Great Bend High School's band director Grant Mathews will be marching in this year's Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California. He will be joining 270 band directors from across the United States and Mexico.
Band members will range from recent music education graduates to retired veteran directors. They will be performing "76 Trombones" from the 1950's musical The Music Man.
Matthews will be playing tenor drums as the band marches through Pasadena on the five-and-a-half-mile parade route.
The Band Directors Marching Band is the first known Rose Parade band composed only of band directors. According to Matthews, they can be seen on television during the second hour of parade coverage on Saturday morning.