The Georgia State University marching band was informed earlier this year that they have been selected to perform at the 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
This honor marks Georgia State’s second time performing on a national level, the first being at the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January 2013.
Cassie Trout, a senior band member, said, “We are trying to get the word out to upcoming freshmen, to current Georgia State people that want to be a part of the marching band so that we can get the best representation possible at Macy’s when everybody sees us. We’re trying… to get Georgia State hyped about us going there to represent them in Ney York!”
The parade takes place in New York’s Herald Square and has become and annual holiday tradition for millions across the nation.
Wesley Whatley, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade creative director, stated that the Macy’s band selection committee is amazed at the incredible performance quality that the Georgia State University marching band as achieved in only a short few years of existence.
Kyle Allen, a sophomore band member, said, “This is our fourth year in existence. We started when the football team started, and our second year we were actually nominated as the top [fifth] marching band in the nation and last year we were still ranked in the top ten.”
The annual event takes more than a year to prepare for and bands that have been selected to are typically informed about a year and a half in advance.
Georgia State will be one of only ten marching bands to perform out of the 175 applicants. Georgia State students, faculty, family and friends anxiously await the band’s performance, which will take place on Nov. 27, 2014.
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