Ocean of Soul Delivers Rhythm and Passion in Star Quality Performance at Berkeley

During Saturday’s fervent matchup between Texas Southern Tigers and UC Berkeley Golden Bears, Texas Southern University “Ocean of Soul” Marching Band executed an outstanding halftime show at University of California, Berkeley.

The encounter took place at California Memorial Stadium, with a total of 35,898 thriving spectators, where Cal won in their home 35–3. Both teams showcased great proficiency, with Texas Southern strong defense the first half of the game and Cal tenacity in the last half. 

With a powerful drum line, followed by trumpets, trombones, and more, the game’s halftime was led by Texas Southern marching band, Ocean of Soul, who executed a wonderful performance for the crowd. 

In their performance, they opened with “Talkin’ Out the Side of Your Neck” as introduction —keeping Ocean of Soul legacy. And then a “Holiday” band arrangement, originally by Green Day brought a forceful energy to the field.

Ocean of Soul was accompanied by Motion of the Ocean, commonly shortened to Motion, the band dance line, who bedazzled everyone at the rhythm of the upbeat “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” band arrangement, originally by Kylie Minogue.

Finally, they ended with the band members in formation spelling “TX – CA”!

Fans has been posting positive comments about Ocean of Soul performance: 

User @yogeedough56 commented “Perfect weather, powerful and crisp sound, drills were impeccable.  Ocean is on top! Continue to have fun! We are loving y’all!”

Many fans, such as @makemeshapely23, applauded Brian K. Simmons’ decisions as Ocean of Soul Director since 2021, “Yesssss this is everything!!!!!!! And some thanks Mr. Simmons for the salute to tradition and bringing in that NOLA flava! I love it.”

Ocean of Soul has been praised since the beginning of the year, after joining Beyoncé in her Cowboy Carter Tour – Life from Houston, and representing Texas Southern in the 2025 Pepsi National Battle of the Bands, where they used their platform to held a tribute for Kerr County victims.

Texas Southern University is back in action next Saturday at home against Lamar University, at Shell Energy Stadium.

Don’t miss any of their performances! You can follow Ocean of Soul journey here:

• Instagram: @tsuoceanofsoul
• Facebook: Texas Southern University “Ocean of Soul” Marching Band
• YouTube: Ocean of Soul Media

You can also follow Motion Of The Ocean’s Instagram.