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Hunter's Lane Band Wins Top Prize At Detroit Thanksgiving Parade
The prize for best band performance at America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit went to the Hunter's Lane High School marching band.
DETROIT, MI -- The Hunter's Lane High School marching band is coming home with a top prize from the America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit.
The band won the award for best band performance at the parade, which at 91-years-old is the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the country, tied with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Band director William Brooks told NewsChannel 5 he got an email alerting him to his band's award as they were returning to the bus.
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“I don't think that we're better than everybody else. I just have a really, really hard-working group of kids, supportive parents, supportive administration,” Brooks told the station. “So I can't ask for much more than that. It's awesome.”
Brooks is a Detroit native and played in the parade as a kid.
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