Tournament of Roses Parade marching bands

Londonderry High School Marching Lancer Band, from New Hampshire during the 2004 parade

For the Tournament of Roses Parade, top marching bands from all over the world are invited. Many of the nation's top high school marching bands, along with college and organizational marching bands participate.

The bands participating in the parade have also developed traditions. For example, Pasadena City College's Lancer Marching Band always marches in the Rose Parade, along with high school band and color guard students from all over Southern California, who are selected by audition the previous autumn. The Tournament of Roses Honor Band is a coveted position, and those selected are among the best student musicians in California. Nine of the high school trumpet players, selected by performance on their auditions, and the best snare drummer, are selected as the Herald Trumpets, who march directly before the Rose Queen's float and play fanfares.

University Marching bands from the two schools participating in the Rose Bowl Game are invited to march in the parade. They typically accompany the floats that represent the conferences.

In 1891, the Monrovia Town Band was the first musical group to perform in the Rose Parade.

Bands that have a long-standing arrangement to be in the parade include:^[1]

• The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band
• The Los Angeles Unified School District All District High School Honor Band
• The Salvation Army marching band (89th appearance in 2009)
• The United States Marine Corps marching band

In 1980, the Grambling Marching Band was the first HBCU band invited to the Rose Bowl Parade and the first HBCU Band to lead the parade.

In 1998, the Washington Township High School Minutemen Marching Band from Sewell, New Jersey became the first band in the history of the Rose Parade to decorate its entire ranks with live flowers, in keeping with the practice of decorating the parade floats. Designed by Todd Marcocci, this unique concept and design approach received tremendous support from all major media around the world. Since then, several bands have followed suit.

Bandfest

Also, most of the bands participate in Bandfest, which is sponsored by Remo, where bands perform their field shows at Pasadena City College's Mack and Jackie Robinson Stadium over two days. Bandfest consists of three shows (one in the first day and two on the second day).^[2] A percussion group from Remo leads a drum circle with the audience, who have received complementary Remo drumheads and sticks prior to the event. The Pasadena City College Honor Band and Herald Trumpets perform first, followed by other bands. All bands are invited to perform at Bandfest, but all do not necessarily perform (typically the university bands involved in the Rose Bowl Game). The band members are treated to lunch from In-N-Out Burger with on-site kitchen-trailers.

Nuestros Angeles de El Salvador dancers from San Salvador, El Salvador The dancers followed the marching band^[3]

Recent Rose Parade Bands

2009 Rose Parade Bands

• Aguilas Doradas Marching Band, Puebla, Mexico
• Alhambra Unified School District Band
• Ballou Senior High School Band
• Blue Springs High School Golden Regiment Marching Band
• Broken Arrow High School
• Golden Valley High School
• Hawaii All State Marching Band
• Homewood Patriot Marching Band, Homewood, Alabama
• Honor Band of America
• Liberty High School Grenadier Band (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
• Los Angeles Unified All District Honor Band
• McQueen High School Band
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band
• Penn State University Marching Blue Band^[4] (Rose Bowl participant)
• Prairie View A&M University
• Riverside Community College Marching Tiger Band
• The Royal British Legion Youth Band Brentwood
• The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band
• Science Hill High School
• U.S. Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band (Rose Bowl participant)

2010 Rose Parade Bands

• Banda Musical Latina Pedro Molina (Guatemala)
• Conroe High School (Texas) Tiger Band^[5]
• Danvers High School (Massachusetts) Falcon Marching Band^[6]
• El Dorado High School (Placentia, California) Golden Hawks^[7]
• Farmers' Marching Band (First band on the parade line up) RCC Marching Tigers^[8]
• Glendora Tartan Band and Pageantry^[9]
• Kansai Green Honor Band (Kansai, Japan)^[10]
• Los Angeles Unified School District All District High School Honor Band
• The Marian Catholic High School band^[11]
• Millard West High School (Omaha, Nebraska)^[12]
• The Ohio State University Marching Band (Rose Bowl participant)
• The Ohio State School for the Marching Blind Band (Second band on the parade line up)^[13]
• The Ohio University Marching 110 Band^[14]
• Oregon Marching Band (Rose Bowl participant)
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band
• Pickerington Central (Ohio) Marching Tiger Band
• Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band
• Soddy Daisy High School (Tennessee) Marching Band^[15]
• South Kitsap High School (Washington)^[16]
• United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• George Walton Comprehensive High School (Georgia)
• Webb City High School (Missouri)^[17]

