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.
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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