From Jacksonville, Florida to the “Big Apple”, this year the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will have special representation. Following 5 weeks of national auditions, CAMP BROADWAY®, the award-winning theater arts education company has announced its cast of 132 theatre-loving kids, ages 12-16, to perform in the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®. Eleven of these talented cast members hail from Jacksonville, Florida and will appear on the ZhuZhu Pets® Zhu-niverse float and perform an original song on the national broadcast on Thanksgiving morning, November 24, beginning at 9:00AM.
CAMP BROADWAY had created a special one-week program leading up to the parade performance, including a series of Broadway workshops, classes and rehearsals to prepare participants for the nationally televised performance. Artistic Director Tony Parise says, “This program is the ‘real deal. We will be preparing for a nationally televised event, so there will be much expected of the cast.”
Camp Broadway Cast Members from the Florida area include: Kennedy Aldric, Jade Faber, Joshua Johnson, Herschel Ashworth, Laken Giles, Riley O’Hara, Ashley Boone, Courtney Graham, Asiyah Rasheed, Megan Rodriguez & Allison Yeh.
About the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: With more than 50 million viewers across the country and more than 3.5 million spectators that line up along the streets of New York City each year, The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a national icon that has grown into a world-famous holiday event. For more than 80 years, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has marked the official start of the holiday season. Growing in size and scale, the parade proudly marches down a more than 2-mile route in New York City with more than 8,000 participants in tow, including Macy's employees, their families, celebrities, athletes, clowns and dance groups spreading holiday cheer. The parade also features America's best marching bands, fabulous floats and Macy's signature giant helium character balloons.
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