SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Marching band and orchestra students at Desert Mountain High School will be taking the trip of a lifetime to start 2025.
They'll get to perform in the New Year's Day Parade across the pond in London.
It's a trip the students at Desert Mountain get to make every handful of years, but this is the first time the students have gotten to go since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the hard work the students have put in to make the performance on the world stage possible by watching the player above.
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