Note for those with cable television: HGTV, Home & Garden Television, offers comprehensive and commercial-free coverage of today's Tournament of Roses Parade, live from Pasadena, California. The HGTV web site includes lots of details, like this profile of the Permian High School-Odessa High School Composite marching band from here in Texas.
Band members from Permian and Odessa high schools join forces in this 508-member composite band. Each high school has a marching band, jazz band, three concert bands and percussion ensemble. The band uniform features a red and white jacket with rose logo on the left pocket and "Tournament of Roses 2004" on the left sleeve.Permian High School has received 45 straight years of Superior ratings in marching, concert and sightreading; in April it was named "Outstanding Band" at the Director's Choice Concert Band Festival in South Padre Island, Texas. Odessa High School has received 64 years of Superior ratings in the marching competition (the second longest string in the State of Texas); it also participated in the U.S.S. Missouri Performance in Honolulu in 2003, Magic Music Days parade at Disney World in Orlando in 2001 and Texas UIL State Marching Contest in 1996.
This is as opposed to the inane coverage on other networks during which you will see only a little of the parade itself, but lots of chatter and promotional garbage about the networks themselves. Enjoy!
Posted by Alan at January 1, 2004 07:49 AM