Southern Boone High School band director marches in the 2026 Rose Parade

Southern Boone High School band director marches in the 2026 Rose Parade

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On the first day of the 2026, the Southern Boone High School and Middle School Director of Bands spent the day representing Mid-Missouri at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Band director T.J. Higgins said he was selected in a nomination process to march in a group of 350 band directors from across the nation. According to the Southern Boone School District, The Band Directors Marching Band is part of the Saluting Ameri…

Soggy Rose Parade: See the Homewood Patriot Band

Homewood Patriot Band at the Rose Parade on January 6, 2026. (Scotty Shinbaum) Homewood High School’s sixth appearance at the Tournament of Roses Parade will go down as one of the soggiest in the iconic event’s history. According to the Los Angeles Times it had not rained at the Rose Parade for two decades and the 2026 edition was only the 11th time rain had fallen since the parade began in 1890. Despite the wet conditions, the band performed wo…