2011 Rose Parade Bands

• Albertville High School (Alabama) Aggie Band^[18]
• All-Birdville Independent School District Band (Texas), Including the Richland High School Rebel Marching Band, the Pride of Haltom High School Buffalo Band, and the Birdville High School Mighty Hawk Band.^[19]
• Banda Musical Delfines, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
• CDF Firefighters Honor Guard Pipes & Drums, Sacramento, California
• Central Carroll High School (Carrollton, Georgia) – The Central-Carroll Marching Pride band^[20]
• Downingtown High School (Pennsylvania) Blue & Gold Marching Band
• Lindbergh High School's Spirit of St. Louis Marching Band^[21]
• Londonderry High School Marching Band and Colorguard (New Hampshire)^[22]
• LAUSD All District High School Honor Band
• North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Sound Machine^[23]
• North Japan Honor Green Band, Japan
• Owasso High School Pride of Owasso Band, Owasso, Oklahoma
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Herald Trumpets
• The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band
• Southwest DeKalb High School Marching Panthers^[24]
• Texas Christian University Marching Band
• University of Wisconsin Marching Band
• Upland High School (California) Highland Regiment
• U.S. Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band^[25]
• Wyoming High School All State Marching Band^[26]

2012 Rose Parade Bands

• American Fork High School Marching Band, American Fork, Utah
• Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band and Color Guard, Arcadia, California
• Avon (High School) Marching Black & Gold, Avon, Indiana
• Banda Escolar de Guayanilla (Guayanilla, Puerto Rico)
• Needham B. Broughton High School Band, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Calgary Stampede Showband (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
• Crestview High School 'The Big Red Machine' Band, Crestview, Florida
• Ben Davis High School Marching Giants Band, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Franklin Regional High School Marching Band, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
• Kyoto Tachibana High School Green Band (Kyoto, Japan)^[27]
• LAUSD All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles, California
• All Lubbock ISD High School Marching Band (Lubbock High School, Monterey High School, Coronado High School and Estacado High School), Lubbock, Texas^[28]
• Mercer Island High School Marching Band, Mercer Island, Washington
• University of Oregon Marching Band, Eugene, Oregon
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Herald Trumpets, Pasadena, California
• Pulaski High School Red Raider Marching Band, Pulaski, Wisconsin
• The Royal Swedish Navy Cadet Band, Karlskrona, Sweden
• Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band
• Siloam Springs High School Band, Siloam Springs, Arkansas
• United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• University of Wisconsin Marching Band, Madison, Wisconsin

2013 (124th) Rose Parade Bands

• Aguiluchos Marching Band, Puebla, Mexico
• Bands of America Honor Band, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Broken Arrow High School, Pride of Broken Arrow Marching Band, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
• Davis High School Marching Band, Kaysville, Utah^[29]
• Green Band Association, All Izumo Honor Green Band – Izumo, Japan
• Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Marching Band, Jackson, New Jersey^[30]
• Lafayette High School Marching Band, Lexington, Kentucky
• Lassiter High School Marching Band, Marietta, Georgia
• Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota^[31]
• LAUSD All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles, California
• MOC-Floyd Valley High School Pride of the Dutchmen Marching Band, Orange City, Iowa
• Morgantown High School Red & Blue Marching Band, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Pacific American Volunteer Association (PAVA) – Yi Dynasty, Los Angeles, California
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Herald Trumpets, Pasadena, California
• Peace Band of our Angels of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
• Roots of Music Marching Crusaders, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band, Los Angeles, California
• Santiago High School Marching Band and Color Guard, Corona, California^[32]
• Seminole High School Seminole Warhawk Marching Band, Seminole, Florida
• Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, Stanford, California
• U.S. Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• Valley Christian High School East-West Fusion All-Star Band (with No. 57 School from Beijing), San Jose, California and Beijing, China^[33]
• University of Wisconsin Marching Band, Madison, Wisconsin

