11/27/13 - The Director of the Brighton High School Marching Band says the group is fired up about performing in the Thanksgiving Day parade through downtown Detroit. Brighton last performed in the turkey day parade in 2002. Band Director Gabriella Hoffman says they learned in August that the band had been invited to play and it started practicing as soon as school started in September. The 247 members have been practicing two musical numbers that it will be performing during the parade: "We Need a Little Christmas" and "American Christmas." The marching band is so large that it's composed of four separate groups which perform separately at band competitions. The band is set to depart from Brighton High School for Detroit at 6am on Thanksgiving Day in five buses, plus a trailer to carry their instruments and equipment. The parade will be broadcast live and the BHS Marching Band can be seen at around 11am on WDIV Channel 4. (TT/JM)
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