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This morning we finally marched in the 2008 Tournament of Roses parade! It was everything I had hoped it would be. The crowd was fantastic and I couldn’t believe how many people came to the parade. I am proud to say that no one in the Broughton Band dropped out! The floats were all absolutely gorgeous and I am so glad I can say that I have marched in the Tournament of Roses parade. Luckily I made it out of the parade with only one tiny blister. At the end of the parade most of us still had a lot of adrenaline running through us so the exhaustion hadn’t hit us quite yet. Throughout the parade the audience had posters for the different schools and posters and posters saying only three more miles. I know it all made us smile to see how the crowd was rooting us on. My favorite part was when we only had about a quarter of a mile left and when we looked down on the pavement their were chalk drawings saying “just a little bit more”. It was the crowd and their signs and their chalk drawings that kept us going till the end. It was an experience of a lifetime and I will never forget how good it felt to step off and play our music to the sounds of thousands of cheers.

        Hello all! My name is Catherine and I am a junior who plays trombone in the Broughton Band. Our band director is the famous JR, and I am lucky enough to have known him for almost ten years now. I saw my brother play in the Broughton Band when I was seven years old, and I knew that I would want to follow in his footsteps. So here I am ten years later doing what I always wanted to do. I hope that as you follow and watch our trip unfold, you will see how much fun we have in the Broughton Band.

        As our trip gets closer and closer, we all are getting more excited everyday.This trip to California has snuck up on us all so quickly. It feels las though JR was just telling us we were accepted to be a part of the Rose Parade- which was a full year ago. Everybody is excited and ready to leave. We all have been working so hard to make sure we get our music down just right.