2014 (125th) Rose Parade Bands

• Banda de Música Herberto López Colegio José Daniel Crespo, Herrera, Panamá^[34]
• Carmel High School “Marching Greyhounds,” Carmel, Indiana^[35]
• Colony High School Knights Marching Band “THEE Northern Sound,” Palmer, Alaska^[36]
• Dobyns-Bennett High School Marching Indian Band, Kingsport, Tennessee^[37]
• Glendora High School Tartan Band and Pageantry, Glendora, California^[38]
• Hawaii All State Marching Band "Na Koa Ali'i," Kaneohe, Hawaii
• Homewood High School Patriot Marching Band, Homewood, Alabama^[39]
• Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High School Marching Band, San Antonio, Texas^[40]
• Liberty High School Grenadier Band, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania^[41]
• LAUSD All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles, California
• McQueen High School “Lancer Band,” Reno, Nevada
• Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band, East Lansing, Michigan
• Nagoya Minami High School Green Band, Nagoya, Japan
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Herald Trumpets, Pasadena, California (85th Rose Parade appearance in 2014)
• St. Augustine High School Marching “100,” New Orleans, Louisiana
• The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band, Los Angeles, California (95th year of participation in 2014)^[42]
• Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, Stanford, California
• Rosemount High School Marching Band, Rosemount, Minnesota^[43]
• United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• Westfield High School Marching Bulldogs, Chantilly, Virginia^[44]

2015 (126th) Rose Parade Bands

• Blue Springs High School Golden Regiment Marching Band, Blue Springs, Missouri
• Cavalcade of Bands Honor Band, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Cypress High School Marching Band, Centurion Imperial Brigade, Cypress, California^[45]
• Escuela Secundaria General #5, Manuel R. Gutierrez – Banda Musical Delfines, Veracruz, Mexico
• Florida State University Marching Chiefs, Tallahassee, Florida
• Helsingor Pipegarde – Elsinore Girls Marching Band, Denmark
• Koriyama Honor Green Band, Koriyama, Japan
• Robert E. Lee High School Mighty Rebel Band, Midland, Texas^[46]
• Lakota West High School Marching Firebirds, West Chester, Ohio^[47]
• Legacy High School Lightning Marching Band, Broomfield, Colorado^[48]
• LAUSD All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles, California
• Maui High School's "Saber" Marching Band and Color Guard, Kahului, Hawaii^[49]
• O'Fallon Township High School Marching Panthers O'Fallon, Illinois
• University of Oregon Marching Band, Eugene, Oregon
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Herald Trumpets, Pasadena, California
• Round Rock High School Dragon Band, Round Rock, Texas^[50]
• The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band, Los Angeles, California
• Temple City High School Marching Band, The Pride of Temple City, Temple City, California
• United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• Walton High School – Marching Raider Band, Marietta, Georgia

2016 (127th) Rose Parade Bands

• Albany State University Marching Rams, Albany, Georgia^[51]
• Allen High School – The Allen Eagle Escadrille, Allen, Texas^[52]
• Centro Escolar José Maria Morelos y Pavón – Aguilas Doradas Marching Band, Puebla, Mexico
• Franklin Regional High School Panther Band, Murrysville, Pennsylvania^[53]
• Instituto Pedro Molina – Latin Band Pedro Molina, Coatepeque, Guatemala (unable to participate)
• Jenks High School Trojan Pride, Jenks, Oklahoma^[54]
• LAUSD All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles, California
• Mira Mesa High School Sapphire Sound and Color Guard, San Diego, California
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Herald Trumpets, Pasadena, California
• Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band, Canton, Michigan^[55]
• Punahou School – Punahou Marching Band, Honolulu, Hawaii^[56]
• Saratoga High School Marching Band and Color Guard, Saratoga, California
• The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band, Los Angeles, California
• Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, Stanford, California
• Toho High School Dragon Band, Nagoya, Japan
• United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band, San Diego, California
• University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band, Iowa City, Iowa
• Virginia Military Institute Regimental Band and Pipe Band, Lexington, Virginia
• Mason High School Marching Comets Marching Band, Mason, Ohio^[57]
• Wyoming All-State Marching Band, Cheyenne, Wyoming^[58]

2017 (128th) Rose Parade Bands

• Arcadia High School, California^[59]
• Bands of America Honor Band, USA
• Broken Arrow High School – The Pride of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma^[60]
• Buhos Marching Band, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
• Foothill High School, Henderson, Nevada
• Gifusho Green Band, Gifu, Japan
• Grove City High School, Ohio
• Marching Pride of Lawrence Township, Indianapolis, Indiana
• LAUSD All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles, California
• Martin Luther King, Jr. High School – MLK "Kings of Halftime," Lithonia, Georgia
• Niceville High School, Florida
• Ooltewah High School, Tennessee
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band and Herald Trumpets, Pasadena, California
• Pulaski High School, Red Raider Marching Band, Wisconsin
• The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band, Los Angeles, California
• Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, Santa Clara, California^[61]
• United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band, San Diego, California
• United States Air Force Band, Washington, DC
• Westlake High School, Austin, Texas
• The bands from the two football teams competing in the Rose Bowl

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