AUBURNDALE, WI (OnFocus) – Approximately 60 students from Auburndale High School band will be performing at the 2023 Pearl Harbor Day Parade next year in Hawaii.
“We received a letter in the mail inviting us to come play for the parade,” said Jennifer Nueske, Band Director. “A selection committee makes decisions on who to invite. Only a small handful of groups from each state are invited.”
The band will perform three times while in Hawaii: at the USS Missouri, at the opening ceremony of the parade in Honolulu, and during the Pearl Harbor Parade on December 7, 2023. With a year to prepare, the band has plans for rehearsals and fundraising.
“We will be fundraising a lot in order to allow all our students to attend this trip- thanks in advance for support from our community! We will continue to have our annual marching band camp to prepare for the parade, as well as some extra marching rehearsals this summer,” said Nueske. “We will get the music ahead of time for the performance with the other bands and will rehearse that music leading up to the trip.”
The parade is normally recorded and can be seen on Youtube.
“The band is extremely excited and honored,” Nueske said. “The students are proud and honored to be chosen for this opportunity and are excited to be able to give back to veterans of our country and to be able to see first hand some of the history of our country. And of course they are so excited to experience Hawaii!”
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