L.D. Bell band fulfills decades-long goal of marching in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Two volunteer dads pulled out of a Hurst parking lot before sunrise, steering a pair of 18-foot box trucks toward Manhattan.

Inside: Uniforms, instruments, ponchos, hand warmers and everything else the L.D. Bell Blue Raider Band might need on a cold New York City morning.

Behind them, 265 students, staff and chaperones will board six separate flights — the first wave meeting at the high school at 3 a.m. — all to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade…

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