Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to Feature 2 White Plains Residents

Alexis Sabol and Clair Cangialosi, both of White Plains, are scheduled to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in New York today as part of the University of Massachusetts Marching Band.

While the band has marched in three Presidential Inaugural Parades, this year marks their first appearance in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which is broadcast all over the world.

With nearly 400 members, the UMass Marching Band is the largest collegiate marching band in the northeast and has had the honor of winning the Sudler Trophy, which is the highest honor a college marching band can receive.

Band members hail from 18 states and three countries. 

The band was scheduled to  rise at 2:30 a.m. this morning and assemble and rehearse at 4 a.m. for NBC in front of the Macy’s store.

At 7:45 a.m., the band will line up Thanksgiving morning to begin the parade where they will be marching down the streets of Manhattan playing a repertoire which consists of the school’s fight song, Roll Down the Field, God Bless America, and the Boston favorite Sweet Caroline in honor of the Red Sox World Series champions this year.

At the Macy’s Star the band will be performing a favorite UMMB tune, Big Noise From Winnetka! Big Noise has been traditionally played at the end of every basketball game since the mid-1980’s by the hoop band.

Be sure to catch the band on television at 11:24 a.m. as they move and groove across the Macy’s Star.