When Oak Harbor High School students Abigail Giugliano and Bradley Price II slip on their red, white and blue Bands of America Honor Band uniforms to march in the 2026 Rose Parade, they will be the first students from Oak Harbor, ever, and two of three from Washington that year to do so.

“It’s exciting news, to be the first ones from here that we know of,” Giugliano said. “I don’t think it’ll feel real until I get there.”

Held annually on Jan. 1, the Rose Parade is a celebration of the new year and precedes the Rose Bowl, a college football playoff game. Nineteen marching bands from across the country and around the world are featured in the upcoming parade, including one from Japan and one from Mexico.

Giugliano, a 17-year-old member of the color guard, and Price, a 15-year-old trumpet

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