Eastern’s marching band was in perfect unison for its “Year in Review” concert at McAfee gym Sunday afternoon.

Everything the 84-member band did was in-sync, from the “Funk Factory” portion of the show to the “Fight Song” at the end.

In “Funk Factory,” sousaphone players aligned in the front of the band and became lost in funkadelic spell, gyrating to whichever rhythm the percussion pounded out. At one point, the sousaphone players abandoned their instruments to do push-ups to the drum beat.

“We’re always out there to entertain,” said Jeffrey Steiner, third-year director of athletic bands. “I guess our motto is to provide world-class entertainment rendered with great artistry.”

During the tune “Hey Baby,” the band would sing the line “Heyyyy hey baby/I want to know /Will you be my girl?” as one while swaying in a burst of energy. While singing the line “Row, row, row your boat” at one point, the band moved their instruments in a rowing fashion.

Although not a music major, sophomore elementary education major Angela Daniels decided to be in marching band because she has been a lover of marching band since high school and said she just decided to continue in college.

The clarinet player said the biggest difference she saw between playing high school band and college is the dedication.

“In high school, if you were in the band, (it’s because) you had to be in it,” she said. “Everyone that’s in it here pretty much wants to be here, so it’s a really good atmosphere.”

That good atmosphere comes with a tight group, both on and off the instruments.

During his interview, Steiner gave a band member a high-five as he walked by.

“They take a lot of the initiative and care enough about their performance that they take a lot of the work that I don’t have to do,” Steiner said.

One such student leader is mellophone section leader Thomas Fulton. Fulton said every section has a leader and keeps the band going where it needs to go.

“They just keep the integrity of the band at a high standard,” he said.

Trumpet leader Chris Jansen led the dismissal of the band with Eastern’s fight song as it was sung and played with enough power to nearly fill the campus.