Some students from Nappanee will have the chance to enjoy the national spotlight on Thanksgiving Day.

NorthWood High School’s marching band is headed off to not one but two big cities. First, they’ll stop in Philadelphia for that city’s Thanksgiving Parade. Then, they’ll drive up to New York City for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

ABC 57 spoke with some of the student musicians, and a number of them said they’ve have never traveled to big cities like this before, let alone two so close together. The drive to Philly alone is expected to take about ten hours.