With no color guard team at her school, an Arkansas teen defied the odds — securing a spot on the color guard for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, all on her own.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark — This year marks the 98th year of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and with the anniversary comes another year of iconic floats, music, marching bands and color guard.
The Macy’s Great American Marching Band takes around 225 students from across the country, and this year an Arkansas teen made the cut all on her own.
“I was like, oh my god, oh my god, I got in, this is incredible,” Lycci Pan said.
Pan is a senior at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA) in Hot Springs. She took her color guard path into her own hands — now living the opportunity of her dreams.
Hot Springs and New York …