Press Release
The
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and MUSIC
FESTIVALS
combine to create select marching ensemble.
READING, PA / NEW YORK,
NY - In celebrating the 82nd
anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day
Parade, The Great American Marching Band
will lead Santa Claus into Herald Square on
November 27, 2008.
Students are selected
based on their musical ability and past
achievements. The opportunity was open to
students from over 14,000 high schools
across the United States.
Stepping-off from Central
Park, the Band will be cheered by 2.5
million live spectators, before arriving at
Macy's Herald Square for their national
performance for more than 50 million TV
viewers watching the broadcast live on NBC.
The students will have
the chance to participate in this
prestigious band with over 200 students,
representing every state. The musicians,
under the direction of Dr. Richard Good,
Auburn University and Ohio State
University's Dr. Jon Woods, will be
complemented by approximately 50 flags and
dancers choreographed by Greg Lagola of the
famed Cadets Drum Corp of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Good is the Director
of Bands at Auburn University in Auburn,
AL. From Columbus, OH, Dr. Woods is a
Professor of Music Education as well as the
Director of the award winning, "Pride of the
Buckeyes" Ohio State University Marching
Band. Lagola is a member of the creative
team for the Cadets, who are nine time World
Champions and the oldest and most honored
Drum and Bugle Corps in the world.
The students will also
have the opportunity to attend workshops led
by Scott Lang, founder of Synergy
Leadership. The workshops will focus on
leadership and encourage students to achieve
their maximum potential.
In addition to marching
in the parade, all selected participants'
package plans will include meals, lodging
and New York City sightseeing (Circle Line
Cruise, Top of the Rock, Thanksgiving
dinner/dance and Wintuk: Cirque du Soleil).
The Band
Hall, TN, is supplying the Band's custom
uniforms and Jupiter, TX, is supplying the
brass instruments, while Mapex by Jupiter,
TX, is supplying the percussion instruments. |
