For years, I have not watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade http://social.macys.com/parade2011/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-parade-_-n-_-n#/home nor the Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade
http://media.roseparade.net/mediaGuideBand.asp?id=763
For some reason, this year, I was interested in watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was fun, and enjoyable.
And, let it be known, this year, it is my intention to watch the parade on January 2, 2012. There is a special reason for my interest: this year, the All Lubbock High School Marching Band https://www.facebook.com/AllLubbockMarchingBand will be performing at the parade. If you do not go to the link, the band is the combined bands of the four Lubbock High Schools: Lubbock High (where Buddy Holly went to high school, and Bill Clinton spoke in the gym), Monterey, Coronado and Estacado High Schools http://www.bandtravel.com/alllubbockband.html. The bands have been doing a LOT of fund raising to allow them to participate in the Rose Bowl Parade http://www.tournamentofroses.com/TheRoseParade/TheParade/Participants/Bands.aspx. The bands have also received a great deal of community support, which is only as it should be.
Maybe, this year, you will watch for the All Lubbock High School Marching Band during the parade.
One of my co-workers is the mother of a band participant. In addition to marching in the Rose Bowl Parade, my co-worker said the band will march in a Disneyland http://disneyland.disney.go.com/ Main Street parade, and they will spend time at Disneyland. In addition, they will go the Knotts Berry Farm http://www.knotts.com/. I believe they have other activities planned on their itinerary.
I know that for many young people from Lubbock, this will be an experience of a lifetime. More poingantly, for many young people from Lubbock, it will be their first trip out of the South Plains, unless it was involved in a band trip. What an opportunity to introduce young people to parts of the world other than Lubbock. This is a great experience.!
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