{"id":33491,"date":"2025-07-02T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/33491\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:35:13","slug":"inglewood-high-band-heads-to-dc-for-independence-day-parade-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/33491\/","title":{"rendered":"Inglewood High band heads to DC for Independence Day Parade \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

One hundred fifteen Inglewood High School band members are flying to Washington D.C. to perform in the country\u2019s annual Independence Day<\/a> Parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The young musicians are representing not only their school and city, but the entire state. Inglewood<\/a> High School is the only high school band from California selected to participate in the national event.<\/p>\n

Before boarding their plane, Rebecca Ahumada, a drum major who helps choreograph the band\u2019s performances, shared just how much this means for their school.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was up since 2:30 in the morning, I couldn’t sleep, I was so excited. I think it\u2019s a higher chance for the band to get more people to join, and it\u2019s just giving us more opportunities in the future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to district officials, the trip was made possible entirely through fundraising\u2014no student paid out of pocket.<\/p>\n

While practicing for their performances, the band members were also leading fundraisers throughout the school year. They had the opportunity to perform for Snoop Dogg and the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in exchange for big donations.<\/p>\n

This all-expense-paid trip was made possible by big donors like the Inglewood Educational Foundation, Greater LA Educational Foundation, Los Angeles Rams and even Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n

County Administrator Dr. James Morris was also present at LAX cheering the students on before their big day. Morris shared why this event is much more than just a parade performance for the students.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really has been a partnership to make this possible for young people in our community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0It is a life changing experience for them.\u201d he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

For some of the students, this trip marks many firsts in their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey haven’t had this kind of opportunity, and for so many of them, this is the first time on an airplane, first time being out of the state of California. The excitement that they showed us this morning was just heartwarming,\u201d shares Morris.<\/p>\n

Interested in watching the students of Inglewood High School make history for their community? The entirety of the parade will be uploaded to the National Independence Day Parade\u2019s Youtube channel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One hundred fifteen Inglewood High School band members are flying to Washington D.C. to perform in the country\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,10202,16636,2961,224,5337,27950],"class_list":{"0":"post-33491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-fourth-of-july","11":"tag-inglewood","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-music-musicians"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114785558852307789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}