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More than a dozen students from St. Joe’s Central High School drumline will perform as part of the Royals victory parade Tuesday in downtown Kansas City to celebrate the World Champion team.

“We got contacted by a drummer from Kansas City two years ago who heard our drumline.  She plays on the Kansas City Chief’s drumline and I think she put our name in,” said Chad Lippincott, Drumline Director. “Last year for the World Series they contacted me about playing for the parade but that didn’t happen last year.  Finally this year it happened and they contact me again and we get to do it this time.”

15 students in the battery section of the drumline with play the drums will take part in Tuesday’s 2.3 mile-long parade that starts at noon in downtown Kansas City.

“Basically telling the students today to make sure they’re drinking water and not having too much Halloween candy and getting their sleep,” Lippincott said. “It’s stuff we’re used to playing just not on such a huge scale.”

The parade steps off on Grand Boulevard between the Sprint Center and the Kansas City Power & Light District and heads north to Ninth Street. It turns east to Oak, then goes south to Truman, then west back to Grand. After circling through the downtown business district, the parade continues south on Grand to Pershing Road. The parade turns west on Pershing Road to Union Station. The Victory Rally stage will be located in front of Union Station, with viewing opportunities on the north lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

“We’re leaving tomorrow after the first hour around 9 and getting down there around 10:30 so we can get in line,” he said. “I don’t know if we’re starting the parade or in the middle somewhere.”

The Victory Rally will start at approximately 2 p.m., shortly after the end of the parade arrives.