By: Sharon Aron Baron
The J.P. Taravella Band and Orchestra Program has been invited to play in the London New Year’s Day Parade, and band members are working hard to get the word out about the fundraisers so that they can afford to send all 200 members on the trip.
The Taravella Marching Band isn’t a stranger to traveling to places like London either. They have performed before in Europe where they have visited countries such as Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France. The band has also performed at the 2005 London New Year’s Day Parade and at the inaugural Parade for President Obama in 2008.
The band is well-known locally and performs every Memorial and Veterans Day and 9/11 Commemoration in Tamarac as well as marches in every Holiday parade in Coral Springs as well. They are very involved in our community and play at all events they are invited to.
Members of the band are working hard to raise money so they do not have to take on the entire cost of the trip themselves, but as they get closer they are realizing how far behind they are and ask that the public knows about the upcoming fundraisers: