By Delayna Earley
The Island News
Battery Creek High School’s Dolphin Pride Marching Band is heading to Chicago along with the Blue Velvet Dancers and the Blue Diamond Flag Troupe to march in the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade on Thanksgiving morning.
The parade will be able to be viewed live from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. CT, which is 9 a.m. to noon our time.
In South Carolina, you can watch the parade free on Pluto TV.
This is the second year that Battery Creek’s marching band has been invited to perform in Chicago’s Thanksgiving Parade. They were there in 2019 as well.
Seventy-one students left for the Windy City on Tuesday evening, Nov. 21, and they will return on Sunday, Nov. 26.
“I just am so grateful for all the positive energy, spirit and talent that they bring to our school every day. They are truly incredible students and parents and of course our amazing band director (Rod Williams),” Battery Creek Principal Denise Lessard said.
Delayna Earley formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
