The Santa Monica High School marching band will be marching over the Atlantic to London, England in 2009, ringing in the new year by performing in the city\u2019s holiday parade.<\/p>\n
The 130-member marching band and colorguard will head to perform in the New Year\u2019s Day Parade in London, the entertainment unit\u2019s first trip out of the country since the 1960s when it performed in Mazatlan.<\/p>\n
Besides performing, the band will spend the eight-day trip seeing the sites in England.<\/p>\n
With the opportunity to travel abroad and spend a week away from home, the number of band and colorguard members is expected to increase next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course with that kind of excitement, it (will help) the recruiting,\u201d said Terry Sakow, the director of bands at Samohi. \u201cMore kids will want to do marching band, so we might have a slightly bigger band next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trip is expected to heighten visibility for the 92-year-old high school\u2019s marching band program, boosting recruitment, especially if the trips become a regular feature for the award-winning program.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously it adds to the reputation to play overseas,\u201d Sakow said.<\/p>\n
The parade\u2019s organizing committee contacted the band director in September to extend an invitation to perform in the 22-year-old parade whose route travels along some of the city\u2019s most famous sites, including Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Piccadilly Circus. The committee learned about Santa Monica High School\u2019s marching band thanks to Gary Locke, the long-time band director at Riverside Community College that endorsed the Viking marching band.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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