From phillyburbs.com:

As 125 students marched Tuesday down Hood Boulevard in Falls playing a lively rendition of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” heard in Disney’s “The Lion King,” traffic slowed and people leaned out their windows to watch.

It was the Pennsbury High School Marching Band, practicing outside the school despite the dampness and cold for its performances in Philadelphia and China.

The band will lead the procession Thursday at the 6ABC/Boscov’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia. The musicians will perform Disney tunes and two Sousa marches. The band has been a regular feature of the televised Philadelphia parade for 24 years and routinely performs at such events.

Recognized as one of the top school bands in the region, the band has won several competitions during this school year. They include the U.S. Scholastic Band Association Competition in Allentown, which it won for the second year in a row.

The band has a tradition of performing at far-flung locations. When it leads the parade down Main Street in Hong Kong’s Disneyland in March, it will become the only band on the planet to play at all five worldwide Disneyland locations, which include Tokyo and Paris.“It’s a really unique experience,” said Jonah Lustig, who plays tenor drums. “We’re going to remember it for the rest of our lives.”

The band’s first and only trip to China was in 1988.

It’s no surprise to Mazzeo that the band is so successful.

“I think we’re doing a good job, and I’m very proud of the kids,” he added.

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