Good Luck to the Lassiter Marching Band!

The East Cobb school once again will be performing in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day.

If it's New Year's Day, the Lassiter High School marching band must be in action. It certainly seems that way, as Lassiter will be one of 26 bands included Tuesday in the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Calif. It will be the fourth time Lassiter has been invited to the parade, which is more than a precursor to the Rose Bowl football game between Wisconsin and Stanford later Tuesday. The parade is one of the signature events of New Year's Day, with or without a pigskin in play. Here's a message from Lassiter band director Alfred Watkins: We are honored to represent Lassiter High School, our Lassiter community, Marietta, and the state of Georgia in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day 2013. The students have been working …

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Rose Parade Preview by Lassiter Band

A send-off concert featuring music from the upcoming Tournament of Roses takes place Thursday in the gym.

The Lassiter High School marching band will have a Tournament of Roses Parade send-off concert Thursday in the school gymnasium. The concert, which starts at 7:30 p.m., will feature music the band will play in the New Year's Day parade on the streets of Pasadena, Calif. The band also will perform music from its 2012 halftime show, "The Music of Ron Nelson." The concert is open to the public and is free of charge. Lassiter is located at 2601 Shallowford Road, just north of Sandy Plains Road. The Lassiter Band will be making its fourth trip to the Tournament of Roses Parade, following appearances in 1988, 2001 and 2005. Over the years Lassiter bands also have marched multiple times in the Orange Bowl Parade and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day …

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Lassiter Marching Band Coming Up Roses

The Trojans receive their official invitation for their fourth trip to the Rose Parade.

A special guest joined the admiring parents, faculty and friends at the Mable House Barnes Ampitheater in Mableton to hear the Lassiter High School band's spring concert Friday. Sally Bixby, the president of the 2013 Tournament of Roses, was on hand to present the band's fourth invitation to the Rose Parade. The parade will be held Jan. 1, 2013 in Pasadena, CA, and be witnessed by hundreds of millions of people in person or on television. “You should be proud as a community," Bixby said, to be represented by the Marching Trojan Band in the 2013 Rose Parade. Lassiter's three previous appearances came between 1988 and 2001, all under 30th-year band director Alfred Watkins. Every year, roughly 80 marching bands apply to participate in the …

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