JMU's Marching Royal Dukes Perform in Macy's Parade

HARRISONBURG, Va. -- With almost 500 members, James Madison's marching band wasn't hard to miss in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The Marching Royal Dukes performed Thursday in the holiday spectacle, the Daily News Record reported.

The 474-member band left JMU's Harrisonburg campus on Wednesday in 11 buses destined for Manhattan. They were set to rise before dawn to practice.

Along the 2.5-mile route, the Dukes planned to play "76 Trombones" and "1941."

The Dukes will return to Harrisonburg on Saturday afternoon to march in JMU's first-round football playoff game in Bridgeforth Stadium.

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