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Introducing the 2028 St Patrick's Day Parade Project Opportunity
- You will be responsible for your airfare, as well as for getting to the hotel upon arrival and back to the airport for departure. This will allow you to extend your stay on either end of our schedule.
- We will be using a tour company, Bob Rogers Travel, to help facilitate hotel, busing, and rehearsal facilities. The person we have been working with is an alumnus of the Scouts!
- We will use an app/online application so you can pay the tour company directly. This app also lets you ask friends and family to help fund your trip.
- Remember that this project will include alumni from the Scouts, Capitolaires, Junior Scouts, Petites, Capitol Sound, State Street Review, 32nd Hussar, and Southwind. We are also extending this invitation to the current Scouts.
- Instruments and equipment will be handled once we know who will be participating.
- The approximate cost will be $2,500 per person for double occupancy and $3,200 per person for single occupancy in a hotel room. There is no option for triple or quad occupancy. Please understand that these costs will likely change by 2028, but we are aiming for a very close final cost estimate.
- Costs include: Motor coach transportation, 6 nights in a hotel, all breakfasts while at the hotel, 4 dinners and 1 lunch, rental of rehearsal facilities, sightseeing activities including a visit to the Cliffs of Mohr and Galway, and a Gaelic Games experience, a video of the trip, an international power adaptor, and an onsite representative from the tour company.
- 2028 may seem far off, but we need you to commit by November 1, 2026.
- Optionally, you can bring a family member or friend.
- Some websites for you to look at:
SURVEY:
Future Deadlines:
- September 1st - This survey needs to be completed.
- October 1st - A $100 deposit is required to access our member area. Over 100 of you have already paid, which we have on account. Once you pay (new members), you'll gain access to music and other program-related content as it becomes available.
- November 1st - Registration with tour company (using their APP).
Special Notice:
We adjusted existing subscribers end date to Jan 2029 to account for the Ireland Project. The website sent an email out to everyone stating their renewal payment was made. This is a glitch in the system. No payments were changed at PayPal. If you have any concerns or questions about your account, you can reach us at
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Early 2026 update: survey results and what's next.
Results from the last survey indicated that the majority of alumni found the Ireland parade to be the most desirable venue for a group experience. We're happy to inform you that we've already been accepted to perform in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Ireland in 2028, whether or not we choose to go. We are also reviewing the other options in our survey to prevent the disappointment of the Rose Parade. The second most popular was the Parade in Hawaii; the third was in Hollywood, California; the fourth was in Texas; and the fifth was Veterans' Day in New York. - Details
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We want your input for our future together.
Happy Veterans Day to our alumni who have served in the Armed Forces.
Hello Madison Corps Alumni members and other interested alumni,
First, thank you to over 100 alumni members who completed our survey. You have been a great help in determining our next adventure. We want to give every eligible alumni member the chance to offer their thoughts and suggestions for our next project together, so we are accepting the form until the end of the day on December 31, 2025.
Here is a reminder that we have gathered five unique opportunities that we would like to gauge your interest in participating in, starting in 2027, with a first international performance opportunity potentially taking place in Ireland in 2028.
Note: We may even do more than one event, so please select all ideas that interest you or select "None of the above" if no interest.
Below are the five ideas for future projects, along with their corresponding links for you to conduct a more in-depth review:
- St Patrick’s Dublin Parade (Ireland) 1.5 mi (Annually held on March 17th) - https://stpatricksfestival.ie/
- Hollywood Christmastime Parade (CA) 3.3 mi (Evening event annually held the Sunday following Thanksgiving) - http://www.thehollywoodchristmasparade.com/
- Pearl Harbor Parade (HI) 1.2 mi (Evening parade annually held on Dec 7th) - https://www.pearlharborparade.org/home
- Fiesta Flambeau Parade in San Antonio (TX) 3.1 mi (Evening annually in April) - https://www.flambeau.org/
- NYC Veterans Day Parade (NY) 1.2 mi (Annually held on November 11) - https://www.uwvc.org/parade
- None of the above
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Our Future Adventure Together
Hello Madison Corps Alumni members and other interested alumni,
First, we would like to acknowledge that almost all of the registered Rose Parade members who responded to our last email are sticking with us, which makes us excited to move forward in our future event exploration process. We have gathered five unique opportunities that we would like to gauge your interest in participating in, starting in 2027, with a first international performance opportunity potentially taking place in Ireland in 2028.
Note: We may even do more than one event, so please select all ideas that interest you.
Below are the five ideas for future projects, along with their corresponding links for you to conduct a more in-depth review:
- St Patrick’s Dublin Parade (Ireland) 1.5 mi (Annually held on March 17th) - https://stpatricksfestival.ie/
- Hollywood Christmastime Parade (CA) 3.3 mi (Evening event annually held the Sunday following Thanksgiving) - http://www.thehollywoodchristmasparade.com/
- Pearl Harbor Parade (HI) 1.2 mi (Evening parade annually held on Dec 7th) - https://www.pearlharborparade.org/home
- Fiesta Flambeau Parade in San Antonio (TX) 3.1 mi (Evening annually in April) - https://www.flambeau.org/
- NYC Veterans Day Parade (NY) 1.2 mi (Annually held on November 11) - https://www.uwvc.org/parade
- None of the above
