The Alcorn State College Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite is performing within the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 27. This marks the band’s first-ever look within the iconic occasion, representing the state of Mississippi on a nationwide stage.
The traditionally Black faculty and college (HBCU) marching band was chosen from greater than 100 candidates to be one in every of solely 9 marching bands on this 12 months’s parade.
“Macy’s is thrilled to ask the Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite to hitch us for the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” mentioned Sara Flores, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade affiliate producer. “The band’s dynamic sound and efficiency really wowed us in the course of the choice course of. I’m thrilled to ask college students from this proficient band to carry out on a nationwide stage in November 2025.”
“I’m so excited for our college students to expertise this momentous event,” mentioned Dr. Everson Martin, director of bands. “It’s a main alternative for Alcorn State College, the group, and all the state of Mississippi. That is the primary time our band program might be represented on a stage such because the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and I can’t look ahead to Thanksgiving Day 2025.”
The Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite discovered of their choice in August 2024, when Macy’s introduced them with a $10,000 fundraising kick-off. The band has spent the final 18 months planning for his or her parade look, which has included rigorous rehearsals and inventive fundraising occasions to organize for the large enterprise.
