Pasadena Native Realizes His Dream!
PASADENA, California -- Pasadena native, Robert Jones, is a Co-Head Drum Major of the Alabama State University (ASU) Marching Hornets band, which is one of two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) bands selected to march in the 2019 Tournament of Roses Parade. The Marching Hornets have been featured in several television show, where they displayed their “Bama State Style.” The band was also featured in the movie “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.”
Robert, a class of 2014 graduate of Pasadena High School – where he was a drummer in the PHS band, always dreamed of marching in the All City Tournament of Roses band; however, he was not chosen. His mother, Veronica R. Jones, often told him that God had something better in store for him; and, here he is four years later, marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade!
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