CLOVIS, Calif. – Carlo Giovannoni, a senior at Buchanan High School in Clovis, has been selected to perform with the Bands of America Honor Band in the 2026 Rose Parade in Pasadena.<\/p>\n
Giovannoni is among a small group of students from across the country chosen to march in the New Year’s Day event. The Bands of America Honor Band is a national ensemble with over 250 performers including winds, percussion, and color guard.<\/p>\n
Giovannoni plays both tuba and trombone and says that being selected for the national band brought mixed emotions when he received the email.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was happy. I was happy to be accepted,\u201d Giovannoni said. \u201cI was also a little nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giovannoni picked up the tuba six years ago during the pandemic. His twin brother has been on his own musical experiences \u2013 and now it\u2019s his turn.<\/p>\n
Giovannoni hopes to teach music one day after college. He says one of his inspirations is Mr. John Lack, his band director. Lack initially recommended him for the honor band.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nice to have my little adventure,\u201d Giovannoni said.<\/p>\n
Students taking part in the New Year\u2019s Day parade spend one week rehearsing the music before walking over five miles on the big day.<\/p>\n
This will mark the sixth time the Bands of America Honor Band performs in the Rose Parade, according to Music For All, the nonprofit that organizes the group.<\/p>\n
Despite the physical demands \u2013 like carrying a 35-pound tuba \u2013 Giovannoni is focused on remembering simple things: like when to breathe and representing his school.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like a lot of pressure, but I think I’m looking forward to it, for sure, it’ll definitely be nice,\u201d Giovannoni said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLOVIS, Calif. – Carlo Giovannoni, a senior at Buchanan High School in Clovis, has been selected to perform…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[60752,60753,4458,60754,7,60755,512,10009,112,114,113,60756,60757],"class_list":["post-113124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-2026-rose-parade","tag-bands-of-america","tag-buchanan","tag-buchanan-high-school","tag-california","tag-carlo-giovannoni","tag-central-valley","tag-clovis","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-honor-band","tag-john-lack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}