VIDEO: OSU Marching Band Performs Dazzling Broadway-Themed Half-Time Show!

The Ohio State University is 550 miles from the Great White Way, but at last weekend's halftime show, the Buckeyes' Marching Band celebrated Broadway with a half time show featuring musical selections from WICKED ("Defying Gravity", SPAMALOT ("Always Look On the Bright Side of Life"), THE LION KING ("Hakuna Matata", "The Circle of Life") and HAMILTON ("My Shot") and more! Check out the energized medley below!

Check out additional amazing half-time performances by The Ohio State University Marching Band:

Michael Jackson tribute

Tribute to Video Games

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. Since 1976, the band's membership has held steady at 225 marching members.

The band's instrumentation is unique among college bands, patterned after the traditional British military brass band. The 192-piece block band consists of the following instrumentation: 10 E-flat cornets, 44 B-flat cornets, 18 flugelhorns, 24 F Horns, 24 trombones, 24 baritone horns, 24 sousaphones, 12 snare drums, 4 bass drums, 4 pairs of cymbals, 4 tenors.