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  • Marching Illini to perform in the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2026

    Oct 7, 2025 10:00 am by Jodi HeckelCampus Life
    Marching Illini director Barry Houser announces to band members that they will perform in the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2026. The band assembled at the Harding Band Building to hear the historic news. This will be Marching Illini’s second appearance in the parade, with the first being in 2015. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    Marching Illini director Barry Houser has announced the band will perform in the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2026, one of 10 marching bands selected from more than 100 applicants.

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