PASADENA —Great Bend High School's band director Grant Mathews marched in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California.
He joined 270 band directors from across the United States and Mexico.
Band members ranged in experience from recent music education graduates to retired veteran directors. They performed "76 Trombones" from the 1950's musical The Music Man.
Matthews played tenor drums as the band marched 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.