Band members experience California

From Dec. 27, 2002 to Jan. 3, 2003, over 700 Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band members, faculty, friends and family went to Southern California for the 114th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade held Jan. 1, 2003. The Pride, the sixth entrant in the parade and the first non-military band, arrived in Pasadena, Calif.

Senior clarinetist describes band trip

Looking back at the trip to California, I realize that California holds a completely different life than South Dakota. And there are a lot of things that surprised me about California. First of all, I had trouble remembering that it was December because the weather was so mild in California.