Monday, February 25, 2013 - 3:24pm
Middletown HS marching band will be world famous
Updated Monday, February 25, 2013 - 5:20pm
Video player now loading; please wait...
| WDEL's Amy Cherry has the story. |
Students from Middletown High School's Marching Band will be ringing in the new year in London.
WDEL's Amy Cherry explains.
Click here to listen
"If you would like to come to perform in the New Years Day Parade in London, do you want to do that Middletown?"
Click here to listen
Applause rang out as the Cavaliers got a personal invite from the Lord Mayor of Westminster England Councillor Angela Harvey, marking the first time the Middletown marching band will travel overseas.
Freshman Vicki Grillo is ecstatic.
"I cried when I found out, just cried, for an hour," says Grillo.
Click here to listen
Grillo can't wait to see Big Ben and Stonehenge during her week in London.
"I have been infatuated, I think would be the right word to use, with British people forever because I like the Harry Potter series, and I watch the movies, and I was like 'British people! I love them!'
"Maybe you'll find a British husband over there?" I suggested.
"Oh my God, I would like die," she says.
Click here to listen
15-year-old Hayley Collins is excited too.
"It's a pretty big deal. It's my first time really traveling. I've never been on a plane before, so it's a really big honor to have us go," says Collins
Click here to listen
Many students have already begun asking about the passport process.
"It's very exciting. I mean, I've never been to London before but I have lots of family there, so to get this chance to play in the parade is very exciting," says junior Imeh Uwah.
Click here to listen
Tyler Feret, a sophomore, says he was in total shock and is pumped to do what he loves in another country.
"I like being in the marching band because I like to make music, and hanging out with my friends, and just being able to be myself around people that like the same things I do," says Feret.
Click here to listen
Band Director Brian Endlein wants his students to know anything is possible.
"Anything is possible and that hard work, and commitment, and discipline still pay off these days, and certainly, it's a really unique opportunity for them to be world travelers now and international performers," says Endlein.
Click here to listen
The three-hour televised parade includes performs from 20 nations and is twice the size of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Copyright © May 19, 2013, WDEL/Delmarva Broadcasting Company. All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
|
 |
|
