STAGE TUBE: OSU Marching Band Performs 'The Sound of Music' at Halftime Show

By: Nov. 23, 2015
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The Ohio State University Marching Band performs 'The Sound of Music' during the Nov. 21 game versus Michigan State.

Check out a first look below!

The Ohio State University Marching Band (often called The Best Damn Band in the Land or TBDBITL) performs at Ohio State football games and other events during the fall semester. The 225-piece "Pride of the Buckeyes" is one of the few college all-brass-and-percussion bands in the U.S. and is acknowledged as the largest of its type in the world.

With a history dating back to the late 1800s, many marching band innovations were developed at Ohio State. Among them: floating and animated formations, script writing, and the fast cadence with a high knee lift. The band's Script Ohio is considered by many to be the most memorable tradition in college band history.



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