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Sep 30, 2008 10:41 am US/Pacific

San Jose Marching Band Gets Royal Invitation

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A representative from Her Royal Majesty the Queen of England will come to San Jose Tuesday to ask the Independence High School Marching Band to travel to London and perform in the 2010 New Year's Day Parade.

An official ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at the school when Lord Roger Bramble requests the presence of the marching band in London, marching band booster club member Kathy Tsukamoto said. Brable and two other representatives will meet the band and officially invite them to London.

The marching band is a two-time California State Champion in its marching division, in 2006 and 2007, Tsukamoto said.

"Word got out that they were doing so well," she said of the band members.

The students must raise $256,000 to fly to London and participate, as the school district will not fund the trip, according to the school.

"We're going to make it happen," Tsukamoto said of the fundraising. We will be doing some extensive sponsorship searching, as well as other fundraising, because we have 55 to 65 students who will be taking
the trip, she added.

Community leaders as well as members of the East Side Union High
School District will be at the ceremony at 1776 Education Park Drive.