Ringing in 2023 always will be especially memorable for one group of Downers Grove North High School students. That's because 210 band and choir members were invited to take their talents across the pond to perform in London's famous New Year's Day Parade and Choral Festival.
Ringing in 2023 always will be especially memorable for one group of Downers Grove North High School students.
"Performing in the London New Year's Day Parade was an experience I will never forget," said North senior Claire Gustis, who plays the flute and piccolo."It felt amazing getting to see everyone's reactions and excited faces when our band came by. One of my favorite memories from the parade was when I heard a little boy ask his mom why we couldn't keep giving him high-fives and she responded that we had to perform.
Downers Grove North students previously performed in the London New Year's Day Parade in 2011 and 2019. Students and staff prepared for the tour for 14 months after an invitation from London dignitaries who traveled to North in October 2021. Students, who must pay their own way to travel, then had to raise funds to support the tour."We not only have to practice parade marching and playing music we can perform through the streets, but we also have to teach the students a specifically choreographed routine for the television zone," Teague said.
London's New Year's Day Parade typically draws more than 500,000 spectators along the streets of London and a worldwide broadcast audience in the millions.
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