This is as good as it gets. For a high school marching band, it's like going to the Super Bowl. The national and global exposure is very positive public relations for the school.

We have to prepare the students physically to build up their endurance and music ability to play music and march for two hours and 15 minutes.

Of all the events we do, it's the hardest to qualify to get into. You really have to have your act together.

We've become very well-known and through our exposure, we receive a lot of yearly invitations.