WEST MONROE, LA. (KNOE 8 News) - On Wednesday, a former Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster, England, Catherine Longworth, will be at West Monroe High School to invite the Rebel Band to perform in the 2014 London New Year's Day Parade.
The annual celebration of the new year brings in 8,000 performers from across the globe.
Now, the Rebel Band will join those performers.
The parade carries an audience of 500,000 people and a global T.V. audience of tens of millions.
"We play because we love it," West Monroe High School Band Director, Robert Freeman, said. "To be able to share that with 500,000 people live in a parade is an amazing experience and to have tens of millions watching across Europe, it's one of the largest-rated television programs in Europe that day."
Out of the 180 members of the Rebel band, Freeman said he hopes to take at least 150 with him to London.
Following the official invitation at 4 p.m. at the high school, Freeman said their fundraising campaign will begin.
To give the band a call and help with fundraising, you can reach them at 318-388-4164.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:19 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:19:36 GMT
GONZALES, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a 25-year-old man accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal's taped-up body.
GONZALES, La. (AP) - Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a 25-year-old man accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal's taped-up body.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:12 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:12:50 GMT
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police are investigating a car crash into an apartment building Wednesday night.It happened just before 9 P.M., at the Windsor Inn, off Washington Street. So far, it
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Monroe Police are investigating a car crash into an apartment building Wednesday night.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:01 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:01:29 GMT
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh zoo.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a wild African dogs exhibit and was mauled to death last fall have sued the Pittsburgh zoo.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:30 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:30:39 GMT
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:20 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:20:47 GMT
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.
