Circle Drill, and I was blown away. The announcer starts in with how this is "the most difficult circle drill ever," and the partisan crowd starts into laughing and mocking him, but by the time the band inverts this curvey pinwheel (about 1:50 into the video clip), the crowd was into it. Click on the picture to watch the circle drill portion of the halftime show.