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Franklin Regional marching band performs in Pearl Harbor parade during Hawaii trip

Patrick Varine
By Patrick Varine
1 Min Read • Dec. 7, 2023 | 2 years Ago
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The Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band got the chance to perform on the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor in view of the Arizona Memorial during their trip to Hawaii.
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The Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band spent early December keeping warm on a trip to Hawaii. From the left, in the front row are Nora Vitale, Samantha Hollerman and Sara Pechersky. In the back row are Mackenzie Hieter, Clara Work, Cassidy Klenoshek, Ashley Giles, Sofia Izaguierre, Mary Taddonio, Sophia Pozek and Anika Jadia.
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The Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band got the chance to perform on the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor in view of the Arizona Memorial during their trip to Hawaii.
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The Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band got the chance to perform on the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor in view of the Arizona Memorial during their trip to Hawaii.

The Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band spent early December basking in the warm glow of the Hawaiian sun. In addition to performing in the shadow of the USS Arizona Memorial, the band also performed in the annual Pearl Harbor parade in Honolulu.

Over the past decade, FR marching band members have performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City as well as the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena.

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Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.

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