Hampton University is the only Historically Black College or University to be invited to the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and they arrived in style with help from a major sponsor.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Bands from around the world travel to the Big Apple for the parade of the season, but one school marching band is a “force” to be reckoned with. You will hear them before you see them. Hampton University’s Marching Force is taking the Tri-State Area by storm. Hampton was the only Historically Black College or University to get an invitation to the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. A series of pop-up pep rallies at NJIT and Science Park HS in Newark, New Jersey, and at Central Park, were all part of the plan for band director and HU alum Dr. Thomas L. Jones, Jr. “They have their drill, they have their music and everything,” Jones said, “but at the same time, they are not ready because they don’t know what the spectacle is like.
