A Thanksgiving day tradition continues

Cameras, lights, march! Seven Starr’s Mill High band members will take their places in the national spotlight as millions of people around the world watch them parade down the streets of New York City on Thanksgiving day as they perform in the Macy’s Great American Marching Band.

Zach Garcia, Jaskaran Chawla, Claudia Williams, Kevin Allen, Camryn Kiener, Kennedy Blanks, and Nicole DiVinitz are among the top 185 musicians and approximately 40 flag and dance performers in the nation selected as members of the band that will entertain audiences in this year’s 92nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22.

This marks the sixth straight year that Starr’s Mill students have been invited to join the Macy’s Great American Marching Band. For Kevin Allen and Zach Garcia, this will be their second consecutive year selected to perform.

The parade will start at New York City’s Central Park, and end at Macy’s Herald Square where the band will perform for celebrity hosts, a grandstand audience, and more than 50 million television viewers watching the broadcast live on NBC. Approximately three million spectators are expected to line the parade route.