Waikiki Holiday Parade

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Web: WaikikiHolidayParade

Email: Angie Voll, Director of Sales

Mail: Gateway Music Festivals & Tours, Inc.
PO Box 1165
Monticello, MN 55362 USA

Phone: 1-800-331-8579

If you are interested in entering your band in a future Waikiki Holiday Parade, or to get in contact with band directors from all over the United States about their experiences with participating in this event, please request an information packet!

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Since 1998, the Waikiki Holiday Parade commemorates Pearl Harbor Survivors and the anniversary of the attacks. Dozens of bands are excitedly anticipating 2011 for the 70th Anniversary of the Pearl Habor attacks.

Thousands of spectators, residents and visitors gather on the Friday after Thanksgiving to watch this non-competitive parade, which hosts local bands, marching bands from the mainland, Pearl Harbor Survivors, service bands, military units, local officials, dignitaries and entertainers. The parade begins at Fort DeRussy and ends at Kapiolani Park. The scenic parade route travels approximately 1.5 miles through Waikiki along the oceanfront of torch-lit Kalakaua Avenue. You won't find a warmer welcome in any other destination.

Band directors from all over the United States return each year, thrilled by their experiences during this amazing week with their students. The following mainland bands are recent participants of the Waikiki Holiday Parade:

• Evans High School, Evans, GA
• Lakota East High School, Cincinnati, OH
• John Overton High School, Nashville, TN
• Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, MO
• Pope High School, Marietta, GA
• Salem High School, Conyers, GA
• Science Hill High School, Johnson City, TN
• Liberty High School Grenadier Band, Bethlehem, PA
• Chisago Lakes High School, Lindstrom, MN
• Denver City-Wide Marching Band, Denver, CO
• East Coweta High School, Sharpsburg, GA
• Glynn Academy, Brunswick, GA
• Greenbrier High School, Lewisburg, WV
• Greeneville High School, Greeneville, TN
• Jonesboro High School, Jonesboro, AR
• Kennewick High School, Kennewick, WA
• East Lincoln High School, Denver, NC
• Freedom High School, Bethlehem, PA
• Lakota West High School, West Chester, OH
• La Quinta High School, Westminster, CA
• Barry Goldwater High School, Phoenix, AZ
• Monticello High School, Monticello, MN
• Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
• Overland High School, Aurora, CO
• Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA
• Sapulpa High School, Sapulpa, OK
• Slinger High School, Slinger, WI
• Tahlequah High School, Tahlequah, OK
• Virgil Grissom High School, Huntsville, AL
• Walton High School, Marietta, GA
• West Memphis High School, West Memphis, AR
• Westerville North High School, Westerville, OH
• Wyoming All-State High School Marching Band

A band's visit to Hawaii for the Waikiki Holiday Parade provides additional opportunities for performances and educational activities. Highlights of your tour may include:

• Adopting a Pearl Harbor Survivor
• USS Battleship Missouri Performances
• USS Arizona Memorial
• Polynesian Cultural Center
• Thanksgiving Day festivities at Hawaiian Waters Adventures Park
• Diamond Head Hiking
• Dole Pineapple Plantation

Friday, November 26, 2010
Friday, November 25, 2011 - 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
Friday, November 23, 2012
(Held the Friday after Thanksgiving, annually)

Web: WaikikiHolidayParade

Email: Angie Voll, Director of Sales
Mail: Gateway Music Festivals & Tours, Inc., PO Box 1165, Monticello, MN 55362 USA
Phone: 1-800-331-8579

If you are interested in entering your band in a future Waikiki Holiday Parade, or to get in contact with band directors from all over the United States about their experiences with participating in this event, please request an information packet!