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Seneca Valley Marching Band Featured in Annual Parade at Kentucky Derby
The Pegasus Parade in downtown Louisville features colorful floats, marching bands, celebrities and more in the oldest and founding event of the Kentucky Derby Festival.
The Seneca Valley High School marching band will strut through downtown Louisville Thursday as part of the traditional Pegasus Parade held before the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
The band of about 200 musicians were invited to take part in the oldest Kentucky Derby Festival event held annually on the Thursday before the derby.
Marching band Director Bob Matchett told KDKA-TV the band is following in the footsteps of a Seneca Valley band that marched in the same parade six years ago and was crowned Grand Champions against 16 other bands.
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“We’re representing the years and years of students who have gone through the program, and still come back and visit and still are proud of what they were a part of,” Matchett said.
The parade attracts more than 200,000 spectators and features celebrities and amazing floats, according to event organizers.
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