Brian Devilin of Cherry Hill is a member of the 2013 Marching Royal Dukes of James Madison University. He will travel with the band to New York City to perform in the 87th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The band is slated to lead the parade when it kicks off at 9 a.m.
Devilin plays in the band’s logistics crew section.
The JMU band is one of 11 marching bands performing in the parade, and one of only two college bands that were invited to perform. The Marching Royal Dukes were selected from more than 150 applications sent to Macy’s Parade’s Committee. This is the band’s third appearance in the parade. It previously performed in the 2001 and 2008 parades.