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Oregon band to march in inaugural
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 | No comments posted.
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland’s Get a Life Marching Band has been picked to be in President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural parade Jan. 20.
It will join about 100 other bands. About 1,400 bands applied.
Members are mostly from Oregon and southwest Washington, but some come from as far as South Dakota. All have marching band experience from school and range in age from their 20s to their 60s.
The band needs $80,000 to get the 100-plus players and family members to the East Coast.
The band applied in November and was rejected, but it was told over the holidays another band had dropped out.
Because of crowds expected in Washington, D.C., the band will stay in Philadelphia, a three-hour bus ride away.
It will join about 100 other bands. About 1,400 bands applied.
Members are mostly from Oregon and southwest Washington, but some come from as far as South Dakota. All have marching band experience from school and range in age from their 20s to their 60s.
The band needs $80,000 to get the 100-plus players and family members to the East Coast.
The band applied in November and was rejected, but it was told over the holidays another band had dropped out.
Because of crowds expected in Washington, D.C., the band will stay in Philadelphia, a three-hour bus ride away.
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