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2005 MACY'S PRESS RELEASE
79th Annual
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
November 24, 2005 – New York City
The Kennesaw Mountain High School Band has been selected to
participate in the 79th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
that will take place on Thursday, November 24, 2005 in New York City. The
parade will be travel from Central Park West through Columbus Circle, down
Broadway and culminate in Herald Square at Macy’s department store. NBC
will again televise the parade live on Thanksgiving morning beginning at 9
AM. The parade is considered to be “the longest running show on Broadway,”
featuring stars from television, Broadway, and radio. The famous, “Rockettes,”
from Radio City Music Hall highlight this annual event that has become
synonymous with Thanksgiving morning.
The Kennesaw Mountain High School Band was chosen among
numerous applications submitted from across the United States. Each year
Macy’s chooses 10-14 high school bands from around the nation that will
serve as musical entertainment for the parade and state ambassadors from
where they reside. Kennesaw Mountain was chosen on this their first time to
apply. This year the parade will highlight 6 other bands from the United
States including The Hawaii All State Band, The Brooklyn High Steppers, NY,
The 2005 DCI World Champion Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, Ohio University
Marching Band, John B. Alexander High School Band, TX, and Crestview High
School Band, FL.
The band director at Kennesaw Mountain is David
Starnes, Associate Director is Jeff Harper, and Assistant Director is David
Roth. Kennesaw Mountain was opened in the fall of 2000 and since then the
band program has participated in national marching band and winterguard
events. In the spring of 2003, the band was presented the prestigious
Sudler Shield of Excellence by the John Philip Sousa Foundation that
recognizes the top marching band programs in the United States. The
marching band was named the 2005 Bands of America Class AAA National
Champions at the BOA Grand Nationals competition held annually in
Indianapolis, Indiana. In the spring of 2005, the Kennesaw Mountain
winterguard was named the 2005 Winter Guard International World Champions
for Open Class competition in Dayton, Ohio.
The concert band program, which numbers 4 ensembles,
has participated in GMEA District festivals every year since the inception
of the school and received consistent superior ratings in grades II-VI
performance. In January of 2006, the Kennesaw Mountain Jazz Ensemble will
perform at the GMEA In-Service Conference in Savannah.
For Official Parade Site, Click
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