All District High School Honor Band
The All District High School Honor Band represents what are considered the finest musicians from the LAUSD's high school band programs. Band members are invited in September each year to audition for a spot on the band, which includes only brass and percussion instruments. The group has marched in every Tournament of Roses Parade since 1973. The All District High School Band allows members the opportunity to perform in Bandfest, at Disneyland, and on other special events. The 300 members are required "to maintain a 2.5 or greater grade point average, and stay in good standing with home school program."
Originally organized to meet the minimum requirement of having 100 members on the band to perform in the Rose Parade, the Honor Band has performed at Anaheim Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade (now Hollywood Christmas Parade), Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Rams and Raiders football games, and Super Bowls XI, XIV, and XVII. They were present at the Governor's Inauguration in Sacramento, XXIV Olympiad Salute, and the World Series during the past 25 years. In May of 1986, the band was part of two unique events that cemented the band's reputation as one of the best in the nation. First, the band traveled to Atlanta to participate in Coca-Cola's Centennial Celebration. Then at the end of the month, the band participated in Hands Across America where the band was the "anchor" at the events Western terminus at the RMS Queen Mary pier in Long Beach, California.
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