FAMU Marching 100 prepares for 2019 Rose Bowl

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- They're one of the oldest, most successful marching bands in the world.

FAMU''s Marching 100 has performed at Super Bowls, the Grammys, presidential inaugurations and, in 2019, will be gracing the stage at the 2019 Rose Bowl Parade.

WTXL ABC 27's Jarell Baker has more as they prepare to head out west.

Seventy-one years and counting, FAMU's Marching 100 has been "representing" and entertaining audiences across the globe.

Now a new opportunity to add to the band's history books comes on New Years Day, ‪January 1, 2019,‬ when the pride of FAMU and Tallahassee, the Marching 100, takes the show on the road playing in the Rose Bowl Parade.

Shelby Chipman, the Marching 100 band director, expressed excitement about the opportunity.

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