(SEVIERVILLE, Tenn.) SMOKIES LIVE – A graduate of Sevier County High School will be in the Rose Parade, an iconic New Year’s Day tradition in Pasadena, CA.
Olivia Bullock, is in her 5th year of teaching band at Christian Academy of Knoxville. She was chosen and flew out this week to Pasadena to march in the Rose Bowl parade.
She was chosen to represent Tennessee in the Band Directors Band. She’s one of 350 band directors from across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Panama will again form The Band Directors Marching Band will march in the 2026 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade®. The band’s appearance is a part of the Saluting America’s Band Directors project of the Michael D. Sewell Memorial Foundation, based in Pickerington, Ohio.
The band’s participation on January 1 follows its successful appearance in the 2022 Rose Parade and the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
When you watch the parade on TV, make sure you give a “go Smoky Bears shout-out to Olivia” as she plays the clarinet representing Tennessee and Sevier County.
Total number of states represented by the band is 47, plus Mexico.
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That is awesome! Congratulations, Olivia! Have fun. Go Smoky Bears!