Woodbury High School Marching Band to Perform in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City next week will include the Woodbury High School marching band.

The group will travel to the Big Apple during spring break next week to participate in the parade, the 252nd in the city’s history, according to a release from District 833.

The parade runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16. The Woodbury marching band is set to step off at 12:50 p.m. and will reach TV cameras between 1:30-2 p.m. Portions of the parade will be streamed live online here.

The band will play John Philip Sousa’s Minnesota March and the Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen song Good Time.

Plans have been in the works for more than a year, the release says, and Woodbury students will hold a send-off performance at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, March 14, in the Woodbury High School auditorium.

Along with performing in the NYC parade, the group plans to see The Lion King on Broadway, attend a Broadway musical workshop, visit Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Times Square, the 9/11 Memorial and FDNY Memorial Wall, Liberty and Ellis Island, and the Statue of Liberty, according to the release.

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