Lake Zurich High School marching band headed to London

The Lake Zurich High School marching band has been selected to perform in the New Year's Day parade in London.

Besides appearing in the parade, a portion of the band will perform in concert as part of the London New Year's Day Parade Concert Series at Cadogan Hall on Dec. 29.

Visit https://lnydp.com/about/to learn more about the parade.

The band will have a final practice from 3:30 to about 4:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, in the Lake Zurich High School field house.

Students will then pack all the instruments to be shipped to London on Tuesday morning. Students depart on Dec. 27 and return Jan. 3.

The band previously marched in the New Year's Day Parade in Paris and the Cabalgata De Reyes in Madrid.