WELLS — Once again, a several students from Wells High School have been chosen as color guards to march during the Macy’s Day Parade.

This marks the fourth year in a row that the high school has had students accepted for the honor.

Students looking to join the color guard were asked to submit a video audition demonstrating their flag or rifle spinning skills. About 200 students from around the globe are chosen for the parade band, but only around 50 are chosen for the Color Guard team.

Senior Mallory Cashman, who was selected as a color guard, said right before Thanksgiving she and her fellow classmates will make the trip down to New York City to learn the Macy’s Day Parade marching routine.

“A couple days before Thanksgiving we get down there and take a couple days to learn the whole thing, then spend the day before the parade cleaning it up and making sure everyone remembers it,” said Cashman.

Students Lilly Hendry and Annabelle Breton were also selected as color guards for the parade.

As the end of the year approaches, Wells will also be sending one color guard student, senior Sam Chase, down to Orlando, Florida, to join the marching band’s performance at the All American Halftime Show during the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl football match.

This is the first time any Wells student has been accepted for the honor.

Aside from participating in the performances, students will have a chance to see the city and surrounding area where they’re visiting. Students traveling to New York City will spend eight days there.

“The people who orchestrate it all have a lot of time built in for us to see the city,” Cashman said. “I think we will probably see a Broadway show.”

For Chase, the circumstances are very similar. She will be in Orlando for a little less than a week.

“There is time built in for us to go to Disney World and Universal Studios,” Chase said.

At this point, each of the students said nerves are setting in slightly, but their excitement for their trips continues to build.

“It’s a little nerve wracking when I think about how much we have to do in such a short amount of time,” Cashman said. “But it’ll be so worth it in the end.”

— Staff Writer Ryder Schumacher can be reached at 282-1535, or via email at [email protected].