Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University's Marching Captains to Participate in Philadelphia's 89th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade!

 

News Release - November 25, 2008

Media Contact:
Lori Jacobs
lori.jacobs@cnu.edu
(757) 594-7961

(Newport News) - The nation's oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade steps off in Philadelphia at 8:15 a.m. Thanksgiving morning and CNU's Marching Captains is the only collegiate marching band chosen to participate. Dating back to 1920, the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off the holiday season with stunning floats, marching bands, musical guests and dance teams. More than 7,000 volunteers, marchers and performers are needed to stage this holiday extravaganza.

CNU Marching BandLed by Director of Athletic Bands Professor Brantley T. Douglas III, the band consists of woodwinds, brass, percussion, and guard and adheres to an entertaining, corps style of marching and music. The Marching Captains were founded in 2004 with 71 students. Now in their fifth season, the CNU Marching Captains have grown to 125 members and perform at all of the regular season home games at CNU.

"We are honored to have been selected to participate in this prestigious event. It speaks volumes about our fledgling program and the university," noted Professor Douglas.

The Marching Captains Winter Drumline recently received the Silver Medal and the CNU Winter Guard, "Discovery," placed fourth in the 2008 Atlantic Indoor Association Finals Championships in Northern Virginia.

Television stations covering the parade include: WPVI-TV 6 Philadelphia region; WATM-TV 23 TV Johnstown, PA; WBOC-TV UPN 21 Salisbury, MD; WJET-TV 23 Erie, PA; WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh/Durham, NC; WJLA-TV 7 (ABC) Washington, DC and WSWB-TV 38 Scranton, PA.

Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students in programs through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Joseph W. Luter III College of Business and Leadership and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor.
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