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"An area high school marching band received a big surprise Wednesday.Members of North Hardin High School's Trojan band found out they will be marching in next year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.North Hardin was one of 10 bands from across the country selected out of more than 170 to march in the 2015 parade.The Thanksgiving tradition serves as a kickoff to the holiday season, and also features giant character balloons, floats and celebrity performers.\"We're so excited. The students, you could tell by their reaction today when they heard the announcement that we made the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, that they're extremely excited. We are just thrilled to death to receive that kind of honor,\" said North Hardin band director Brian Froedge.The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is watched by 3.5 million people in person and another 50 million TV viewers.Band members will spend the next 18 months rehearsing and doing fundraising for their parade appearance.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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