{"id":116959,"date":"2026-01-02T04:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/116959\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T04:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:06:14","slug":"tennessee-high-school-band-marches-in-2026-rose-parade-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/116959\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee high school band marches in 2026 Rose Parade in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WSMV) &#8211; A Tennessee high school marching band had the opportunity to march in the Rose Parade on New Year\u2019s Day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This New Year marked the 99th time NBC has broadcasted the Rose Parade. The Franklin High School Band was featured in that broadcast as they marched the parade in Pasadena, California. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/page\/our-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"WSMV - template image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PYQCNXWUIVE27BALA565ZY2LFQ.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>This year, the Franklin High School Band was featured in that broadcast as they marched the parade in Pasadena, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis moment was built over years \u2014 early mornings, long rehearsals, and a whole lot of commitment from students, directors, families, and supporters,\u201d a Facebook post said. \u201cToday, we get to experience a once in a lifetime moment. Marching in the 2026 Rose Parade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The band was able to make the trip happen after fundraising for a year. The money covered flights so that all 222 students could attend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The band first performed in the parade during its 1995-1996 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DS8ARacicri\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DS8ARacicri\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">according to a social media post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WSMV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WSMV) &#8211; A Tennessee high school marching band had the opportunity to march in the Rose&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,62217,951,972,20704,18754,53102,100,13097,1977,10657,62218,23066,572],"class_list":{"0":"post-116959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-franklin-high-school-band","12":"tag-high-school","13":"tag-local","14":"tag-marching-band","15":"tag-new-year","16":"tag-new-years-day","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-parade","19":"tag-pasadena","20":"tag-rose-bowl","21":"tag-rose-bowl-parade","22":"tag-rose-parade","23":"tag-tennessee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116959","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=116959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}