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\"Olivia<\/a>ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

Windermere High School sophomore Noah Valle is preparing to march and play the trombone in the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade, joining 250 of the nation\u2019s top high school musicians. <\/p>\n

“As soon as I got the call, me and my dad were just jumping for joy,” Valle said. <\/p>\n

In addition to Valle, four other Orange County Public Schools students from Horizon and West Orange high schools will also perform as part of the Macy\u2019s Great American Marching Band. <\/p>\n

For many American families, watching the parade is a Thanksgiving morning tradition. <\/p>\n

“Every time, like, we would be over at my grandparents’ house, they’d have it on, and we would just, like, spend time with them,” Valle said. <\/p>\n

Valle\u2019s parents, Destiny and Lisandro, who met while in the band at Auburn University, are thrilled about their son\u2019s achievement. <\/p>\n

“He’s so talented. He really is. He’s so talented. And I’m just so proud of him,” said Destiny Valle, Noah\u2019s mother. <\/p>\n

“I informed just about half the world, right, and our family,” said Lisandro Valle, Noah\u2019s father. <\/p>\n

The family is taking a vacation to New York to support Noah, and his younger sister is especially excited about the trip. <\/p>\n

“Our youngest, her first reaction was, ‘I’m going to New York City!’ But then she said, ‘I’m going shopping. I already have a list of places to go,'” Lisandro Valle said. <\/p>\n

Noah, who has been playing the trombone since sixth grade, is only a sophomore. He applied for the opportunity last year but wasn\u2019t selected. <\/p>\n

“It was just that much more surprising that I made it,” Valle said. “I’m just really blessed to be able to do this. It’s awesome.” <\/p>\n

Until the parade, Valle is focusing on building his endurance. <\/p>\n

He will travel to New York City a week before Thanksgiving to learn the songs he\u2019ll perform and to receive the uniform he\u2019ll wear. <\/p>\n

As for his parents, they plan to wake up early on Thanksgiving morning to secure a good spot along the parade route, no matter the weather. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Windermere High School sophomore Noah Valle is preparing to march and play the trombone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[22332,1089,24843,169176,136783,14594,145782,166986,139,141,140,5661,169173,169175,2393,169174,169172,144192],"class_list":["post-430880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-destiny","tag-family","tag-horizon","tag-lisandro","tag-macy","tag-new-york","tag-noah","tag-ocps-student","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-parent","tag-thanksgiving-day-parade","tag-thanksgiving-morning-tradition","tag-time","tag-trombone","tag-valle","tag-west-orange-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}