Costa Rican band performs at Rose Parade

The Banda Municipal de Acosta celebrated New Year’s far from home this year – for an exciting reason.

The local band was selected to perform at the 130th edition of the Rose Parade, a New Year’s Day tradition in Pasadena, California.

Tune in now to enjoy Acosta’s moment in the California sun. Check out the local station Canal Altavisión, Canal 7 or the band’s Facebook page for more.

The band performed on Dec. 29 at the Band Fest at Pasadena City College. Courtesy of the Banda Municipal de Acosta via Facebook

Online reactions to the performance were positive.

Extremely proud of the performance of the Banda Municipal de Acosta in the Rose Parade.. #ProudToBeTico🇨🇷 @CentAm_Beauty

— ⚜️NJ⚜️ (@antonio2nicolas) January 1, 2019

#RoseParade an amazing perform by the Banda municipal de Acosta the best band so far

— Alejandro 🏈🎄🎅 (@ale745) January 1, 2019

Okay y’all, La Banda Municipal de Acosta was amazing!! Oh my god I am so proud! When they said, “ From Costa Rica to the world, que vive siempre el trabajo y la paz” I cried so much!!!! 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷

— les (@leslie_actually) January 1, 2019

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