1962 Parkersburg High School Big Red Band

This is a clip from 1962 of the Parkersburg High School Big Red Band. At the time of filming, they were at Charleston, WV's Laidley Field for a football playoff. During this time, the band marched 6 steps to every 5 yards, or 30 inches per step. The clip was originally from Tim Swarr, who graduated in 1963. The camera used was state of the art for its time, but there is no sound to the clip. Highlights from the clip are as follows: Start: Standard block running at 6 steps per 5 yards. 1:19: This is the end of what appears to be a 4-way cross-through. It's an extremely complex maneuver that actually involves stepping in-between people's feet. It's, unfortunately, a bad snip in the video so it's impossible to truly know unless someone was there. From what I see, I'm fairly confident that we're seeing the end of a 4-way cross. At about 1:29, it shifts to the color guard, with the rifles actually doing rifle spins to change arms (from right to left and then back to right again). At about 2:08, the band changes form into four giant lines. They will do a giant Step 2 Drill that Mr. Schroeder was well-known for making. In this case, the Step 2 becomes a form known as Moving Diamonds. This is not to be confused with a Rolling Parallelogram or Diamond Drill.