MIAMI – Additional than 75 users of the Vital West Superior Faculty Band executed on Monday in the famed London New Year’s Day Parade.
Earlier this calendar year, the Marching Conchs have been invited by parade organizers to be a part of other U.S. and intercontinental teams that will march as a result of the London streets in the procession, which typically draws much more than 500,000 spectators and a tv audience of millions.
“This is likely the major phase that we’ve at any time carried out on as the Essential West Significant School Band,” said Gary Hernandez, the higher school’s band director.
Above the previous 6 months, band members staged fundraising functions and the Keys community donated generously. In all, near to $400,000 was amassed to underwrite the journey for the younger musicians, chaperones, and help crew.
Throughout the parade, the band played the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” and Blondie’s “One particular Way or A different” along the around 2-mile-extended route.
The band also executed at the Grand Piazza in London’s Covent Backyard garden on Saturday and uncovered the area’s background and culture by means of guided excursions, team functions, and theater productions.
As effectively as remaining an honor, parade participation and the London vacation presented a important prospect for band customers from the modest southernmost town. For some, the trip marked their 1st time on an airplane or their very first journey exterior the state.
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