Oregon band to march in inaugural

Oregon band to march in inaugural

Portland’s Get a Life Marching Band has been picked to be in President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural parade Jan. 20.

It will join about 100 other bands. About 1,400 bands applied.

Members are mostly from Oregon and southwest Washington, but some come from as far as South Dakota. All have marching band experience from school and range in age from their 20s to their 60s.

I marched in Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural parade in 1977. I was almost 17.