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South Texas mariachi band picked for Obama inaugural parade

Inaugural preparations last week on West Front of the U.S. Capitol. (AP photo)

Students from the Rio Grande Valley will march in the 57th Inaugural Parade. The Palmview High School Mariachi and Folkloric Group, from Mission, Texas, is among the bands chosen Tuesday for the honor.

?The talented groups chosen to participate in the Inaugural Parade reflect the spirit, values, and diversity of our great nation,? President Barack Obama said in a statement released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. ?Vice President Biden and I are honored to have them join us in the parade.?

Because Jan. 20 falls on a Sunday, Obama will be sworn in privately at the White House that day, with the public ceremony and parade on Jan. 21.

More than 2,800 marching bands, musical acts and drill teams applied. Participants pay their own transportation and lodging costs. The committee announced 23 selections on Tuesday but more may be coming. There?s a drill team from Obama?s hometown, Chicago, and a marching band from Honolulu?s Kamehameha Schools.

Some inaugural parade factoids, from the PIC:

1789: On his way from Mount Vernon to the inaugural event in New York City, George Washington was accompanied by local militias on the way to Federal Hall where the first inauguration was held.

1805: Thomas Jefferson charted the modern day parade route when he rode on horseback from the Capitol to the White House after being sworn in for his second term.? Since Jefferson, nearly every Presidential inauguration has featured a parade.

1921: Warren Harding was the first President to proceed down Pennsylvania Avenue in a car.

1977: Jimmy Carter modified the tradition by walking from the Capitol to the White House.

1985: Freezing temperatures led organizers to cancel Ronald Reagan?s inaugural parade and most public festivities.

Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/south-texas-mariachis-picked-for-obama-inaugural-parade.html/

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