Northside High School <\/a>Blue Wind Band has been invited to march in the 265th annual St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade in New York City, performing along Fifth Avenue on March 17. About 100 students will make the trip, with roughly a month left to prepare.<\/p>\nThe opportunity reflects years of dedication to the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Senior Mihir Tailor, an alto saxophone player, has been part of the band throughout his high school career. He said the experience has helped shape his time at Northside.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been really fun and it\u2019s just another way for us to keep practicing and being with the people that we like,\u201d Tailor said. \u201cSo I\u2019m very excited myself to perform in that parade and kind of be broadcasted on national television as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The band is currently focused on rehearsals that combine music and movement to prepare for the demands of the lengthy parade route. Students will spend several days in New York, including sightseeing and attending a Broadway show, but the main focus remains the St. Patrick\u2019s Day performance.<\/p>\n
Leading the group is drum major Gisleine Cano-Rivera, a senior who said the preparation has been intense.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on mostly conditioning because it is like extensive,\u201d Cano-Rivera said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of length to the parade, so we\u2019ve been working on conditioning, marching all together, staying in time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both students said band programs do not always receive the recognition they deserve, despite the impact they can have on students\u2019 personal growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bonds, like it\u2019s any other sport, you form a family where you\u2019re inseparable,\u201d Cano-Rivera said. \u201cI know with me, it helped me come out of my shell. I was probably one of the shyest kids out here and being in leadership and meeting new kids it helps you come out of your shell and grow into a bigger person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tailor said band participation has helped him grow musically and socially.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think band is a great opportunity for all students and it should definitely be more recognized in schools,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While the March 17 performance is confirmed, the band is still working to raise money for the trip. Donations can be made through the band\u2019s website at nhsbwb.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nAs Northside High School, this week\u2019s School of the Week, counts down the days, rehearsals continue with a national audience now in sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One hundred Northside High School students will travel to New York City to perform in the 265th annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-132335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}