Wisconsin All-City Marching Band

The Wisconsin All-City Marching Band was a marching formed exclusively for the Santa Claus Parade. This band was comprised of marching band members all over the state of Wisconsin as a way of paying respect to those who died in the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack. The band was comprised of musicians from many high schools all over the state of Wisconsin, along with Wisconsin colleges and universities including many members of the University of Wisconsin Badger Band who skipped a Wisconsin basketball game to march in the parade, and even members of Drum and Bugle Corps from Wisconsin like the Madison Scouts and the Blue Stars, not only because those drum corps marched in the parade, but also because of Racine, Wisconsin being named the "Drum Corps Capital of the World" thanks to the Kilties and other Racine corps.

## History with the Parade

This band was created for the 2021 parade, comprised entirely of marching band and drum corps members from all over the state of Wisconsin. They were formed in Milwaukee a week before the parade, rehearsing their music for hours. One of the many high school bands that was part of this mega-band was the Waukesha South High School Marching Band, who was in the Waukesha Christmas Parade, and one of their bass drummers was run over by the serial killer in the red Ford Escape. As a way of paying respects to him along with the other victims, they dedicated their march down the streets of Toronto to him.

The band's musical selections included University of Wisconsin tunes "Wisconsin's Pride", "Wisconsin Forward Forever", and of course, "On Wisconsin".

On the day of the 2021 parade, the band played their hearts out for all to hear, especially everyone watching the parade in Wisconsin, both on the streets and at home, especially the spectators from Waukesha, who cried tears of joy when seeing so many Wisconsin musicians coming together to play loud and proud. The band received a standing ovation from the crowd as the perfect band to bring joy to an entire state during times of sadness. This was one of the best things to ever happen in the Santa Claus Parade, it it is something people of Wisconsin will remember for the rest of their life. This moment will be remembered by everyone in small towns, medium-sized cities like Kenosha and Racine, bigger cities like Appleton, Oshkosh, Wausau, La Crosse and Sheboygan, the three biggest cities with Madison, Green Bay and Milwaukee, and of course, the most special city and the one that the band's performance was dedicated to the most, Waukesha.

## List of Bands

* Baldwin-Woodville High School Marching Band (Baldwin, Wisconsin)
* Blue Stars Drum Corps (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
* Cumberland High School Marching Band (Cumberland, Wisconsin)
* Greendale High School Marching Band (Greendale, Wisconsin)
* Madison Scouts Drum Corps (Madison, Wisconsin)
* Merrill High School Marching Band (Merrill, Wisconsin)
* Middleton High School Marching Band (Middleton, Wisconsin)
* Oak Creek High School Marching Band (Oak Creek, Wisconsin)
* Pulaski High School Red Raider Marching Band (Pulaski, Wisconsin)
* River Falls High School Marching Band (River Falls, Wisconsin)
* Sauk Prairie High School Marching Band (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin)
* University Of Wisconsin Badger Band (Madison, Wisconsin)
* University Of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawk Marching Band (Whitewater, Wisconsin)
* Waukesha North High School Marching Northstars (Waukesha, Wisconsin)
* Waukesha South High School Marching Band (Waukesha, Wisconsin)
* Waukesha West High School Marching Band (Waukesha, Wisconsin)