Fifty years ago, the Wamego High School marching band from Kansas participated in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. In 1974, 400 marching bands applied to participate in the Macy’s ...
In 1979, a single by that name was released by the band Kansas, which had been formed in 1973 in Topeka. The song, written by Kerry Livgren, became the band's fourth to make Billboard Magazine's ...
The opening act was a prog-leaning rock band from Kansas called Kansas, who I remember most because they had a violin player. This was just a few months before the release of Leftoverture ...
One of them hailed from a small town in northeast Kansas. To this day, in the 100-year history of the famous holiday parade, it is the only band from Kansas that has ever participated, Macy’s ...