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Greater London’s Deputy Lord Lieutenant, the Honourable Roger Bramble (left) presents Pennsbury’s band director Frank Mazzeo (center) with a token of appreciation from the monarchy in anticipation of the Pennsbury High School Marching Band’s appearance in the London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival on Jan 1, 2010. London Parade Director Robert Bone looks on at right.
Clad in uniforms of orange and black, members of the Pennsbury Marching Band performed on the high school stage for British dignitaries on Sept. 25.
The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, The Honourable Roger Bramble, a representative of Queen Elizabeth, visited Pennsbury High School (PHS) East to make a presentation to marching band students. Accompanying Lord Bramble was London Parade Director Robert Bone.
Frank Mazzeo, Pennsbury Marching Band director, was given a token of appreciation from the monarchy in anticipation of the band’s appearance in the London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival on Jan. 1, 2010.
“We will be out of the country from December 27 to January 3,” said Mazzeo. “We’re bringing two groups over to perform — the Long Orange Line Marching Band and the Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band.”
The parade route, which is two miles long, starts at Piccadilly Circus and proceeds past Big Ben and the British Parliament.
The marching band will have a featured spot for about one minute and their performance will be sent live throughout the world and here in the United States. That will take place here at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The jazz band will be performing a concert at St. John’s Cathedral.
Accompanying the students will be parent chaperones and faculty. A total of 140 people will make the trip. An entourage will be touring throughout London, including Windsor Castle and Oxford.
The London parade is about 25 years old, according to Mazzeo. “It goes right through the heart of London,” he said. “You have representatives from all over the world in the parade.” Mazzeo said in addition to marching bands, there will be floats in the New Year’s Day Parade.
Mazzeo asserted the reason his band was invited by the queen is “because we’re good! What else can I say?” He said the marching band has a “good reputation” and receives invitations each week to go to different places. Continued...
The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, The Honourable Roger Bramble, a representative of Queen Elizabeth, visited Pennsbury High School (PHS) East to make a presentation to marching band students. Accompanying Lord Bramble was London Parade Director Robert Bone.
Frank Mazzeo, Pennsbury Marching Band director, was given a token of appreciation from the monarchy in anticipation of the band’s appearance in the London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival on Jan. 1, 2010.
“We will be out of the country from December 27 to January 3,” said Mazzeo. “We’re bringing two groups over to perform — the Long Orange Line Marching Band and the Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band.”
The parade route, which is two miles long, starts at Piccadilly Circus and proceeds past Big Ben and the British Parliament.
The marching band will have a featured spot for about one minute and their performance will be sent live throughout the world and here in the United States. That will take place here at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The jazz band will be performing a concert at St. John’s Cathedral.
Accompanying the students will be parent chaperones and faculty. A total of 140 people will make the trip. An entourage will be touring throughout London, including Windsor Castle and Oxford.
The London parade is about 25 years old, according to Mazzeo. “It goes right through the heart of London,” he said. “You have representatives from all over the world in the parade.” Mazzeo said in addition to marching bands, there will be floats in the New Year’s Day Parade.
Mazzeo asserted the reason his band was invited by the queen is “because we’re good! What else can I say?” He said the marching band has a “good reputation” and receives invitations each week to go to different places. Continued...
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“We are internationally recognized,” Mazzeo noted.
The marching band has performed at all five Disney theme parks – Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, California and Florida. “In the last five years, with London, we will have been to three continents,” Mazzeo said.
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BAND FESTIVAL SET
The Ninth Annual Pennsbury Band Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, featuring “six of the area’s finest marching bands,” Mazzeo said. The bands come to PHS and compete for awards and prizes. The bands are judged by college and university professors.
The gates open at 5 p.m. and the festival begins at 6 p.m.
Participating in the festival are Cherry Hill High School East, Council Rock High School North and South, William Tennent, Neshaminy High School and Temple University’s Diamond Marching Band.
“The festival gives bands a chance to perform and get feedback from professional adjudicators on how to improve. The amount of work you put in a marching band is phenomenal,” Mazzeo said.
“They’re really good,” he said of the visiting bands. “It gives me enjoyment.”
The Pennsbury Marching Band will perform, but will not compete.
The marching band has performed at all five Disney theme parks – Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, California and Florida. “In the last five years, with London, we will have been to three continents,” Mazzeo said.
www
BAND FESTIVAL SET
The Ninth Annual Pennsbury Band Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, featuring “six of the area’s finest marching bands,” Mazzeo said. The bands come to PHS and compete for awards and prizes. The bands are judged by college and university professors.
The gates open at 5 p.m. and the festival begins at 6 p.m.
Participating in the festival are Cherry Hill High School East, Council Rock High School North and South, William Tennent, Neshaminy High School and Temple University’s Diamond Marching Band.
“The festival gives bands a chance to perform and get feedback from professional adjudicators on how to improve. The amount of work you put in a marching band is phenomenal,” Mazzeo said.
