{"id":475377,"date":"2026-09-25T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/475377\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:30:48","slug":"anaheim-high-school-students-will-march-in-the-2028-rose-parade-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/475377\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim High School students will march in the 2028 Rose Parade \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anaheim High School\u2019<\/a>s Colonist Band and Pageantry will march the Rose Parade<\/a> in 2028 \u2014 the first in their school\u2019s history to represent in the New Year\u2019s Day celebration.<\/p>\n

The Rose Parade began in 1890, just nine years before Anaheim High opened to its first class.\u00a0 But the school has never participated in the pageant of flower-covered floats, equestrian units and marching bands \u2014 which apply from around the world for a spot in the lineup.<\/p>\n

Some 20 bands are selected each year for the 5.5-mile march east along Colorado Boulevard.<\/p>\n

Anaheim<\/a> High\u2019s ensemble of about 250 students will be the fourth Anaheim Unified High School District band to march in the parade, following Katella High, Magnolia High and Cypress High.<\/p>\n

Longtime Anaheim High School Band Director Breysi Garcia and his students sent in their application to be a part of the parade in May.<\/p>\n

Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association President Terri Madigan \u201csent us a video with our acceptance and our congratulations,\u201d Garcia said, adding \u201cit was in \u2018The Bachelor\u2019 style-theme, meaning that at the end it says, \u2018Anaheim High School will you accept this rose?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the kids just blew up as far as hugs and smiles and tears of joy and just jumping up and down,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cI\u2019m very, very proud. It\u2019s one of those things that we still almost can\u2019t even believe it\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Breysi and fellow band director Julie Enciso are both Anaheim High School alums who\u2019ve marched in the Rose Parade with separate ensembles.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now to take my entire students, my entire marching band to perform is truly a dream come true, and absolutely a full-circle moment,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n

Anaheim High\u2019s marching band and pageantry unit will spend the next year practicing the music, performances and parade route, including maneuvering the \u201cvery unusual and very challenging\u201d 110-degree turn from Orange Grove onto Colorado Boulevard.<\/p>\n

The group has performed at several events throughout Southern California, including at the nearby Anaheim Convention Center and the Disneyland Resort. But Breysi said he\u2019s excited for the band to take the national stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always perform with a lot of pride because we are representing the school and have the honor of having the city and the school district name,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think one of the things that the students are going to get out of this is understanding the scope of their representation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anaheim High School\u2019s Colonist Band and Pageantry will march the Rose Parade in 2028 \u2014 the first in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,179,23,611,23066,136],"class_list":["post-475377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-orange-county","tag-rose-parade","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475377","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=475377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}