“They’re really good,” he said of the visiting bands. “It gives me enjoyment.”
The Pennsbury Marching Band will perform, but will not compete.
Clad in uniforms of orange and black, members of the Pennsbury Marching Band performed on the high school stage for British dignitaries on Sept. 25.
The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, The Honourable Roger Bramble, a representative of Queen Elizabeth, visited Pennsbury High School (PHS) East to make a presentation to marching band students. Accompanying Lord Bramble was London Parade Director Robert Bone.
Frank Mazzeo, Pennsbury Marching Band director, was given a token of appreciation from the monarchy in anticipation of the band’s appearance in the London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival on Jan. 1, 2010.
“We will be out of the country from December 27 to January 3,” said Mazzeo. “We’re bringing two groups over to perform — the Long Orange Line Marching Band and the Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band.”
The parade route, which is two miles long, starts at Piccadilly Circus and proceeds past Big Ben and the British Parliament.
The marching band will have a featured spot for about one minute and their performance will be sent live throughout the world and here in the United States. That will take place here at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The jazz band will be performing a concert at St. John’s Cathedral.
Accompanying the students will be parent chaperones and faculty. A total of 140 people will make the trip. An entourage will be touring throughout London, including Windsor Castle and Oxford.
The London parade is about 25 years old, according to Mazzeo. “It goes right through the heart of London,” he said. “You have representatives from all over the world in the parade.” Mazzeo said in addition to marching bands, there will be floats in the New Year’s Day Parade.
Mazzeo asserted the reason his band was invited by the queen is “because we’re good! What else can I say?” He said the marching band has a “good reputation” and receives invitations each week to go to different places.
“We are internationally recognized,” Mazzeo noted.
The marching band has performed at all five Disney theme parks – Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, California and Florida. “In the last five years, with London, we will have been to three continents,” Mazzeo said.
www
BAND FESTIVAL SET
The Ninth Annual Pennsbury Band Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, featuring “six of the area’s finest marching bands,” Mazzeo said. The bands come to PHS and compete for awards and prizes. The bands are judged by college and university professors.
The gates open at 5 p.m. and the festival begins at 6 p.m.
Participating in the festival are Cherry Hill High School East, Council Rock High School North and South, William Tennent, Neshaminy High School and Temple University’s Diamond Marching Band.
“The festival gives bands a chance to perform and get feedback from professional adjudicators on how to improve. The amount of work you put in a marching band is phenomenal,” Mazzeo said.
“They’re really good,” he said of the visiting bands. “It gives me enjoyment.”
The Pennsbury Marching Band will perform, but will not compete.
The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, The Honourable Roger Bramble, a representative of Queen Elizabeth, visited Pennsbury High School (PHS) East to make a presentation to marching band students. Accompanying Lord Bramble was London Parade Director Robert Bone.
Frank Mazzeo, Pennsbury Marching Band director, was given a token of appreciation from the monarchy in anticipation of the band’s appearance in the London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival on Jan. 1, 2010.
“We will be out of the country from December 27 to January 3,” said Mazzeo. “We’re bringing two groups over to perform — the Long Orange Line Marching Band and the Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band.”
The parade route, which is two miles long, starts at Piccadilly Circus and proceeds past Big Ben and the British Parliament.
The marching band will have a featured spot for about one minute and their performance will be sent live throughout the world and here in the United States. That will take place here at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The jazz band will be performing a concert at St. John’s Cathedral.
Accompanying the students will be parent chaperones and faculty. A total of 140 people will make the trip. An entourage will be touring throughout London, including Windsor Castle and Oxford.
The London parade is about 25 years old, according to Mazzeo. “It goes right through the heart of London,” he said. “You have representatives from all over the world in the parade.” Mazzeo said in addition to marching bands, there will be floats in the New Year’s Day Parade.
Mazzeo asserted the reason his band was invited by the queen is “because we’re good! What else can I say?” He said the marching band has a “good reputation” and receives invitations each week to go to different places.
“We are internationally recognized,” Mazzeo noted.
The marching band has performed at all five Disney theme parks – Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, California and Florida. “In the last five years, with London, we will have been to three continents,” Mazzeo said.
www
BAND FESTIVAL SET
The Ninth Annual Pennsbury Band Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, featuring “six of the area’s finest marching bands,” Mazzeo said. The bands come to PHS and compete for awards and prizes. The bands are judged by college and university professors.
The gates open at 5 p.m. and the festival begins at 6 p.m.
Participating in the festival are Cherry Hill High School East, Council Rock High School North and South, William Tennent, Neshaminy High School and Temple University’s Diamond Marching Band.
“The festival gives bands a chance to perform and get feedback from professional adjudicators on how to improve. The amount of work you put in a marching band is phenomenal,” Mazzeo said.
“They’re really good,” he said of the visiting bands. “It gives me enjoyment.”
The Pennsbury Marching Band will perform, but will not compete.
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